550 - Definitions.
§ 550. Definitions. For purposes of this article the terms: a. "Member" shall mean a person who is employed as a sheriff, undersheriff or deputy sheriff who is engaged directly in criminal law enforcement activities that aggregate fifty per centum of his or her service and is a police officer under the criminal procedure law, as certified by the county sheriff, by any county which elects by resolution duly adopted, to provide the benefits as authorized by this article, b. "Retirement system" shall mean the New York state and local employees' retirement system.