N.Y. RSS Law § 559
This is the official text of N.Y. RSS Law § 559, part of New York’s RSS Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "RSS Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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§ 559. Application. For purposes of accidental disability retirement\nonly, a sheriff, undersheriff or deputy sheriff engaged directly in\ncriminal law enforcement activities that aggregate fifty per centum of\nhis or her service and are police officers under the criminal procedure\nlaw who last joined a public retirement system of the state or a\nmunicipality thereof, on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-three, but prior to January first, nineteen hundred eighty-five,\nshall be subject to the provisions of article eleven of this chapter\nthat apply to members of the state and local police and fire retirement\nsystem.\n
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