* § 604-f. Twenty-five year retirement program for deputy sheriff\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. "Deputy sheriff" shall mean a member (as defined in subdivision e\nof section six hundred one of this article) who is employed by the city\nof New York as a deputy city sheriff level one, deputy city sheriff\nlevel two, supervising deputy sheriff or administrative sheriff.\n 2. "Twenty-five year retirement program" shall mean all the terms and\nconditions of this section.\n 3. "Starting date of the twenty-five year retirement program" shall\nmean the date of enactment of this section, as such date is certified\npursuant to section forty-one of the legislative law.\n 4. "Participant in the twenty-five year retirement program" shall mean\nany deputy sheriff 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-five year\nretirement program, as applicable to him or her.\n 5. "Discontinued member" shall mean a participant in the twenty-five\nyear retirement program who, while he or she was a deputy sheriff\nmember, discontinued service as such a member and has a right to a\ndeferred 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-five year retirement program. 1. Subject to\nthe provisions of paragraphs six and seven of this subdivision, any\nperson who is deputy sheriff member on the starting date of the\ntwenty-five year retirement program and who, as such a deputy sheriff\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-five year retirement program by filing, within one hundred\neighty days after the starting date of the twenty-five 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 deputy sheriff member on the date such application is filed.\n 2. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs six and seven of this\nsubdivision, any person who becomes a deputy sheriff member after the\nstarting date of the twenty-five year retirement program and who, as\nsuch a deputy sheriff member of otherwise, last became subject to the\nprovisions of this article prior to such starting date, may elect to\nbecome a participant in the twenty-five year retirement program by\nfiling, within one hundred eighty days after becoming such a deputy\nsheriff member, a duly executed application for such participation with\nthe retirement system for which such person is a member, provided he or\nshe is such a deputy sheriff member on the date such application is\nfiled.\n 3. Any election to be a participant in the twenty-five year retirement\nprogram shall be irrevocable.\n 4. Each deputy sheriff member who becomes subject to the provisions of\nthis article on or after the starting date of the twenty-five year\nretirement program shall become a participant in the twenty-five year\nretirement program on the date he or she becomes such a deputy sheriff\nmember.\n 5. Where any participant in the twenty-five year retirement program\nshall cease to be employed by the city of New York as a deputy sheriff\nmember, he or she shall cease to be such a participant and, during any\nperiod in which such person is not so employed, he or she shall not be a\nparticipant in the twenty-five year retirement program and shall not be\neligible for the benefits of subdivision c of this section.\n 6. Where any participant in the twenty-five year retirement program\nterminates service as a deputy sheriff member and returns to such\nservice as a deputy sheriff membe
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