§ 210. Definitions. As used in this article:

a. The term "retired person" means a retired member of a retirement system or pension plan administered by the state or any of its political subdivisions who is receiving a retirement allowance for other than physical disability.

b. The term "retirement allowance" means the total amount payable to a retired person, whether in the form of pension or annuity, or both, from a retirement system or systems or pension plan or plans administered by the state or any of its political subdivisions.

c. The term "supplemental retirement payment" means the supplemental pension payment or supplemental retirement allowance payable pursuant to article four or article six of this chapter, or section B20-44.1 or chapter forty-nine, title D, of the administrative code of the city of New York, or any other state or local law providing for similar supplemental pension payments or supplemental retirement allowances.

d. The term "final salary" means the maximum salary or compensation which the retired person currently would be receiving in the position from which he was last retired if he had not retired. If such position has been abolished, the appropriate authority or officer prescribed in paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section two hundred eleven of this chapter shall determine, on the basis of the salary or compensation currently paid to persons in similar or comparable positions by the employer from whose service such retired person last retired, the maximum amount of salary or compensation which such retired person currently would be receiving in such position.

e. The term "public service" means the service of the state or any political division thereof, including a special district, district corporation, school district, board of cooperative educational services or county vocational education and extension board, or the service of a public benefit corporation or public authority created by or pursuant to laws of the state of New York, or the service of any agency or organization which contributes as a participating employer in a retirement system or pension plan administered by the state or any of its political subdivisions.

f. The term "former employer" means the state or a political subdivision, public corporation, school district, board of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension board, or an agency or organization which contributes as a participating employer in a retirement system or pension plan administered by the state or any of its civil divisions, which directly paid the salary or compensation of a retired person at any time during the two years immediately preceding his retirement and who paid the salary on which the retiree's retirement allowance is based.