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SECTION 185
Definitions
Retirement & Social Security (RSS) CHAPTER 51-A, ARTICLE 4-B
§ 185. Definitions. As used in this article, unless a different
meaning clearly appears from the context: a. The term "fund" shall mean
any public retirement system or pension fund which grants retirement or
pension benefits to employees of the city of New York, employees of the
state of New York, employees of any department or agency of the city of
New York or of the state of New York, employees of any municipality or
other participating employer participating in the New York state and
local employees' retirement system or the New York state and local
police and fire retirement system, and employees of school districts
participating in the New York state teachers' retirement system.

b. The term "ordinary death benefit":

(1) shall include only the death benefits authorized by:

(a) sections sixty, sixty-a, sixty-b, sixty-c, three hundred sixty,
three hundred sixty-a, three hundred sixty-b, three hundred sixty-c,
four hundred forty-eight, four hundred forty-eight-a, five hundred
eight, five hundred eight-a, six hundred six and six hundred six-a of
the retirement and social security law; and

(b) section five hundred twelve of the education law; and

(c) sections B3-32.0, B20-39.0 and B20-40.0 of the administrative code
of the city of New York and

(d) subdivisions a, b and c of section B18-38.0 of such code and
subdivisions a, a-1, b, c and f of section B19-7.79 of such code; and

(e) section twenty of the rules and regulations of the board of
education retirement system of the city of New York; and

(f) subdivision four of section B3-36.0 of such code, subdivision two
of section B20-41.0 of such code, subdivision d of section B18-38.0 of
such code, subdivisions d, e and f of section B19-7.79 of such code,
section two hundred seven-h of the general municipal law, as added by
chapter nine hundred four of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-six and
amended, section two hundred seven-h of the general municipal law, as
added by chapter nine hundred six of the laws of nineteen hundred
sixty-six and section fourteen-a of the rules and regulations of the
board of education retirement system of the city of New York, in any
case where the death to which any of the provisions above mentioned in
this subparagraph (f) is applicable occurs before the effective date of
retirement designated by the member or by the board of trustees of the
retirement system, as the case may be; and

(2) shall include the accelerated death benefit authorized by
subdivision nine of section five hundred eleven of the education law;
and

(3) shall not include a death benefit payable as the result of an
accident sustained in the performance of duty.