§ 1301. Election of benefit enhancements. a. The state of New York may
elect to provide its employees the benefit enhancements provided for in
section thirteen hundred two of this article.

b. A separate election to provide benefit enhancements pursuant to
subdivision a of this section must be made for each specific collective
bargaining organization, recognized or certified pursuant to article
fourteen of the civil service law.

c. Such election is made by the governor to the retirement system upon
receipt of a request from the collective bargaining organization,
recognized or certified pursuant to article fourteen of the civil
service law to represent such eligible employees. No such petition shall
be required for employees who are not represented for the purposes of
collective bargaining subject to the limitation provided in section nine
hundred two of this chapter.