N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-73.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-73.1
Credit for employment in other states, federal government or military service; limitation; payments; pro rata credit upon retirement.
Status: in_force

2. A member may file a detailed statement of public employment in other states or with the United States Government which would be eligible for credit in a State-administered retirement system if the employment was with a public employer in this State, or of military service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or of service resulting from initial appointment or employment on or after January 1, 2002 with a bi-state or multi-state agency established pursuant to an interstate compact to which the State is a party which would be eligible for credit in a State-administered retirement system if the employment was with a public employer in this State, rendered prior to becoming a member, for which the member desires credit, and of such other facts as the retirement system may require. The member may purchase credit for all or a portion of the service evidenced in the statement up to the nearest number of years and months, but not exceeding 10 years, provided however, that a member purchasing that maximum credit may purchase up to five additional years for additional military service qualifying the member as a veteran as defined in section 6 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-6). No application shall be accepted for the purchase of credit for the service if, at the time of application, the member has a vested right to retirement benefits in another retirement system based in whole or in part upon that service. The member may purchase credit for the service by paying into the annuity savings fund the amount required by applying the factor, supplied by the actuary as being applicable to the member's age at the time of the purchase, to the member's salary at that time, or to the highest annual compensation for service in this State for which contributions were made during any prior fiscal year of membership, whichever is greater. The purchase may be made in regular installments, equal to at least 1/2 of the full normal contribution to the retirement system, over a maximum period of 10 years. The employer of a member who applies, pursuant to this section, to purchase credit for public employment with the United States Government or for military service in the Armed Forces of the United States shall not be liable for any payment to the retirement system on behalf of the member for the purchase of this credit. Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, a member shall not be liable for any costs associated with the financing of pension adjustment benefits and health care benefits for retirees when purchasing credit for public employment in other states or with the United States Government or military service in the Armed Forces of the United States or with a bi-state or multi-state agency. Any member electing to make a purchase pursuant to this section who retires prior to completing payments as agreed with the retirement system will receive pro rata credit for the purchase prior to the date of retirement, but if the member so elects at the time of retirement, the member may make the additional lump sum payment required at that time to provide full credit. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, service credit established in the retirement system by a member through purchase in accordance with this section, which purchase was made by an application submitted on or after the effective date of P.L.2008, c.89, except a purchase for military service in the Armed Forces of the United States, shall not be eligible for consideration when service is used to determine the qualification of the member for any health care benefits coverage paid, in whole or in part, by a public employer after the member's retirement. L.1963, c.19, s.2; amended 1971, c.213, s.42; 1991, c.153, s.2; 2003, c.263, s.2; 2008, c.89, S.4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3C-9 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3C / Section 3C-9
Employer pickup of employee contributions.
Status: in_force

1. The mandatory contributions by members or participants to the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund required by N.J.S.18A:66-31, to alternate benefit providers under the alternate benefit program required by section 8 of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-174), to the Judicial Retirement System required by section 26 of P.L.1981, c.470 (C.43:6A-34.1), to the Prison Officers' Pension Fund required by section 7 of P.L.1941, c.220 (C.43:7-13), to the Public Employees' Retirement System required by section 25 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-25), to the Defined Contribution Retirement Program required by section 3 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-3), to the Consolidated Police and Firemen's Pension Fund required by R.S.43:16-5, to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System required by section 15 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-15), and to the State Police Retirement System required by section 38 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-38), shall be picked up by their employers and shall be treated as employer contributions as provided by section 414(h) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. The amount of contributions on behalf of each member shall continue to be included as regular compensation for all other purposes, except that the amount shall not be included in the computation of federal income taxes withheld from the member's compensation. L.1986, c.188, s.1; amended 1993, c.385, s.12; 2007, c.92, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-20.15 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-20.15
Report on all shared work programs on website.
Status: in_force

7. a. The division shall, not later than March 31, 2021, issue, make public on the website of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and submit to the Governor and Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), a report on all shared work programs approved during calendar year 2020 pursuant to P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.) and the impact of federal financing of those programs pursuant to section 2108 of the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act," Pub. Law 116-136 and of federal financing pursuant to section 2104 of that act of emergency increases in unemployment benefits for participants in approved shared work programs. b. The report shall provide separately for governmental employers, for-profit private employers, and nonprofit employers, during calendar year 2020: (1) The total number of participating employers and employees, the total amount of unemployment benefits paid to participants, the portion of those benefits that was pandemic unemployment compensation, the total wage compensation that was paid to participants during participation in the program, and the share, if any, of the benefit costs not paid or reimbursed by the federal government; (2) The minimum, maximum, and average duration of programs, the average weekly benefit, and the average weekly wage paid during participation in the program; (3) The number of participating employers who entered into agreements with collective bargaining agents regarding the terms of the program, and the total number of employees covered by those agreements; and (4) The total reduction in payroll costs due to reduced hours of paid employment by participants. c. The report shall provide, for each calendar year from 2012 through 2019, the total number of employers and employees participating in approved shared work programs and the total amount of unemployment benefits paid to participating employees. L.2020, c.57, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-56 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-56
"Group Insurance Premium Fund."
Status: in_force

23. In the event the board of trustees shall determine to purchase group insurance coverage for the death benefits, premiums for the same shall be paid from a special fund, hereby created, called the "Group Insurance Premium Fund." The board of trustees shall estimate annually the amount which will be required for premiums for such benefits for the ensuing fiscal year and shall certify such amounts to the participating employers as due and owing from them. The participating employers shall pay over to the board of trustees the amount for premiums so certified and the board of trustees shall deposit these amounts in the Group Insurance Premium Fund. During the period such group insurance policy or policies are in effect with respect to members of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey the board of trustees shall in no way commingle moneys in this fund with any pension fund established by P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.). L.1964, c.241, s.23; amended 1967, c.250, s.20; 2018, c.55, s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-10
Increase in expenditures required by act; mandated costs not subject to expenditure limitations
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1976, c. 68 (C. 40A:4-45.1 et seq.) or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, any increase in expenditure required as a result of this act shall be deemed mandated costs and shall not be subject to the expenditure limitations imposed pursuant to P.L.1976, c. 68. L.1977, c. 306, s. 5, eff. Dec. 27, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15C-13 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-13
Disability benefit coverage.
Status: in_force

13. The disability benefit coverage provided under a group policy or policies shall provide a monthly income if the participant becomes totally disabled from occupational or nonoccupational causes for a period of at least six consecutive months following the effective date of the coverage. The monthly disability benefit may be paid by the insurance company so long as the participant remains disabled up to the 70th birthday, provided the disability commenced prior to the 60th birthday. The benefit shall terminate when the participant is no longer considered totally disabled or begins to receive retirement benefits. The participant shall be considered totally disabled if the participant is unable to perform each duty of the participant's occupation and is under the regular care of a physician. After the 24 months following the commencement of the disability benefit payments, the participant shall be unable to engage in any gainful occupation for which the participant is reasonably fitted by education, training, or experience. Total disability shall not be considered to exist if the participant is gainfully employed. Following an agreement with the insurance company and the policyholder, the participant may continue to receive disability benefits for a limited time while performing some type of work. During the period of rehabilitation, the monthly benefit shall be the regular payment less 80% of the participant's earnings from the rehabilitative position. A participant shall be deemed to be in service and covered by the disability benefit insurance provisions for a period of no more than six months while on official leave of absence without pay if satisfactory evidence is presented to the Division of Pensions and Benefits that the leave of absence without pay is due to illness and that the participant was not actively engaged in any gainful occupation during the period of leave of absence without pay. Disability benefit insurance provisions of the group policy or policies shall not cover disability resulting from or contributed to by pregnancy, act of war, intentionally self-inflicted injury, or attempted suicide regardless of the person's mental capacity. For purposes of the disability benefit coverage, the participant shall not be considered to be disabled while the participant is imprisoned or while outside the United States, its territories or possessions, or Canada. If the participant has recovered from the disability for which the member had received benefits and again becomes totally disabled while insured, the later disability shall be regarded as a continuation of the prior one unless the participant has returned to full-time covered employment for at least six months. If the later absence is due to an unrelated cause and the participant had returned to full-time work, it shall be considered a new disability. The disability benefit insurance cannot be converted to an individual policy. No participant shall be covered by the disability benefit provision of the group policy or policies except upon the completion of one year of full-time continuous employment in a position eligible for participation in the Defined Contribution Retirement Program. For a member who is a participant 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, completion of one year of full-time continuous employment in a position eligible for membership in the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, Police and Firemen's Retirement System, State Police Retirement System, or the Public Employees' Retirement System shall also be considered in determining if the participant met the requirements of this paragraph. L.2007, c.92, s.13; amended 2007, c.103, s.15; 2010, c.1, s.16; 2013, c.103, s.116.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-57 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-57
Source of pension fund; right of withdrawal; exemptions
Status: in_force

A fund shall be created in the following manner for the purpose of paying such pensions, to wit: There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to each county probation officer three per centum (3%) of the amount thereof, then there shall be contributed annually by the county an amount equivalent to three per centum (3%) of such probation officers' salaries; to such sum there shall be added all moneys donated for the purpose of such fund, and all rewards which may be paid to any county probation officer while acting as such county probation officer, all of which moneys and rewards shall be paid over to the board of chosen freeholders of the county to be deposited in such fund. In case, at any time, there shall not be sufficient money in such pension fund to pay such pensions, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall, from time to time, include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of such pension fund. Whenever such pension fund shall exceed an amount which the board of chosen freeholders of such county shall by resolution from time to time determine to be adequate for such pension fund, no moneys, except the three per centum (3%) specified in this article, and the moneys given or donated as herein mentioned and any aforementioned rewards, shall be paid into such fund, unless and until the amount of such fund shall fall below the amount thus determined to be adequate. Any county probation officer who has paid into the pension fund for at least four years, and is no longer in the service, shall have the right to withdraw from such pension fund and shall be entitled to a refund of the moneys theretofore deducted from his salary. All pensions granted under this article shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment, or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable. Amended by L.1944, c. 234, p. 791, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-6
Waiver of right to increased retirement allowance, survivorship benefit or pension
Status: in_force

Any person who is eligible to receive the increased retirement allowance, survivorship benefit or pension under the provisions of this act may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the Division of Pensions. 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 Division of Pensions 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, survivorship benefit or pension shall commence with the payment for the next following month. L.1958, c. 143, p. 650, s. 6. Amended by L.1969, c. 169, s. 5; L.1971, c. 139, s. 7, eff. May 12, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-76 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-76
County or municipal employees entering air, military or naval service before applying for enrollment
Status: in_force

