N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-7
Accidental disability retirement allowance; definitions.
Status: in_force

7. a. (1) Upon the written application by a member in service, by one acting in his behalf or by his employer, any member may be retired on an accidental disability retirement allowance, provided that the medical board, after a medical examination of such member, shall certify that the member is permanently and totally disabled as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during and as a result of the performance of his regular or assigned duties and that such disability was not the result of the member's willful negligence and that such member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the performance of his usual duty and of any other available duty in the department which his employer is willing to assign to him. The application to accomplish such retirement must be filed within five years of the original traumatic event, but the board of trustees may consider an application filed after the five-year period if it can be factually demonstrated to the satisfaction of the board of trustees that the disability is due to the accident and the filing was not accomplished within the five-year period due to a delayed manifestation of the disability or to other circumstances beyond the control of the member. (2) Upon retirement for accidental disability, a member shall receive an accidental disability retirement allowance which shall consist of: (a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his aggregate contributions; and (b) A pension in the amount which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 2/3 of the member's actual annual compensation for which contributions were being made at the time of the occurrence of the accident or at the time of the member's retirement, whichever provides the largest possible benefit to the member. (3) Upon receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who has retired on accidental disability retirement allowance, there shall be paid to such member's beneficiary an amount equal to 3 1/2 times the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service, provided, however, that if such death shall occur after the member shall have attained 55 years of age the amount payable shall equal 1/2 of such compensation instead of 3 1/2 times such compensation. (4) Permanent and total disability resulting from a cardiovascular, pulmonary, or musculoskeletal condition which was not a direct result of a traumatic event occurring in the performance of duty shall be deemed an ordinary disability. b. (1) For purposes of this subsection: "Qualifying condition or impairment of health" includes: diseases of the upper respiratory tract and mucosae, including conditions such as conjunctivitis, rhinitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, vocal cord disease, upper airway hyperreactivity and tracheobronchitis, or a combination of such conditions; diseases of the lower respiratory tract, including but not limited to bronchitis, asthma, reactive airway dysfunction syndrome, and different types of pneumonitis, such as hypersensitivity, granulomatous, or eosinophilic; diseases of the gastroesophageal tract, including esophagitis and reflux disease, either acute or chronic, caused by exposure, or aggravated by exposure; diseases of the psychological axis, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, or any combination of such conditions; diseases of the skin, such as contact dermatitis or burns, either acute or chronic in nature, infectious, irritant, allergic, idiopathic or non-specific reactive in nature, caused by exposure, or aggravated by exposure; and new onset diseases resulting from exposure as such diseases occurring in the future including cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asbestos-related disease, heavy metal poisoning, musculoskeletal disease, and chronic psychological disease. "World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations" means the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site between September 11, 2001 and October 11, 2001. "World Trade Center site" means any location below a line starting from the Hudson River and Canal Street, east on Canal Street to Pike Street, south on Pike Street to the East River, and extending to the lower tip of Manhattan. (2) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection a. of this section or any other law to the contrary, for a member who participated, whether or not under orders or instruction by an employer to so participate, in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations for a minimum of eight hours, permanent and total disability resulting from a qualifying condition or impairment of health shall be presumed to have occurred during and as a result of the performance of the member's regular or assigned duties and not the result of the member's willful negligence, unless the contrary can be proved by competent evidence. A member who did not participate in such operations for a minimum of eight hours shall be eligible for the presumption provided that: the member participated in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site between September 11, 2001 and September 12, 2001; the member sustained a documented physical injury at the World Trade Center site between September 11, 2001 and September 12, 2001 that is a qualifying condition or impairment of health resulting in a disability to the member that prevented the member from continuing to participate in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations for a minimum of eight hours; and the documented physical injury that resulted in a disability to the member that prevented the member from continuing to participate in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations for a minimum of eight hours is the qualifying condition or impairment of health for which the member seeks a presumption under this subsection. In order to be eligible for the presumption provided under this subsection, a member shall have successfully passed a physical examination for entry into public service or shall present such sufficient evidence of one or more medical examinations or results performed within a reasonable period of time before or after entry into public service, which failed to disclose evidence of the qualifying condition or impairment of health that formed the basis for the permanent and total disability. (3) A member who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations for a minimum of eight hours and subsequently retired on a service retirement, special retirement, accidental disability retirement, or an ordinary disability retirement and thereafter incurred a disability caused by a qualifying condition or impairment of health which the medical board determines to be caused by participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations shall be eligible to apply to the board of trustees to have the retiree's retirement allowance recalculated as an accidental disability retirement allowance for benefit payments on or after the date of the application, provided the retiree filed an application for such recalculation within 180 days of the date that the retiree knew or should have known of the existence of such disability and its relation to the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations. In order to be eligible for such recalculation, the retiree shall have successfully passed a physical examination for entry into public service or shall present such sufficient evidence of one or more medical examinations or results performed within a reasonable period of time before or after entry into public service, which failed to disclose evidence of the qualifying condition or impairment of health that formed the basis for the disability. If a retiree previously filed an eligibility registration form with the Police and Firemen's Retirement System and the retiree was denied because the retiree did not file within the required registration period in effect prior to the effective date of P.L.2025, c.117, the retiree shall be permitted to petition the board of trustees for reconsideration. (4) The board of trustees may promulgate rules and regulations that the board determines are necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection. A member or retiree shall not be eligible for the presumption or recalculation under this subsection unless the member or retiree files a written and sworn statement with the retirement system on a form provided by the board of trustees thereof indicating the dates and locations of service. (5) This subsection shall apply regardless of whether the member or retiree, who is otherwise eligible, was enrolled in the retirement system at the time of participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations as specified herein. L.1944, c.255, s.7; amended 1950, c.325, s.1; 1953, c.266, s.3; 1955, c.52, s.1; 1959, c.158, s.1; 1964, c.241, s.4; 1967, c.250, s.7; 1971, c.175, s.4; 1989, c.204, s.3; 1997, c.281, s.1; 2019, c.157, s.2; 2025, c.117, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-45 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-45
Information, secretary to transmit
Status: in_force

The secretary of each county park commission having employees who are members of the State fund shall transmit to the board of trustees such information as the board shall, from time to time, require. L.1948, c. 441, p. 1734, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.17 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.17
Retirement system hereunder supersedes existing pension funds; exceptions
Status: in_force

It is the intention of this act that the retirement system herein provided for shall, on and after the effective date of this act, and thereafter, supersede and take the place of any pension fund then existing in the said city pursuant to article 2, chapter 13, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 18, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 19, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, except as otherwise provided in this act. L.1954, c. 218, p. 816, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8B-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8B / Section 8B-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: (a) "Employee" means any person holding office, position, or employment in any county, municipality, or school district in the State. (b) "Employer" means any county, municipality, or school district in the State. (c) "Final average salary" means the average base compensation paid by the employer to the employee for the three years of his employment preceding his retirement. (d) "Permanent and total disability." An employee is deemed to be permanently and totally disabled when it appears not only that he is physically or otherwise incapacitated for service, but that such incapacity will, in all reasonable probability, continue permanently. If an employee claims that such disability exists, the employer shall appoint a physician of skill and repute in his profession and resident of this State, who shall examine the employee. The physician shall make a report of the employee's physical condition or other disability, and if a disability exists, whether in all reasonable probability it will continue permanently, and does and will continue to prevent the employee from giving service to his employer in the performance of his duties. Any person who is retired for permanent and total disability hereunder, and who is under the age of 65 years, shall undergo an annual medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the county, municipality or school district paying pension benefits based upon disability to such person. If upon examination it is determined that such disability no longer exists, the benefits payable hereunder for disability shall cease. If a person receiving pension benefits based upon disability refuses to submit to examination, the county, municipality or school district paying such benefits shall discontinue same until such person submits to physical examination. (e) The Social Security system shall not be deemed a retirement system for the purposes of determining eligibility to a pension under this act. L. 1955, c. 263, s. 1; amended by L. 1987, c. 117, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-46 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-46
"County probation officers" defined
Status: in_force

43:10-46. The words "county probation officers" as used in this article shall mean and include the chief probation officer; and persons permanently appointed to act as probation officers, which appointments are made by the assignment judge of the Superior Court, as provided for in N.J.S.2A:168-5. Amended 1953,c.41,s.1; 1991,c.91,s.413.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-4.4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-4.4
Payment of benefits by Judicial Retirement System
Status: in_force

11. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Pension Adjustment Act, P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.), pension adjustment benefits provided under that act for members of the Judicial Retirement System shall be paid by the retirement system. L.1992,c.41,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.40 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.40
Affidavits as to status
Status: in_force

The commission may require all pensioners and beneficiaries annually and at such other times as it may be deemed necessary to file an affidavit or affidavits as to their status as pensioners or beneficiaries. L.1954, c. 218, p. 831, s. 38.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-118 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-118
Employer liability
Status: in_force

The actuary of the Public Employees' Retirement System shall calculate the liability of each employer of persons becoming members or retirants of the Public Employees' Retirement System under this act and the beneficiaries of such members and retirants in the same manner as is specified in the case of other employers where the act to which this act is a supplement has been adopted, taking also into account the value of securities and other assets as well as all liabilities which have been transferred to the Public Employees' Retirement System. In the event that the value of the securities and assets so transferred is less than the total of the active members' aggregate contributions to the terminated pension fund, the liability of the employer shall include an amount equal to the difference between these two values. L.1956, c. 169, p. 664, s. 8. Amended by L.1959, c. 170, p. 702, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.61 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.61
Existing pension fund superseded by and merged into retirement system
Status: in_force

It is the intention of this act that the retirement system herein provided for shall, on and after the effective date of this act, supersede and take the place of any pension system then existing in the said city pursuant to article 2, chapter 13, Title 43, of the Revised Statutes. Any aforesaid former pension system shall become a part of and shall be and hereby is merged into the retirement system created by this act. All moneys, securities and other assets of such former pension system shall be transferred as of the effective date of this act by the commission of such pension fund to the commission created by this act; which commission is hereby empowered to receive the said funds and assets for and on behalf of the retirement system herein provided for; and the said pension fund created by virtue of article 2, chapter 13, Title 43, of the Revised Statutes shall then cease to exist as a separate pension fund in said city, subject, however, to the provisions of this section 12 of this act. All pensions and other benefits allowed prior to the effective date of this act, under the statute hereinabove specified governing such former pension fund, shall thereafter be paid from the retirement system herein created and according to the provisions of the statutes governing such former pension fund, except as herein otherwise provided. It is the intention of this act that all existing obligations of said former pension fund on account of pensioners and beneficiaries of the fund as of the date of transfer as aforesaid, are assumed and shall be discharged by the retirement system herein created, and such benefits allowed under said former pension fund shall not be diminished or impaired; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall affect the payment or the rates of contributions required of pensioners receiving benefits under said former pension fund on the effective date of this act. L.1964, c. 275, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-48 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-48
Assessment of costs of administration
Status: in_force

(a) If officers or employees of the Division of Employment Security perform duties in part related to the administration of this act and of the unemployment compensation law, or if there be expenses otherwise incurred jointly in connection with administration of such acts, the division shall make an equitable apportionment to determine the portion of total expense to be charged to administration of this act including R.S. 43:21-4(f). So far as possible such apportionment shall be based upon records to be maintained with the respect to activities undertaken in administering this act. (b) The Division of Employment Security shall, at the end of each fiscal year, determine the total amount expended by it for administrative cost directly attributable to the supervision and operation of approved private plans, together with a proportionate part of the administrative cost of R.S. 43:21-4(f), and such total amount shall be prorated among the approved private plans in effect during that year on the basis of the total amount of taxable wages that were paid to all employees covered under such private plans. The prorated amounts shall be assessed against the respective employers but shall not exceed 1/20 of 1% of such wages, and such amounts shall be collectible by the division in the same manner as provided for the collection of employer contributions under the chapter to which this act is a supplement. In making this assessment, the division shall furnish to each affected employer a brief summary of the apportionment of expense to be charged to administration of this act, and of the facts upon which the calculation of the assessment is based. The amounts of such assessments shall be credited to the administration account. (c) The division shall, at the end of each fiscal year, determine the total amount expended by it for administrative cost directly attributable to maintaining separate disability benefits accounts for employers required to contribute to the State disability benefits fund and assigning modified rates of contribution to such employers in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 43:21-7(e)(3). Such total amount of administrative costs shall be prorated among such employer accounts on the basis of the total amount of taxable wages paid to all employees during the preceding calendar year with respect to which contributions were payable to the State disability benefits fund. The prorated amounts shall be assessed against the respective employers, and such amounts shall be collectible by the division in the same manner as provided for the collection of employer contributions in R.S. 43:21-14. The amounts of such assessments shall be credited to the administration account. L.1948, c. 110, p. 605, s. 24. Amended by L.1950, c. 173, p. 397, s. 6; L.1951, c. 282, p. 976, s. 1; L.1970, c. 324, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.51 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.51
Employees' pension fund in counties of 300,000 to 325,000
Status: in_force

In each county of this State having a population of from three hundred thousand to three hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants a county employees' pension fund shall be created, set apart, maintained and administered, in the manner prescribed in this act, for the benefit of employees of such county and of the widows, widowers, and children of such employees, and of all contributors to, participants in, and beneficiaries of any pension fund in operation in such county at the time this act shall come in force and effect in such county, under and by virtue of articles one, two, five, six and nine of chapter ten and chapter nine of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes and of sections 40:37-157 to 40:37-174, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes and of "An act providing for the retirement of persons employed in the department of weights and measures of any county in this State, and providing a pension for such persons so retired," filed June twenty-first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight (P.L.1938, c. 397). L.1948, c. 310, p. 1230, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.62 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.62
Death of employee after one year's employment; benefits to survivors
Status: in_force

Subject to the other provisions of this act, upon and after the death of any county employee who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of the county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of 1 year, there shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried, surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children up to the age of 18 years, as the case may be, 2 1/2 % of the salary of such employee, and for each additional year of service more than 1 year, the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of 2 1/2 % of said salary, not exceeding in any event 25% of the final compensation but not less than $2,500.00. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1246, s. 13. Amended by L.1975, c. 230, s. 3, eff. Oct. 16, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-1
Extension to governmental units having no retirement system
Status: in_force

The State agency, established under chapter 253, laws of 1951, as amended, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed to enter, on behalf of the State, and of any county, municipality or school district and of any public department, board, body, commission, institution, agency, instrumentality or authority of, or in, the State and of, or in, any county, municipality or school district in the State, into an agreement with the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the purpose of extending the provisions of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance system to all services performed by employees as members of any coverage group as defined in section 218(b)(5) of the Social Security Act unless such services are already covered by an agreement under this act. The agreement shall conform with the terms and provisions of this act. Each employer subject to the provisions of this section shall be deemed to have submitted a plan in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of chapter 253, laws of 1951, as amended, except that: a. Such employer shall have the option of including or excluding from coverage all employees in elective offices and positions. The employer shall notify the State agency of his decision within 10 days after the date of this enactment. If no notice has been received within the specified time, he shall be deemed to have decided not to cover employees in such elective offices and positions. b. Such employer shall furnish the State agency within 10 days after the date of this enactment, the title of the official responsible for the local administration of the Social Security Program for the coverage group. If the employer fails to furnish this information within the specified time, the State agency shall deem that the employer has designated its chief fiscal officer to be the responsible official. c. The agreement shall not be made applicable to services in such positions so long as said positions are barred from coverage by the provisions of the Social Security Act. L.1954, c. 84, p. 469, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.4
Employees' retirement systems created in first class cities over 400,000
Status: in_force

In each city, as defined by this act, an employees' retirement system shall be and is hereby created, set apart, maintained and administered in the manner prescribed in this act, for the benefit of employees of such city, and the widows, widowers, children and dependent parents of such employees; and also of all contributors to, participants in and beneficiaries of any pension fund in operation in such city, at the time this act shall become effective, under and by virtue of article 2, chapter 13, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes; and of chapter 18, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes; and of chapter 19, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes. L.1954, c. 218, p. 809, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:9A-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-2
Retirement for incapacity; examination by physician
Status: in_force

