(a) Any person who served two or more years with the National Youth Administration, hereinafter referred to as N.Y.A., during the time period from December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946, and who is otherwise eligible for participation within the state retirement system, shall be entitled to have the time actually served with the N.Y.A. credited as state service for retirement purposes, upon the contribution of certain amounts, as provided in subsection (b) of this section, into the State Retirement System Fund.
(b) Any person described in subsection (a) of this section entitled to have said N.Y.A. service credited as state service within the state retirement system shall contribute an amount equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service credit, as determined by the system’s actuary.