Any employee of any county, municipality or public agency which has adopted or shall hereafter adopt the retirement system as provided in this act, who has entered or shall hereafter enter into the active air, military or naval service of the United States before making application for enrollment in the retirement system, shall be accepted as a member upon his filing application, provided that, if an employee enters such service after January 1, 1955 and after the date upon which this act becomes effective with regard to his employer, such application is made within 3 months after entering such service or within 3 months after the date this act becomes effective with regard to his employer, whichever is later. His regular salary deductions as determined by the retirement system shall be paid to the system by his employer, as provided by chapter 252 of the laws of 1942, as amended by chapter 326 of the laws of 1942. If he entered such service prior to January 2, 1955, and was a contributing member of the State Employees' Retirement System at that time, upon establishing his status as a veteran and contributing to the retirement system for a period of 90 days after his discharge from such service, he shall receive free prior service credit for all public employment prior to January 2, 1955. This provision shall not apply to any employee whose appointment is temporary or seasonal. In addition to any prior service credit authorized in this act, such member shall be entitled to prior service credit from the date of his induction to the effective date of this section. L.1954, c. 84, p. 522, s. 76. Amended by L.1966, c. 217, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-37.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-37.1
Increase in amount of service retirement pension
Status: in_force

The amount of the service retirement pension of any member of such police department, who has served for more than 25 years and who retires after the effective date of this supplementary act, shall be increased by an amount equal to 1% of his average salary for each year of service in excess of 25 years rendered prior to his reaching age 65. L.1968, c. 225, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 43:4-3.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.3
Appropriations to pay increases
Status: in_force

Funds to pay the increases provided in this act shall be provided in the budgets of the county, municipality or school district from whose service the veteran retired on pension and shall be added to pension payments payable for any period after January 1, 1968 or shall be added to pension payments retroactively to January 1, 1968 as to any pension payable by a school district having a fiscal year commencing in 1968 on a date other than on January 1. The increase in pension shall continue to be paid as long as there shall be appropriated the amounts required. In the event that the necessary funds are not so appropriated, the increase in pension shall cease. L.1967, c. 294, s. 3, eff. Feb. 15, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-19 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-19
Control, management of fund.
Status: in_force

13. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall have control and management of said fund subject to the provisions of P.L.1950, c.270 (C.52:18A-79 et seq.), and of the retirement of said prison officers, and the division is hereby empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this act. All moneys belonging to said pension fund shall be received and paid over to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, whose official bond shall cover the same. All moneys paid out of such pension fund shall be paid by the said treasurer upon warrants signed by the director of the division. L.1941, c.220, s.13; amended 2013, c.253, s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-11.2
Separation from service before 55 with 10 years of creditable service; election of retirement allowance, restoration to service.
Status: in_force

17. Should a member, after having established 10 years of creditable service, be separated voluntarily or involuntarily from the service, before reaching age 55, and not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, such person may elect to receive the payments provided for in section 11 of P.L.1944, c. 255 or section 16 of P.L.1964, c. 241, or a deferred retirement allowance, beginning on the first day of the month following his attainment of age 55 and the filing of an application therefor, which shall consist of: (1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his aggregate contributions at the time of his severance from the service and (2) A pension in the amount which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 2% of the member's final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service over 30, provided that such inactive member may elect to receive payments provided under section 11 of P.L.1944, c.255 or section 16 of P.L.1964, c. 241 if the member had qualified under that section at the time of leaving service, except that in order to avail himself or herself of the option, the member must exercise such option at least 30 days before the effective date of retirement. If such inactive member shall die before attaining age 55, the member's aggregate contributions shall be paid in accordance with section 11 of P.L.1944, c.255 and, in addition if such inactive member shall die after attaining age 55 but before filing an application for retirement benefits pursuant to this section or section 16 of P.L.1964, c.241 and has not withdrawn his or her aggregate contributions, or in the event of death after retirement, an amount equal to one-half of the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service shall be paid to such member's beneficiary. Any member who, having elected to receive a deferred retirement allowance, again becomes an employee covered by the retirement system while under the age of 55, shall thereupon be reenrolled. If he had discontinued his service for more than two consecutive years, subsequent contributions shall be at his former rate increased for the years of his inactive membership. He shall be credited with all service as a member standing to his credit at the time of his election to receive a deferred retirement allowance. L.1964,c.241,s.17; amended 1967, c.250, s.16; 1971, c.175, s.13; 1973, c.109, s.3; 1981, c.177, s.5; 1999, c.428, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:19-16 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-16
Dependency condition to payment of certain pensions
Status: in_force

No pension shall be paid to the surviving husband of a deceased member of the pension corporation unless he is and continues to remain dependent upon the income which the member was receiving at the time of her death, nor unless he is and continues to remain physically or mentally incapable of pursuing a gainful occupation, nor shall any pension be paid to a minor child under the age of sixteen years of a female member unless the child is dependent upon the income which the member was receiving at the time of her death and continues to be so dependent. The board of trustees shall determine the question of the dependency of the surviving husband or minor child as well as the ability of a surviving husband to pursue a gainful occupation.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-27 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-27
Retirement reserve fund
Status: in_force

The retirement reserve fund shall be the fund from which all retirement allowances shall be paid. Upon the retirement of a member his accumulated deductions together with regular interest shall be transferred to the retirement reserve fund from the annuity savings fund. The reserve needed to produce the balance of the retirement allowance shall be transferred from the contingent reserve fund. If the retirement allowance of a member who has been retired is subsequently canceled, the appropriate reserve shall be transferred to the annuity savings fund and the contingent reserve fund. Any surplus or deficit developing in the retirement reserve fund shall be adjusted from time to time by transfer to or from the contingent reserve fund by appropriate action of the retirement system upon the advice of the actuary. L.1954, c. 84, p. 491, s. 27. Amended by L.1955, c. 261, p. 960, s. 6; L.1971, c. 213, s. 11, eff. June 17, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-50 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-50
Waiver of portion of benefits by written request
Status: in_force

Any member or any beneficiary who has been or, in the future, may be retired, or receive a pension, benefit or retirement allowance, including an annuity, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 16A of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, may, by filing written request with the board of trustees, waive payment of a portion of the pension, benefit or retirement allowance, including annuity, to which he may be entitled. L.1955, c. 138, p. 626, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.64c — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.64c
Amount of adjustment; determination; certification; notice
Status: in_force

On or before the 30th day following the effective date of this act and on or before October 1, 1978 and by the same date in each subsequent year, the Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of Treasury shall review the index and determine the percentum of change in the index from the benefit year index pursuant to the provisions of the Pension Adjustment Act (P.L.1969, c. 169, C. 43:3B-1 et seq.). The percentage of adjustment in the pensions shall be 3/5 of the percentum change. Any adjustment so calculated shall apply to all of the months of the following calendar year for eligible retirants and beneficiaries, except for those qualifying for the first time, it shall apply only to those months of the following calendar year in which the retirant or beneficiary is eligible to receive the adjustment. The director shall certify the amounts sufficient to adjust the pensions payable to all eligible retirants and beneficiaries by 3/5 of the percentum of change in the index as such pensions may have been originally granted or increased for certain retirants in accordance with section 10 of P.L.1966, c. 210 (C. 43:10-18.58b) or increased for certain beneficiaries in accordance with section 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.62). The director shall notify the secretary of the pension fund of the percentage of adjustment in the applicable year. In no instance shall the amount of the pension originally granted and payable to any retirant be reduced as a result of this adjustment. L.1978, c. 127, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.7
Annual meeting of commission; officers; duties; attorney; actuary
Status: in_force

The commission shall hold its annual meeting in the month of January in each year and elect its chairman and such other officers as it deems advisable. The chairman shall be chosen from among the employee members of the commission. The commission shall fix the compensation of all appointees, and shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any necessary expenditures authorized by the commission; and the employee members shall suffer no loss of salary or other wages through service for or on the commission. The commission shall secure the services of such physician or physicians as shall be necessary to make the medical examinations required by this act. The commission shall appoint an attorney and an actuary for the said commission and shall fix their compensation. The commission may engage such independent actuarial assistance as may be necessary to assist the actuary from time to time. L.1954, c. 218, p. 812, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3A-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3A / Section 3A-2
Payment of pension to dependents from date of presumed death
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of any such pension or retirement system or fund shall, after the receipt of such certificate, make payment of any pension which would have been payable to the dependent or dependents of such person, if proof of his actual death were submitted to such trustees, from the time so certified as the date upon which such person's death is presumed to have occurred until such time as proof shall be made to them that such person was or is actually alive or is actually dead, or as a certified copy of a declaration of the death of such person made by a court of competent jurisdiction of this State, shall be filed with them and said board of trustees shall be fully discharged and saved harmless from any and all liability for payment or repayment of any sum so paid in event that the said person shall be proved to be or to have been alive at the time when any such payment was made. L.1952, c. 215, p. 746, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-7.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-7.6
Civil service credit, PERS-enrolled fire instructor, conditions.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a fire instructor enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System prior to November 1, 2008, and employed by a county on the effective date of this act, P.L.2024, c.97 (C.43:15A-7.6), who had continuous membership in the retirement system, who performed service in the county as a fire instructor in each calendar year of membership, who received a salary for that position greater than $1,500 annually, and who was a permanent career service employee in the civil service, shall be granted service credit for that period of enrollment and considered eligible for membership and for benefits as a member of the retirement system. b. Any person who was enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System prior to November 1, 2008 for service in a county as a fire instructor and was notified within five years prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2024, c.97 (C.43:15A-7.6), that such service as a fire instructor was determined ineligible for enrollment in the retirement system shall be granted service credit for that period of enrollment determined ineligible for membership in the retirement system, provided the person repays any contributions and interest that were returned when it was determined that the person was ineligible for membership in the retirement system. L.2024, c.97.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-47.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-47.3
Volunteer services by certain retirees under PERS permitted.
Status: in_force

1. The retirement of a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), who (1) on the date of retirement has attained the service retirement age applicable to that member and is a volunteer firefighter or first aid worker, rescue squad worker, or emergency medical technician serving as a volunteer in the same jurisdiction; and (2) remains a volunteer firefighter or first aid worker, rescue squad worker, or emergency medical technician serving as a volunteerafter the date of retirement as long as the employee's job duties were substantially different or, if the employee's job duties were similar, the employee has a break in service of at least 30 days after retirement, shall be a bona fide severance from employment, notwithstanding that the retired employee maintains the relationship of a volunteer firefighter or first aid worker, rescue squad worker, or emergency medical technician serving as a volunteer with the same employer from whose employment the member retired. This act shall be effective if the qualified status of the retirement system under federal law can be maintained upon its application, and such modifications to the system as may be available shall be made to allow for its application. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit a paid firefighter employed by a part-paid fire department to serve as a volunteer with the department from which the paid firefighter retired. L.2018, c.96, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-24.15 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-24.15
Total extended benefit amount.
Status: in_force

9. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his applicable benefit year shall be the lesser of the following amounts: (1) 50% of the total of regular benefits which were payable to him under the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) in his applicable benefit year; or (2) Thirteen times his weekly benefit amount which was payable to him under the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year. b. With respect to weeks beginning during a high unemployment period, the total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible individual with respect to his applicable benefit year shall be the lesser of the following amounts: (1) 80% of the total of regular benefits which were payable to the individual under the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) during the applicable benefit year; or (2) Twenty times the weekly benefit amount which was payable to the individual under the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) for a week of total unemployment during the applicable benefit year. c. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), if the benefit year of an adversely affected worker covered by a certification under subchapter A, chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, P.L.93-618, 19 U.S.C. s.2271 et seq. as amended, ends within an extended benefit period, the remaining balance of extended benefits that the individual would, but for this section, be entitled to receive in that extended benefit period, with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the end of the benefit year, shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the product of the number of weeks for which the individual received any amounts as trade readjustment allowances within that benefit year, multiplied by the individual's weekly benefit amount for extended benefits. L.1970,c.324,s.9; amended 1982, c.144, s.3; 2005, c.123, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-77 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-77
Employees of school district coterminous with municipality adopting law in first-class counties
Status: in_force

Every employee of any school district including school districts in counties of the first class the boundaries of which are coterminous with those of a municipality, or more than one municipality, in which chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes has been adopted, or in which this act is adopted, who is not a member of or eligible to join the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, except an employee required upon employment or appointment to become a member of some other pension fund, shall be entitled to receive the same benefits as employees of such municipality or municipalities are entitled to receive and the school district shall have the same obligations with respect to such employees as the municipality has to its own employees under this act; provided, such employee has been admitted to receive the benefits of the fund established under chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, or shall make application to be admitted to such benefits within 6 months from January 2, 1955, or within 1 year from the effective date of said chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes in such municipality or municipalities, whichever is later. Any school district which is comprised of 2 or more municipalities may be deemed a municipality for the purposes of this act if all municipalities comprising such school district have not either adopted the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes or complied with the provisions of section 74 of this act. In any such case the board of education of such school district may direct that the question of adopting the retirement system shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the school district at a school election. L.1954, c. 84, p. 523, s. 77. Amended by L.1954, c. 244, p. 902, s. 17; L.1966, c. 71, s. 7; L.1966, c. 217, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-19 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-19
Annual election of chair, secretary
Status: in_force

43:17-19. The board of trustees shall once in each year, immediately after the election of the new members thereof, elect, by ballot, a chairperson and secretary. Amended 1996, c.151, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-37.15 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37.15
Certain widows not covered by act
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not extend to the widow of any town employees who shall hereafter marry any such town employee after such town employee has attained the age of fifty-five years, nor shall the benefits of this act accrue to the widow of any town employee who shall marry such town employee after he shall have retired under the provisions of this act. L.1943, c. 189, p. 530, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6-6.36 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-6.36
Applicability of Act to members of other pension programs
Status: in_force

The provisions of chapter 169 of the laws of 1956 shall not apply to the members of the Supreme Court and judges of the Superior Court covered by the pension program established by chapter 391 of the laws of 1948, as amended and supplemented, to which this act is a further supplement. L.1967, c. 47, s. 4, eff. May 15, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-25 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-25
Annuity savings fund, members' contributions.
Status: in_force

25. a. The annuity savings fund shall be the fund in which shall be credited accumulated deductions and contributions by members or on their behalf to provide for their allowances. A single account shall be established in this fund for each person who is or shall become a member and all contributions deducted from each such member's compensation shall be credited to this single account. b. (1) Members enrolled in the retirement system on or after July 1, 1994 shall contribute 5% of compensation to the system. Members enrolled in the system prior to July 1, 1994 shall contribute 5% of compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 1995, provided, however, that any member enrolled before July 1, 1994, whose full contribution rate under the system prior to the revisions by this act was less than 6%, shall pay 4% of compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 1995, and 5% of compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 1996. (2) Members enrolled in the retirement system on or after July 1, 2007 who are: employees of the State, other than employees of the Judicial Branch; employees of an independent State authority, board, commission, corporation, agency or organization; employees of a local school district, regional school district, county vocational school district, county special services school district, jointure commission, educational services commission, State-operated school district, charter school, county college, any officer, board, or commission under the authority of the Commissioner of Education or of the State Board of Education, and any other public entity which is established pursuant to authority provided by Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes; or employees of a State public institution of higher education shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system, and all such members described above enrolled in the system prior to July 1, 2007 shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 2007. Members enrolled in the retirement system on or after July 1, 2008, other than those described in the paragraph above, shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system. Members enrolled in the system prior to July 1, 2008, other than those described in the paragraph above, shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system effective with the payroll period that begins immediately after July 1, 2008. (3) Members of the retirement system shall contribute 6.5% of compensation to the system on and after the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78, with an additional contribution of 1% to be phased in in equal increments over a period of seven years commencing with the first year following that effective date. c. The retirement system shall certify to each State department or subdivision thereof, and to each branch of the State service not included in a State department, and to every other employer, the proportion of each member's compensation to be deducted and to facilitate the making of deductions the retirement system may modify the deduction required by a member by such an amount as shall not exceed 1/10 of 1% of the compensation upon the basis of which the deduction is to be made. If payment in full, representing the monthly or biweekly transmittal and report of salary deductions, is not made within 15 days of the due date established by the retirement system, interest at the rate of 6% per annum shall commence to run against the total transmittal of salary deductions for the period on the first day after such fifteenth day. d. Every employee to whom this act applies shall be deemed to consent and agree to any deduction from his compensation required by this act and to all other provisions of this act. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation affecting the salary, pay, compensation, other perquisites, or tenure of a person to whom this act applies, or shall apply, and notwithstanding that the minimum salary, pay, or compensation or other perquisites provided by law for him shall be reduced thereby, payment, less such deductions, shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for service rendered by him during the period covered by such payment. L.1954, c.84, s.25; amended 1964, c.229, s.2; 1971, c.213, s.10; 1979, c.106, s.3; 1994, c.62, s.9; 2007, c.103, s.2; 2010, c.1, s.26; 2011, c.78, s.10; 2012, c.45, s.124.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-10
Accidental death benefits.
Status: in_force

10. (1) Upon the death of a member in active service as a result of: (a) an accident met in the actual performance of duty at some definite time and place, or (b) service in the reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard in a federal active duty status, and such death was not the result of the member's willful negligence, an accidental death benefit shall be payable if a report of the accident is filed in the office of the retirement system within 60 days next following the accident, but the board of trustees may waive such time limit, for a reasonable period, if in the judgment of the board the circumstances warrant such action. No such application shall be valid or acted upon unless it is filed in the office of the retirement system within five years of the date of such death. The provisions of this subsection shall also apply to a member who is a fireman and who dies as a result of an accident met in the actual performance of duty as a volunteer fireman in any municipality in the State, provided the member's death was not the result of the member's willful negligence. (2) Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member on account of which an accidental death benefit is payable, there shall be paid to his widow or widower a pension of 70% of the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service, or a pension of $50,000 when death occurs on or after the effective date of P.L.2020, c.151, whichever is greater, for the use of herself or himself and the children of the deceased member; if there is no surviving widow or widower or in case the widow or widower dies, 70% of such compensation will be payable to the member's surviving child or surviving children in equal shares. If there is no surviving widow, widower or child, 25% of the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service, will be payable to one surviving dependent parent or 40% of such compensation will be payable to two surviving parents in equal shares. In the event of accidental death occurring in the first year of creditable service, the benefits, payable pursuant to this subsection, shall be computed at the annual rate of compensation. (3) If there is no surviving widow, widower, child or dependent parent, there shall be paid to any other beneficiary of the deceased member, his aggregate contributions at the time of death. (4) In no case shall the death benefit provided in subsection (2) be less than that provided under subsection (3). (5) In addition to the foregoing benefits payable under subsection (2) or (3), there shall also be paid in one sum to such beneficiary, if living, as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the retirement system, otherwise to the executor or administrator of the member's estate, 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. (6) In addition to the foregoing benefits, the State shall pay to the member's employer-sponsored health insurance program all health insurance premiums for the coverage of the member's surviving widow or widower and dependent children. L.1944, c.255, s.10; amended 1945, c.148, s.5; 1948, c.450, s.1; 1950, c.325, s.2; 1960, c.109, s.1; 1964, c.241, s.7; 1967, c.250, s.10; 1987, c.128, s.3; 1989, c.271, s.1; 1994, c.15; 1996, c.89, s.2; 2003, c.181, s.2; 2009, c.23, s.1; 2016, c.26, s.4; 2020, c.151, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.73 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.73
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

In case for any reason any section or part of any section or any provision 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 provision of this act. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1255, s. 24.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-101 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-101
Retirement allowance for certain members not qualifying for retirement as law enforcement officers
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of section 59 of the act to which this act is a supplement, a member who has 10 or more years of creditable service as a law enforcement officer but who cannot qualify for service retirement as a law enforcement officer shall receive upon retirement for service a retirement allowance as set forth in section 48 of the act to which this act is a supplement, except that for each year of creditable service as a law enforcement officer he shall receive, instead of the pension provided in section 48(b) of said act, a pension which, when added to the annuity, will produce a retirement allowance equal to 2% of his final compensation multiplied by his number of years of creditable service as a law enforcement officer for which he has made contributions up to 25, plus 1% of his final compensation multiplied by his number of years of creditable service 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. L.1955, c. 257, p. 942, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-30.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-30.1
Notice of unemployment compensation, conditions
Status: in_force

2. The Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance shall provide notice to each individual receiving compensation under the provisions of the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.) explaining the conditions under which the individual may receive unemployment compensation pursuant to this 1991 amendatory and supplementary act. L.1991,c.486,s.2
N.J. Stat. § 43:4B-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4B / Section 4B-2
Information available to, provided to pension boards
Status: in_force

20. The Director of the Division of Pensions shall annually communicate to the board of each pension system the relevant factors used in calculating the State's contributions to that system's accrued liability. Further, the pension boards shall have access to all relevant actuarial information relating to any actuarial matter under consideration by the boards, subject to financial restraints imposed by the contract agreement. L.1992,c.125,s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.10
Disability not resulting from employment; pensions to employee and survivors
Status: in_force

Subject to the other provisions of this act, any county employee who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of one year and shall become permanently and totally disabled as the result of injury or illness not arising out of and in the course of his employment shall, upon his application, be retired on pension equal to two and one-half per centum (2 1/2 %) of his salary, and for each additional year of service more than one year the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of two and one-half per centum (2 1/2 %) of said salary, not exceeding in any event fifty per centum (50%) of said salary. Upon and after the death of such employee while on such pension the said pension 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 eighteen years of age, as the case may be. The pension commission shall determine as provided in section eleven whether or not such employee has become permanently and totally disabled. L.1943, c. 160, p. 460, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-4
Certification, appropriation and payment of cost of adjustment by employer; employer's failure to pay; penalty; collection
Status: in_force

