§ 89-d. Optional twenty year retirement plan for detective\ninvestigators, criminal investigators, senior criminal investigators,\nconfidential criminal investigators, assistant criminal investigators\nand criminal investigators/arson in the office of a district attorney in\ncounties which have elected to provide same. (a) Any member who is a\ndetective investigator, criminal investigator, senior criminal\ninvestigator, confidential criminal investigator, assistant criminal\ninvestigator and criminal investigator/arson in the office of a district\nattorney who is engaged directly in criminal law enforcement activities,\nmay elect to contribute to the retirement system on the basis of\nretirement after the completion of twenty years of total creditable\nservice pursuant to this section within one year after the county\nwherein he is so engaged elects to make the benefits provided herein\navailable. One year or more after the filing of an election, a member\nmay withdraw any such election by written notice duly acknowledged and\nfiled with the comptroller.\n (b) On and after a county elects to make the benefits provided herein\navailable, every detective investigator, criminal investigator, senior\ncriminal investigator, confidential criminal investigator, assistant\ncriminal investigator and criminal investigator/arson in the office of a\ndistrict attorney, entering or re-entering service as such and within\none year from the date of entry or re-entry, may elect to contribute to\nthe retirement system pursuant to this section. One year or more after\nthe filing thereof, a member may withdraw any such election by written\nnotice duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller.\n (c) Elections shall be in writing and shall be duly executed and filed\nwith the comptroller.\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 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 shall retire upon attainment of age sixty-two by\nfiling 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 sufficient to
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