N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 31-b: Participation by the Upper Hudson Library System

§ 31-b. Participation by the Upper Hudson Library System. a. The

Upper Hudson Library System 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.

b. The officers and employees of such system shall be credited with

such periods of prior service as shall be certified by such system for

service rendered to it, or the state, or in any other capacity approved

by such system and the comptroller. Service for such system 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 system

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 system on account of such officer or employee for any

prior service credit and any such previous credit.