§ 80-a. Legislative and executive retirement plan; new plan. a. As\nused in this section the following words and phrases shall have the\nfollowing meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the\ncontext:\n 1. "Legislative and executive member". A person who is\nlieutenant-governor, comptroller, attorney-general, a senator, an\nassemblyman or an annual or session employee of the legislature, and\nelects to come under the provisions of this section.\n 1-a. "Legislative employee" means (a) an officer or employee of the\nsenate; (b) an officer or employee of the assembly; (c) an officer or\nemployee of a joint legislative employer. For the purposes of this\nsubdivision, the term "joint legislative employer" shall mean\nlegislative commissions, committees, task forces (irrespective of\nintended or actual duration), joint legislative commissions, councils or\nsimilar bodies whose membership is comprised of both senators and\nassembly members, or which consist of commissioners, or the majority of\nwhose membership is appointed by one or more of the following: the\ntemporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the\nminority leader of the senate and/or the minority leader of the\nassembly, and shall include officers and employees of the legislative\nlibrary, legislative health service, legislative messenger service and\nincluding components of the senate or assembly that are so identified\npursuant to the legislative law; and further shall include officers and\nemployees of a joint legislative employer which at the time of the\nservice satisfies the foregoing definition of "joint legislative\nemployer". "Legislative service" or "legislative employment" shall mean\nservice or employment as a legislative employee as defined herein.\n 2. "Annual employee". A person employed by the legislature on an\nannual payroll for not less than twenty-six weeks in any calendar year\n(exclusive of employees of joint legislative committees or temporary\ncommissions) regardless of whether or not such service is consecutive\nand regardless of whether rendered before or after the effective date of\nthis act.\n 3. "Session employee". A person employed by the legislature on a\nsession payroll during the entire period of a regular session of the\nlegislature. For the purposes of this paragraph, the entire period of a\nregular session of the legislature shall mean the period covered by the\nsession payroll schedule adopted for administrative purposes and\ncertified to by the temporary president of the senate or the speaker of\nthe assembly, as the case may be, at the commencement of a regular\nsession of the legislature.\n 4. "Final average salary". The average yearly and/or annual\ncompensation earned during any three consecutive years of creditable\nservice, as selected by such member at the time of retirement.\n 5. "Yearly compensation". The total salary or wages and statutory\nallowance paid in any calendar year for creditable service to the\nlieutenant-governor, comptroller, attorney-general, a senator, an\nassemblyman or an annual or session employee of the legislature for any\npurpose, and/or while a delegate, officer or employee of the conventions\nto revise and amend the constitution of the state in the years nineteen\nhundred thirty-eight or nineteen hundred sixty-seven, or both.\n 6. "Annual compensation". The total salary or wages paid in any\ncalendar year to a person for any creditable service under this section,\nother than service as lieutenant-governor, comptroller,\nattorney-general, a senator, an assemblyman or an annual or session\nemployee of the legislature.\n 7. "Creditable service". Regardless of whether rendered before or\nafter the effective date of this section, service rendered as\nlieutenant-governor, comptroller, attorney-general, a senator, an\nassemblyman or an annual or session employee of the legislature, and\nservice rendered to the state, any political subdivision thereof or a\npubli
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