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SECTION 1203

Overtime

Retirement & Social Security (RSS) CHAPTER 51-A, ARTICLE 22

* § 1203. Overtime. A member's final average salary shall be
calculated in accordance with such provisions of article eight or
article eleven of this chapter as govern the member's benefits, except
that earnings classified as overtime compensation in an amount in excess
of fifteen percent of a member's annual wages not classified as overtime
compensation shall be excluded from such calculation. "Overtime
compensation" shall mean, for purposes of this section, compensation
paid under any law or policy under which employees are paid at a rate
greater than their standard rate for additional hours worked beyond
those required, including compensation paid under section one hundred
thirty-four of the civil service law and section ninety of the general
municipal law.

* NB Effective until January 1, 2027

* § 1203. Overtime. A member's final average salary shall be
calculated in accordance with such provisions of article eight or
article eleven of this chapter as govern the member's benefits, except
that earnings classified as overtime compensation in an amount in excess
of fifteen percent of a member's annual wages not classified as overtime
compensation shall be excluded from such calculation, provided, however,
members who retire on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven,
earnings classified as overtime compensation in an amount in excess of
twenty-five percent of a member's annual wages not classified as
overtime compensation shall be excluded from such calculation. "Overtime
compensation" shall mean, for purposes of this section, compensation
paid under any law or policy under which employees are paid at a rate
greater than their standard rate for additional hours worked beyond
those required, including compensation paid under section one hundred
thirty-four of the civil service law and section ninety of the general
municipal law.

* NB Effective January 1, 2027