Except in the case of retirants and beneficiaries of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, each employer shall bear the cost of the adjustment in the retirement allowances or pensions payable to retirants who retired from the employ of such employer and the cost of the adjustment in the survivorship benefits or pensions payable to beneficiaries of active or retired members who were in the employ of such employer at the time of the member's death or retirement. Certification of the amounts due shall be made by the Director of the Division of Pensions to each employer other than the State, prior to December 1 of each year. Each employer shall appropriate the amounts so certified in the fiscal year next following its fiscal year in which such certification is made. Such amounts shall be paid by each employer to the Division of Pensions by March 30 of each year in the case of employers whose fiscal year extends from January 1 to December 31, and by July 30 of each year in the case of each employer whose fiscal year extends from July 1 of a given calendar year to June 30 of the following calendar year. In making such certifications to employers the Director of the Division of Pensions shall take into account payments made by the employer, payments to retirants and beneficiaries of former employees of such employer, prospective payments to be made to such retirants and beneficiaries in the following year and necessary administrative costs on behalf of such retirants and beneficiaries. The Director of the Division of Pensions shall certify annually to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting the amount necessary to provide for the remaining cost of the adjustments in retirement allowances, pensions and survivorship benefits and necessary administrative costs. Payment of invoices rendered by the Division of Pensions to public employers for the amounts required to meet the employer's obligation under the act shall be made payable to "State of New Jersey, Pension Increase Fund." If payment of the full amount of such employer obligation is not made within 30 days of the due date, interest at the rate of 6% per annum shall commence to run against the unpaid balance thereof on the first day after such thirtieth day. The employer's failure to pay invoices within 30 days after being notified of his delinquency shall result in the suspension of payments under this act to eligible retirants and beneficiaries of former employees of the employer on the first of the month 30 days subsequent thereto. The office of the Attorney General shall act to collect such outstanding amounts. At the request of the Attorney General, delinquent payments, including interest charges, may be deducted from any moneys payable to such local government employers by any department or agency of the State. L.1958, c. 143, p. 649, s. 4. Amended by L.1969, c. 169, s. 4; L.1971, c. 139, s. 5, eff. May 12, 1971; L.1975, c. 375, s. 3, eff. March 3, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 43:4A-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-1
Time off with pay to attend meetings
Status: in_force

Any person who is an elected member of any board of trustees or commission established under chapter 13 of Title 18 of the Revised Statutes, chapter 37 of the laws of 1955, chapter 220 of the laws of 1941, chapter 16 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, chapter 255 of the laws of 1944, chapter 423 of the laws of 1953 and chapter 84 of the laws of 1954, shall be entitled to time off from his State, county, municipal or school district duties, with pay, during the periods of his attendance upon regular or special meetings of the board of trustees or its duly appointed committees, and such time off shall include reasonable travel time required in connection therewith. L.1956, c. 77, p. 164, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-37.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37.2
Powers and duties of pension fund commission
Status: in_force

The said pension fund commission shall have control and management of the pension fund hereafter referred to and they are hereby empowered to make rules, by-laws and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this act. Said commission shall have power to determine the question of dependency of the surviving beneficiaries under this act. It shall have the right to sue and be sued and to have, hold, purchase, sell, assign and transfer any of the securities in which any part of the said fund may be invested and any moneys belonging to said fund. All moneys belonging to said pension fund shall be received and paid over to the treasurer of such pension fund commission, whose official bond as town treasurer shall cover same. All moneys paid out of such pension fund shall be paid by the treasurer of said pension fund commission under warrants signed by the president and secretary of such pension fund commission, or such other officers as said commission shall designate. L.1943, c. 189, p. 523, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-73.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-73.2
Participation of State autonomous authority in PERS
Status: in_force

a. For the purposes of sections 2 through 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1990, c.25 (C.43:15A-73.2 et al.), "State autonomous authority" means a public authority, board, commission, corporation or other agency or instrumentality of this State allocated in but not of a principal department of State government pursuant to Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution. b. If there is no provision in a law creating a State autonomous authority subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act permitting employees of the authority to join the Public Employees' Retirement System, or specifically providing an alternative retirement plan, the authority shall apply to the State Treasurer for approval to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System. If there is no provision permitting the employees of a State autonomous authority created prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act to join the retirement system, the authority may apply to the State Treasurer for approval to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System. The State Treasurer shall approve participation by an authority in the retirement system unless it is determined that participation is inconsistent with the policies inherent in the law governing the retirement system and is not in the public interest. The State Treasurer shall have 60 days from the date the application is received from the authority to make a determination on participation. The State Treasurer shall notify the Director of the Division of Pensions of any determination on participation. After the 60 days, if no determination is made, the authority shall participate in the retirement system. A State autonomous authority participating in the retirement system as provided in this amendatory and supplementary act is an employer under the Public Employees' Retirement System Act, P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, for all of the purposes of that act, and its employees shall be subject to that act as if they were State employees, on the first day of the first calendar month occurring not less than 60 days after receipt of notice of approval by the Director of the Division of Pensions from the State Treasurer, or after the time period for a determination on participation by the State Treasurer has expired. L.1990,c.25,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:11-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-1
Violation of rules and regulations of police or fire department; effect on pension
Status: in_force

No member of the police or fire department of any municipality who shall have served honorably in either department for the required number of years to entitle him to retire or be retired on a pension, shall be deprived of his pension privileges because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of the department, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged. A member of the department found guilty before a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed a crime may be dismissed or punished in any manner provided by law.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-60 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-60
Requirements for provision of additional benefits.
Status: in_force

4. Except as provided in section 8 of this act, the additional benefits indicated in section 5 of this act shall be provided to any individual who: a. Has received a notice of a permanent termination of employment by the individual's employer or has been laid off and is unlikely to return to his previous employment because work opportunities in the individual's job classification are impaired by a substantial reduction of employment at the worksite; b. Is, at the time of the layoff or termination, eligible, pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., for unemployment benefits; c. Enters into the counseling made available pursuant to section 3 of this act as soon as possible following notification by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development of its availability; d. (1) Notifies the department of the individual's intention to enter into the instruction and training identified in the Employability Development Plan developed pursuant to section 3 of this act, not later than 60 days after the date of the individual's termination or layoff, not later than 30 days after the department provides notice to the individual pursuant to section 6 of this act or not later than 30 days after the Employability Development Plan is developed, whichever occurs last; (2) Enters into the instruction and training identified in the Employability Development Plan as soon as possible after giving the notice required by paragraph (1) of this subsection d.; and (3) Maintains satisfactory progress in the instruction and training; e. Enrolls in occupational training which: (1) Is training for a labor demand occupation; (2) Is likely to facilitate a substantial enhancement of the individual's marketable skills and earning power; (3) Is provided by an approved service provider; and (4) Does not include on the job training or other training under which the individual is paid by an employer for work performed by the individual during the time that the individual receives additional benefits pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of this act; f. Enrolls in occupational training, remedial instruction or a combination of both on a full-time basis; and g. Reasonably can be expected to successfully complete the occupational training and any needed remedial instruction, either during or after the period of additional benefits. If the requirements of this section are met, the division shall not deny an individual unemployment benefits pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.11 et seq.) or the additional benefits indicated in section 5 of this act for any of the following reasons: the training includes remedial instruction needed by the individual to succeed in the occupational component of the training; the individual has identifiable occupational skills but the training services are needed to enable the individual to develop skills necessary to attain at least the level of self-sufficiency; the training is part of a program under which the individual may obtain any college degree enhancing the individual's marketable skills and earning power; the individual has previously received a training grant; the length of the training period under the program; or the lack of a prior guarantee of employment upon completion of the training. If the requirements of this section are met, the division shall regard a training program as approved for the purposes of paragraph (4) of subsection (c) of R.S.43:21-4. L.1992,c.47,s.4; amended 2001, c.152, s.15; 2005, c.354, s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.53 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.53
Receipt and disposition of moneys
Status: in_force

All moneys belonging to the retirement system shall be received and paid over to the treasurer of the retirement system whose official bond as county treasurer shall cover the same. All moneys paid out of the retirement system shall be paid by the treasurer of the fund upon warrants signed by the president and secretary of the pension commission or such officers as the pension commission designates. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1233, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-7
Number of associations, limited; municipal consolidation
Status: in_force

43:17-7. There shall not be organized in any municipality or fire district having a fire department, company or association more than one relief association under this article. In any municipality or fire district where there is more than one association on the effective date of this act, those associations may continue to operate provided they comply with the provisions of R.S.43:17-1 et seq. and the rules and regulations adopted by the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. In case of the consolidation of any two or more municipalities or fire districts, all relief associations then existing in the municipalities or fire districts shall consolidate by the formation of a new association under this article. Upon its formation, the relief associations so consolidated shall transfer their funds and members to the new association, whereupon the relief associations so consolidated shall dissolve, in accordance with this article. Amended 1996, c.151, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-2
"Municipal employee" or "employee" defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article the words "municipal employee" or "employee" mean and include any employee of a city of the first class holding a position of permanent employment and recognized as a permanent appointee, it being the intent to exclude from the operation of this article transient, seasonal or temporary employees, workers or laborers and all officers, employees or workers not entitled to the benefits of any tenure of office act; provided, however, that any person who heretofore was, now is, or hereafter shall be an employee of such city and has continued to occupy an employment, position, or office of any kind, or any of them, in or under the government of said city and who has at any time become a member of the pension fund established for employees of said city shall be considered a "municipal employee" or an "employee" for the purposes of this article. The words "municipal employee" or "employee" shall not include a member of the fire or police department, employee of a local board of health eligible to apply for membership in the pension corporations or associations which have been or may hereafter be formed under chapter eighteen of this Title (s. 43:18-1 et seq.), or any employee of a street or water department eligible to apply for membership in the pension corporations or associations which have been or may hereafter be formed under chapter nineteen of this Title (s. 43:19-1 et seq.). The appointing board or officer appointing an employee of a city of the first class may determine whether or not the employment of any employee as aforesaid is permanent within the meaning of this article. Amended by L.1947, c. 387, p. 1225, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22
Existing funds and pension associations not affected
Status: in_force

This article shall not be construed to affect in any manner any pension fund organized on or created under any law prior to July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, or any pension association or corporation organized or existing under a law existing on July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, or any of the members thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-37 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37
Referendum
Status: in_force

The question of the adoption of this article shall be submitted to the voters of any municipality by the governing body at any general election or special election held for that purpose, upon the presentation of a petition for its adoption, signed by at least ten per cent of the legal voters, but which shall not be submitted to such an election until at least thirty days after the date of filing the petition. The question of the adoption of this article shall, through action of the governing body, be placed upon a ballot at any general election or be submitted at a special election, in the manner required by law in such cases. If a majority of the legal voters voting at the election adopt this article, it shall take effect immediately, but the organization and establishment of the funds shall not take place until January first following the election.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-8.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-8.3
Applicability of COLA
Status: in_force