Any clerk or deputy clerk of a county district court of a county of the first class, having a population of over eight hundred thousand, who shall have been for twenty-five years continuously in such office or position and in the office or position of clerk and assistant clerk of a district court of a city within said county who shall have reached the age of sixty years and become incapacitated for service in such office or position, which physical or other disability shall have developed during his term of service in either office or position, may be retired from service for these reasons upon informing the presiding judge of the court wherein he is serving or upon such information being given in his behalf of his desire to do so and of his disability; provided, such clerk or deputy clerk has complied with the provisions of this act. If the judge finds that disability exists, he shall appoint a physician of skill and repute in his profession, and resident in this State, who shall examine the person proposed for retirement and report on his physical condition or other disability and as to whether in all probability, if he finds the disability existent, it will continue permanently and does and will prevent the applicant from properly performing his duties. Upon receipt of the physician's report, the judge shall certify and send it to the finance officer of the county, there to remain of record. Thereupon the applicant may file his resignation in such office and shall be entitled to the benefit of this act. L.1945, c. 281, p. 828, s. 2. Amended by L.1950, c. 296, p. 999, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.22 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.22
Exemptions of funds and pensions; assignment
Status: in_force

All funds created under this act and all pensions granted under this act shall be exempt from any State, county, or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment, or any other process and shall be unassignable, except that pension payments to be made to a pensioner may be assigned in writing by the pensioner but only for the payment of premiums for group plan for hospital service or for hospital, medical and surgical insurance or 1 or more of them. L.1943, c. 160, p. 469, s. 22. Amended by L.1957, c. 225, p. 773, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-1.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1.6
Credit for period of other governmental service
Status: in_force

Any employee, who at the time of his entry into a county pension fund established pursuant to article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, was given credit for and paid contributions to the fund for a period of service as an employee of the State of New Jersey or of any municipality or agency, commission or board thereof in a county adopting the provisions of article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, shall be entitled to credit for the period of other governmental service just as if that period had been spent in the employment of the county, and the actions of the county pension commission in granting credit for such periods of other governmental service are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed. L.1976, c. 107, s. 1, eff. Oct. 18, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-7.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7.6
Inapplicability of expenditure limitations of Public School Education Act of 1975
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1975, c. 212 (C. 18A:7A-3 and 18A:7A-25) or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, any increase in expenditure required as a result of this act shall not be subject to the expenditure limitations imposed pursuant to P.L.1975, c. 212 (C. 18A:7A-3 and 18A:7A-25). L.1977, c. 307, s. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-16.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-16.2
Form required when member chooses certain option; notification to spouse
Status: in_force

2. Whenever a member of the Judicial Retirement System elects a retirement allowance which is payable for the life of the member only and terminating at the member's death, without refund of any kind to the member's spouse, the member shall be required, before electing that benefit, to sign a form stating that the member has elected that benefit, that the member understands that it is payable during the member's lifetime only and that no benefits will be payable to the member's spouse after death, other than the survivor benefits provided by section 18 of P.L.1973, c.140 (C.43:6A-18) and any applicable life insurance benefits. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall notify the member's spouse if the member identifies the spouse on the form. Notification shall be by certified mail to the spouse's address as provided on the form by the member. If the member has not provided an address for the spouse on the form, the division shall send the notice, by certified mail, to the spouse at the member's address. The notice shall advise the spouse that the retirement benefit chosen by the member is payable during the member's lifetime only and that no benefits, other than the survivor benefits provided by section 18 of P.L.1973, c.140 (C.43:6A-18) and any applicable life insurance benefits, shall be payable to the beneficiary after the member's death. L.2002,c.54,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-71 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-71
Transfer of court attendants' pension fund to credit of sheriff's employees' pension fund
Status: in_force

All moneys remaining on June fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, in the possession of any board of chosen freeholders of any county of the second class acquired by virtue of payments made pursuant to an act entitled "An act providing for the retirement and pensioning of court attendants in counties of the second class of this state," approved April sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, the same being chapter 104 of the laws of 1929, are hereby transferred to the credit of any pension fund created for the benefit of any sheriff's employees of counties of the second class and subject to pension benefits that may be acquired by any sheriff's employees of counties of the second class by virtue of the formation of any such pension fund.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-117 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-117
Previously granted pensions or benefits continued
Status: in_force

Any pension or other benefit granted from such terminated pension fund prior to termination shall be continued by the board of trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System. L.1956, c. 169, p. 664, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-4.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-4.3
Pension adjustment benefits to be paid by PERS
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Pension Adjustment Act," P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.), pension adjustment benefits provided under that act for members and beneficiaries of the Public Employees' Retirement System shall be paid by the retirement system. L.1990,c.6,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-43 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-43
Active membership while on official leave of absence; qualifications for payment of death benefit
Status: in_force

For the purposes of section 17b. a member shall be deemed to be an active member for a period of no more than 93 days while on official leave of absence without pay when such leave is due to any reason other than illness, or for a period of no more than 2 years while on an official leave of absence without pay if satisfactory evidence is presented to the retirement system that such leave of absence without pay is due to the member's personal illness. If a member dies within 30 days after the date of retirement or the date of commission approval, whichever is later, a death benefit shall be payable only if he is deemed to be an active member in accordance with this section; provided, however, a member applying for disability benefits shall be deemed an active member if he was covered by the death benefit provisions of the act at the termination of employment, filed the application for disability retirement with the retirement system within 30 days following such termination of employment and dies within 30 days after the date of retirement or the date of commission approval, whichever is later. L.1973, c. 140, s. 43, eff. May 22, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-23 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-23
Option on purchase of group life insurance coverage for death benefit provisions
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer may, in his discretion, determine to purchase group life insurance coverage for the death benefit provisions as provided in sections 17 b., 19 and 20, or may determine not to purchase any group insurance coverage for the death benefit provisions heretofore mentioned. L.1973, c. 140, s. 23, eff. May 22, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-21 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-21
Annual report
Status: in_force

The retirement system shall publish annually a report showing a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the funds created by this act, certifying as to the accumulated cash and securities of the funds and stating other facts pertaining to the system. The board shall submit the report to the Governor and furnish a copy to every employer for use of the members and the public. L.1954, c. 84, p. 487, s. 21. Amended by L.1971, c. 213, s. 8, eff. June 17, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-33.10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-33.10
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be ineffective, such determination shall not affect or impair the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which said determination shall have been rendered. L.1960, c. 44, p. 180, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:19-17 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-17
Pension exempt from legal process
Status: in_force

All pensions granted under this chapter shall be exempt from execution, attachment or other legal process.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-67 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-67
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Self-Employment Assistance and Entrepreneurial Training Act." L.1995,c.394,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.31 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.31
Withdrawal not allowed; separation from service; refunds
Status: in_force

From and after the adoption of this act any employee who is or becomes a member of the retirement system created hereby may not withdraw therefrom and shall not be entitled to a refund of any of the moneys therefrom and thereafter deducted from his salary hereunder; provided, however, that any employee who is separated from the municipal service through discharge, resignation, or for any reasons other than retirement, except as hereinafter stated, shall be entitled to a refund of his contributions. L.1954, c. 218, p. 828, s. 29. Amended by L.1972, c. 122, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-15.7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-15.7
Liability for increased pension and adjustments
Status: in_force

3. The actuary for the Police and Firemen's Retirement System shall determine for the valuation period of the retirement system in which this act takes effect the liability of the retirement system for the increased pension and pension adjustment benefits provided under this act for all participants of the retirement system as of the last day of the valuation period. This liability shall be added to the unfunded accrued liability of the retirement system and shall be paid by the State in the same manner and over the remaining time period provided for the State's unfunded accrued liability under section 15 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-15). The actuary shall determine annually thereafter the liability of the retirement system for the increased pension and pension adjustment benefits provided under this act for new participants which shall be included in the normal contribution paid by the State. The State shall pay the cost of the actuarial work to determine the additional liabilities of the retirement system for the benefits under this act. L.1991,c.511,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8C-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-2.1
Incentive program to encourage retirement, termination of employment of county employees.
Status: in_force

44. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1999, c.59 (C.43:8C-2) to the contrary, but subject to the other provisions of that law, a county governing body may, by resolution, adopt an incentive program to encourage the retirement or termination of employment of county government employees, regardless of whether the county is entering into an interlocal services contract or a joint services contract. The incentive program shall be submitted to the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs for approval. The director may condition approval on modifications to the incentive program. Following approval of the incentive program by the director, the county government may implement the program and offer the incentives to its employees. L.2000,c.126,s.44.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-9.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-9.3
Judges of county court; entitlement to qualify for maximum pension if entitled to maximum pension under prior law
Status: in_force

Any judge of the county court who was entitled to qualify for the maximum pension of 50% of his final salary under an act repealed by the Judicial Retirement System Act, P.L.1973, c. 140, shall be entitled to qualify himself for the maximum pension of 75% of his final salary as provided under said Judicial Retirement System Act. L.1976, c. 62, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-46 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-46
Provisos to repeals
Status: in_force

The repeal of the foregoing laws is subject to the following provisos: a. Any person retired under any of the provisions of said acts and receiving or entitled to receive benefits thereunder, prior to their repeal, shall continue to receive the same benefits or shall continue to be entitled to receive the same benefits and to the same extent, as if such acts had not been repealed. b. Any beneficiary receiving an allowance or eligible to receive an allowance under such acts shall continue to receive or be eligible to receive such allowance as provided under such acts. c. Any person electing to have deductions for health insurance subtracted from his pension shall continue to have such deductions subtracted as if such acts had not been repealed. d. Any person who, as of the effective date of this act, meets the requirements for retirement under such acts, may make such application within 30 days after such effective date and be retired on or before the effective date of this act, as if such acts had not been repealed. He shall thereafter receive benefits to the same extent as if such acts had not been repealed. e. If any person covered under such acts dies prior to their repeal, but before retirement, his eligible beneficiaries shall receive the benefits provided by such acts to the same extent as if such acts had not been repealed. f. All benefits payable pursuant to this section, shall, following the effective date of this act, be paid in equal monthly installments. No pension shall be due to a retirant or a beneficiary unless it constitutes a payment for an entire month. g. As of the effective date of this act, all contributions made by any judge pursuant to section 8, P.L.1965, c. 74 (C. 43:6-6.4) shall be returned to him. L.1973, c. 140, s. 46, eff. May 22, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-42 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-42
Designation of beneficiary; writing; filing; change; rights of beneficiaries; election of payment of death benefits
Status: in_force

The designation of beneficiary by a member or retirant shall be made in writing on a form satisfactory to the retirement system, and filed with the retirement system. The member or retirant may, from time to time and without the consent of his death benefit designee, change the beneficiary by filing written notice of the change with the system on a form satisfactory to it. The new nomination will be effective on the date the notice, in proper form, is received by the system, and any prior nomination shall thereupon become void. If more than one beneficiary is nominated and in such nomination the member or retirant has failed to specify their respective interests, the beneficiaries shall share equally. If any beneficiary predeceases the member or retirant, the interest of such beneficiary shall terminate and shall be shared equally by such of the beneficiaries as survive the member or retirant, unless the member or retirant has made written request to the contrary in his beneficiary nomination. Any amounts due for which there is no beneficiary at the death of a member, retirant or beneficiary shall be payable to the estate of such member, retirant or beneficiary. Except with regard to the payment of one-fourth of final salary upon the death of a retirant as provided in sections 19 and 20, a member may elect, by making written request to the retirement system, that the whole or any part of his death benefits be made payable to his beneficiary either as a life annuity or in equal installments over a period of years specified in such election, and may alter such election from time to time during his lifetime by again making such written request. In the event of a change of beneficiary, any previous arrangement by the member or retirant under this paragraph shall be void. The election set forth in this paragraph shall not apply or be available when the beneficiary is an estate, or corporation, partnership, association, institution, trustee, or any fiduciary. If, at the member's or retirant's death, an amount of death benefit would be payable to the beneficiary in a single sum, any election with regard to such amount which was available to the member of retirant immediately prior to his death in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall then be available to such beneficiary for the benefit of such beneficiary. L.1973, c. 140, s. 42, eff. May 22, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-100 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-100
Amount of retirement allowance for law enforcement officer.
Status: in_force

4. Upon service retirement as a law enforcement officer a member shall receive a service retirement allowance consisting of: a. An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions together with regular interest and b. A pension in the amount which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance equal to 2% of his final compensation multiplied by his number of years of service credit as a law enforcement officer for which he has made contributions up to 25, plus the amount determined as provided in section 48 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-48) for years of service credit other than service as a law enforcement officer, for which he has made contributions, plus 1% of his final compensation multiplied by his number of years of service credit as a law enforcement officer for which he has made contributions over 25 or for which he has made no contributions to the retirement system for the period while he was a law enforcement officer or, in the case of a veteran, while he was in office, position or employment of this State, or of any county, municipality, public agency or school district; provided, however, that in the case of any member electing to receive benefits under section 38(b) of chapter 84 of the laws of 1954, such benefits shall be payable at age 60. The death benefit provided in section 48(c) of chapter 84 of the laws of 1954 shall apply in the case of any member retiring under the provisions of this section. L.1955,c.257,s.4; amended 1956, c.55, s.3; 1963, c.121, s.2; 1971, c.213, s.40; 2001, c.353, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-46.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-46.1
Increase in retirement allowance under C.43:15A-46 and C.43:15A-50.
Status: in_force

12. The retirement allowance of each retiree under section 46 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-46), or the retiree's beneficiary pursuant to section 50 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-50), on the effective date of P.L.2001, c.353 shall be increased from 2/3 to 72.7% of the actual annual compensation for which contributions were being made at the time of the occurrence of the accident. The provisions of section 7 of P.L.1969, c.169 (C.43:3B-8) shall not be applicable to the increases in retirement allowances provided by this section. L.2001,c.353,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-37 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-37
Local association, dissolution
Status: in_force

43:17-37. A local firemen's relief association, incorporated or reincorporated under this article may be dissolved at any meeting thereof by a vote, by written or printed ballot, of two-thirds of the members present and voting in favor thereof. Notice of the meeting, and of the purpose thereof, signed by at least ten of the members, shall have been mailed to each person entitled to vote thereat at least twenty days prior thereto and published for three weeks successively, once in each week, in a newspaper circulating in the neighborhood where the association is located. Notice of the dissolution shall be filed forthwith with the Secretary of State and the secretary of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. Amended 1996, c.151, s.31.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-6.8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-6.8
Definitions relative to C.43:21-6.2 et seq.
Status: in_force

9. For the purposes of sections 3 through 9 of this act: "Authorized agent" means an individual, organization or business that, for a fee, provides representation to parties in communications with, or hearings or other proceedings before, representatives of the division in connection with claims for unemployment benefits, charges or tax assessments. In the case of an individual authorized agent representing an organization or business that provides representation to parties for a fee, both the individual and the organization or business shall register with the division and both will be held responsible as the authorized agents. An attorney is not an authorized agent for purposes of this section and is not required to register. If an attorney is employed by, or otherwise provides service to, an organization or business which is an authorized agent, the organization or business shall register with the division and will be considered the authorized agent for purposes of this section. An authorized agent representing an employer shall be regarded as an agent of an employing unit for the purposes of R.S.43:21-16 and be subject to all requirements and penalties imposed by that section for an agent of an employing unit. "Party" means any of the following parties to an appeal, hearing or other procedure of the division: the division; a claimant for unemployment compensation; or any employer against whom charges may be made or tax liability may be assessed due to the claim for unemployment compensation. "Representative of the division" means any individual or entity, including any deputy, appeal tribunal, the board of review or any other individual or entity which represents the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in connection with claims, benefits, charges or taxes for unemployment compensation. L.2010, c.82, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-30 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-30
Nonduplication of benefits, exceptions, certain.
Status: in_force

