§ 110-b. Deduction of dues and insurance premiums from benefits of
certain retired members. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary and subject to the provisions of a collective negotiating
agreement between the state and an employee organization representing
employees whose positions are in collective negotiating units designed
as the administrative services unit, operational services unit,
institutional services unit or division of military and naval affairs
unit established pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law,
the comptroller is hereby authorized to deduct from the retirement
allowance of any retired member of such negotiating units who retired on
or after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven an amount of
membership dues as the retired member may specify in writing filed with
the comptroller for the payment of such employee organization membership
dues and premiums for employee organization sponsored group insurance
plans. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by such retired
member at any time upon filing written notice of such withdrawal with
the comptroller. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
section, the employee organization certified, pursuant to article
fourteen of the civil service law, to represent the collective
negotiating unit from which the member retired shall have exclusive
payroll deduction of membership dues and premiums for insurance and
mass-merchandized automobile and homeowners' insurance policies for
retired members of such collective negotiating unit. Deductions for such
dues and premiums shall not be authorized for any other employee
organization or group except by express written approval of such
appropriate certified employee organization. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, a retired member shall have the right,
at any time after his or her retirement, to execute and file a deduction
authorization card with the retirement system authorizing the payment of
voluntary contributions to the political committee, as defined in
section 14-100 of the election law, of such member's employee
organization, provided such organization is certified or recognized
pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law as the
representative of all employees in the negotiation unit in which such
member was then employed. Such authorization shall continue in effect
until revoked in writing by such member. The comptroller shall determine
the cost of administering deductions for voluntary contributions to the
political committee and the cost incurred by the retirement system in
administering such contributions shall be paid from the funds of the
political committee.