2. The provisions of section 7 of P.L.1969, c.169 (C.43:3B-8) shall not apply to section 14 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-14), as amended by section 1 of this amendatory and supplementary act, and the annual cost of living adjustment received by surviving spouses under P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented by P.L.1969, c.169, shall be calculated as of the date of death of the member of the retirement system. L.1991,c.380,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-24.21 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-24.21
Definitions for purposes of Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program
Status: in_force

1. For the purposes of the Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program and as used in this act: "Emergency unemployment benefits" means benefits financed entirely by the State and paid to exhaustees pursuant to this act. "Emergency unemployment benefit period" means a period not within an extended benefit period which: a. Begins on June 2, 1996, and b. Ends upon the conclusion of the second week after the first week for which there is a State "on" indicator as defined in section 5 of P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.11) or other federally-financed supplemental benefits program, or c. If there is no such "on" indicator, ends with the occurrence of either of the following: (1) The third week after the first week for which there is a State emergency unemployment benefits "off" indicator; or (2) The calendar week after the calendar week in which total expenditures of emergency unemployment compensation fund Statewide first exceed $350 million. There is a State emergency unemployment benefits "off" indicator for any week in which it is determined by the division based on data reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that, for the prior four calendar months, the average total unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) in this State is less than 6.0 percent. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection c., no emergency unemployment benefits shall be paid after December 1, 1996, except that emergency benefits shall be paid to individuals who established emergency unemployment claims prior to that date. No emergency unemployment benefits shall be paid to any individual after March 1, 1997. "Eligibility period" of an exhaustee means the period consisting of the weeks in the exhaustee's benefit year which begin in an emergency unemployment benefit period and, if that benefit year ends in the emergency unemployment benefit period, any weeks thereafter which begin in the period. "Exhaustee" means an individual who exhausted all of the regular benefits that were available to the individual pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., (including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and ex-service persons or payable under the combined wage program), after December 2, 1995 and before June 2, 1996, or during any calendar week of the emergency unemployment benefit period. No individual who exhausted all of the available regular benefits prior to December 3, 1995 shall be eligible for emergency unemployment benefits. An individual whose benefit year has expired prior to the beginning of the emergency unemployment benefit period shall not be eligible for such benefits. L.1996,c.30,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:9A-6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-6
Deductions from salary
Status: in_force

Any person who desires to take advantage of the benefits of this act shall file with the county treasurer, upon his appointment as clerk or deputy clerk of any district court of the judicial district which includes all of the territory within the boundaries of the county of the first class, an authorization, in writing, to such county treasurer for the deduction of three per centum (3%) of the amount of his salary during his continuance as clerk or deputy clerk of such district court, and thereafter there shall be deducted from every payment of salary to such person three per centum (3%) of the amount thereof, so long as he shall remain in such public office or position or until his retirement under this act, for the use of the county. L.1945, c. 281, p. 829, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.57 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.57
Claims pending on January 1, 1949; widows, widowers and minor children
Status: in_force

All claims for pensions or other benefits from such other county retirement systems which are pending or ungranted on January 1, 1949, shall be allowed or disallowed by the pension commission herein provided for according to the provisions of the statutes governing such other retirement systems, and those which shall be allowed shall be paid from the retirement system herein provided for. The widow, so long as she remains unmarried, or widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children up to 18 years of age, of any employee in the service of the county, who prior to January 1, 1949, is a member of any of the following retirement systems: County detectives in counties of the first, second, third and fifth classes (article 2 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes); Probation officers of counties of over 83,000 inhabitants (article 5 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes); Sheriff's employees in counties of the first and second classes (article 6 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes); Court interpreters in counties of the second class (article 9 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes); and who shall at any time lose his life in the performance of his duty or shall die from any cause, or any such employee who shall, at any time, become permanently and totally disabled, shall receive a pension equal to 1/2 of such employee's salary at the time of such death or disability, regardless of the length of service or age of such employee, it being the intent of this act to secure to such employees the continuation of a similar present and prospective benefit of the retirement system of which he was a member prior to January 1, 1949, together with all the benefits provided for in this act. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1242, s. 8. Amended by L.1966, c. 210, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-6.1
Veteran status determined for retirement allowance.
Status: in_force

5. The Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for determining whether any person seeking to be considered a "veteran" under section 6 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-6), for the purpose of eligibility for a veteran's retirement allowance, meets the criteria set forth therein and adjudicating an appeal from any person disputing this determination. The determination of the commissioner shall be binding upon the Division of Pensions and Benefits. L.2000,c.127,s.5; amended 2025, c.139, s.97.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-48.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-48.3
Remission of prior credits to police and firemen's retirement system by former funds; credits to employee and employer
Status: in_force

Within 120 days following the effective date of this act the county or county park commission pension funds and the Public Employees' Retirement System shall remit to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey all accumulated deductions standing to the credit of each transferred employee as members of such funds, and within 180 days following the effective date of this act remit the pro-rata part of the reserve fund constituting the employer's obligations under the former system applicable to such employee's account, and the Police and Firemen's Retirement System shall then enter the respective sums so remitted to it to the credit of such employee in the Annuity Savings Fund and to the credit of the employer in the Pension Accumulation Fund of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey. Interest at the rate of 6% per annum shall be added to the employer's obligations if such moneys are not remitted within the periods prescribed by this section. L.1973, c. 92, s. 3, eff. April 24, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-25 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-25
Effective date of act
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. L.1944, c. 255, p. 857, s. 25.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8C-9 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-9
Incentive program for employees of merging school districts, conditions.
Status: in_force

9. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, if a school district merges with one or more other school districts due solely to municipal consolidation pursuant to the "Municipal Consolidation Act," P.L.1977, c.435 (C.40:43-66.35 et seq.), then the board of education of the merging district may offer and implement an incentive program for retirement or termination of employment of its employees after approval of such incentive program by the director under substantially similar terms and conditions as are provided for in sections 2, 3, 5 and 6 of P.L.1999, c.59 (C.43:8C-2, C.43:8C-3, C.43:8C-5 and C.43:8C-6), as prescribed by, and subject to the determination of, the Commissioner of the Department of Education. L.1999,c.59,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-8
Transfer of money, etc. to new associations
Status: in_force

43:17-8. If any such association forfeits its charter, or the charter is repealed or expires by limitation or the association is dissolved, or if a person has in possession or charge any moneys derived from any source for the relief of needy or disabled firefighters, or any balance thereof, property purchased therewith or securities in which the same may have been invested, or if any person is indebted for the loan or deposit of such moneys, other than the duly incorporated firemen's relief associations allowed by this article, or the treasurers thereof, then, the moneys, accounts payable, property or securities shall be delivered to the Treasurer of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association to be held in trust for needy firefighters or their families. If a new firemen's relief association is legally organized and incorporated or reincorporated in such municipality or fire district, there shall forthwith be paid over, assigned and conveyed to the new corporation, any money, accounts payable, property and securities remaining in the possession or charge of the Treasurer of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association in trust for the former local association or corporation, or of any person, for its use or otherwise, or any money, property or securities to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity, derived as aforesaid. An account shall be given therewith of all moneys theretofore had and received from such sources and of the disposition thereof. All such moneys expended by it or them, other than for the benefit of needy or disabled firefighters or their families, shall also be paid over to the new corporation on demand. Amended 1996, c.151, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-23 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-23
Secretary, treasurer; reports.
Status: in_force

43:17-23. The secretary and treasurer shall report to the board of representatives at all meetings and upon request. Amended 1996, c.151, s.20; 2005, c.39, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:19-5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-5
Bonds of trustees and officers
Status: in_force

The trustees and all officers of the corporation shall give bonds with a duly authorized surety company as surety thereon, for the faithful performance of their duties, in such sum or sums as the corporation's by-laws fix.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-61 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-61
Additional benefits provided during completion of remedial education, vocational training.
Status: in_force

5. Except as provided in section 8 of this act, each individual who meets the requirements of section 4 of this act, but has not completed the remedial education and vocational training at the end of the period during which he is entitled to receive unemployment benefits pursuant to the "unemployment compensation law" (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.11 et seq.) and any federally-financed supplemental benefits program shall be entitled to receive a weekly benefit equal to his previous weekly unemployment compensation benefit for each additional week certified by the division as needed to complete the remedial education or vocational training up to a total of 26 additional weeks.
No additional benefits shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of this section for any week during which the individual receives training allowances or stipends pursuant to the provisions of this section for any week during which the individual receives training allowances or stipends pursuant to the provisions of any federal law or any other State law. As used in this section, "training allowances or stipends" means discretionary use, cash-in-hand payments available to the individual to be used as the individual sees fit, but does not mean direct or indirect compensation for training costs, such as the costs of tuition, books and supplies.
No employer's account shall be charged for the payment of additional benefits pursuant to the provisions of this section.
L.1992, c.47, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.15a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.15a
Time for making application for membership upon written declaration of intention
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement limiting the time within which applications for membership in the retirement system were required to be made, all present employees of the city who are otherwise eligible for membership may make application for, and be admitted to, membership in the retirement system upon declaration of intention in writing made to the commission within 3 months of the effective date of this act or within the time prescribed by the act to which this act is a supplement, whichever is later. L.1957, c. 189, p. 685, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-107 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-107
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect February 1, 1956. L.1955, c. 257, p. 944, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-7a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7a
Definitions
Status: in_force

28. As used in sections 28 through 34 of this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor or his designee. "Department" means the Department of Labor. "Employee" means a person who performs services for remuneration for an employer. "Employer" means an employer as defined in subsection (h) of R.S.43:21-19. "Fund" means the "Health Care Subsidy Fund" established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1992, c.160 (C.26:2H-18.58). "Taxable wages" means wages as determined in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of R.S.43:21-7. "Total wages" means wages as defined in subsection (o) of R.S.43:21-19. L.1992,c.160,s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-52 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-52
Records and reports
Status: in_force