6. Nonduplication of benefits. (a) No benefits shall be required or paid under this act for any period with respect to which benefits are paid or payable under any unemployment compensation or similar law, or under any disability or cash sickness benefit or similar law, of this State or of any other state or of the federal government, except that: (1) If a claimant is otherwise eligible for benefits under P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.) and benefits are also paid or payable to the claimant under a disability benefit law of another state, the claimant shall be paid the benefits provided by P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.), reduced by the amount paid concurrently under the provisions of the other state's law; and (2) If a claimant is otherwise eligible for benefits under P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.) and benefits are also paid or payable to the claimant under a disability or cash sickness program known as maintenance and cure as provided under the federal maritime law commonly referred to as the Jones Act, the claimant shall be paid the benefits provided by P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.), reduced by the amount paid concurrently under the provisions of the maintenance and cure program. (b) No benefits shall be required or paid under this act for any period with respect to which benefits, other than benefits for permanent partial or permanent total disability previously incurred, are paid or payable on account of the disability of the covered individual under any workers' compensation law, occupational disease law, or similar legislation, of this State or of any other state or the federal government, except that: (1) Where a claimant's claim for compensation for temporary disability, under the provisions of subsection a. of R.S.34:15-12, is contested, and thereby delayed, and such claimant is otherwise eligible for benefits under this chapter, said claimant shall be paid the benefits provided by this chapter until and unless said claimant receives compensation under the provisions of subsection a. of R.S.34:15-12; (2) In the event that workers' compensation benefits, other than benefits for permanent partial or permanent total disability previously incurred, are subsequently awarded for weeks with respect to which the claimant has received disability benefits pursuant to this act, the State fund, or the private plan, as the case may be, shall be entitled to be subrogated to such claimant's rights in such award to the extent of the amount of disability payments made hereunder; and (3) If there has been a settlement of a workers' compensation claim pursuant to R.S.34:15-20 in an amount less than that to which the claimant would otherwise be entitled as disability benefits under the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.), for the same illness or injury, the claimant shall be entitled to disability benefits for the period of disability, reduced by the amount from the settlement received by the claimant under R.S.34:15-20. The State fund or a private plan seeking to recover any amount of disability benefit payments from a workers' compensation award shall be required to demonstrate that the recovery is in compliance with the provisions of this section. (c) Disability benefits otherwise required under the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.) shall be reduced by the amount paid concurrently under any governmental or private retirement, pension or permanent disability benefit or allowance program to which his most recent employer contributed on his behalf. L.1948,c.110,s.6; amended 1952, c.190; 1967, c.306; 2000, c.105; 2001, c.329; 2005, c.337.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.54b — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.54b
Increases in pension
Status: in_force

Every person who is a retirant from a retirement system created pursuant to P.L.1964, c. 275 (C. 43:13-22.50 et seq.) or from a retirement system that has merged with that retirement system, and who is receiving a pension on the effective date of this act, shall have that pension increased by 1% for each full year that has elapsed since his retirement up to the effective date of this act. Pension increases shall not be paid to retirants who are not receiving their regular, full, monthly pensions. The increase granted under the provisions of this act shall be effective only on the first day of a month, shall be paid in monthly installments, and shall not be decreased, revoked or repealed except as otherwise provided by law. No increase shall be due a retirant or his beneficiary unless it constitutes a payment for an entire month. L.1984, c. 117, s. 1, eff. Aug. 8, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-7.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7.5
Contribution rate calculated upon benefit experience; increase if low balance in unemployment trust fund
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provisions of R.S. 43:21-7(c)(5)(A) to the contrary, if the balance in the unemployment trust fund on March 31, 1972 is less than 7% of the total taxable wages reported to the division in respect to employment during the calendar year 1971, the contribution rate to become effective on July 1, 1972 for each employer eligible for a contribution rate calculated upon benefit experience, shall be increased 3/10 of 1% over the contribution rate otherwise established under paragraphs (3) or (4) of R.S. 43:21-7(c); provided, however, that if the balance in the unemployment trust fund on December 1, 1972 is less than 2 1/2 % of the total taxable wages reported to the division in respect to employment during calendar year 1971, the contribution rates, which would take effect on July 1, 1973 if the balance in the fund on March 31, 1973 were less than 2 1/2 % of the total taxable wages reported during calendar year 1972, pursuant to R.S. 43:21-7(c)(5)(A), shall take effect January 1, 1973. L.1971, c. 346, s. 6. Amended by L.1972, c. 172, s. 2, eff. Nov. 29, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-34.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-34.2
State house commission; interest on balance in annuity savings, contingent reserve and retirement reserve funds
Status: in_force

The State House Commission at the end of each fiscal year shall allow interest on the balance of the annuity savings fund, contingent reserve fund and the retirement reserve fund as of the beginning of said fiscal year at the regular interest rate applicable thereto to cover the interest creditable to the respective funds for the year. The amount so allowed shall be due and payable to the funds and shall be credited annually thereto by the commission. L.1981, c. 470, s. 27, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-159 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-159
"Special retirement" after 25 years of creditable service. formula
Status: in_force

5. Should a member of the Prosecutors Part resign after having established 25 years of creditable service, the prosecutor may elect "special retirement," provided, that such election is communicated by the prosecutor to the retirement system by filing a written application, duly attested, stating at what time subsequent to the execution and filing thereof the prosecutor desires to be retired. The prosecutor shall receive, in lieu of the payment provided in section 4 of P.L.2001, c.366 (C.43:15A-158), a retirement allowance which shall consist of: (1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the prosecutor's aggregate contributions and (2) A pension in the amount which, when added to the prosecutor's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 65% of final compensation, plus 1% of final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service over 25 but not over 30. The board of trustees shall retire the prosecutor at the time specified or at such other time within one month after the date so specified as the board finds advisable. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of such a retirant, there shall be paid to the retirant's beneficiary an amount equal to one-half of the final compensation received by the prosecutor. L.2001,c.366,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:19-8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-8
Pension fund
Status: in_force

The pension fund shall be provided and sustained as follows: a. By all rewards, fees, gifts or emoluments paid or given for extraordinary services rendered by any member of the pension corporation, except when the same is allowed by the board of street and water commissioners, or its successors, specifically to such member of the corporation, or when the same is especially given to endow a medal or other competitive reward. b. By all appropriations, donations, devices and bequests that may be made or given to the pension fund by the city or any person. The city may make appropriation to the pension fund created under this chapter. c. The city treasurer or other disbursing officer of the city shall retain for the pension fund the amount of four per cent of all salaries and wages due and payable to employees who are or may become members of the corporation. The board of trustees may assess every member of the corporation such further sum as may be fixed by such board in its discretion with the assent of at least two-thirds of the membership of the corporation, which sum so assessed shall be retained by the city treasurer or disbursing officer of the city, from the salaries and wages due and payable to such members. Such assessment shall be made in the manner and form provided in the by-laws of the corporation. When a member of the corporation dies, leaves or is discharged from the employ of the board of street and water commissioners, or its successor, having served therein for a shorter term than twenty years, all payments, made by the employee to the pension fund shall be forfeited by him and be added to and become part of the pension fund. But if any member, after having paid into the pension fund for a period of over one year, shall resign from the employ of the city, or be transferred from the board of street and water commissioners, or its successor, he shall be entitled to a refund of the sum he has paid into the fund, less the value to him of the insurance benefits he has enjoyed during the period of his membership in such fund, such value being established from time to time by the board of trustees in accordance with current actuarial rates and tables. If any employee is suspended, dropped or discharged from his employment by the board of street and water commissioners or its successor after having paid into the pension fund for a period of over one year, and his suspension or discharge continues for a period longer than two years, he shall be entitled to receive from such pension fund the amount of money which he paid into the fund less deductions for insurance benefits as hereinbefore provided, but such person shall not thereafter be eligible for a pension under this chapter unless upon a re-employment by the city he pays to the pension fund the amount of any rebate made to him. The obligation to refund payments made to the pension corporation shall not apply to any employee suspended or discharged for causes which bar him from eligibility to reappointment under the civil service rules. d. The city shall raise by taxation and pay into the fund yearly, an amount equal to four per cent of the total salaries paid to such employees. If there is not sufficient money in the pension fund, the governing body of the city shall include in any tax levy an amount sufficient to meet the requirements of the fund for the time being. The fund shall be under the control and management of the board of five trustees.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.39 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.39
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If for any reason any section or part of any section or any provisions of this act shall be questioned in any court, and shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not be held to affect any other section or part of any section or provisions of this act. L.1954, c. 218, p. 831, s. 37.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16-5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-5
Consolidated Police and Firemen's Pension Fund
Status: in_force

43:16-5. For the purpose of paying the pensions provided by this chapter, all pension funds heretofore created and in existence pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "An act providing for the retirement of policemen and firemen of the police and fire departments in municipalities of this State, including all police officers having supervision of regulation of traffic upon county roads, and providing a pension for such retired policemen and firemen and members of the police and fire departments, and the widows, children and sole dependent parents of deceased members of said departments," approved April 15, 1920 (P.L.1920, c.160), and chapter 16 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, shall, from and after July 1, 1953, be consolidated, and, as so consolidated, shall be transferred to and placed under the Consolidated Police and Firemen's Pension Fund created by the provisions of this chapter. All rights and privileges created and extended to members of a municipal police department or of a paid or part-paid fire department or of a county police department, including members of the paid or part-paid fire department of any fire district located in any township which has adopted said act or said chapter of the Revised Statutes are hereby expressly preserved, continued and transferred from said pension funds to said consolidated fund. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect or impair the right of any beneficiary of any of the funds so created, but all rights of such beneficiaries which have accrued or may accrue in or against any such pension fund shall be deemed to have accrued or to accrue against the funds so consolidated. Said consolidated fund shall be maintained as follows: (a) There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to each member, as defined in the supplement to this chapter enacted by laws of 1944, c.253, s.12, as amended and supplemented, and paid into said consolidated fund 7% of the amount thereof. (b) All employers, as defined in the supplement to this chapter enacted by laws of 1944, c.253, s.21, as amended and supplemented, shall contribute to the said consolidated fund in the following manner and amounts: (1) An amount equal to 6% of the total of salaries annually paid to the members of the consolidated fund under said employer's jurisdiction, which shall be known as the employer's normal contribution, and which shall be paid into said fund no later than April 1 of the State's fiscal year in which payment is due. (2) An additional amount annually for a period of 30 years, commencing July 1, 1953, equal to 66 2/3% of the share of the particular employer of the annual amortization payment determined by the actuary to be required to bring the fund to a state of actuarial solvency at the end of the said 30-year period. In determining an employer's share of said annual amortization payment, the actuary shall determine separately, and give due credit to the value of the assets transferred by such employer to said consolidated fund. The amount of each of such annual payments shall be certified by the fund to the treasurer of each employer prior to the first day of the year in which such payment is required to be made, and said amount shall be appropriated in said employer's budget for that year. Said annual payment, which shall be known as the employer's accrued liability contribution, shall be made in two equal portions; the first on the first day of each year, and the second on July 1 of each year.
(3) An additional amount to be paid each year following the termination of the 30-year period provided for in subsection (b)(2) of this section, sufficient to meet the requirements of the fund.
(4) A fee, payable no later than April 1 of the State's fiscal year in which payment of the employer's normal contribution is due and consisting of such proportion of the administrative expense of the consolidated fund as the number of active and retired members under the jurisdiction of such employer, or their beneficiaries, then bears to the total number of active and retired members under the jurisdiction of such employer, or their beneficiaries, then bears to the total number of active and retired members and beneficiaries in the consolidated fund. (c) The State of New Jersey shall contribute annually, throughout a period of 20 years, commencing July 1, 1972, such amount as may be necessary to make up the balance of the accrued liability of the consolidated fund. The amount of such annual contributions by the State shall be certified to the State Treasurer by the actuary at the time required for other State departmental budgetary certifications. All funds necessary to meet the State's share of said annual payments shall be included in the annual State budget and appropriated by the Legislature. (d) If payment of the full amount of the employer's obligation is not made within 30 days of the due date established by the act, interest at the rate of 10% per annum shall commence to run against the unpaid balance thereof on the first day after such thirtieth day. If payment in full, representing the monthly transmittal and report of salary deductions, is not made within 15 days of the due date established by the pension fund, interest at the rate of 10% per annum shall commence to run against the total transmittal of salary deductions for the period on the first day after such fifteenth day. (e) The accrued liability contribution of any employer shall be payable by the employer for the entire period of the financing of such liability and shall continue to be due and owing to the fund even when there are no longer any beneficiaries entitled to benefits. (f) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1992, c.125.) (g) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1992, c.125.) (h) Upon the basis of tables recommended by the actuary which the commission adopts after consultation with the Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits, the actuary shall compute the amount of unfunded liability of the fund as of June 30, 1990 which is not already covered by the assets of the fund, valued in accordance with the asset valuation method established in this section, and prospective employer normal contributions and employee contributions. Using the total amount of this unfunded liability, the actuary shall compute the amount of the flat annual payment which, if paid in each succeeding fiscal year, commencing with July 1, 1991, for a period of nine years, will provide for this liability. This payment shall be increased or decreased in succeeding fiscal years to amortize any actuarial loss or gain over the remaining time in this nine-year period. Any unfunded liability remaining after this nine-year period shall be funded by direct State appropriations. The actuary shall annually certify over the nine-year period the amount payable to the fund in the ensuing year, and the State shall pay into the fund during the ensuing year the amount so certified. The State may pay all or any portion of its unfunded accrued liability under the retirement system from any source of funds legally available for the purpose, including, without limitation, the proceeds of bonds authorized by law for this purpose. The value of the assets for the valuation periods ending on or after June 30, 1992 shall be the value of the assets for the preceding valuation period increased by the regular interest rate, plus the net cash flow for the valuation period (the difference between the benefits paid by the system and the contributions to the system) increased by one half of the regular interest rate, plus 20% of the difference between this expected value and the full market value of the assets as of the end of the valuation period. The tables of actuarial assumptions previously adopted by the commission for the valuation periods ending June 30, 1990 and June 30, 1991 shall be applicable to the revaluations of the retirement system under P.L.1992, c.125 (C.43:4B-1 et al.). Amended 1941, c.78; 1943, c.27; 1944, c.253, s.6; 1947, c.234, s.4; 1952, c.358, s.3; 1962, c.245, s.1; 1964, c.242, s.6; 1968, c.154, s.1; 1971, c.179, s.1; 1981, c.241, s.2; 1984, c.127, s.2; 1992, c.41, s.19; 1992, c.125, s.10; 1997, c.115, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3C-11 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3C / Section 3C-11
Benefits of present, future retirees unaffected
Status: in_force

38. No present or future retirees of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, the Judicial Retirement System, the Public Employees' Retirement System, the Consolidated Police and Firemen's Pension Fund, the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, or the State Police Retirement System shall receive any reduction in benefits or incur any additional costs as a result of the provisions of P.L.1992, c.41 (C.43:6A-33.1 et al.). L.1992,c.41,s.38.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1
Retirement for age and service
Status: in_force

43:16-1. a. In all municipalities any active member of a police department or of a paid or part-paid fire department or of a county police department including active members of the paid or part-paid fire department of any fire district located in any township which has adopted the provisions of an act entitled "An act providing for the retirement of policemen and firemen of the police and fire departments in municipalities of this State, including all police officers having supervision or regulation of traffic upon county roads, and providing a pension for such retired policemen and firemen and members of the police and fire departments, and the widows, children and sole dependent parents of deceased members of said department," approved April 15, 1920 (P.L.1920, c.160) or of chapter 16 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, who shall have served honorably in the police or fire department for a period of 25 years, or any employee member of any such department who shall have served honorably in such department for a period of 25 years and who has reached the age of 60 years shall, on his own application, be retired on a service retirement pension equal to 60% of his final compensation. Any active member of the police or paid or part-paid fire department including active members of the paid or part-paid fire department of any fire district as aforesaid who shall have served honorably for a period of 25 years and reached the age of 65 years and any employee member of any such department who shall have served honorably in such department for a period of 25 years and reached the age of 70 years shall be retired on a service retirement pension equal to 60% of his final compensation. The amount of the service retirement pension of any member of such police or paid or part-paid fire department, who has served for more than 25 years and who retires after August 8, 1984, shall be increased by an amount equal to 1% of his final compensation for each year of service in excess of 25 years but not more than 30 years and 1% of his final compensation for each year of service in excess of 30 years rendered prior to his reaching age 65. b. The service retirement pension payable under subsection a. of this section to any person who served honorably in a police or fire department for a period of 25 years and retired from the service of the department prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2001, c.4, shall be increased by an amount equal to 5% of the person's final compensation or by such lesser amount as would, if added to the pension payable at the time of retirement, provide a total service retirement pension of 70% of final compensation. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed either to require a reduction in the pension payable to any retirant or to provide for the payment of any adjustment in such a benefit with respect to any period of time prior to the first day of the month following that effective date. The State shall be liable for any increased cost to local government employers participating in the Consolidated Police and Firemen's Pension Fund as a result of the increased benefit provided for in this subsection. Amended 1938, c.104; 1944, c.253, s.1; 1947, c.234, s.1; 1952, c.358, s.1; 1964, c.242, s.1; 1973, c.110; 1981, c.241, s.1; 1984, c.127, s.1; 2001, c.4, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-23 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-23
Violation of departmental regulations; convictions
Status: in_force

