§ 382. Optional retirement of members in the division of state police
after twenty years of service. a. Any member in the division of state
police in the executive department shall be entitled to retire after the
completion of twenty years of total creditable service in such division,
or upon attainment of age sixty in such division if prior thereto, by
filing an application therefor in a manner similar to that provided in
section three hundred seventy of this article. Upon so retiring such
member shall receive:

1. If he elected or was required to contribute in accordance with the
provisions of section three hundred eighty-one or section three hundred
eighty-one-a of this article, a retirement allowance equal to the
present value of a retirement allowance computed upon such period of
service in accordance with the provisions of such sections, or

2. If he did not elect or was not required to contribute in accordance
with the provisions of section three hundred eighty-one or section three
hundred eighty-one-a of this article, a retirement allowance equal to
the present value of a retirement allowance computed upon such period of
service in accordance with the provisions of section three hundred
seventy-five of this article.

b. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding
any provision in this article to the contrary.