4608 - Application.

§  4608. Application. (a) Every system organized or created under this  chapter  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  to  subsection  (g) of section one thousand one hundred two of this chapter,  to the appropriate provisions of articles one, three and seventy-four of  this chapter, and to articles thirteen and  fourteen  of  this  chapter,  insofar  as  applicable to the assets and investments of a domestic life  insurance company, except that the provisions of  section  one  thousand  four  hundred  four (and the provisions therein that relate specially to  retirement systems) shall be applicable instead  of  the  provisions  of  section one thousand four hundred five of this chapter.    (b) Article seventeen of this chapter is applicable to any such system  for  the  purpose of investing in the stock of a domestic life insurance  company organized on a restricted plan pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  subsection  (b) of section four thousand two hundred two of this chapter  and for investing in or otherwise acquiring subsidiaries  of  the  types  described in section one thousand seven hundred four of this chapter.    (c)  Section  four thousand two hundred forty of this chapter shall be  applicable to any such system  in  which  the  total  present  value  of  benefits  provided by the employer for members in active service exceeds  fifty million dollars, subject to such modifications in the  application  of the provisions of such section as the superintendent may prescribe by  rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  the provisions of this  chapter, as may be  appropriate  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this  article.