No member who shall have served honorably in any such police or fire department for a period of twenty-five years and attained age fifty-five shall be deprived of his pension privileges under this act because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of such department, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged. A member of the department found guilty before a court of competent jurisdiction may be dismissed or punished in any manner provided by law. L.1944, c. 255, p. 856, s. 23. Amended by L.1945, c. 148, p. 529, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-37 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-37
Persons entitled to benefits
Status: in_force

Any covered individual who on the date of the commencement of a period of disability is not entitled to disability benefits under an approved private plan shall be entitled to disability benefits as provided in this article, referred to in this act as the State plan. L.1948, c. 110, p. 594, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-47 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-47
Refusal of membership in fund
Status: in_force

If any municipal employee or officer shall decline to accept the provisions of this article he shall notify the pension commission in writing of the fact that he does not desire to be bound by the provisions thereof, and in such event no payments or deductions shall be made from the salary of such employee or officer, but neither such employee or officer nor any of his dependents shall receive any pension under the provisions of this article.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-57 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-57
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. During the 1980s, New Jersey employers reported serious difficulties in finding skilled workers for a wide range of jobs in key sectors of the State's economy, and, notwithstanding the current economic slowdown, a longterm shortage of skilled labor will continue in many parts of the State's economy during the 1990s and beyond; b. In addition, many New Jersey businesses are also hindered by low levels of literacy and other basic skills among a significant minority of the workforce; c. Basic workplace literacy and vocational skill levels must be raised if the industries and enterprises of this State are to be successful in an increasingly competitive global economy; d. Because of a slowing rate of population growth, the retraining of the existing workforce will play a critical role in meeting the growing need for skilled labor; e. The effectiveness of current programs to retrain displaced workers during the time that they receive unemployment benefits is hindered by the limited duration of those benefits, which often drives displaced workers into short-term retraining programs with limited skill enhancement or results in the programs' avoiding the selection of trainees who need more extensive training to succeed; f. It would increase the effectiveness of programs which provide retraining to displaced workers if the unemployment benefit period could be extended in cases where the longer benefit period is necessary to provide needed in-depth education and training; g. Such extended unemployment benefits in connection with job training and education would encourage displaced workers to make greater use of retraining opportunities, thus making productive use of periods of economic slowdown and helping to close the skilled labor shortage during the growth periods that follow; h. New Jersey's Unemployment Compensation Fund, with its current balance of more than two billion dollars, is among the most solvent in the nation; i. It is therefore an appropriate public purpose, beneficial to workers and employers and the longterm economic development of New Jersey, to use a limited amount of unemployment compensation funds to provide extended unemployment benefits as needed to enable displaced workers to obtain the high quality training and education required for success in occupations where there are demonstrated longterm shortages of skilled labor. L.1992,c.47,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-30 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-30
Trustee of funds; custodian of funds; administration of program
Status: in_force

30.a. The State House Commission shall be and is hereby constituted the trustee of all the various funds established by this act except the group insurance premium fund; provided, however, that all functions, powers, and duties relating to the investment or reinvestment of moneys of, and purchase, sale, or exchange of any investments or securities, of or for any fund established under this act, shall be exercised and performed by the Director of the Division of Investment in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1950, c.270 (C.52:18A-79 et seq.). b. The secretary of the commission shall determine from time to time the cash requirements of the various funds established by this act and the amount available for investment, all of which shall be certified to the Director of the Division of Investment. c. The Treasurer of the State of New Jersey shall be the custodian of the several funds. All payments from said funds shall be made by him only upon vouchers signed by the secretary. A duly attested copy of the resolution of the State House Commission bearing on its face the specimen signature of the secretary shall be filed with the treasurer as his authority for making payments upon such vouchers. d. The administration of the program shall be performed by the personnel of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of the Treasury and the costs of administration shall be borne by the State. L.1973,c.140,s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 43:22-8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-8
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The State Agency shall make and publish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as it finds necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of the functions with which it is charged under this act. L.1951, c. 253, p. 897, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-71 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-71
"Public agency or organization" defined
Status: in_force

The words "public agency or organization" as used in this act shall be construed to mean and include any agency or organization which operates public works or is engaged in service to the public for 1 or more municipalities, local boards of health, or counties, and whose revenue is derived from other than State funds, but shall not be construed to include any subdivision of any county, municipality, school district, privately owned public utility or service or any religious, educational or charitable organization. L.1954, c. 84, p. 520, s. 71.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-15.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-15.6
Pension adjustment benefits; funding
Status: in_force

7. Pension adjustment benefits for members and beneficiaries of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey as provided by P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.) shall be paid by the retirement system from the contingent reserve fund and shall be funded as employer obligations in a similar manner to that provided for the funding of employer obligations for the retirement benefits provided by the retirement system. The funding shall be phased in as determined by the board of trustees after consultation with the Director of the Division of Pensions and the actuary, except that: a. the phase-in period shall begin with valuation year 1989 and shall be 30 years, and b. any reduction in contributions from recognition of the full market value of the assets as of June 30, 1989 over the adjusted book value of the assets written up by 60% of the excess of market value over adjusted book value as of June 30, 1989 in a fashion similar to that presented in the draft revision of the annual actuarial reports for the valuation periods ending June 30, 1989 and June 30, 1990 submitted by the actuary on April 27, 1992 shall be used to accelerate the funding of the liabilities for pension adjustment benefits. L.1989,c.204,s.7; amended 1992,c.41,s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8C-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-1
Definitions relative to incentive programs for retirement, termination of certain employees.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act, unless the context indicates otherwise: "Chief executive officer" means the mayor of a municipality, the elected county executive of a county, the director of the board of chosen freeholders in a county that does not have an elected county executive, and the chairman or other presiding officer of any other governing body. "Consolidated municipality" or "municipal consolidation" means the resultant municipal entity created after approval and adoption of a public question in favor of consolidation pursuant to the "Municipal Consolidation Act," P.L.1977, c.435 (C.40:43-66.35 et seq.). "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. "Governing body" means the board, commission, council or other body having the control of the finances of a local unit; and in those local units in which a chief executive officer is authorized by law to participate in such control through powers of recommendation, approval or veto, the term includes such executive officer to the extent of such participation. "Interlocal services contract" means a contract between two or more local units for the joint provision of governmental services pursuant to the "Interlocal Services Act," P.L.1973, c.208 (C.40:8A-1 et seq.). "Joint services contract" means a contract between two or more local units to form a joint meeting for the joint provision of governmental services pursuant to the "Consolidated Municipal Service Act," P.L.1952, c.72 (C.40:48B-1 et seq.). "Local unit" means a municipality, consolidated municipality, county, authority as defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-3), joint meeting or fire district. L.1999,c.59,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-12
Permanent disability
Status: in_force

Any such prison officer who shall have received permanent disability as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring while performing his regular or assigned duties shall be retired upon an accidental disability pension equal to 2/3 of his average final compensation if an application for such retirement is filed by such member or by the department within 5 years after the date of such traumatic event or the commission may consider an application filed after the 5-year period if it can be factually demonstrated to the satisfaction of the commission that the disability is due to the accident and the filing was not accomplished within the 5-year period due to a delayed manifestation of the disability or other circumstances beyond the control of the member. A member who shall have served honorably and who shall have become permanently and totally incapacitated for service for any cause other than as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during the performance of duty, shall, upon approval of his application, or the application of the department, be retired on a non-accident disability pension equal to 1/2 of his average final compensation. Permanent and total disability resulting from a cardiovascular, pulmonary or musculo-skeletal condition which was not a direct result of a traumatic event occurring in the performance of duty shall be deemed a nonaccident disability. A member seeking to retire on an accident disability or nonaccident disability pension shall make application to the commission in writing; or the commission may, upon application of the department, cite any such member before it to examine such member concerning his alleged disability and in either case the commission shall call to its assistance the aid of a surgeon or physician, and the member may likewise call to his aid a regularly licensed and practicing physician or surgeon. The chairman of the commission is authorized to administer oaths to such physicians or surgeons or any other person called with respect to the matter before the commission. If the 2 physicians or surgeons so called fail to agree upon the physical or mental condition of the member, the commission may call a third and disinterested, licensed and practicing physician or surgeon, and the determination of a majority of such surgeons or physicians, after they shall have been duly sworn in the case, shall be reduced to writing and signed by them. The determination shall specify whether or not such member is permanently disabled from performing his usual duty and any other available duty in the department which the department is willing to assign to him, at a salary no less than that paid to him in his present position, and whether or not his permanent disability is a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during the performance of his duty. The commission shall determine by resolution whether the member is fit for the performance of his usual duty or such other duty, at a salary no less than that paid to him in his present position, in the department which the department is willing to assign to him and if it is determined that he is unfit for such duty or there is no available duty which he could perform then he shall be entitled to the benefits of this section. In determining whether the member should be retired on a disability pension, the commission shall consider the physicians' or surgeons' determination in arriving at its decision. The commission may require any member who is less than 55 years of age and who shall have been retired on an accident disability or nonaccident disability pension to submit to a physical examination twice a year for a period of 3 years and once a year thereafter in order to determine whether or not the disability which existed at the time that he was retired still exists. Such examination shall be made in accordance with the same procedure in the instance of the examination made by virtue of a member's application for retirement for disability. If the physicians or surgeons or a majority of them report that the member is able to perform either his former usual duties, if such be available, or such other available duties, at a salary equal in amount to the salary paid to him just prior to his retirement, in the department which the department shall assign to him, the pensioner shall report for such duty within 10 days after receipt of notice of the commission's determination thereon, and be reinstated to duty at the salary prevailing for his former position at the time of his reinstatement and thereupon his pension payments shall cease. If the pensioner fails to submit to a medical examination or fails to return to duty within 10 days after receiving either request or within such further time as may be allowed by the commission for valid reason, his pension payments shall be discontinued during such default. Any pensioner who may be of the opinion that he has recovered from the disability which existed at the time of his retirement may request and be granted an examination by the commission at any time and if it be found by the physicians or surgeons or a majority of them that he be fit for his usual duty or any other available duty, at a salary equal in amount to the salary paid to him just prior to his retirement in the department which the department is willing to assign to him and the commission concurs therein then he shall be reinstated thereto, if such be available, at the salary prevailing for his former position at the time of his reinstatement and thereupon his pension payment shall cease. L.1941, c. 220, p. 631, s. 6. Amended by L.1969, c. 56, s. 4, eff. May 21, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 43:9-40 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-40
County clerk; thirty years service; widow's pension
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county of the second class may, in its discretion, adopt a resolution providing for the payment of a pension to any widow of any former county clerk who retired after having served in such capacity continuously for a period in excess of 15 years and who prior to his service as county clerk had served the county in one or more offices, positions or employments continuously for an additional period in excess of 15 years, making a total period of service in excess of 30 years. Such widow shall receive from the county, during the term of her natural life, or as long as she remains unmarried, an annual pension equal to 1/3 of the annual salary paid to her husband at the time of his retirement. The pension shall be paid in equal monthly installments by the county treasurer, out of county funds when so directed by the board of chosen freeholders of the county. L.1968, c. 45, s. 1, eff. May 22, 1968. Amended by L.1969, c. 93, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-4
Establishment; powers and privileges; purpose
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the "Judicial Retirement System of New Jersey" in the Division of Pensions of the Department of the Treasury. It shall have the powers and privileges of a corporation. Its purpose is to provide pensions and other benefits for its members and their beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this act. L.1973, c. 140, s. 4, eff. May 22, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-10
Report to Legislature.
Status: in_force

10. The State Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee, shall report biennially to the Legislature on the effectiveness and efficiency of the marketplace, including levels of enrollment and the retirement savings levels of participating enrolled that are obtained in aggregate on a voluntary basis from private sector financial services firms that participate in the marketplace. L.2015, c.298, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-13 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-13
Unemployment compensation administration fund
Status: in_force

(a) Administration fund. There is hereby created in the State treasury a special fund to be known as the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund. All moneys which are deposited or paid into this fund are hereby appropriated and made available to the Division of Employment Security of the Department of Labor and Industry of the State of New Jersey. All moneys in this fund shall be expended solely for the purpose of defraying the cost of the administration of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.), except that moneys requisitioned and deposited therein pursuant to paragraph 43:21-9(c)(2) of this Title shall remain part of the unemployment compensation fund and shall be used only in accordance with said paragraph. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated by this State, and all moneys received from the United States of America, or any agency thereof, or from any other source (excepting moneys provided for in subsection (g) of section 43:21-14 and subsections (a), (b), (c) and (e) of section 43:21-16) for the administration of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.); all moneys received from the United States of America, or any agency thereof, or from any other State, or agency thereof, as compensation for services or facilities supplied thereto; all moneys received pursuant to any surety bond or insurance policy or from other sources for losses sustained by the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund, or by reason of damage to property, equipment or supplies purchased from moneys in such fund; and all proceeds realized from the sale or disposition of any such property, equipment or supplies which may no longer be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.). All moneys in this fund received from the United States of America, or any agency thereof, under Title III of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.), as amended or the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, shall be expended solely for the purposes, and in the amounts, found necessary by the Secretary of Labor of the United States for the proper and efficient administration of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.). All moneys in this fund shall be deposited, administered, and disbursed, in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements provided by law for other special funds in the State treasury. Any balances in this fund shall not lapse at any time, but shall be continuously available to the Division of Employment Security of the Department of Labor and Industry of the State of New Jersey for expenditure consistent with this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.). The State Treasurer shall give a separate and additional bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties in connection with the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund in an amount to be fixed by the Division of Employment Security of the Department of Labor and Industry of the State of New Jersey and in a form prescribed by law or approved by the Attorney General. The premiums for such bond and the premiums for the bond given by the treasurer of the unemployment compensation fund under section 43:21-9 of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) shall be paid from the moneys in the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund. (b) Reimbursement of fund. If any moneys in the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund paid to this State under Title III of the Social Security Act, as amended, or the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, are found by the Secretary of Labor of the United States, because of any action or contingency, to have been lost or to have been expended for purposes other than, or in amounts in excess of, those found necessary by the Secretary of Labor of the United States for the proper administration of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.), it is the policy of this State that such moneys shall be replaced by moneys appropriated for such purpose from the general funds of this State to the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund for expenditure as provided in subsection (a) of this section. Upon receipt of notice of such a finding by the Secretary of Labor of the United States, the Division of Employment Security of the Department of Labor and Industry of the State of New Jersey shall promptly report the amount required for such replacement to the Governor, and the Governor shall, at the earliest opportunity, submit to the Legislature a request for the appropriation of such amount. Amended by L.1939, c. 94, p. 202, s. 6; L.1941, c. 225, p. 641, s. 1; L.1948, c. 79, p. 457, s. 2; L.1950, c. 225, p. 559, s. 1; L.1960, c. 28, p. 96, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8A-18 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-18
Contributions; deductions from salaries; expenses of administration
Status: in_force