(a) Each employer shall keep true and accurate employment records, containing such information as may reasonably be prescribed by the commission. Such records shall be open to inspection by the commission or its authorized representative at any time during ordinary business hours for the purpose of ascertaining whether such employer is a covered employer and, if so, whether such employer is complying with the provisions of this act. Information thus obtained shall not be published or open to public inspection (other than to public employees in the performance of their public duties) in any manner revealing an employee's or employer's identity, but any claimant at a hearing before the commission or a hearing officer shall be supplied with information from such records to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of his claim. (b) Covered employers whose employees are participating in an approved private plan and any insurer of an approved private plan shall furnish such reports and information and make available to the commission such records as the commission may by regulation require for the proper administration of this act. (c) The commission is hereby authorized and directed to make available to any insurer or self-insurer, on request, any information from its records that is necessary for the determination of liability under an approved private plan. L.1948, c. 110, p. 608, s. 28.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-50a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-50a
Public employee's election of lifetime pension
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L. 1954, c. 84 (C. 43:15A-1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, whenever a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System elects a retirement benefit which is payable for the life of the member only and terminating at his death, without refund of any kind to the 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. The Division of Pensions, 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 of Pensions, Department of the Treasury, 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 any applicable life insurance benefits, shall be payable to the beneficiary after the member's death. L. 1985, c. 382, s. 1, eff. May 1, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-38 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-38
"Municipal employee" and "employee or officer" defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the words "municipal employee" or "employee or officer" mean and include all employees in the competitive class of civil service of any village in counties of the first class, as well as such employees of any village in counties of the first class holding any position of permanent employment, including laborers. Laborers, to be recognized as permanent employees, shall have worked an average of not less than two hundred working days each year from the original date of employment. The words "municipal employee" or "employee or officer" shall not be held to include any member of the police or fire departments eligible for a pension under chapter sixteen of this Title (43:16-1 et seq.). The pension commission herein created shall have power to determine whether or not the employment of any employee or officer as aforesaid is permanent within the meaning of this article. Amended by L.1949, c. 119, p. 484, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:18-12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-12
Pension exempt from legal process
Status: in_force

All pensions created under this chapter shall be exempt from execution, attachment or other legal process.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-34 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-34
Unlawful investments; crime of fourth degree
Status: in_force

43:17-34. A violation of any provision of R.S.43:17-33, by any or either of the members of the boards of officers or representatives, or other officers of the firemen's relief association, shall be a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 1996, c.151, s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-9 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-9
Pension fund; exemption from taxation and process
Status: in_force

For the purpose of paying the pensions a fund shall be created in each city where this article takes effect, as follows: a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to a municipal employee benefited by this article 3% of the amount thereof and if any employee shall hereafter enter the service of the municipality after reaching the age of 35 years, such percentage shall be increased to such an amount as shall be determined by the pension commission to correspond to the risk arising by the age of such employee. b. The city shall raise by taxation and pay into the fund yearly an amount equal to 4% of the total salaries paid to the employees who shall benefit by this article. c. There shall be added to such fund all fines imposed upon any such employee, all moneys given or donated to the fund, all moneys deducted from the salary of such employee because of absence or loss of time due to suspension and 1/2 of all rewards paid for any purpose to such employees. If there shall not be sufficient money in the fund so created, the governing body of such city shall include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of the fund for the time being. All pensions granted under this article shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable, except for the purpose and to the extent necessary to authorize, with the member's or pensioner's consent, deductions of premiums for group hospitalization and medical-surgical insurance. Amended by L.1959, c. 84, p. 210, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:5A-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-2.1
State employee eligibility
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of P.L. 1954, c. 84 (C. 43:15A-7), as amended by P.L. 1985, c. 121, or any other law to the contrary, any employee who has been employed by the State continuously for at least 30 years, has become at least 65 years of age on or before April 15, 1986, and is not a member of or eligible to receive a pension from any State or locally-administered retirement system on the effective date of this act, may be eligible to receive the pension benefits provided by P.L. 1973, c. 249 (C. 43:5A-1 et seq.). L. 1986, c. 122, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16-19 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-19
Waiver of payment.
Status: in_force

1. Any member or any beneficiary who has been or, in the future, may be retired, or receive a pension, benefit, or retirement allowance, including an annuity, pursuant to the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, may, by filing written request with the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury, waive payment of a portion of the pension, benefit, or retirement allowance, including annuity, to which the member or beneficiary may be entitled. L.1955, c.137, s.1; amended 2013, c.253, s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-73.4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-73.4
Purchase of credit for service in a local system
Status: in_force

1. A member who had established service credit in a municipal or county retirement system or pension fund in this State and who is ineligible to transfer the service credit to the retirement system may file a detailed statement of public employment with the municipality or county rendered prior to becoming a member for which the member desires credit and of such other facts as the retirement system may require. The member may purchase credit for all of the service evidenced in the statement up to the nearest number of years and months. No application shall be accepted for the purchase of credit for the service if, at the time of the application, the member has a vested right to retirement benefits in the municipal or county retirement system or pension fund based in whole or in part upon that service. The member may purchase credit for the service by paying into the annuity savings fund the amount required by applying the factor, supplied by the actuary as being applicable to the member's age at the time of the purchase, to the member's salary at that time, or to the highest annual compensation for service in this State for which contributions were made during any prior fiscal year of membership, whichever is greater. The purchase may be made in lump sum or in regular installments, equal to at least 1/2 of the full normal contribution to the retirement system, over a maximum period of 10 years. A member who applies to purchase credit for the service shall pay the full cost attributable to the increased benefits to be derived from the purchased credit in accordance with the actuarial method used to determine the cost at the time of the purchase. A member shall not be liable for any costs associated with the financing of pension adjustment benefits and health care benefits for retirees when purchasing credit. Any member electing to purchase the service who retires prior to completing payments as agreed with the retirement system will receive pro rata credit for service purchased prior to the date of retirement, but if the member so elects at the time of retirement, the member may make the additional lump sum payment required at that time to provide full credit. L.1991,c.444.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-49.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-49.1
"Law enforcement officer."
Status: in_force

4. As used in this section, "law enforcement officer" includes, but shall not be limited to, sheriff's officers and corrections officers. For purposes of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 49 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-49), a member who is a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder and whose death is attributable to COVID-19, complications therefrom, or the aggravation or acceleration of a preexisting condition caused thereby shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an accident met in the actual performance of duty at some definite time and place if: the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder contracted COVID-19 and the member's death occurs after receiving a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 during the public health emergency in the State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended; the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder dies as a result of COVID-19; and the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder's regular or assigned duties required the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder to interact, and the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder so interacted, with the public or to directly supervise other personnel so interacting with the public on any date during the public health emergency in the State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended and within 14 calendar days prior to the appearance of symptoms consistent with COVID-19 that shall have been confirmed in writing by a licensed health care provider on a form approved by the board of trustees and also confirmed by a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2. The filing of an accident report with the Public Employees' Retirement System shall not be required for an accidental death benefit allowed pursuant to this section. If a member dies during the public health emergency in the State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended and the benefit has been approved pursuant to a provision other than this section or section 49 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-49) prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2020, c.54, a beneficiary may apply for a benefit pursuant to this section and, if approved, the prior approval shall be rescinded and the benefit pursuant to approval under this section shall be made retroactive to the date of the rescinded initial approval. This section shall not apply to any member who has retired and subsequently returned to employment pursuant to Executive Order No. 115 of 2020 or any other executive order similarly permitting a retired member to return to employment without reenrollment to assist during the public health emergency and state of emergency. L.2020, c.54, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-63 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-63
Retirement for disability
Status: in_force

Any sheriff's employee who shall have served as such for a continuous period of twenty years, whether he has reached the age of sixty years or not, who shall be found, as hereinafter provided, to be physically unfit for further service, shall, upon application in writing to the sheriff of the county, be retired upon half pay.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.49i — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.49i
Repeal of ordinance; receipt of refund of contributions; membership in PERS and purchase of prior service credits
Status: in_force

Upon the repeal of the ordinance by the governing body of the city, any elected official of the city who receives a refund of his contributions to the retirement system may become a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System pursuant to section 75 of P.L.1954, c. 84 (C. 43:15A-75) and may purchase credit for previous service as an elected official of the city pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of section 8 of P.L.1954, c. 84 (C. 43:15A-8b.). L.1981, c. 565, s. 9, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-14 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-14
Transfer or purchase of credit for service in other systems.
Status: in_force

14. a. A member who is a member of another State-administered retirement system or pension fund at the time of enrollment in the Public Employees' Retirement System and does not contribute to the other system or fund after that time may transfer the service credit in the other system or fund to the Public Employees' Retirement System upon application and transfer of the member's contributions from the other system or fund to the system. If the member has withdrawn the contributions to the other retirement system or pension fund, the member may purchase credit for the service in the other system or fund. The purchase shall be made in the same manner and be subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of previous membership service by section 8 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-8). b. A member who is a member of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-1 et seq., at the time of enrollment in the Public Employees' Retirement System and who within three years of the date of that enrollment ceases to be an active contributing member of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund may transfer all service credit in the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund to the Public Employees' Retirement System upon application and transfer of the member's contributions from the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund to the Public Employees' Retirement System. If the member has withdrawn the contributions to the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, the member may purchase credit for the service. The purchase shall be made in the same manner and be subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of previous membership service by section 8 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-8). L.1954,c.84,s.14; amended 1971, c.213, s.4; 1981, c.479, s.2; 1991, c.138, s.9; 2001, c.6, s.2; 2001, c.341, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-105.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-105.3
Effect of resolution
Status: in_force

The adoption of a resolution pursuant to this act shall not impair the pension rights of any court interpreter theretofore employed, nor shall it relieve the county of its obligation to maintain a pension fund under this article for such previously appointed court interpreter. L.1947, c. 174, p. 789, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-8.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-8.1
Credit upon reentry and payment of contributions after withdrawal
Status: in_force

Any employee, who has heretofore withdrawn his contributions, pursuant to R.S. 43:10-8, from a county pension fund established pursuant to article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, and has thereafter reentered the fund and paid contributions to the fund, shall be entitled to pension credit for the entire period for which contributions have been paid into the fund, and the actions of the county pension commission in granting such pension credit to any employee so reentering the fund are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed. L.1976, c. 107, s. 2, eff. Oct. 18, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-15 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-15
Management of fund; receipts and payments
Status: in_force

The pension commission shall have control and management of the fund and of the retirement of the municipal employees and may make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this article. All moneys belonging to the pension fund shall be received and paid over to the chief financial officer of the city whose official bond shall cover the same. All moneys paid out of the pension fund shall be paid by the chief financial officer of the city, upon warrants signed by the president and secretary of the pension commission or such other officers as the pension commission shall designate.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.49g — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.49g
Termination of service as elected official; ineligibility for special benefits; refund or credit of contributions; election of pensions; dual pensions; prohibition
Status: in_force

a. A member making contributions pursuant to the provisions of this supplementary act who is not eligible for any benefits hereunder may, upon termination of such service as an elected official of the city, elect to receive a refund of his contributions in accordance with the provisions of section 29 of P.L.1954, c. 218 (C. 43:13-22.31); but if an elected official of the city is a member of the retirement system on the basis of other public service, no application for a refund of contributions may be approved until he has terminated all service covered by the system and makes application for a refund of all contributions made to the retirement system. If all or any part of a member's service as an elected official of the city is applied toward qualifying for benefits under any other provisions of P.L.1954, c. 218 (C. 43:13-22.3 et seq.), no return of contributions made on the basis of service as an elected official of the city shall be approved; in that event, service established as an elected official of the city and salaries pertaining thereto shall be credited in the same manner as all other service and salaries covered by the retirement system. b. At the time of retirement, a member enrolled on the basis of service as an elected official of the city as well as other public service shall be permitted to elect the largest possible pension if he qualifies for benefits under both the provisions of this supplementary act and P.L.1954, c. 218 (C. 43:13-22.3 et seq.). Upon the election of the retirement benefits provided by service as an elected official of the city by this supplementary act, an application for a refund of contributions made on the basis of such other public service may be approved. c. An elected official of the city electing to receive a pension under any other law of the State shall be ineligible to receive a pension for the same service under this supplementary act or P.L.1954, c. 218 (C. 43:13-22.3 et seq.). L.1981, c. 565, s. 7, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.81 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.81
Effective date; operative upon resolution by county
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately but shall not be operative in any county unless and until the board of chosen freeholders shall adopt a resolution pursuant to section 14 of this act which resolution shall incorporate the requirements of said section. L.1966, c. 210, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-10.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-10.2
Adjustment to benefit.
Status: in_force

