New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL
Chapter VI - New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System and New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System
Part 360 - Service Crediting For Tier 2, 3 And 4 Community College Employees
Section 360.1 - Background and applicability

Sections 446, 513 and 609 of the Retirement and Social Security Law were amended by chapters 310 and 311 respectively of the Laws of 1993 to provide that employees of community colleges, as that term is defined in section 6301 of the Education Law, who are in the classified service, as that term is defined in section 40 of the Civil Service Law, or in the unclassified service, as that term is defined in section 35 of the Civil Service Law, shall receive one year of service credit if they have been employed full-time for the school year. Sections 446, 513 and 609 authorize the Comptroller to promulgate regulations defining the term "school" year for the purposes of determining service credit pursuant to sections 446, 513 and 609 of the Retirement and Social Security Law. Chapter 310, which covers employees in the classified service, applies to school years commencing with the 1993-1994 school year. Chapter 311, which covers employees in the unclassified service, applies retroactively to school years beginning on or after July 1, 1973 with respect to individuals who last joined the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System on or after July 1, 1973 and before July 27, 1976 and who were not retired as of July 21, 1993. Chapter 311 also applies retroactively to school years beginning on or after July 27, 1976 with respect to individuals who last joined the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System on or after July 27, 1976 and before September 1, 1983 and who were not retired as of July 21, 1993, and to school years beginning on or after September 1, 1983 with respect to individuals who last joined the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System on or after September 1, 1983 and who were not retired as of July 21, 1993.