(1) The contributions required for the support of the pension fund shall be made by members and their employers except for the expenses of administration which shall be paid by the State. (2) Upon the basis of such tables as the board shall adopt and regular interest, the actuary of the pension fund shall determine for each age at entrance into the system the uniform and constant percentage of compensation of the member entering at such age, which, if deducted from each payment of his prospective earnable compensation throughout active service, is computed to be sufficient to provide for all benefits on account of his membership. (3) The percentage contribution rate of each member toward the service retirement, ordinary disability retirement, and termination of service benefits provided by this act shall be fixed according to his age at entrance into service and shall be one-half of the total percentage contribution rate calculated for such age to be required to provide all such benefits. The additional percentage rate of contribution of each member selecting the additional death benefit coverage provided in section thirteen of this act shall be fixed according to his age at the time of selecting such coverage and shall be the total percentage contribution rate calculated for such age to be required to provide such additional death benefit coverage. (4) Each employer shall make an annual contribution, as certified by the board of trustees, sufficient to provide with previous contributions of employers all benefits for which employers are responsible. (5) The board of trustees shall certify to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury the percentage of salary payable by each member and by the State on behalf of each member. The officer or officers responsible for the payment of salaries of the employer shall cause to be deducted from the salary of each member on each and every payroll of such employer for each and every payroll period the percentage of earnable compensation of each member certified for payment by the member. In determining the amount earnable by a member in a payroll period, the board of trustees may consider the rate of salary payable to such member on the first day of the payroll period as continuing throughout such payroll period, and it may omit deduction from salary for any period less than a full payment period if any employee was not a member on the first day of the payroll period, and to facilitate the making of deductions it may modify the deduction required of any member by such an amount as shall not exceed one-tenth of one per centum ( 1/10 of 1%) of the annual salary upon the basis of which such deduction is to be made. (6) The deductions provided for herein shall be made, notwithstanding that the minimum salary provided for by law for any member shall be reduced thereby. Every member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein and shall receipt for his full salary or compensation, and payment of salary or compensation less said deduction shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the service rendered by such person during the period covered by such payment, except as to the benefits provided under this act. The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall certify to the board of trustees on each and every payroll or in such other manner as the board of trustees may prescribe, the amounts to be deducted; and each of said amounts shall be deducted, and when deducted shall be paid into said annuity savings fund, and shall be credited to the individual account of the member from whose salary said deduction was made. (7) On the first day of July in each year the State Treasurer shall credit the amount payable by the State, and the amount of deductions from the salary of the members in the employ of the employer to the appropriate fund, or funds, of the pension fund. (8) The expenses of administration of the pension fund shall be paid by the State of New Jersey. The board of trustees shall estimate and certify, annually, to the budget director of the State the amount required during the ensuing fiscal year to provide for the expense of operation of the pension fund, and such amount shall be appropriated for expenditure on the first day of July of said ensuing fiscal year. (9) Prior to the receipt of contributions from members and the State, any moneys in the funds of the pension fund may be used temporarily to cover disbursements but such moneys shall be restored to their proper funds on or prior to the end of the second year of operation. L.1953, c. 423, p. 2138, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 43:19-7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-7
Semiannual report
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall make to the pension corporation a semiannual report of the condition of the fund and the manner in which it is invested, in the months of January and July in each year.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-3.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-3.5
Member who becomes sheriff or undersheriff; election to remain member.
Status: in_force

1. Any member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey who has been or shall be elected to the position of sheriff or who has accepted or shall accept appointment to the office or position of undersheriff may, by written notification to the board of trustees and the county treasurer, elect to continue to be a member of the retirement system while serving as sheriff or undersheriff and shall be deemed to have waived any and all benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled by eligibility for membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System. The county treasurer shall make deductions from the salary of the sheriff or undersheriff and contributions on his behalf to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System as is required by law for members of that system. L.1976, c.134, s.1; amended 2018, c.55, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8B-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8B / Section 8B-2
Employees entitled to pension
Status: in_force

Any employee who is not a member of and was not required by law at the time of appointment or employment, or at any time thereafter, to become a member of a contributory retirement system, may, at the discretion of his employer, be retired and granted a pension under the provisions of this act. No employee shall receive a pension under this act, if he is eligible to receive a pension for the same employment under any other law of this State. L.1955, c. 263, p. 981, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-37.16 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37.16
"Beneficiaries" defined
Status: in_force

Where the word "beneficiaries" is used in this act it shall refer to a town employee as defined in this act and his dependent widow, dependent child or children or dependent parent or parents. L.1943, c. 189, p. 530, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: a. "Accumulated deductions" means the sum of all amounts, deducted from the compensation of a member or contributed by him or on his behalf, standing to the credit of his individual account in the annuity saving fund. b. "Annuity" means payments for life derived from the accumulated deductions of a member as provided in this amendatory and supplementary act. c. "Annuity reserve" means the present value of all payments to be made on account of any annuity or benefit in lieu of an annuity computed on the basis of such mortality tables recommended by the actuary as the State House Commission adopts with regular interest. d. "Beneficiary" means any person entitled to receive any benefit pursuant to the provisions of this act by reason of the death of a member or retirant. e. "Child" means a deceased member's or retirant's unmarried child who is either (a) under the age of 18; (b) of any age who, at the time of the member's or retirant's death, is disabled because of mental retardation or physical incapacity, is unable to do any substantial, gainful work because of the impairment and his impairment has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as affirmed by the medical board; or (c) under the age of 21 and is attending school full time. f. "Compensation" means the base salary, for services as a member as defined in this act, which is in accordance with established salary policies of the State for all employees in the same position but shall not include individual salary adjustments which are granted primarily in anticipation of the member's retirement or additional remuneration for performing temporary duties beyond the regular work schedule. g. "Final salary" means the annual salary received by the member at the time of his retirement or death. h. "Fiscal year" means any year commencing with July 1 and ending with June 30 next following. i. "Medical board" means the board of physicians provided for in section 29 of this act. j. "Member" means the Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Superior Court and tax court of the State of New Jersey required to be enrolled in the retirement system established by this act. For purposes of this act, the person holding the office of standing master by appointment pursuant to N.J.S.2A:1-7 shall have the same privileges and obligations under this act as a judge of a Superior Court. k. "Parent" means the parent of a member who was receiving at least one-half of his support from the member in the 12-month period immediately preceding the member's death or the accident which was the direct cause of the member's death. The dependency of such a parent will be considered terminated by marriage of the parent subsequent to the death of the member. l. "Pension" means payment for life derived from contributions by the State. m. "Pension reserve" means the present value of all payments to be made on account of any pension or benefit in lieu of a pension computed on the basis of such mortality tables recommended by the actuary as shall be adopted by the State House Commission with regular interest. n. "Regular interest" means interest as determined by the State Treasurer, after consultation with the Directors of the Divisions of Investment and Pensions, the State House Commission and the actuary. It shall bear a reasonable relationship to the percentage rate of earnings on investments based on the market value of assets but shall not exceed the assumed percentage rate of increase applied to salaries plus 3%, provided however that the commission shall not set the average percentage rate of increase applied to salaries below 6%. o. "Retirant" means any former member receiving a pension or retirement allowance as provided by this act. p. "Retirement allowance" means the pension plus the annuity. q. "Retirement system" or "system" herein refers to the "Judicial Retirement System of New Jersey," which is the corporate name of the arrangement for the payment of pensions, retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of this act including the several funds placed under said system. By that name, all of its business shall be transacted, its funds invested, warrants for money drawn, and payments made and all of its cash and securities and other property held. r. "Service" means public service rendered for which credit is allowed on the basis of contributions made by the State. s. "Several courts" means the Supreme, Superior, and tax courts. t. "Widow" means the woman to whom a member or a retirant was married, or a domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3), at least four years before the date of his death and to whom he continued to be married or a domestic partner until the date of his death. The eligibility of such a widow to receive a survivor's benefit will be considered terminated by the marriage of, or establishment of a domestic partnership by, the widow subsequent to the member's or the retirant's death. In the event of accidental death the four-year qualification shall be waived. When used in this act, the term "widow" shall mean and include "widower" as may be necessary and appropriate to the particular situation. u. "Widower" means the man to whom a member or a retirant was married, or a domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3), at least four years before the date of her death and to whom she continued to be married or a domestic partner until the date of her death. The eligibility of such a widower to receive a survivor's benefit will be considered terminated by the marriage of, or establishment of a domestic partnership by, the widower subsequent to the member's or retirant's death. In the event of accidental death the four-year qualification shall be waived. v. "Spouse" means the husband or wife, or domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3), of a member or retirant. L.1973,c.140,s.3; amended 1973, c.304, s.1; 1977, c.317, s.2; 1981, c.470, s.1; 1991, c.91, s.411; 1992, c.41, s.7; 1992, c.125, s.4; 2003, c.246, s.44.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-34 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-34
Borrowing from fund by members, interest rates.
Status: in_force

34. Any member who has at least 3 years of service to his credit for which he has contributed as a member may borrow from the retirement system, an amount equal to not more than 50% of the amount of his accumulated deductions, but not less than $50.00; provided, that the amount so borrowed, together with interest thereon, can be repaid by additional deductions from compensation, not in excess of 25% of the member's compensation, made at the same time compensation is paid to the member. The amount so borrowed, together with interest on any unpaid balance thereof, shall be repaid to the retirement system in equal installments by deduction from the compensation of the member at the time the compensation is paid or in such lump sum amount to repay the balance of the loan but such installments shall be at least equal to the member's rate of contribution to the retirement system and at least sufficient to repay the amount borrowed with interest thereon. Not more than two loans may be granted to any member in any calendar year. Notwithstanding any other law affecting the salary or compensation of any person or persons to whom this act applies or shall apply, the additional deductions required to repay the loan shall be made. The rate of interest for a loan requested by a member prior to the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) shall be 4% per annum on any unpaid balance thereof. For a loan requested after the effective date of that act, the rate of interest per annum shall be a commercially reasonable rate as required by the Internal Revenue Code to be determined by the State Treasurer on that effective date, and on January 1 of each calendar year thereafter. An administrative fee in an amount set by the State Treasurer for each calendar year may be charged for any loan requested after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.). Loans shall be made to a member from his accumulated deductions. The interest earned on such loans shall be treated in the same manner as interest earned from investments of the retirement system. L.1954, c.84, s.34; amended 1955, c.261, s.8; 1966, c.217, s.5; 1971, c.213, s.14; 1981, c.55, s.1; 2007, c.92, s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-6.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-6.5
Representation provided by authorized agent.
Status: in_force

6. a. An authorized agent shall provide competent representation to each party that is a client of the agent. The authorized agent shall explain the proceedings and prepare the case with the client and any witnesses before any division hearing is called, shall be acquainted with the facts and legal issues involved, and shall arrange for producing witnesses and documentary evidence at the hearing. b. An authorized agent shall make a reasonable effort to have testimony given by first-hand witnesses in the case. c. An authorized agent seeking to inspect or review a case file may do so prior to the date of the hearing. If it is necessary for the authorized agent to review the file on the day of the hearing, the authorized agent shall make arrangements with the division in advance of the scheduled hearing time. d. An authorized agent shall not delay the hearing or disturb the progress of other cases or the functioning of the division in an effort to view a case file or consult with its client or witnesses. L.2010, c.82, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-6
Corrected certificates of incorporation or reincorporation
Status: in_force

If an error has been or may hereafter be made in the certificate of incorporation or reincorporation of a firemen's relief association, the president and secretary of the association may sign, record and file a corrected certificate. Upon the recording and filing thereof in the manner provided in section 43:17-2 of this title, the association shall be deemed to have been duly incorporated or reincorporated, as the case may be from the time of the filing in the secretary of state's office of the original defective certificate. A corrected certificate made, recorded and filed prior to March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, in the above manner and form, shall be as valid as if made, recorded and filed in compliance herewith.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-90 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-90
Purchase of coverage in discretion of state treasurer and board
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer may, in his discretion, determine to purchase group insurance coverage for the noncontributory death benefit provisions as provided in chapter 84 of the laws of 1954, or may determine not to purchase any group insurance coverage for the death benefit provisions heretofore mentioned. The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System may, in its discretion, determine to purchase group insurance coverage for additional death benefit coverage as provided for in section 57 of chapter 84 of the laws of 1954 or may also, in its discretion, determine not to purchase any contributory group insurance coverage for the additional death benefit provisions provided in section 57 of chapter 84 of the laws of 1954. L.1955, c. 214, p. 830, s. 3. Amended by L.1960, c. 79, p. 554, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-43 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-43
Retirement for disability
Status: in_force

Any municipal employee or officer of any village in any county of the first class who shall have received permanent disability in the performance of his duty shall, upon the certificate of a physician designated for that purpose by the pension commission, be retired on a pension equal to one-half of his salary at the time of his retirement. Where, however, any such municipal employee or officer shall desire to retire by reason of permanent disability not incurred in the performance of his duty he shall apply in writing to the pension commission for such retirement. The pension commission shall, thereupon, call to its aid a regularly licensed and practicing surgeon or physician and the applicant may also call to his aid a regularly licensed and practicing surgeon or physician. If the two surgeons or physicians so called fail to agree on the physical condition of the applicant, the pension commission may call a third and disinterested, licensed and practicing surgeon or physician. The determination of the majority of the three surgeons or physicians who shall first be duly sworn, shall be reduced to writing and signed by them. The president of the pension commission may administer oaths to such surgeons, physicians or other persons called regarding the matter before the commission. The commission shall determine, by resolution, whether the applicant is entitled to the benefits of this article and shall consider the determination of the surgeons or physicians in reaching its decision. If it is determined that the applicant is entitled to receive a pension in accordance herewith, said pension shall be based on the applicant's years of service with said village. A pension of two per centum (2%) of his final average salary shall be paid for each year the applicant has served the said village, but said pension shall not exceed one-half of his final average salary. Such pension shall be paid notwithstanding the fact that such employee or officer has not paid his annual installments for a period of five years as hereinafter provided. Amended by L.1949, c. 119, p. 485, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-26 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-26
Inquiry of applications; control of funds; violations
Status: in_force

43:17-26. The board of representatives may, at any meeting thereof, inquire into the applications for relief or payment thereof, the funds from which relief is available or paid, and shall oversee and control the funds, money and property of the corporation and ensure its proper allocation, disbursement or management in accordance with R.S.43:17-35 and the rules and regulations adopted by the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. If the board of representatives determines there is a violation thereof, the board of representatives may suspend any trustee or officer pending a hearing by the board of representatives to determine if there are grounds for a charge of misconduct, malfeasance in office or violation of any law or the rules and regulations adopted by the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. Amended 1996, c.151, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.64a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.64a
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the pension fund established under the act to which this act is a supplement, who has retired from such employment, and as a result of such employment has or shall have received a pension from the pension fund for no less than 24 months. b. "Beneficiary" means any person who, as a result of the death of an active or retired member has or shall have received a pension or a minimum pension pursuant to sections 1 and 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.50 and 43:10-18.62) for no less than 24 months. In the case of any beneficiary, the 24 month period shall include the period in which the retirant was entitled to receive his pension. c. "Benefit year" means: (1) The calendar year 1974 for: (a) All retirants who retired before calendar year 1975; and, (b) All beneficiaries of retirants or active members who died while in active service before 1975, except those beneficiaries covered by (3) of this subsection; (2) The actual calendar year of retirement for: (a) All members who retired on or after January 1, 1975; and (b) All beneficiaries of retirants or active members who died while in active service on or after January 1, 1975, except those beneficiaries covered by (3) of this subsection; and, (3) The calendar year 1975 for all beneficiaries who were entitled to receive increased pensions pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.50) and all beneficiaries of active members who died while in active service and were entitled to receive increased pensions in 1975 in accordance with section 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.62). d. "Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31. e. "Index" means the annual average over a 12-month period, beginning September 1, and ending August 31, of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor (1967=100). Should the reference base of said index be changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index as defined herein will be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods. The annual average index so calculated shall be the index for the calendar year in which the 12-month period ends. f. "Benefit year index" shall be the index of the benefit year. L.1978, c. 127, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.29a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.29a
Increased contributions by city
Status: in_force

In addition to the contributions of the city prescribed in the act to which this act is supplementary, in fiscal year 1967 the city shall increase its contribution by 1% of the amount of the salaries paid to all members of the pension fund in 1966 and in each fiscal year thereafter the contribution of the city required by the provisions of this act shall be increased over the previous percentage by an additional 1% of the salaries paid to all members of the pension fund in the immediately preceding year until the actuary shall certify to the city that the total of the contributions made by the city, together with the contributions of the members and all earnings, is sufficient to meet the liabilities of the fund on a fully funded, reserve basis. The actuary of the fund shall then certify the rate of contribution, expressed as a portion of the compensation of the members, which shall be made by the city to the fund in order to continue the fund on a fully funded, reserve basis once the fund has achieved a fully funded status on the basis of increased contributions by the city and the members. L.1966, c. 252, s. 6, eff. Aug. 25, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-46 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-46
State disability benefits fund.
Status: in_force