5. The adjustment in the benefit to a surviving child or children made pursuant to the amendment of section 10 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-10) by P.L.2016, c.26 shall apply to a benefit entitlement initially granted on or after January 1, 2016, and, if granted on or after that date but before the effective date of P.L.2016, c.26, still in effect on that effective date. The adjustment in benefits to a surviving child or children pursuant to the amendment of section 10 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-10) by P.L.2016, c.26 shall apply only for benefit payments made after the effective date of P.L.2016, c.26. No surviving child of a deceased member of the retirement system shall be granted a retroactive payment based upon the difference between the benefit the person would have received if the adjustment made pursuant to the amendment of section 10 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-10) by P.L.2016, c.26 had been applicable at the date of entitlement and the benefit that the surviving child has received from the date of entitlement to the effective date of P.L.2016, c.26. L.2016, c.26, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.6b — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.6b
Employees age 70; immediate retirement; year-to-year extension of employment
Status: in_force

Any employee who is a member of the retirement system, and who shall have attained the age of 70 years, shall be retired immediately, except that the chief executive officer of the county may, upon written request of the employee, permit an employee to continue employment with the county beyond the age of 70 years, on a year-to-year basis. L.1983, c. 211, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-111 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-111
Management and control of fund; investment of moneys
Status: in_force

The governing body of such county shall have the management and control of said fund and is hereby empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the same not inconsistent with this act; all moneys not needed for the immediate payment of pensions shall be invested by the governing body in interest-bearing bonds of any county of this State, or in any other interest-bearing securities in which savings banks of this State are authorized to invest their funds. L.1938, c. 397, p. 987, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:18-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-4
Organization
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall, at the first annual meeting thereof, and at each annual meeting thereafter, elect a chairman, secretary, treasurer and any other officers it deems necessary. The secretary may be a member of the board, or the clerk of the local board or department of health. The board of trustees shall fix the compensation of the secretary and treasurer. The chairman shall serve without compensation.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-127 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-127
Repeals
Status: in_force

Sections 43:6-1 to 43:6-7, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, and "An act concerning the retirement upon pension of certain judicial officers, and supplementing article 1 of chapter 6 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes," approved February 15, 1946 (P.L.1946, c. 6), "An act concerning the annual pension of certain retired Vice-Chancellors," approved September 13, 1948 (P.L.1948, c. 392), "An act concerning the retirement of certain judicial officers and payments to be made as a result thereof," approved September 13, 1948 (P.L.1948, c. 393), and "An act for the pensioning of certain standing advisory masters of the former court of chancery," approved May 28, 1949 (P.L.1949, c. 260) are repealed and no pensions may be hereafter granted under the provisions of any of such acts. Any pensions heretofore granted under the provisions of any of such acts shall be continued in the same manner and under the same conditions as originally granted. L.1957, c. 206, p. 728, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-59.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-59.3
Termination of pension fund established for certain county probation officers
Status: in_force

1. Any pension fund established for county probation officers under this article (R.S.43:10-45 et seq.) in a county having a population of at least 250,000 but not greater than 375,000 according to the 1990 federal decennial census shall be terminated as of the first day of the fourth month following the effective date of this act. The obligations of the fund with respect to the payment of pensions to retirants, beneficiaries and survivors under this article shall, upon termination of the fund, become obligations of the county. Any assets of the fund not already held in the name of the county shall become assets of the county, but the county shall hold those assets and any income, profit or gain derived therefrom in trust for those retirants, beneficiaries and survivors for so long as they continue to be qualified for benefits under the provisions of this article. L.1994,c.23,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.37 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.37
New members; retirement for age and service
Status: in_force

Any person who, after the enactment of this act, becomes a permanent employee of the city and becomes a member of this retirement system and shall have served in the employ of the city in the aggregate for a period of at least 25 years, and who shall have attained the age of 70 years, shall be retired on a pension equal to one-half of the salary he is receiving at the time of his retirement, and for each year of service beyond 30 years and up to 40 years, the retiring employee shall for each additional year of service receive an additional pension of 2 1/2 % of the salary received by him at the time of his retirement; provided, however, that no pension shall exceed three-quarters of the annual salary received by the said employee, nor shall any pension exceed the sum of $12,000.00 per annum. L.1954, c. 218, p. 830, s. 35. Amended by L.1966, c. 252, s. 5, eff. Aug. 25, 1966; L.1975, c. 108, s. 6, eff. June 3, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3C-5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3C / Section 3C-5
Agreement for direct deposit of monthly payment for retirant or beneficiary
Status: in_force

Any law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the Division of Pensions shall honor an agreement executed between a retirant or beneficiary of any retirement system established pursuant to the laws of this State and a depository institution for the direct deposit in the depository institution of the monthly payment of the retirement allowance of the retirant or beneficiary; provided, however, that the depository institution assumes the full responsibility for the receipt and collection of the monthly payment, and, provided further that the agreement is consummated pursuant to such rules and regulations as shall be promulgated by the Division of Pensions. L.1981, c. 213, s. 2, eff. July 20, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-30 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-30
Deductions certified to fund
Status: in_force

In accordance with the rate of contribution and the extra salary deductions certified by the retirement system, each department and each branch of State service not within a department shall certify to the State Treasurer the contribution and extra deductions to be made for the retirement system. The State Treasurer shall pay each of the amounts so deducted to the retirement system, and he shall transfer to the retirement system monthly or at such interval as the system designates a detailed statement of all amounts so paid. The retirement system shall cause each of the amounts so deducted to be credited to the individual account of the member from whose compensation the deduction was made. L.1954, c. 84, p. 492, s. 30. Amended by L.1971, c. 213, s. 12, eff. June 17, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act." L.2015, c.298, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-24.13 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-24.13
Eligibility requirements for extended benefits.
Status: in_force

7. An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in the individual's eligibility period only if the division finds, that with respect to that week, the individual: a. is an "exhaustee" as defined in paragraph j. of section 5 of P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.11); and b. has satisfied the requirements of this act for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits; and c. for any initial claim for extended benefits effective after September 25, 1982 and before June 28, 2020, has established entitlement for the individual's applicable benefit year based on the alternative earnings requirement specified in subsection (e) of R.S. 43:21-4, and was paid wages during the base year of the individual's applicable benefit year which equaled or exceeded 40 times the individual's weekly benefit rate; and d. for any initial claim for extended benefits effective after June 27, 2020, has established entitlement for the individual's applicable benefit year based on the alternative earnings requirement specified in subsection (e) of R.S. 43:21-4 or was paid wages during the base year of the individual's applicable benefit year which equaled or exceeded 40 times the individual's weekly benefit rate. L.1970, c.324, s.7; amended 1982, c.144, s.2; 2020, c.131.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-28 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-28
Pension commission.
Status: in_force

The mayor or chief executive officer shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the governing body of the city, a life guard pension commission of four members. One member shall be a superior officer of the life guard force, one a life guard and two citizens who are not members of the force. They shall serve for a term of four years and until their successors are appointed and have qualified and shall not receive any compensation for their services. Each person so appointed shall take an oath of office before the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-7f — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7f
Schedule of fines
Status: in_force

33. A schedule of fines, with no fine exceeding $1,000 for a single offense, shall be established by the commissioner for any of the following actions or omissions with respect to the collection of contributions or the use of moneys disbursed from the fund: a. A false statement or misrepresentation made knowingly; b. Failure to disclose a material fact; c. Attempt to defraud; d. Willful failure or refusal to: withhold or transfer any contribution or other payment; furnish any report or information; or produce or permit the inspection or copying of records as required pursuant to this act; and e. Willful violation of any provision of this act or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this act. The fines shall be recoverable in a civil action by the commissioner in the name of the State of New Jersey. In addition to penalties established for any person, employing unit, employer or entity, each shall be liable for each offense upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction at the discretion of the court. All fines shall be payable to the commissioner for deposit in the fund. L.1992,c.160,s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8C-6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-6
Employment level of affected local unit.
Status: in_force

6. a. For a period of five years after the last date for retirement or termination of employment under an incentive program implemented pursuant to P.L.1999, c.59 (C.43:8C-1 et seq.), the employment level of the local unit for the provision of governmental services previously performed by employees that participated in the incentive program shall not, without the approval of the director, exceed the employment level specified in the incentive program approved by the director. The director may approve an increase in the employment level to provide the affected governmental services if the director determines that: (1) changes in local conditions such as increased residential or commercial development, increased population, or other changes, have created an increased need or demand for the affected governmental services; and (2) an increase in the employment level for the affected governmental services is warranted and will provide for the delivery of governmental services in an effective and cost efficient manner. The local unit shall submit annual reports to the director for five years after the last date for retirement or termination of employment under an incentive program implemented pursuant to P.L.1999, c.59 (C.43:8C-1 et seq.), in the form and manner required by the director, concerning the number of employees and the employment costs to provide the affected governmental services. b. If a local unit exceeds the employment levels under subsection a. of this section, it shall be required by the director to reimburse the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury for the costs of the actuarial work performed for the local unit pursuant to subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1999, c.59 (C.43:8C-3), as determined by the director of that division. L.1999,c.59,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-15 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-15
Waiver of rights void
Status: in_force

