§ 800. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this article shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context. a. “Public retirement system” shall mean the New York state and local employees’ retirement system, the New York state and local police and fire retirement system, New […]
§ 801. Transfer rights. a. Except as provided in subdivision b of this section, any member of a public retirement system who by reason of simultaneous membership in two public retirement systems, would have been entitled to transfer membership in a public retirement system pursuant to any provision of law, but failed to make a […]
§ 802. Credit for previously credited service. a. Notwithstanding any ineligibility to obtain credit by reason of a failure to transfer membership in a public retirement system pursuant to any applicable law, retirement credit shall be granted for service which predates the date of membership in a public retirement system after a member has rendered […]
§ 803. Retroactive membership. a. A public retirement system shall have the authority to grant relief from a failure to file an application for membership in that system in connection with service rendered prior to April first, nineteen hundred ninety-three in accordance with the provisions of this section. If the determination is made by a […]
§ 803-a. Correction of benefit errors. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, if, pursuant to a settlement agreement or court order arising out of a matrimonial or custody action, a member of the New York state and local employees’ retirement system or the New York state and local police […]
§ 804. Promulgation of rules and regulations. Each public retirement system is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this article.
§ 805. Records. Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect the authority of a public retirement system to require that evidence of service be based upon records kept in the ordinary course of business.
§ 806. Exclusion. a. A person who was not a member of a public retirement system as of March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-three shall be ineligible for the benefits provided by sections eight hundred one and eight hundred three of this article. b. This article shall have no application to a retiree or former retiree […]
§ 807. Alternate means of authentication. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, each public retirement system as defined by subdivision a of section eight hundred of this article is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to provide for alternate means of authentication in place of any requirement that a filing be duly executed and […]
§ 808. Preservation of records. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each public retirement system, as defined in subdivision a of section eight hundred of this article, other than the New York state teachers’ retirement system, is authorized to reproduce all or any part of its records by any computerized process which accurately produces […]
§ 809. Effect and rebuttal of certain medical presumptions pertaining to diseases of the heart. a. This section shall apply to certain applications for disability retirement allowances made by or on behalf of a member of the New York state and local employees’ retirement system or the New York state and local police and fire […]
