N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 31-F*2 – Participation by the Northern Westchester joint water works
* § 31-f. Participation by the Northern Westchester joint water works. a. The Northern Westchester joint water works may, by resolution adopted by its board of trustees and approved by the comptroller, elect to participate in the retirement system. Acceptance of its employees for membership in the retirement system shall be optional with the comptroller, who shall determine the amounts of contribution payable by such system and its employees, shall resolve questions of credit for prior service, and shall in all other respects assure that such employees share the same rights, obligations and benefits as other members of the retirement system.
Terms Used In N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 31-F*2
- member: shall include each person who during the qualifying period was in the employment of a public employer which then participated for such employees in a public retirement system in this state, irrespective of whether the person was a participant in such system at that time, provided that the person has become a participant in such retirement system and has purchased service credit for a period of time that includes some or all of the qualifying period in accordance with provisions of law applicable to such purchase of service credit. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 2
b. The officers and employees of such water works shall be credited with such periods of prior service as shall be certified by such water works for service rendered to it, or the state, or in any other capacity approved by such water works and the comptroller. Service for such water works after the date on which it commences to participate in the retirement system shall be considered as member service. An officer or employee of such water works who, as of the date he or she is so approved for membership in the retirement system, is already a member thereof, shall not have his or her total credit reduced by such approval. Any reserve held on account of any such officer or employee in the pension accumulation fund shall be used as an offset against the deficiency contribution payable thereafter by such water works on account of such officer or employee for any prior service credit and any such previous credit.
* NB There are 2 § 31-f's