§ 2575-d. Payment of benefits by board of education retirement system
of the city of New York in cases where workmen's compensation is or may
be payable; reimbursement of such retirement system from workmen's
compensation awards. The rules and regulations for the government,
management and control of the board of education retirement system of
the city of New York may be amended pursuant to the provisions of
subdivision two of section twenty-five hundred seventy-five of this
chapter to provide that:

(1) the retirement board of such retirement system, pending the final
determination of a claim for workmen's compensation benefits, may
authorize payment of all or any part of benefits which are payable under
such rules and regulations and with respect to which benefits
limitations or restrictions based on workmen's compensation benefits are
applicable under such rules and regulations; and

(2) in the event that such authorization is granted by the retirement
board, such retirement system shall be entitled to reimbursement out of
the unpaid installment or installments of compensation due under the
workmen's compensation law provided that claim therefor is filed with
the workmen's compensation board, together with proof of the fact and
amount of payment.