N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 900: Definitions

§ 900. 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. "Retirement system" shall mean the New York state and local

employees' retirement system and the New York state teachers' retirement

system.

b. "State employer" shall mean the executive branch of the state, the

senate, the assembly and joint legislative employers.

c. "Participating employer" shall mean an employer, other than a state

employer, which participates in a retirement system.

d. "Eligible employee", subject to the limitations of section nine

hundred two of this article, shall mean a member of a retirement system

who is identified as eligible to receive the benefit enhancements

provided for in this article upon election by a state employer pursuant

to section nine hundred one of this article; "eligible employee" of a

participating employer shall mean all employees, subject to the

limitations of section nine hundred two of this article. Notwithstanding

any other provision of law to the contrary, the benefits provided herein

shall only apply to an eligible employee who is a member of a retirement

system as defined by subdivision a of this section.

e. "Active service" shall mean (i) service while being paid on the

payroll; (ii) a leave of absence with pay; (iii) other approved leave

without pay; and (iv) any period of time between school terms and any

time between September first, two thousand and October first, two

thousand for a teacher or other employee employed on a school-year

basis.

f. "Cessation date" shall mean the beginning date of an eligible

employee's first payroll period commencing on or after October first,

two thousand, or the effective date as of which such employee becomes

eligible for the benefits contained in subdivision b of section nine

hundred two of this article, or the date on which the eligible employee

attains ten years of membership or, if earlier, ten years of credited

service, whichever is latest.