§ 89-ss. Retirement of members employed as an emergency medical
technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical
technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating
Suffolk county fire district. a. Any member employed as an emergency
medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical
technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles upon an election by a
participating Suffolk county fire district shall be eligible to retire
pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such eligibility shall be an
alternative to the eligibility provisions available under any other plan
of this article to which such member is subject.

b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of
twenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application
therefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.

c. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon
retirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together
with an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her
accumulated contributions at the time of his or her retirement and an
additional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the
reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he or she may then be
entitled shall be sufficient to provide him or her with a retirement
allowance equal to one-half of his or her final average salary.

d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include any and
all services performed as an emergency medical technician, critical care
technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or
supervisor of such titles employed by a participating Suffolk county
fire district.

e. Credit for service as a paid firefighter or officer of any
organized fire department shall also be deemed to be creditable service
and shall be included in computing years of total service for retirement
pursuant to this section.

f. A member contributing on the basis of this section at the time of
retirement, may retire after the completion of twenty-five years of
total creditable service. Application therefor may be filed in a manner
similar to that provided in section seventy of this article. Upon
completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon retirement,
each such member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity
which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his or her accumulated
contributions at the time of his or her retirement and an additional
pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the
reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he or she may then be
entitled shall be sufficient to provide him or her with a retirement
allowance equal to one-half of his or her final average salary; for
service beyond twenty-five years the benefit is increased by
one-sixtieth of final average salary for each year of additional service
credit provided, however, that the total allowance payable pursuant to
this section shall not exceed three-fourths of such member's final
average salary.

g. In computing the twenty-five years of total service of a member
pursuant to this section full credit shall be given and full allowance
shall be made for service of such member in time of war after World War
I as defined in section two of this chapter, provided such member at the
time of his or her entrance into the armed forces was employed by a
participating Suffolk county fire district.

h. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a member, who
does not retire pursuant to the provisions of this section, from
utilizing service which is creditable service pursuant to the provisions
of this section for service credit pursuant to the provisions of any
other plan of this article to which such member is subject.

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

j. Any member who, on or before the effective date of this section, is
employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician,
advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such
titles in a participating Suffolk county fire district may, by filing an
election within one year after the effective date of this section, elect
to be subject to the provisions of this section. Such election shall be
in writing, shall be duly executed and filed with the comptroller and
shall be irrevocable.