(b) "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.
(c)(i) The "overtime ceiling" shall mean fifteen thousand dollars per annum on January first, two thousand ten, and shall be increased by three percent each year thereafter, provided, however, that for members who first become members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system on or after April first, two thousand twelve, "overtime ceiling" shall mean fifteen thousand dollars per annum on April first, two thousand twelve, and shall be increased each year thereafter by a percentage to be determined annually by reference to the consumer price index (all urban consumers, CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items, 1982-84=100), published by the United States bureau of labor statistics, for each applicable calendar year. Said percentage shall equal the annual inflation as determined from the increase in the consumer price index in the one year period ending on the December thirty-first preceding the overtime ceiling adjustment effective on the ensuing April first.
(ii) Commencing January first, two thousand eighteen, and each year thereafter, the overtime ceiling percentage shall be increased by an amount equal to the annual inflation as determined from the increase in the consumer price index in the one year period ending on the September thirtieth prior to the overtime ceiling adjustment effective on the ensuing January first.
(d) For the purpose of calculation a member's primary federal social security retirement or disability benefit, wages shall, in any calendar year, be limited to the portion of the member's wages which would be subject to tax under section three thousand one hundred twenty-one of the internal revenue code of nineteen hundred fifty-four, or any predecessor or successor provision relating thereto, if such member was employed by a private employer.
(e) For members who first become members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system on or after the effective date of chapter eighteen of the laws of two thousand twelve, the following items shall not be included in the definition of wages: (a) wages in excess of the annual salary paid to the governor pursuant to section three of article four of the state constitution, (b) lump sum payments for deferred compensation, sick leave, accumulated vacation or other credits for time not worked, (c) any form of termination pay, (d) any additional compensation paid in anticipation of retirement, and (e) in the case of employees who receive wages from three or more employers in a twelve month period, the wages paid by the third and each successive employer.
(f) For New York city enhanced plan members who receive the ordinary disability benefit provided for in subdivision c-1 of section five hundred six of this article or the accidental disability benefit provided for in paragraph three of subdivision c of section five hundred seven of this article, the following items shall not be included in the definition of wages: (a) lump sum payments for deferred compensation, sick leave, accumulated vacation or other credits for time not worked, (b) any form of termination pay, (c) any additional compensation paid in anticipation of retirement, and (d) in the case of employees who receive wages from three or more employers in a twelve month period, the wages paid by the third and each successive employer. 25. "New York city uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan member" shall mean a member who becomes subject to the provisions of this article on or after April first, two thousand twelve, and who is a member of either the uniformed force of the New York city department of correction or the uniformed force of the New York city department of sanitation. 26. "New York city police/fire revised plan member" shall mean a police/fire member who becomes subject to the provisions of this article on or after April first, two thousand twelve, and who is a member of either the New York city police pension fund or the New York city fire department pension fund. 27. "Investigator revised plan member" shall mean an investigator member of the New York city employees' retirement system who is a police officer as defined in paragraph (g) of subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, and who becomes subject to the provisions of this article on or after April first, two thousand twelve. 28. "New York city enhanced plan member" shall mean (a) a New York city police/fire revised plan member who becomes subject to the provisions of this article on or after June fifteenth, two thousand sixteen and who is a member of the New York city fire department pension fund, (b) a police/fire member who is a member of the New York city fire department pension fund and who makes an election, which shall be irrevocable and shall be duly executed and filed with the administrative head of such pension fund no later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this subdivision, to be subject to the provisions of this article related to New York city enhanced plan members, (c) a New York city police/fire revised plan member who became subject to the provisions of this article before June fifteenth, two thousand sixteen, who is a member of the New York city fire department pension fund, and who makes an election, which shall be irrevocable and shall be duly executed and filed with the administrative head of such pension fund no later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this subdivision, to be subject to the provisions of this article related to New York city enhanced plan members, (d) a New York city police/fire revised plan member who becomes subject to the provisions of this article on or after April first, two thousand seventeen and who is a member of the New York city police pension fund, (e) a police/fire member who is a member of the New York city police pension fund and who makes an election, which shall be irrevocable and shall be duly executed and filed with the administrative head of such pension fund no later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand seventeen which amended this subdivision, to be subject to the provisions of this article related to New York city enhanced plan members, or (f) a New York city police/fire revised plan member who became subject to the provisions of this article before April first, two thousand seventeen, who is a member of the New York city police pension fund, and who makes an election, which shall be irrevocable and shall be duly executed and filed with the administrative head of such pension fund no later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand seventeen which amended this subdivision, to be subject to the provisions of this article related to New York city enhanced plan members.