§ 189. Qualifications of armory employees; membership in New York
state employees' retirement system. 1. The employees authorized by this
section shall be residents of the state who shall by employed by the
adjutant general upon the recommendation of the officer in charge and
control of the armory.

2. All persons employed under this article on or after the twelfth day
of April, nineteen hundred twenty-four, will be required to become
members of the New York state employees' retirement system in the same
manner as if such employees were in the competitive class of the civil
service, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to persons who are
eligible to retirement with compensation under this chapter upon
reaching the required age and having the required service.