22. State disability benefits fund. (a) The State disability benefits fund, hereinafter referred to as the fund, is hereby established. The fund shall remain in the custody of the State Treasurer, and to the extent of its cash requirements shall be deposited in authorized public depositories in the State of New Jersey. There shall be deposited in and credited to the fund the amount of worker and employer contributions provided under subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of R.S.43:21-7 and subsection (e) of R.S.43:21-7, less refunds authorized by the chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) to which this act is a supplement, and the entire amount of interest and earnings from investments of the fund, and all assessments, fines and penalties collected under this act. The fund shall be held in trust for the payment of disability benefits pursuant to this act, for the payment of benefits pursuant to subsection (f) of R.S.43:21-4, and for the payment of any authorized refunds of contributions. All warrants for the payment of benefits shall be issued by and bear only the signature of the Director of the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance or his duly authorized agent for that purpose. All other moneys withdrawn from the fund shall be upon warrant signed by the State Treasurer and countersigned by the Director of the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor of the State of New Jersey. The Treasurer shall maintain books, records and accounts for the fund, appoint personnel and fix their compensation within the limits of available appropriations. The expenses of the Treasurer in administering the fund and its accounts shall be charged against the administration account, as hereinafter established. A separate account, to be known as the administration account, shall be maintained in the fund, and there shall be credited to such account an amount determined to be sufficient for proper administration, not to exceed, however, 1/10 of 1% of the wages with respect to which current contributions are payable into the fund pursuant to paragraph (3), but not paragraph (4), of subsection (a) of R.S.43:21-7, and the entire amount of any assessments against covered employers, as hereinafter provided, for costs of administration prorated among approved private plans. The costs of administration of this act, including R.S.43:21-4(f), shall be charged to the administration account. (b) A further separate account, to be known as the unemployment disability account, shall be maintained in the fund. Such account shall be charged with all benefit payments under R.S.43:21-4(f). Prior to July 1 of each calendar year, the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance of the Department of Labor of the State of New Jersey shall determine the average rate of interest and other earnings on all investments of the State disability benefits fund for the preceding calendar year. An amount equal to the sum of the amounts withdrawn from the unemployment trust fund pursuant to section 23 hereof multiplied by such average rate shall be determined by the division and credited to the unemployment disability account as of the end of the preceding calendar year. If the unemployment disability account shall show an accumulated deficit in excess of $200,000.00 at the end of any calendar year after interest and other earnings have been credited as provided hereinabove, the division shall determine the ratio of such deficit to the total of all taxable wages paid during the preceding calendar year, and shall make an assessment against all employers in an amount equal to the taxable wages paid by them during such preceding calendar year to employees, multiplied by such ratio, but in no event shall any such assessment exceed 1/10 or 1% of such wages; provided, however, that the assessment made against the State (including Rutgers, The State University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology) shall not exceed the sum of all benefits paid under the provisions of R.S.43:21-4(f) as the result of employment with the State. Such amounts shall be collectible by the division in the same manner as provided for the collection of employee contributions under this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.). In making this assessment, the division shall furnish to each affected employer a brief summary of the determination thereof. The amount of such assessments collected by the division shall be credited to the unemployment disability account. As used in this section, "taxable wages" shall mean wages with respect to which employer contributions have been paid or are payable pursuant to subsections (a), (b) and (c) of R.S.43:21-7. (c) A board of trustees, consisting of the State Treasurer, the Secretary of State, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the director of the division, and the State Comptroller, is hereby created. The board shall invest and reinvest all moneys in the fund in excess of its cash requirements, and such investments shall be made in obligations legal for savings banks; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of P.L.1950, c.270 (C.52:18A-79 et seq.). (d) There is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the fund, such amounts as may from time to time be required for the payment of disability benefits, and such amounts as may be required each year, as contained in the annual appropriation act, for the administration of this act, including R.S.43:21-4(f). L.1948, c.110, s.22; amended 1951, c.355; 1968, c.406, s.1; 1970, c.324, s.2; 1980, c.18, s.3; 1984, c.104, s.5; 1994, c.112, s.3; 2012, c.45, s.126; 2019, c.37, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 43:4B-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4B / Section 4B-1
Retirement Systems Actuary Selection Committee.
Status: in_force

19. There is hereby established the Retirement Systems Actuary Selection Committee which shall consist of the State Treasurer, and the directors of the Divisions of Pensions and Benefits and Investment, and Office of Management and Budget, or their designated representatives, and one member designated by each of the boards of trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.) and the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-1 et seq. The committee shall select the actuary or actuaries for the State retirement systems in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-6 et seq.), provided, however, that the boards shall have the power to veto the selection of the actuary for valid reason. L.1992, c.125, s.19; amended 2011, c.78, s.24; 2018, c.55, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.3
County pension commission
Status: in_force

There shall be authorized to carry out the provisions of this act and charged with the duty of administering the pension fund herein provided for, a pension commission composed of five members, consisting of the county supervisor or similar officer of the county, the treasurer of the county, two county employees who are members of the pension fund, and a citizen of the county who is not a public office holder in the county or any municipality therein and who shall be selected by the other four members of the commission. The two county employee members of the pension commission shall be elected within 60 days after the passage of this act at a meeting held by the county employees affected by this act after 30 days' written notice of the time and place thereof has been given by the county supervisor or similar county officer to all such employees. Nominations shall be made only by written petitions filed with the secretary of the pension commission at least 15 days prior to such election and each containing the signatures of at least 10% of the county employees who are active members of the pension fund on the date written notice of the time and date of the election is provided to county employee members. The county supervisor shall provide a suitable method of balloting whereby secrecy shall be assured. Ballots shall be distributed among the county employees affected by this act at least seven days prior to the election and the voted ballots shall be returned to the secretary of the pension commission at any time prior to 12 noon of the day fixed for the holding of the meeting and election. Employees who become members of the retirement system created by this act or who are members of any of the county employees' retirement systems referred to in section 7 of this act and merged thereunder shall be eligible to participate in such nomination and election of the two county employee members of the pension commission. The two county employees shall hold office until their successors are elected in the same manner as aforesaid at a meeting of the employees held on the third Wednesday of December of the second year following the adoption of this act. Thereafter two county employees shall be elected as members of the pension commission, in the same manner, on the third Wednesday of December every second year, for a term of two years commencing January 1 following their election. In case of vacancy for any cause, the commission may fill it until the next election. Any member of said pension commission who shall leave the service of the county shall automatically cease to be a member of said commission. The commission shall hold its annual meeting between January 1 and 15 in each year and elect its president and such other officers as it deems advisable. The commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for any necessary expenditures and shall suffer no loss of salary or other wages through service on such commission. The treasurer of the county, who shall be treasurer of the commission, shall appoint the secretary of this commission, who shall be some person chosen by him from among persons employed by such county who is versed in the affairs of the said treasurer's office and said treasurer shall fix the compensation of such appointee, subject to approval of the board of chosen freeholders. The commission shall secure the services of such physicians as shall be necessary to make the medical examinations required by this act. The chief legal officer of the county shall be the legal adviser of and attorney for the said pension commission. The pension commission shall have control and management of the funds and of the retirement of the county employees. The commission shall, from time to time, subject to the limitations of this act, establish rules and regulations for the transaction of its business and the administration of this act. Under the direction of the pension commission, the head of each county department shall furnish such information and shall keep such records as the commission may require for the discharge of its duties. The pension commission may require each employee of the county to file a statement or statements, in such form as the said commission shall direct, concerning his service or other matters covered by this act. The pension commission shall appoint an actuary, who shall be the technical adviser of the commission on matters regarding the operation of the funds created by the provisions of this act and shall perform such other duties as are required in connection therewith. The commission shall have power to compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon any matter concerning the retirement system and allow fees not in excess of $3.00 to any such witness for such attendance upon any one day. The president and other members of the said pension commission are empowered to administer oaths to such witnesses. All retirements shall be made and pensions allowed by the pension commission in accordance with the provisions of this act. The pension commission shall be known as the "Pension Commission of the Employees' Retirement System of (name of county)." L. 1943, c. 160, p. 447, s. 3. Amended by L. 1960, c. 191, p. 793, s. 2; L. 1971, c. 426, s. 2, eff. Feb. 1, 1972; L. 1985, c. 445, s. 1, eff. Jan. 13, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-7
State employee eligibility.
Status: in_force

7. There is hereby established the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey in the Division of Pensions and Benefits of the Department of the Treasury. The membership of the retirement system shall include: a. The members of the former "State Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey" enrolled as such as of December 30, 1954, who shall not have claimed for refund their accumulated deductions in said system as provided in this section; b. Any person becoming an employee of the State or other employer after January 2, 1955 and every veteran, other than a retired member who returns to service pursuant to subsection b. of section 27 of P.L.1966, c.217 (C.43:15A-57.2) and other than those whose appointments are seasonal, becoming an employee of the State or other employer after such date, including a temporary employee with at least one year's continuous service. The membership of the retirement system shall not include those persons appointed to serve as described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-2), except a person who was a member of the retirement system prior to the effective date of sections 1 through 19 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 through C.43:15C-15, C.43:3C-9, C.43:15A-7, C.43:15A-75 and C.43:15A-135) and continuously thereafter. The membership of the retirement system shall include Workers' Compensation Judges of the Division of Workers' Compensation in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; and c. Every employee veteran in the employ of the State or other employer on January 2, 1955, who is not a member of any retirement system supported wholly or partly by the State. d. Membership in the retirement system shall be optional for elected officials other than veterans, and for school crossing guards, who having become eligible for benefits under other pension systems are so employed on a part-time basis. Elected officials commencing service on or after the effective date of sections 1 through 19 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 through C.43:15C-15, C.43:3C-9, C.43:15A-7 , C.43:15A-75 and C.43:15A-135) shall not be eligible for membership in the retirement system based on service in the elective public office, except that an elected official enrolled in the retirement system as of that effective date who continues to hold that elective public office or, for an elected official specified in section 5 of P.L.2017, c.344 (C.43:15A-7.5), another elective public office, without a break in service shall be eligible to continue membership in the retirement system under the terms and conditions of enrollment. Service in the Legislature shall be considered a single elective public office. Any part-time school crossing guard who is eligible for benefits under any other pension system and who was hired as a part-time school crossing guard prior to March 4, 1976, may at any time terminate his membership in the retirement system by making an application in writing to the board of trustees of the retirement system. Upon receiving such application, the board of trustees shall terminate his enrollment in the system and direct the employer to cease accepting contributions from the member or deducting from the compensation paid to the member. State employees who become members of any other retirement system supported wholly or partly by the State as a condition of employment shall not be eligible for membership in this retirement system. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all other persons accepting employment in the service of the State shall be required to enroll in the retirement system as a condition of their employment, regardless of age. (1) Before or on November 1, 2008, no person in employment, office or position, for which the annual salary or remuneration is fixed at less than $1,500.00, shall be eligible to become a member of the retirement system. (2) After November 1, 2008, a person who was a member of the retirement system on that date and continuously thereafter shall be eligible to be a member of the retirement system in employment, office or position, for which the annual salary or remuneration is fixed at $1,500 or more. (3) After November 1, 2008 and before or on the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1, a person who was not a member of the retirement system on November 1, 2008, or who was a member of the retirement system on that date but not continuously thereafter, and who is in employment, office or position, for which the annual salary or remuneration is certified by the applicable public entity at $7,500 or more, shall be eligible to become a member of the retirement system. The $7,500 minimum annual salary or remuneration amount shall be adjusted annually by the Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits, by regulation, in accordance with changes in the Consumer Price Index but by no more than 4 percent. "Consumer Price Index" means the average of the annual increase, expressed as a percentage, in the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan statistical areas during the preceding calendar year as reported by the United States Department of Labor. (4) After the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1, no person in an employment, office or position of the State, or an agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality of the State, for which the hours of work are fixed at fewer than 35 per week shall be eligible to become a member of the retirement system; and no person in employment, office or position with a political subdivision of the State, or an agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality of a political subdivision of the State, for which the hours of work are fixed by an ordinance or resolution of the political subdivision, or agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality thereof, at fewer than 32 per week shall be eligible to become a member of the retirement system. Any hour or part thereof, during which the person does not work due to the person's participation in a voluntary or mandatory furlough program shall not be deducted in determining if a person's hours of work are fixed at fewer than 35 or 32 per week, as appropriate, for the purpose of eligibility and the person's service credit as a member of the system or fund shall include the period of mandatory or voluntary furlough provided the person continues to make contributions based on the person's base salary or compensation. If the pay of a furloughed person is insufficient to withhold the entirety of the person's regular contributions, then the person shall remit the entirety of the regular contribution which was not withheld from the person's pay to the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury in a manner determined by the division, except that no deduction for the payment of such contributions shall be made from the unemployment compensation benefits of the employee. e. Membership of any person in the retirement system shall cease if he shall discontinue his service for more than two consecutive years. f. The accumulated deductions of the members of the former "State Employees' Retirement System" which have been set aside in a trust fund designated as Fund A as provided in section 5 of this act and which have not been claimed for refund prior to February 1, 1955 shall be transferred from said Fund A to the Annuity Savings Fund of the Retirement System, provided for in section 25 of this act. Each member whose accumulated deductions are so transferred shall receive the same prior service credit, pension credit, and membership credit in the retirement system as he previously had in the former "State Employees' Retirement System" and shall have such accumulated deductions credited to his individual account in the Annuity Savings Fund. Any outstanding obligations of such member shall be continued. g. Any school crossing guard electing to terminate his membership in the retirement system pursuant to subsection d. of this section shall, upon his request, receive a refund of his accumulated deductions as of the date of his appointment to the position of school crossing guard. Such refund of contributions shall serve as a waiver of all benefits payable to the employee, to his dependent or dependents, or to any of his beneficiaries under the retirement system. h. A temporary employee who is employed under the federal Workforce Investment Act shall not be eligible for membership in the system. Membership for temporary employees employed under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, Pub.L.97-300 (29 U.S.C.s.1501) who are in the system on September 19, 1986 shall be terminated, and affected employees shall receive a refund of their accumulated deductions as of the date of commencement of employment in a federal Job Training Partnership Act program. Such refund of contributions shall serve as a waiver of all benefits payable to the employee, to his dependent or dependents, or to any of his beneficiaries under the retirement system. i. Membership in the retirement system shall be optional for a special service employee who is employed under the federal Older American Community Service Employment Act, Pub.L.94-135 (42 U.S.C.s.3056). Any special service employee employed under the federal Older American Community Service Employment Act, Pub.L.94-135 (42 U.S.C.s.3056), who is in the retirement system on the effective date of P.L.1996, c.139 may terminate membership in the retirement system by making an application in writing to the board of trustees of the retirement system. Upon receiving the application, the board shall terminate enrollment in the system and the member shall receive a refund of accumulated deductions as of the date of commencement of employment in a federal Older American Community Service Employment Act program. This refund of contributions shall serve as a waiver of all benefits payable to the employee, to any dependent or dependents, or to any beneficiary under the retirement system. j. An employee of the South Jersey Port Corporation who was employed by the South Jersey Port Corporation as of the effective date of P.L.1997, c.150 (C.34:1B-144 et al.) and who shall be re-employed within 365 days of such effective date by a subsidiary corporation or other corporation, which has been established by the Delaware River Port Authority pursuant to subdivision (m) of Article I of the compact creating the Delaware River Port Authority (R.S.32:3-2), as defined in section 3 of P.L.1997, c.150 (C.34:1B-146), shall be eligible to continue membership while an employee of such subsidiary or other corporation. k. An employee of a renaissance school project established pursuant to P.L.2011, c.176 (C.18A:36C-1 et seq.) upon commencement of employment. l. Every commissioner appointed to the New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission pursuant to R.S.12:8-1. L.1954, c.84, s.7; amended 1954, c.244, s.1; 1955, c.261, s.5; 1966, c.217, s.2; 1975, c.344; 1979, c.430; 1985, c.121; 1986, c.109; 1986, c.139, s.1; 1996, c.139; 1997, c.23, s.1; 1997, c.150, s.23; 2007, c.92, s.17; 2008, c.89, s.7; 2010, c.1, s.3; 2017, c.344, s.1; 2018, c.129, s.2; 2020, c.57, s.8; 2021, c.140, s.2; 2021, c.418, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1.1
Executive officers; retention in service until 70 years old
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43:16-1 of the Revised Statutes, any member who holds office, position, or employment as chief of a police department or as chief of a paid or part-paid fire department may be retained in service by the governing body of the municipality, or by the director of public safety if the municipality has such a director, until such member attains the age of seventy years. L.1947, c. 395, p. 1247, s. 1. Amended by L.1949, c. 218, p. 698, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15B-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15B / Section 15B-2
Amounts; determination by agreement
Status: in_force

The amounts of any such deferred salary shall be determined by agreement between the employer and the employee, subject to any limitations which the employer may establish. The total amount of the salary deferred pursuant hereto for any year shall be in addition to any contributions made in such year on behalf of any employee in accordance with section 7 of P.L.1963, c. 123 (C. 52:18A-113). L.1977, c. 381, s. 2, eff. Feb. 8, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-4.1
Failure to appropriate money for increases; effect
Status: in_force

