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(e) (l) As used in subsections (a) and (b) of this section with respect to any member who retires for disability on or after age sixty (60), disability -credited service means such member's creditable service. With respect to any member who retires for disability prior to age sixty (60), disability -credited service means the smaller of paragraphs (1) and (2) following: Sec. 19-104. Optional benefits. . (a) Each member shall have the right at any time, not after the later of the effective date of the member's retirement or the date of the written notification to the commission of the retirement of the member, to elect to have his retirement allowance, other than any portion of such allowance that is payable under the provisions of section 19-96w(cl, payable under one (1) of the options set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, in lieu of the retirement allowance otherwise payable to him upon retirement. The amount of any such optional retirement allowance shall be the actuarial equivalent of the amount of such retirement allowance otherwise payable to the member. The member shall make such an election by written notice to the commission. Sec. 19-105. Survivor's allowance. (a) Should a member die in service at any time before retirement and after either becoming eligible for early service retirement under section 19-95(e), or completing at least thirty (3) years of creditable service, the member's surviving spouse if any, shall receive a retirement allowance payable monthly for the life of such spouse. Such allowance shall be in the same amount and shall commence at the same date as the retirement allowance that would have been payable to the member, computed in accordance with section 19-96, subsection (a) 044), whichever is applicable, had the member survived and retired on the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date o which his death occurred after having elected an 0