§ 89-x. Retirement of deputy sheriffs-civil in Monroe county. a. A
member employed in Monroe county shall be eligible to retire pursuant to
the provisions of section eighty-nine-p of this title if the county of
Monroe elects to make the benefits provided in section eighty-nine-p of
this title available to the sheriff, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and
correction officers of such county and if he or she is a deputy
sheriff-civil of such county. 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. The term "creditable service" shall include any and all services
performed as a deputy sheriff-civil of Monroe county and other
creditable service as defined in subdivisions d and e of section
eighty-nine-p of this title.

c. Monroe county is authorized to adopt a resolution on or before
December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four to extend the provisions
of this section to those members defined in subdivision a of this
section. A certified copy of such resolution must be filed with the
comptroller and may contain an election that any past service cost be
paid over either a five-year or ten-year period. Such resolution shall
be accompanied by the affidavit of the chief executive officer of Monroe
county that the county has received an estimate from the retirement
system of the cost of the benefit provided by this section.

d. The sheriff shall certify to the comptroller, periodically and at
such intervals of time as may be required of him or her and in such
fashion as may be prescribed, the identity of the deputy sheriffs-civil
of Monroe county.

e. Unless otherwise indicated in this section, the provisions of
section eighty-nine-p of this title shall be controlling.