§ 604-j. Twenty-five year retirement program for fire protection\ninspector members. a. Definitions. The following words and phrases as\nused in this section shall have the following meanings unless a\ndifferent meaning is plainly required by the context.\n 1. "Fire protection inspector member" shall mean a member who is\nemployed by the city of New York or by the New York city fire department\nin a title whose duties are those of a fire protection inspector or\nassociate fire protection inspector; or in a title whose duties require\nthe supervision of employees whose duties are those of a fire protection\ninspector or associate fire protection inspector.\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 effective date of this section.\n 4. "Participant in the twenty-five year retirement program" shall mean\nany fire protection inspector member who, under the applicable\nprovisions of subdivision b of this section, is entitled to the rights,\nbenefits, and privileges and is subject to the obligations of the\ntwenty-five year retirement program, as applicable to them.\n 5. "Discontinued member" shall mean a participant in the twenty-five\nyear retirement program who, while they were a fire protection inspector\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 7. "Allowable service as a fire protection inspector member" shall\nmean all service as a fire protection inspector member.\n b. Participation in the twenty-five year retirement program. 1.\nSubject to the provisions of paragraphs six and seven of this\nsubdivision, any person who is a fire protection inspector member on the\nstarting date of the twenty-five year retirement program and who, as\nsuch a fire protection inspector member or otherwise, last became\nsubject to the provisions of this article prior to such starting date,\nmay elect to become a participant in the twenty-five year retirement\nprogram by filing, within one hundred eighty days after the starting\ndate of the twenty-five year retirement program, a duly executed\napplication for such participation with the retirement system of which\nsuch person is a member, provided they are such a fire protection\ninspector 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 fire protection inspector member\nafter the starting date of the twenty-five year retirement program and\nwho, as such a fire protection inspector member or otherwise, last\nbecame subject to the provisions of this article prior to such starting\ndate, may elect to become a participant in the twenty-five year\nretirement program by filing, within one hundred eighty days after\nbecoming such a fire protection inspector member, a duly executed\napplication for such participation with the retirement system for which\nsuch person is a member, provided they are such a fire protection\ninspector member on the date such application is filed.\n 3. Each fire protection inspector member, other than a fire protection\ninspector member subject to paragraph one or two of this subdivision,\nwho becomes subject to the provisions of this article on or after the\nstarting date of the twenty-five year retirement program shall become a\nparticipant in the twenty-five year retirement program on the date they\nbecome such a fire protection inspector member. Provided, however, a\nperson subject to this paragraph, and who has exceeded age twenty-five\nupon employment as a fire protection inspector member, shall be exempt\nfrom participation in the improved twenty-five year retirement program\nif such person elects not to participate by filing a duly executed form\nwi
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