§ 604-a. Twenty-year retirement program for New York city sanitation\nmembers. a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this\nsection shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nplainly required by the context.\n 1. "New York city sanitation member" shall mean a member (as defined\nin subdivision e of section six hundred one of this article) who is a\nmember of the uniformed force of the New York city department of\nsanitation.\n 2. "Twenty-year retirement program" shall mean all the terms and\nconditions of this section.\n 3. "Starting date of the twenty-year retirement program" shall mean\nthe commencement date of the payroll period which includes July first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-two.\n 4. "Enactment date of the twenty-year retirement program" shall mean\nthe date of enactment of the act which added this section, as such date\nis certified pursuant to section forty-one of the legislative law.\n 5. "Participant in the twenty-year retirement program" shall mean any\nNew York city sanitation member who, under the applicable provisions of\nsubdivision b of this section, is entitled to the rights, benefits and\nprivileges and is subject to the obligations of the twenty-year\nretirement program, as applicable to him or her.\n 6. "Allowable service in the uniformed sanitation force" shall mean:\n (i) credited service which was rendered as a member of the uniformed\nforce of the New York city department of sanitation; and\n (ii) credited service which was rendered in another uniformed force\n(as defined in paragraph seven of this subdivision) immediately prior to\nbecoming a member of the uniformed force of the New York city department\nof sanitation; and\n (iii) credited service which was rendered in the uniformed force of\nthe New York city police department or the uniformed force of the New\nYork city fire department immediately prior to becoming a member of the\nuniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation and which\nwas transferred to the New York city employees' retirement system\npursuant to section forty-three of this chapter.\n 7. "Another uniformed force" shall mean (i) the uniformed transit\npolice force maintained by the New York city transit authority and by\nits predecessor, the board of transportation; or (ii) all of the\npositions in the New York city housing authority which are included in\nthe housing police service of the classification of the New York city\ndepartment of personnel; or (iii) the uniformed force of the New York\ncity department of correction.\n 8. "Minimum period" shall mean the minimum period of twenty years of\nallowable service in the uniformed sanitation force that is required in\norder for a participant in the twenty-year retirement program to be\neligible for early service retirement pursuant to paragraph one of\nsubdivision c of this section.\n 9. "Final compensation" shall mean the average compensation earned by\na member during any five consecutive years which provide the highest\naverage compensation. Where the period used to determine final\ncompensation is the period which immediately precedes the date of\nretirement, any month or months (not in excess of twelve) which would\notherwise be included in computing final compensation but during which\nthe member was on authorized leave of absence at partial pay or without\npay shall be excluded from the computation of final compensation and the\nmonth or an equal number of months immediately preceding such period\nshall be substituted in lieu thereof.\n 10. "Discontinued member" shall mean a participant in the twenty-year\nretirement program who, while he or she was a New York city sanitation\nmember, discontinued service in the uniformed force of the New York city\ndepartment of sanitation and has a right to a deferred vested benefit\nunder subdivision d of this section.\n 11. "Administrative code" shall mean the administrative code of the\ncity of New York.\n b. Par
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