If, in any year, the State does not appropriate the amount required under section 4 of P.L.1958, c. 143 (C. 43:3B-4), no adjustments in benefits may be paid under any other law of New Jersey in the subsequent calendar year to retirants or beneficiaries of active or retired members of any retirement system or program which is not administered by the Division of Pensions of the State of New Jersey. L.1971, c. 139, s. 10, eff. May 12, 1971. Amended by L.1975, c. 375, s. 6, eff. March 3, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-97 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-97
"Law enforcement officer" definitions.
Status: in_force

1. "Law enforcement officer" shall mean any permanent and full-time employee of the State of New Jersey holding one of the following titles: motor vehicles officer, motor vehicles sergeant, motor vehicles lieutenant, motor vehicles captain, assistant chief, bureau of enforcement, and chief, bureau of enforcement in the Division of Motor Vehicles, and highway patrol officer, sergeant highway patrol bureau, lieutenant highway patrol bureau, captain highway patrol bureau, assistant chief highway patrol bureau, chief highway patrol bureau in the Division of State Police, and inspector, investigator, and administrative inspector in the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and inspector recruit alcoholic beverage control, inspector alcoholic beverage control, senior inspector alcoholic beverage control, principal inspector alcoholic beverage control, supervising inspector alcoholic beverage control in the Division of State Police, and conservation police officer, assistant district conservation police officer and district conservation police officer in the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environmental Protection, and assistant chief marine police and senior marine patrolman in the Division of Resource Development, and marine police officer, senior marine police officer, principal marine police officer in the Division of State Police, and inspector, officer, senior inspector, and principal inspector in the Division of Shell Fisheries, any permanent and full-time active county detective, lieutenant of county detectives, captain of county detectives, chief of county detectives, and county investigator in the offices of the county prosecutors, and sheriff's officer, sergeant sheriff's officer, lieutenant sheriff's officer, captain sheriff's officer, chief sheriff's officer, and sheriff's investigator in the offices of the county sheriffs, and any patrolman or other police officer of the Board of Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park appointed pursuant to R.S.32:14-21. If the Prison Officers' Pension Fund is terminated as provided in section 10 hereof, "law enforcement officer" shall also mean any permanent and full-time active employee of the State of New Jersey holding the title of correction officer, correction sergeant, correction lieutenant, correction captain or deputy keeper in the Division of Correction and Parole, or any member of the Prison Officers' Pension Fund on the date of such termination. L.1955, c.257, s.1; amended 1957, c.84; 1959, c.170, s.1; 1965, c.64; 1966, c.188; 1971, c.213, s.39; 1973, c.41; 1985, c.262, s.1; 2019, c.407, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.72 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.72
Written notice of waiver
Status: in_force

Any person who is eligible to receive the increased retirement allowance, pension or survivorship benefit under the provisions of this act may, at any time, waive that right by filing a written notice of waiver with the retirement system. The application for the waiver of all or part of the increase shall be made by the retirant or beneficiary at least 30 days prior to the desired effective date on a form satisfactory to the retirement system and shall be effective on the first day of the following month. Such waiver may be withdrawn at any time and upon such withdrawal the increase in the retirement allowance, pension or survivorship benefit shall commence with the payment for the next following month. L.1990,c.20,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-63 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-63
Allocation of moneys for education, training
Status: in_force

7. In using moneys provided as individual grants pursuant to the "1992 New Jersey Employment and Workforce Development Act," P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-1 et al.), and in using moneys appropriated for any employment and training program funded or established pursuant to the "Job Training Partnership Act," Pub.L. 97-300 (29 U.S.C. s.1501 et seq.), the Department of Labor and each program shall, to the extent feasible and to the extent it has authority to do so, give priority to funding vocational training and remedial education for individuals who meet the requirements of section 4 of this act, to the extent that those individuals also fall within the target population of the respective program, except that moneys shall not be allocated in any case in a manner which is contrary to any other priorities imposed on the program by law or will result in a reduction of federal funds available to the State for the program. L.1992,c.47,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.15g — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.15g
Supplemental definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act "retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the retirement system established under the act to which this act is a supplement, who has retired from such employment, and as a result of such employment, is receiving a pension from the retirement system. "Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31. "Retirement year" is the calendar year 1967 for all retirants who retired before the calendar year 1968; for all retirants who retired after 1967, "retirement year" is the actual calendar year of retirement. "Index" shall mean the annual average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor (1957-1959 = 100). Should the reference base of said index be changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index as defined herein will be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods. "Retirement year index" shall be the index of the calendar year 1967 for all retirants who retired prior to January 1, 1968 and the index for the calendar year of retirement for all retirants who retired thereafter. "Widow" or "widower" means the surviving unremarried spouse to whom a member of the retirement system was married for a continuous period of at least five years up to the date of the member's death. In the event of accidental death, the five year qualification shall be waived. L. 1971, c. 102, s. 1; amended 1987,c.429,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:12-28.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-28.2
Amount of pension.
Status: in_force

2. A survivor's pension granted under section 1 of P.L.1957, c.168 (C.43:12-28.1) shall be for the sum of(a)$15,000 annually and shall be paid to the widow, during her widowhood, or to the child or children of such firefighter, emergency medical technician, or first aid or rescue squad worker, if he leaves no surviving widow, or to such child or children after the death of such widow, (b) $10,000 annually and shall be paid to the child or children of such firefighter, emergency medical technician, or first aid or rescue squad worker, if the surviving widow remarries, or (c) $5,000 annually and shall be paid to the parent or parents of such firefighter, emergency medical technician, or first aid or rescue squad worker, if he leaves no surviving widow or child As used in this section, the terms "widow" and "widowhood" shall also include "widower" and "widowerhood" respectively. L.1957,c.168,s.2; amended 1964, c.55; 1968, c.331, s.3; 2002, c.134, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-44 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-44
Annual examination of disability beneficiary; alteration of pension; refusal to be examined; reemployment; subsequent retirement
Status: in_force

a. Once each year the retirement system may, and upon his application shall, require any disability beneficiary who is under the age of 60 years to undergo medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the system for a period of 5 years following his retirement in order to determine whether or not the disability which existed at the time he was retired has vanished or has materially diminished. If the disability beneficiary is engaged in an occupation, then the amount of his pension shall be reduced to an amount which, when added to the amount then earned by him, shall not exceed the amount of the salary now attributable to his former position. If his earnings have changed since the date of his last adjustment, then the amount of his pension may be further altered; but the new pension shall not exceed the amount of pension originally granted. If a disability beneficiary, while under age of 60 years, refuses to submit to at least one medical examination in any year by a physician or physicians designated by the system, his pension shall be discontinued until withdrawal of his refusal. If the report of the medical board shall show that such beneficiary is able to perform either his former duty or other comparable duty which his former employer is willing to assign to him, the beneficiary shall report for duty; such a beneficiary shall not suffer any loss of benefits while he awaits his restoration to active service. If the beneficiary fails to return to duty within 10 days after being ordered so to do, or within such further time as may be allowed by the board of trustees for valid reason, as the case may be, the pension shall be discontinued during such default. b. If a disability beneficiary becomes employed again in a position which makes him eligible to be a member of the retirement system, his retirement allowance and the right to any death benefit as a result of his former membership, shall be canceled until he again retires. Such person shall be reenrolled in the retirement system and shall contribute thereto at a rate based on his age at the time of his prior enrollment. Such persons shall be treated as an active member for determining disability or death benefits while in service and no benefits pursuant to an optional selection with respect to his former membership shall be paid if his death shall occur during the period of such reenrollment. Upon subsequent retirement of such member, he shall receive a retirement allowance based on all his service as a member computed in accordance with applicable provisions of this act, but the total retirement allowance upon subsequent retirement shall not be a greater proportion of his final compensation than the proportion to which he would have been entitled had he remained in service during the period of his prior retirement. Any death benefit to which such member shall be eligible shall be based on his latest retirement. L.1954, c. 84, p. 501, s. 44. Amended by L.1966, c. 67, s. 5; L.1971, c. 213, s. 18, eff. June 17, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-37 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-37
Retirement for service and age
Status: in_force

Any county police officer who has honorably served for a period of twenty years in a duly organized county police department of any county of this state, having a population in excess of two hundred thousand and not more than four hundred thousand, and has reached the age of fifty years, shall, on his own application, be retired on half pay. A member of such county police department who has honorably served for a period of twenty years and reached the age of sixty-five years shall be retired on half pay.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-22 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-22
Annual report.
Status: in_force

16. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall make an annual report of the conditions of such fund and the manner in which same is invested. L.1941, c.220, s.16; amended 2013, c.253, s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-10
Sums paid into pension fund returned in certain cases
Status: in_force

If any municipal employee shall be suspended, dropped or discharged from his employment after having paid his assessments for a period over one year and his suspension or discharge shall continue for a period longer than two years, the moneys he shall have paid into the pension fund due to the assessments shall be returned to him; but such person shall not thereafter be eligible for a pension under this article unless upon a re-employment by the city he shall repay to the fund the amount of any rebate made to him. The obligation to refund payments made to the pension fund shall not apply to an employee suspended or discharged for causes which bar him from eligibility to reappointment under the civil service rules. No other refund of assessments collected from the salaries of such employees shall be made.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.65 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.65
Deductions from salary; contributions by county; donations; interest; taxation; investigation by actuary
Status: in_force

A fund to pay pensions under this act shall be created as follows: (a) The county treasurer shall deduct from every payment of salary to any county employee who is or becomes a member of this retirement system and pay to the fund, 6% of the amount of said salary. Such deductions shall be continued to be made during the entire period of employment of the member and until the death or retirement, including disability retirement, of said member. The deductions provided herein for pension purposes shall not be construed as reduction in the salary or compensation of any member of this retirement system. Every employee to whom this act applies who shall continue in the service after the adoption and approval of this act, as well as every person to whom this act applies who may hereafter be appointed to a position or place, shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein and payment with such deductions, for service, shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for all services rendered by such person during the period covered by such payment except his or her claim to the benefits to which he or she may be entitled under the provisions of this act. (b) The board of chosen freeholders shall annually raise in the county budget and contribute annually to the fund an amount equal to 10% of all of such county employees' salaries as its normal contribution. Such payment shall be continued to be made during and until the death or retirement of each member. All moneys donated for the purposes of the fund shall be deposited in the fund. (c) All interest earned on investments of moneys of this retirement system shall be credited to this pension fund. (d) All moneys required to meet the county contributions provided for in this and all other sections of this act shall be raised annually in the county budget by the board of chosen freeholders and if at any time there is not sufficient money to meet these requirements and pay the pensions, the board of chosen freeholders shall, from time to time, include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of the retirement system. (e) The commission shall, once prior to the end of the year 1966 and once during every third year thereafter, cause the actuary recommended by the pension commission and appointed by the board of freeholders who must be an actuary of recognized standing and a member of the Society of Actuaries, to make an investigation into the conduct and operation of the retirement system and into the mortality, service and compensation experience of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system and to make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system. The actuary shall report thereon to the commission. Based upon said report the commission shall (1) establish for the retirement system such mortality service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary, and (2) adjust and certify the rates of contribution to be paid by the county on the basis of the said investigation, valuation and report of the actuary, to the ends that, so far as possible, the value of future contributions of members and the county, when taken with present assets, shall not be less than the value of prospective benefit payments based upon membership service to be rendered after the effective date of this amendatory act. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1249, s. 16. Amended by L.1957, c. 204, p. 720, s. 2; L.1966, c. 210, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.15n — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.15n
Rules and regulations by director of the division of pensions; reports
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of the Treasury shall promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169) and this act, as he shall deem necessary for the effective operation of the program. He shall include a report of the operation of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169) and this act in his annual report submitted to the Governor and the Legislature regarding all of the operations of the Division of Pensions. The secretary of the retirement system shall furnish such information as the director may request for this purpose. L.1971, c. 102, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-8
Avoidance of liability.
Status: in_force

8. The Department of the Treasury shall not expose the State as an employer or through administration of the marketplace to any liability under the federal "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" (29 U.S.C. s.1001 et seq.). The Department of the Treasury is specifically prohibited from offering and operating a State-sponsored retirement plan for businesses for individuals who are not employed by the State, or any political subdivision thereof. L.2015, c.298, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-26 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-26
Purpose.
Status: in_force

2. Purpose. This act shall be liberally construed as remedial legislation enacted upon the following declarations of public policy and legislative findings of fact: The public policy of this State, already established, is to protect employees against the suffering and hardship generally caused by involuntary unemployment. But the "unemployment compensation law" provides benefit payments to replace wage loss caused by involuntary unemployment only so long as an individual is "able to work, and is available for work," and fails to provide any protection against wage loss suffered because of inability to perform the duties of a job interrupted by nonoccupational illness, injury, or other disability of the individual or of members of the individual's family. Nor is there any other comprehensive and systematic provision for the protection of working people against loss of earnings due to a nonoccupational sickness, accident, or other disability. The prevalence and incidence of nonoccupational sickness, accident, and other disability among employed people is greatest among the lower income groups, who either cannot or will not voluntarily provide out of their own resources against the hazard of an earnings loss caused by nonoccupational sickness, accident, or other disability. Disabling sickness or accident occurs throughout the working population at one time or another, and approximately fifteen per centum (15%) of the number of people at work may be expected to suffer disabling illness of more than one week each year. It was found, prior to the enactment of the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.), that then existing voluntary plans for the payment of cash sickness benefits covered less than one-half of the number of working people of this State who were covered by the "unemployment compensation law," and that even that degree of voluntary protection afforded uneven, unequal and sometimes uncertain protection among the various voluntary benefit programs. While the enactment of that law has provided stable protection for New Jersey's disabled workers, very few workers are protected from income losses caused by the need to take time off from work to care for family members who are incapable of self-care, including newborn and newly-adopted children. The growing portion of middle-income families in which all adult family members work, largely due to economic necessity, points to the desperate need for replacement income when a working family member must take time to care for family members who are unable to take care of themselves. Moreover, the United States is the only industrialized nation in the world which does not have a mandatory workplace-based program for such income support. It is therefore desirable and necessary to fill the gap in existing provisions for protection against the loss of earnings caused by involuntary unemployment, by extending such protection to meet the hazard of earnings loss due to inability to work caused by nonoccupational sickness, accidents, or other disabilities of workers and members of their families. Developing systems that help families adapt to the competing interests of work and home not only benefits workers, but also benefits employers by reducing employee turnover and increasing worker productivity. The foregoing facts and considerations require that there be a uniform minimum program providing in a systematic manner for the payment of reasonable benefits to replace partially such earnings loss and to meet the continuing need for benefits where an individual becomes disabled during unemployment or needs to care for family members incapable of self-care. In order to maintain consumer purchasing power, relieve the serious menace to health, morals and welfare of the people caused by insecurity and the loss of earnings, to reduce the necessity for public relief of needy persons, to increase workplace productivity and alleviate the enormous and growing stress on working families of balancing the demands of work and family needs, and in the interest of the health, welfare and security of the people of this State, such a system, enacted under the police power, is hereby established, requiring the payment of reasonable cash benefits to eligible individuals who are subject to accident or illness which is not compensable under the worker's compensation law or who need to care for family members incapable of self-care. While the Legislature recognizes the pressing need for benefits for workers taking leave to care for family members incapable of self-care, it also finds that the need of workers for leave during their own disability continues to be especially acute, as a disabled worker has less discretion about taking time off from work than a worker caring for a family member. Notwithstanding any interpretation of law which may be construed as providing a worker with rights to take action against an employer who fails or refuses to restore the worker to employment after the worker's own disability, the Legislature does not intend that the policy established by P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) of providing benefits for workers during periods of family temporary disability leave to care for family members incapable of self-care be construed as granting any worker an entitlement to be restored by the employer to employment held by the worker prior to taking family temporary disability leave or any right to take action, in tort, or for breach of an implied provision of the employment agreement, or under common law, against an employer who fails or refuses to restore the worker to employment after the family temporary disability leave, and the Legislature does not intend that the policy of providing benefits during family temporary disability leave be construed as increasing, reducing or otherwise modifying any entitlement of a worker to return to employment or right of the worker to take action under the provisions of the "Family Leave Act," P.L.1989, c.261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.). Since the enactment of the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.), the State government-operated State temporary disability benefits plan, or "State plan," has proven to be highly efficient and cost effective in providing temporary disability benefits to New Jersey workers. The State plan guarantees the availability of coverage for all employers, regardless of experience, with low overhead costs and a rapid processing of claims and appeals by knowledgeable, impartial public employees. Consequently, the percentage of all employers using the State plan increased from 64% in 1952 to 98% in 2006, while the percentage of employees covered by the State plan increased from 28% to 83%. A publicly-operated, nonprofit State plan is therefore indispensable to achieving the goals of the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.). L.1948, c.110, s.2; amended 2008, c.17, s.1; 2019, c.37, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:2-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-4
School district employees taking employment with municipality or county
Status: in_force

