§ 89-b. Optional twenty year retirement plan for sheriffs,\nunder-sheriffs, and regular deputy sheriffs in counties which have\nelected to provide same. (a) Any member who is a sheriff, under-sheriff\nor a regular deputy sheriff in any county who is engaged directly in\ncriminal law enforcement activities, may elect to contribute to the\nretirement system on the basis of retirement after the completion of\ntwenty years of total creditable service pursuant to this section within\none year after the county wherein he is so engaged elects to make the\nbenefits provided herein available. One year or more after the filing of\nan election, a member may withdraw any such election by written notice\nduly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller.\n (b) On and after a county elects to make the benefits provided herein\navailable, every sheriff, under-sheriff or regular deputy sheriff\nentering or re-entering service as such and within one year from the\ndate of entry or re-entry may elect to contribute to the retirement\nsystem pursuant to this section. One year or more after the filing\nthereof, a member may withdraw any such election by written notice duly\nacknowledged and filed with the comptroller.\n (c) Elections shall be in writing and shall be duly executed and filed\nwith the comptroller.\n (d) A sheriff shall certify to the comptroller, periodically and at\nsuch intervals of time as may be required of him and in such fashion as\nmay be prescribed, the identity of the regular deputy sheriffs in his\nemploy who are engaged directly in criminal law enforcement activities,\nand shall likewise so certify to the chief executive officer of his\ncounty and to the chairman of the board or body of his county which\nappropriates the funds to pay for the plan's benefits.\n (e) A member who elects or is required to contribute in accordance\nwith subdivision (a) of this section shall contribute, in lieu of the\nproportion of compensation as provided in section twenty-one of this\narticle, a proportion of his compensation similarly determined. Such\nlatter proportion shall be computed to provide, at the time when he\nshall first become eligible for retirement under this section, an\nannuity equal to one-eightieth of his final average salary for each year\nof creditable service and as a member rendered after the county wherein\nhe is engaged elected the provisions of this section and prior to the\nattainment of the age when he shall first become eligible for\nretirement. Such member's rate of contribution pursuant to this section\nshall be appropriately reduced pursuant to section seventy-a of this\narticle for such period of time as the county wherein he is engaged\ncontributes pursuant to such section towards\npensions-providing-for-increased-take-home-pay. Such member's\ncontribution, reduced as aforesaid, shall also be appropriately further\nreduced by any multiple of twenty-five percentum of such contribution,\nreduced as aforesaid, which the county wherein he is engaged has elected\nto contribute on his behalf in lieu of such member's contributions\npursuant to this subdivision. No such member shall be required to make\ncontributions after completing twenty years of such service, except as\nis provided in such subdivision (m) of this section.\n (f) (1) A member then covered by the provisions of this section shall\nbe entitled to retire after the completion of twenty years of total\ncreditable service and, except a sheriff, shall retire upon attainment\nof age sixty by filing an application therefor with the comptroller.\n (2) Upon completion of twenty years of such service and upon\nretirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together\nwith an annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated\ncontributions, if any, at the time of his retirement, and an additional\npension which is the actuarial equivalent of the\nreserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he may then be entitled, if\nany, shall be
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