* § 604-c. Twenty-year retirement program for Triborough bridge and\ntunnel members. a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used\nin this section shall have the following meanings unless a different\nmeaning is plainly required by the context.\n 1. "Triborough bridge and tunnel member" shall mean a member (as\ndefined in subdivision e of section six hundred one of this article) who\nis employed by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority as a bridge\nand tunnel officer, sergeant, or lieutenant in a non-managerial\nposition.\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 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 4. "Participant in the twenty-year retirement program" shall mean any\nTriborough bridge and tunnel member who, under the applicable provisions\nof subdivision b of this section, is entitled to the rights, benefits\nand privileges and is subject to the obligations of the twenty-year\nretirement program, as applicable to him or her.\n 5. "Discontinued member" shall mean a participant in the twenty-year\nretirement program who, while he or she was a Triborough bridge and\ntunnel member, discontinued service as such a member and has a right to\na deferred vested benefit under subdivision d of this section.\n 6. "Administrative code" shall mean the administrative code of the\ncity of New York.\n b. Participation in twenty-year retirement program. 1. Subject to the\nprovisions of paragraph six of this subdivision, any person who is a\nTriborough bridge and tunnel member on the starting date of the\ntwenty-year retirement program and who, as such a bridge and tunnel\nmember or otherwise, last became subject to the provisions of this\narticle prior to such starting date, may elect to become a participant\nin the twenty-year retirement program by filing, within one hundred\neighty days after the starting date of the twenty-year retirement\nprogram, a duly executed application for such participation with the\nretirement system of which such person is a member, provided he or she\nis such a bridge and tunnel member on the date such application is\nfiled.\n 2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph six of this subdivision, any\nperson who becomes a Triborough bridge and tunnel member after the\nstarting date of the twenty-year retirement program and who, as such a\nbridge and tunnel member or otherwise, last became subject to the\nprovisions of this article prior to such starting date, may elect to\nbecome a participant in the twenty-year retirement program by filing,\nwithin one hundred eighty days after becoming such a bridge and tunnel\nmember, a duly executed application for such participation with the\nretirement system of which such person is a member, provided he or she\nis such a bridge and tunnel member on the date such application is\nfiled.\n 3. Any election to be a participant in the twenty-year retirement\nprogram shall be irrevocable.\n 4. Each Triborough bridge and tunnel member who becomes subject to the\nprovisions of this article on or after the starting date of the\ntwenty-year retirement program shall become a participant in the\ntwenty-year retirement program on the date he or she becomes such a\nbridge and tunnel member.\n 5. Where any participant in the twenty-year retirement program shall\ncease to be employed by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority as a\nbridge and tunnel member, he or she shall cease to be such a participant\nand, during any period in which such person is not so employed, he or\nshe shall not be a participant in the twenty-year retirement program and\nshall not be eligible for the benefits of subdivision c of this section.\n 6. Where any participant in the twenty-year retirement program\nterminates service as a Triborough bridge and tunnel m
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