§ 210. Definitions. As used in this article:

a. The term "retired person" means a retired member of a retirement
system or pension plan administered by the state or any of its political
subdivisions who is receiving a retirement allowance for other than
physical disability.

b. The term "retirement allowance" means the total amount payable to a
retired person, whether in the form of pension or annuity, or both, from
a retirement system or systems or pension plan or plans administered by
the state or any of its political subdivisions.

c. The term "supplemental retirement payment" means the supplemental
pension payment or supplemental retirement allowance payable pursuant to
article four or article six of this chapter, or section B20-44.1 or
chapter forty-nine, title D, of the administrative code of the city of
New York, or any other state or local law providing for similar
supplemental pension payments or supplemental retirement allowances.

d. The term "final salary" means the maximum salary or compensation
which the retired person currently would be receiving in the position
from which he was last retired if he had not retired. If such position
has been abolished, the appropriate authority or officer prescribed in
paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section two hundred eleven of this
chapter shall determine, on the basis of the salary or compensation
currently paid to persons in similar or comparable positions by the
employer from whose service such retired person last retired, the
maximum amount of salary or compensation which such retired person
currently would be receiving in such position.

e. The term "public service" means the service of the state or any
political division thereof, including a special district, district
corporation, school district, board of cooperative educational services
or county vocational education and extension board, or the service of a
public benefit corporation or public authority created by or pursuant to
laws of the state of New York, or the service of any agency or
organization which contributes as a participating employer in a
retirement system or pension plan administered by the state or any of
its political subdivisions.

f. The term "former employer" means the state or a political
subdivision, public corporation, school district, board of cooperative
educational services, county vocational education and extension board,
or an agency or organization which contributes as a participating
employer in a retirement system or pension plan administered by the
state or any of its civil divisions, which directly paid the salary or
compensation of a retired person at any time during the two years
immediately preceding his retirement and who paid the salary on which
the retiree's retirement allowance is based.