Any employee of any school district in this State, who was or is a member of the teachers' pension and annuity fund, and who has ceased, or shall cease, to be an employee of such school district and who has taken, or shall take, an office, position or employment in the service of any municipality or county in this State, which has not adopted the provisions of chapter fifteen of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, shall, upon application to the retirement system or pension fund of said municipality or county, appropriate to his office, position or employment, be entitled to membership therein upon complying with the provisions of this act. L.1949, c. 149, p. 531, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15C-11 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-11
Facts requiring evidence of insurability.
Status: in_force

11. Any person entitled to become a participant in the retirement program shall not be allowed any of the group life insurance and disability benefits if on the date of filing an application for participation the person is 60 or more years of age, or if the person makes application for participation in the retirement program beyond the year after first becoming eligible for participation, regardless of age, unless the participant furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability and on the effective date of participation is actively at work and performing all regular duties at the customary place of employment. The effective date of coverage for such benefits shall be the first day of the month which immediately follows the date when such evidence is determined to be satisfactory. Such evidence of insurability shall not be required of any person enrolling in the retirement program upon transfer from another State-administered retirement system, if such retirement system provided a benefit of a similar nature and the transferring person was covered by such a benefit at the time of the transfer. If such transferring person was not covered by such a benefit at the time of the transfer, the person may be allowed the benefit under the group policy or policies; however, any such person shall furnish satisfactory evidence of insurability if he had been unable or failed to give such evidence as a member of the retirement system from which the person transferred. Such evidence of insurability shall not be required of any member of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, Police and Firemen's Retirement System, State Police Retirement System, or the Public Employees' Retirement System who is enrolling in the retirement program pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-2) as amended by section 12 of P.L.2007, c.103 and section 7 of P.L.2010, c.1, if such retirement system provides a benefit of a similar nature and the participant is covered by such a benefit at the time of enrollment in the program. Any person who must furnish satisfactory evidence of insurability under the provisions of this section and who ceases to be a participant in the retirement program without such evidence having been given shall continue to be subject to the same requirement if the person subsequently becomes a participant. L.2007, c.92, s.11; amended 2007, c.103, s.14; 2010, c.1, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-4
Repeal of acts establishing State Employees' Retirement System
Status: in_force

Chapters 14 and 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes and all amendments and supplements thereto, designated as the "State Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey" are repealed as of the effective date of this section. L.1954, c. 84, p. 471, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15B-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15B / Section 15B-4
Plan to be in addition to obligation under any other retirement system or benefit plan
Status: in_force

Any deferred compensation plan shall be in addition to the obligation of the employee under any other retirement system or benefit plan established pursuant to any other law of this State. L.1977, c. 381, s. 4, eff. Feb. 8, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-34.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-34.1
Repayment of loans after retirement of members of PERS.
Status: in_force

2. In the case of any member who retires without repaying the full amount so borrowed, the Division of Pensions and Benefits shall deduct from the retirement benefit payments the same monthly amount which was deducted from the compensation of the member immediately preceding retirement until the balance of the amount borrowed together with the interest is repaid. In the case of a pensioner who dies before the outstanding balance of the loan and interest thereon has been recovered, the remaining balance shall be repaid from the proceeds of any other benefits payable on the account of the pensioner either in the form of monthly payments due to his beneficiaries or in the form of lump sum payments payable for pension or group life insurance. L.1981, c.55, s.2; amended 1988, c.134, s.2; 1999, c.132, s.2; 2007, c.92, s.37.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.70 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.70
Annual reports
Status: in_force

The pension commission shall report annually on the condition of the retirement system and the manner in which its funds are invested. The report shall be filed with the board of chosen freeholders of the county and a copy thereof furnished to the head of each department of the county for use of the employees and the public. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1254, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 43:22-10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-10
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. L.1951, c. 253, p. 897, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-19 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-19
Actuarial information and investigation; tables; rates of contribution
Status: in_force

The actuary shall recommend, and the Division of Pensions shall keep in convenient form, such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuation of the various funds created by this act. At least once in every 3-year period, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service, and compensation or salary experience of the members and beneficiaries as defined in this chapter and shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the various funds created by this act. Upon the basis of such investigation and valuation, with the advice of the actuary, the board shall: a. Adopt for the retirement system such mortality, service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary; and, b. Certify the rates of contribution, expressed as a proportion of the compensation of members which shall be made by the State and other employers to the contingent reserve fund. L.1954, c. 84, p. 487, s. 19. Amended by L.1971, c. 213, s. 7, eff. June 17, 1971; L.1972, c. 157, s. 2; L.1979, c. 106, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 43:1-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-4
Communication of prosecution commencing, conviction entered
Status: in_force

2. A county or municipal prosecutor shall inform the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety in writing whenever a prosecution is commenced, or a conviction entered, against any person who the prosecutor knows, or has reason to believe, is a member of a State or locally-administered pension fund or retirement system for any crime or offense. The director shall compile this information and similar information from the records of the division and the records of any other jurisdiction or law enforcement agency which may be available to the division and transmit it to the Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits. The Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits shall determine whether a particular officer or employee is a member of a State or locally-administered pension fund or retirement system and, if so, shall forward the information to the board of trustees of that fund or system for the board's consideration pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of this act. L.1995,c.408,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-25 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-25
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law." L.1948, c. 110, p. 586, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:11-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-2
Time between removal and reinstatement of policemen allowed in certain cases
Status: in_force

When a member of the police department in any municipality has been removed from employment therein without charges being preferred against him, or has been removed from employment by reason of the disbanding of a police department, and has subsequently been reinstated, the time elapsed between such removal and reinstatement shall be computed as time in actual service in determining his right to retirement from service in the department.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-12
Disability retirement
Status: in_force

Whenever the Supreme Court shall certify to the Governor, any member who shall have served as a judge of the several courts, may be retired for disability if the member has become physically or otherwise incapacitated for full and efficient service to the State in his judicial capacity. The Governor shall thereupon refer the disability claim to three physicians of skill and repute in their profession and residents of this State who shall examine the member and report to the Governor as to his physical or other disability and whether in all reasonable probability, if they find the disability existent, it will continue permanently and does and will continue to prevent the member from giving full and efficient service in the performance of his judicial duties. If the report confirms the existence of the disability, and if the Governor approves the report, the member shall be retired not less than 1 month next following the date of filing of an application with the retirement system, and he shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of an annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions together with regular interest, and a pension which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a retirement allowance during the remainder of his life in an amount equal to three-fourths of his final salary. L.1973, c. 140, s. 12, eff. May 22, 1973. Amended by L.1973, c. 304, s. 3, eff. Dec. 7, 1973; L.1981, c. 470, s. 6, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-5.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-5.5
Definitions relative to certain county pension funds
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Beneficiary" means any person who, as a result of the death of an active or retired member, has or shall have received a pension pursuant to article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes for no less than 24 months. In the case of any beneficiary, the 24-month period shall include the period in which the retirant was entitled to receive a pension. "Benefit year" means: (1) The calendar year 2003 for: (a) All retirants who retired before calendar year 2003; and (b) All beneficiaries of retirants who retired before calendar year 2003, or of active members who died while in service before calendar 2003; or (2) The actual calendar year of retirement for: (a) All members who retired on or after January 1, 2003; and (b) All beneficiaries of retirants who retired on or after January 1, 2003, or of active members who died while in active service on or after January 1, 2003. "Benefit year index" means the index of the benefit year. "Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31. "Employer" means the county in which a pension fund has been created pursuant to article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes. "Index" means the annual average over a 12-month period, beginning September 1 and ending August 31, of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A (1967=100), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States Department of Labor. If the reference base of the index is changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index as defined herein will be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods. The annual average index so calculated shall be the index for the calendar year in which the 12-month period ends. "Retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the pension fund established under article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, who has retired from such employment, and as a result of such employment, has or shall have received a pension from the pension fund for no less than 24 months. L.2002,c.109,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-35 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-35
Termination of private plans.
Status: in_force

11. (a) If the division is furnished satisfactory evidence that a majority of the employees covered by an approved private plan have made election in writing to discontinue such plan, the division shall withdraw its approval of such plan effective at the end of the calendar quarter next succeeding that in which such evidence is furnished. Upon receipt of a petition therefor signed by not less than 10% of the employees covered by an approved private plan, the division shall require the employer upon 30 days' written notice to conduct an election by ballot in writing to determine whether or not a majority of the employees covered by such private plan favor discontinuance thereof; provided, that such election shall not be required more often than once in any 12-month period. (b) Unless sooner permitted, for cause, by the division, no approved private plan shall be terminated by an employer, in whole or in part, until at least 30 days after written notice of intention so to do has been given by the employer to the division and after notices are conspicuously posted so as reasonably to assure their being seen, or after individual notices are given to the employees concerned. (c) The division may, after notice and hearing, withdraw its approval of any approved private plan if it finds that there is danger that the benefits accrued or to accrue will not be paid, that the security for such payment is insufficient, or for other good cause shown. No employer, and no union or association representing employees, shall so administer or apply the provisions of an approved private plan as to derive any profit therefrom. The division may withdraw its approval from any private plan which is administered or applied in violation of this provision. (d) No termination of an approved private plan shall affect the payment of benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the plan, to employees whose period of disability commenced prior to the date of termination. Employees who have ceased to be covered by an approved private plan because of its termination shall, subject to the limitations and restrictions of this act, become eligible forthwith for benefits from the State Disability Benefits Fund for a period of disability commencing after such cessation, and contributions with respect to their wages shall immediately become payable as otherwise provided by law. Any withdrawal of approval of a private plan pursuant to this section shall be reviewable by writ of certiorari or by such other procedure as may be provided by law. With respect to a period of family temporary disability leave immediately after the individual has a period of disability during the individual's own disability, the period of disability is deemed, for the purposes of determining whether the period of disability commenced prior to the date of the termination, to have commenced at the beginning of the period of disability during the individual's own disability, not the period of family temporary disability leave. (e) Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, a covered employer who, under an approved private plan, is providing benefits at least equal to those required by the State plan, may modify the benefits under the private plan so as to provide benefits not less than the benefits required by the State plan. Individuals covered under a private plan shall not be required to contribute to the plan at a rate exceeding 3/4 of 1% of the amount of "wages" established for any calendar year under the provisions of R.S.43:21-7(b) prior to January 1, 1975, and 1/2 of 1% for calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 1975 and before January 1, 2009. For a calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2009 and before January 1, 2012: an employer providing a private plan only for benefits for employees during their own disabilities may require the employees to contribute to the plan at a rate not exceeding 0.5% of the amount of "wages" established for the calendar year under the provisions of R.S.43:21-7(b); an employer providing a private plan only for benefits for employees during periods of family temporary disability may require the individuals covered by the private plan to contribute an amount not exceeding the amount the individuals would pay pursuant to R.S.43:21-7(d)(1)(G)(ii); an employer providing a private plan both for benefits for employees during their own disabilities and for benefits during periods of family temporary disability may require the employees to contribute to the plan at a rate not exceeding 0.5% of the amount of "wages" established for the calendar year under the provisions of R.S.43:21-7(b) plus an additional amount not exceeding the amount the individuals would pay pursuant to R.S.43:21-7(d)(1)(G)(ii). For a calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2012: an employer providing a private plan only for benefits for employees during their own disabilities may require the employees to contribute to the plan at a rate not exceeding the amount the individuals would pay pursuant to R.S.43:21-7(d)(1)(G)(i); an employer providing a private plan only for benefits for employees during periods of family temporary disability may require the individuals covered by the private plan to contribute an amount not exceeding the amount the individuals would pay pursuant to R.S.43:21-7(d)(1)(G)(ii); an employer providing a private plan both for benefits for employees during their own disabilities and for benefits during periods of family temporary disability may require the employees to contribute to the plan an amount not exceeding the amount the individuals would pay pursuant to R.S.43:21-7(d)(1)(G)(i) and R.S.43:21-7(d)(1)(G)(ii). Notification of the proposed modification shall be given by the employer to the division and to the individuals covered under the plan. L.1948, c.110, s.11; amended 1952, c.188, s.2; 1971, c.346, s.14; 1974, c.86, s.8; 2008, c.17, s.4; 2011, c.88, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-89 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-89
Requirements of insurance company
Status: in_force

Any life insurance company must meet the following requirements in order to qualify under section 1 of this act; (a) be licensed under the laws of the State of New Jersey to transact life and accidental death insurance, and (b) the amount of its group life insurance in the State of New Jersey other than group creditors insurance shall at the time said insurance is to be purchased equal at least 1% of the total amount of such group life insurance in the State of New Jersey in all life insurance companies. L.1955, c. 214, p. 830, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.12
Name of pension commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall be known as the "pension commission of the employees' retirement system of (name of city)." L.1954, c. 218, p. 813, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.55 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.55
Retirement for disability
Status: in_force

(a) Any member having five or more years of creditable service in the retirement system who shall have become permanently disabled for the further performance of duty, shall, by resolution of the commission or upon application of such member and approval thereof by the commission, and in either case pursuant to the certificate of a physician or physicians designated for that purpose by the commission, be retired on a pension equal to 1/2 of final salary plus 1% of such salary for each year of creditable service in excess of 20 years, if the member has more than 20 years of creditable service at retirement; but in no event shall the amount of any pension payable pursuant to the provisions of this subsection be less than $3,600 per annum. (b) Any member who shall become permanently and totally disabled as a result of a traumatic event occurring during and as a result of the performance of that member's regular or assigned duties and where such disability is not the result of the member's willful negligence and the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the performance of such usual duty and of any other available duty shall, by resolution of the commission or upon application of such member and approval thereof by the commission, and in either case pursuant to the certificate of a physician or physicians designated for that purpose by the commission, be retired on a pension equal to 2/3 of final salary, but in no event shall the amount of any disability pension payable pursuant to the provisions of this subsection be less than $3,600 per annum. The application to accomplish such retirement must be filed within five years of the original traumatic event. A member who is retired on a disability retirement allowance pursuant to this section shall submit, at times to be selected by the commission but not more often than twice a year, to a physical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the commission; provided, however, that no member retired for disability whose total years of creditable service, including any period of disability retirement, equal 20 or more years and who shall have attained age 60 shall be required to submit to such physical examination. The physician or physicians shall report to the commission the physical condition of such member and if said report certifies that the member's condition has improved so that the member is no longer permanently disabled or if the member is engaged in an occupation, then the amount of the pension shall be reduced to an amount which, when added to the amount of the member's other earnings, shall not exceed the salary now attributable to the member's former position, but only after an opportunity is given such member to be represented by counsel at a hearing on the action by the commission. L.1964,c.275,s.6; amended 1966,c.158,s.4; 1981,c.534,s.8; 1990,c.20,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1.1
Ineligible laborer made eligible by amendment to law; option to become member; procedure
Status: in_force

Any county laborer now employed in any such county, who, prior to the adoption of this act, was ineligible to the benefits of the law to which this act is an amendment and supplement but who is made eligible to such benefits by this act may decline to be bound by the provisions of said law or may within six months after this act becomes effective become a member of the fund established under said law: (1) by payment into the fund, in such manner as shall be determined by the pension commission, of all arrears, with interest, as the pension commission shall determine to be due in order to give such employees the same standing as a member of said fund as all other members who joined said pension fund when the law providing for such fund became effective, in which case the maximum rate of interest shall not exceed the average rate of earnings of the investments of said fund and the maximum length of time for the payment of arrears shall be five years from the date of the application to join the fund, or (2) upon written application in which case the regular deductions from the salary of such employees shall commence upon the filing of such written application and he shall be entitled to the same benefits as a new employee then joining the fund would receive. L.1939, c. 394, p. 939, s. 2.