43:21-15. (a) Waiver of rights void. Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute his rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be void. No agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer's contributions, required under this chapter from such employer, shall be valid. No employer shall directly or indirectly make or require or accept any deduction from the remuneration of any individual in his employ to finance the employer's contributions required from him, or require or accept any waiver of any right hereunder by any individual in his employ. Any employer or officer or agent of an employer who violates any provision of this subsection shall, for each offense, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. (b) Limitation of fees. No individual claiming benefits shall be charged fees of any kind in any proceeding under this chapter by the division or its representatives or by any court or any officer thereof. Any individual claiming benefits in any proceeding before the board of review or a court may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent; but no such counsel or agents shall either charge or receive for such services more than an amount approved by the board of review. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall, for each such offense, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. (c) No assignment of benefits; exemptions. Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this chapter shall be void; and such rights to benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy whatsoever provided for the collection of debt; and benefits received by any individual, so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient, shall be exempt from any remedy whatsoever for the collection of all debts except debts incurred for necessaries furnished to such individual or his dependents during the time when such individual was unemployed. Any waiver of any exemption provided for in this subsection shall be void. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section: (1) an individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation on or after January 1, 1997 shall, at the time of filing that claim, be advised in writing that: (A) unemployment compensation is subject to federal income tax; (B) requirements exist pertaining to estimated tax payments; (C) the individual may elect to have federal income tax deducted and withheld from the individual's payment of unemployment compensation at the amount specified in the Internal Revenue Code; (D) the individual shall be permitted to change a previously elected withholding status. (2) amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation pursuant to this subsection (d) shall remain in the unemployment compensation fund until transferred to the federal taxing authority as a payment of income tax; (3) the commissioner shall follow all procedures specified by the United States Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service pertaining to the deducting and withholding of income tax; (4) amounts shall be deducted and withheld pursuant to this subsection only after amounts are deducted and withheld for any overpayments of unemployment compensation, child support obligations, food stamp over issuances or any other amounts required to be deducted and withheld under federal law. Amended 1996,c.149.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-47 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-47
Provisos applicable to L.1981, c. 470
Status: in_force

This amendatory and supplementary act is subject to the following provisos: a. Any person who has retired on or before the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act and is receiving or is entitled to receive a pension and benefits from the retirement system, shall continue to receive the same pension and benefits or shall continue to be entitled to receive the same pension and benefits. b. Any beneficiary who is receiving a survivor's benefit or is eligible to receive a survivor's benefit as provided by the retirement system on or before the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, shall continue to receive or be eligible to receive the survivor's benefit. c. No person who is a member of the retirement system on the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be required to make contributions for service for which he has received credit as a judge in any of the several courts or in office, position or employment of this State or of a county, municipality, board of education or public agency of this State; provided, however, that the person shall make contributions as may be required pursuant to section 26b. of this amendatory and supplementary act. L.1981, c. 470, s. 28, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-54 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-54
Qualifications of life insurance companies
Status: in_force

Any life insurance company must meet the following requirements in order to qualify under section 1 of this act: (1) Be licensed under the laws of the State of New Jersey to transact life and accidental death insurance, and (2) The amount of its group life insurance in the State of New Jersey 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.1964, c. 241, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15B-10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15B / Section 15B-10
Consistency of plan with requirements of federal Internal Revenue Code
Status: in_force

10. No agreement may be entered into between the employer and any employee for the deferral and deduction of any portion of current salary, pursuant to this act, until the named fiduciary determines that the plan and any related implementing rules and regulations are consistent with the requirements of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended. L.1977,c.381,s.10; amended 1997, c.116, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-102 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-102
Ordinary disability retirement; eligibility
Status: in_force

Any member who shall have been a law enforcement officer for 5 years immediately preceding his retirement shall have full rights to, and shall be subject to, the provisions governing ordinary disability retirement as set forth in sections 42, 44 and 45 of said act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary. L.1955, c. 257, p. 942, s. 6. Amended by L.1966, c. 67, s. 11, eff. June 8, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.51 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.51
Retirement system
Status: in_force

In each city, as defined in 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, minor 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 of the effective date of this act, under and by virtue of article 2, chapter 13, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes. The retirement system so created shall have the powers and privileges of a corporation and in no event shall be liable for the payment of any pension or other benefits payable on account of members or their dependents for which reserves have not been previously created from funds contributed by the city or by the members for such benefits. L.1964, c. 275, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:22-13 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-13
Transfer of member to public employees' retirement system
Status: in_force

Whenever a retirement system has been divided, (1) the State Agency shall execute, in conformity with section 218 of the Social Security Act and applicable Federal regulations, modifications to the Federal-State agreement providing for coverage of any member who requests transfer pursuant to section 218(d)(6)(F) of the Social Security Act, (2) the provisions of P.L.1956, c. 169 (C. 43:15A-111 to 43:15A-119) shall apply, requiring the remittance of the pro rata part of the reserves established under the former system on behalf of transferring members to the Public Employees' Retirement System, continuing the former system's liability for all pensions or other benefits granted by that system, and (3) as of the effective date of Social Security coverage for transferring members, the eligibility of membership for new employees in the former system shall be terminated and the membership requirements of that system shall be deemed satisfied by the enrollment of new employees in the Public Employees' Retirement System. The chief fiscal officer of each employer shall timely transmit to the Public Employees' Retirement System such information as the system shall require in order for the Division of Pensions to comply with the provisions of this act. L.1980, c. 86, s. 4, eff. Aug. 21, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-25.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-25.2
PERS members, eligibility based on one position.
Status: in_force

28. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1, a person who is or becomes a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System and becomes employed in more than one office, position, or employment covered by the retirement system or commences service in a covered office, position, or employment with more than one employer shall be eligible for membership in the retirement system based upon only one of the offices, positions, or employments held concurrently. In the case of a person who holds more than one office, position, or employment covered by the retirement system, the retirement system shall designate the position providing the higher or highest compensation for the person with such concurrent positions as the basis for eligibility for membership and the compensation base for contributions and pension calculations. b. Contributions shall be deducted only from the member's compensation for the office, position, or employment designated pursuant to subsection a. of this section and shall be credited to the member's single account established pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-25), or in the case of an eligible member of the Legislature, the legislative account established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1972, c.167 (C.43:15A-136). The designation by the retirement system of one office, position or employment upon which membership in the retirement system shall be based shall be irrevocable as between or among the offices, positions, or employments held at the time the designation is made as long as the designated position is the one with the higher or highest compensation. A member who leaves a designated office, position, or employment or acquires a different or additional office, position, or employment, may receive a new designation by the retirement system from among the offices, positions, or employments then held. Service in an office, position, or employment other than the one designated shall not be deemed creditable service for the purposes of the retirement system. c. The provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section shall not apply to a person who, on the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1, is a member of the retirement system and holds more than one office, position, or employment covered by the retirement system with one or more employers, while the member continues to hold without a break in service more than one of those offices, positions, or employments. Any additional office, position, or employment acquired by the member shall not be deemed creditable service for the purposes of the retirement system and no designation for that member shall be made until only one of the offices, positions, or employments held on the effective date remains. L.2010, c.1, s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-132 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-132
Continuation in system; effect
Status: in_force

In the case of those persons who elect to continue as members of the State retirement system and thereby waive their rights for participation in the Federal Civil Service Retirement System, they shall continue to be covered under Social Security pursuant to the State's agreement with the Federal Government, but they shall continue to be ineligible for participation in the Public and School Employees Health Benefits program. Since membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey permits eligibility of all members for noncontributory and/or contributory death benefits, such persons who elect to remain as members of the State retirement system shall be barred from participating in any comparable program provided by the Federal Government. L.1968, c. 354, s. 2, eff. Nov. 26, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-40 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-40
"Local firemen's relief associations" defined
Status: in_force

As used in this article, "local firemen's relief association" includes all incorporated local exempt firemen's associations in this state, and the rules and regulations of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association, as to the rights, powers, privileges and admittance of the delegates thereof and thereto, shall be as binding upon the delegates elected by the local exempt firemen's associations as on those of the local relief associations.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-62 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-62
Notice of services, benefits available, applications
Status: in_force

6. a. The Department of Labor shall provide notice to any individual who is laid off or notified of a pending layoff of the services and benefits available to the individual under the provisions of this act and employment and training programs provided or funded pursuant to the "1992 New Jersey Employment and Workforce Development Act," P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-1 et al.) and the "Job Training Partnership Act," Pub.L. 97-300 (29 U.S.C. s.1501 et seq.) and of the tuition waivers available pursuant to P.L.1983, c.469 (C.18A:64-13.1 et seq.) and P.L.1983, c.470 (C.18A:64A-23.1 et seq.) and permit the individual to apply to receive the benefits, services or waivers upon any of the following occurrences: (1) When the individual applies for unemployment compensation; (2) When an individual who receives notification of a pending layoff is contacted by the department prior to the layoff by means of a response team or by other means; or (3) Not later than 60 days after the effective date of this act, if the individual has already been laid off and is receiving unemployment benefits upon that effective date. b. If an individual is given pre-notification of a permanent layoff and subsequently receives vocational training or remedial education provided by any employment and training program funded or established pursuant to the "1992 New Jersey Employment and Workforce Development Act," P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-1 et al.) or the "Job Training Partnership Act," Pub.L. 97-300 (29 U.S.C. s.1501 et seq.), the individual shall be permitted to commence the training or education prior to the termination of employment, except that this provision shall not apply to a federally-funded program if permitting the individual to commence the training or education prior to the termination of employment will result in a reduction of federal funding for the program. L.1992,c.47,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:2-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2
Entry into other system or fund; credits and contributions
Status: in_force

When a member of any such retirement system or pension fund of this state changes his office or employment or is transferred in such manner as to require his withdrawal from any such retirement system or pension fund, and the change or transfer is to an office or position which entitles him to become a member of another retirement system or pension fund, he shall notify the administrative head of the retirement system of which he is a member, prior to or at the time of his withdrawal therefrom, of his intention to enter the other retirement system or pension fund. Upon his entry into the other system or fund he shall be admitted with the credit for prior service to which he was entitled in the system or fund from which he shall have withdrawn and he shall be permitted to deposit in the second retirement system or pension fund the total amount of his contributions so withdrawn from the first retirement system, and the board or administrative head of the first retirement system may transfer to the second retirement system or fund the funds or credit to which the withdrawing member was entitled. He shall, thereupon, as a member of the second retirement system, be entitled to such credit in the way of pension and annuity as is provided by law in the second retirement system or fund, with the prior service credit to which he was originally entitled in the first retirement system.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-3
Definitions relative to a New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Approved plans" means retirement plans offered by private sector financial services firms that meet the requirements of this act to participate in the marketplace. "Balanced fund" means a mutual fund that has an investment mandate to balance its portfolio holdings and generally includes a mix of stocks and bonds in varying proportions according to the fund's investment outlook. "Eligible employer" means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, or sole proprietor, or any other employer that is actively engaged in business with fewer than 100 qualified employees at the time of enrollment, and a majority of which employees are employed in New Jersey. "Enrollee" means any employee who is voluntarily enrolled in an approved plan offered by an eligible employer through the marketplace. "myRA" means the myRA retirement program administered by the United States Department of the Treasury that is available to all employers and employees with no fees or no minimum contribution requirements. "myRA" is a Roth IRA option, and investments in these accounts are backed by the United States Department of the Treasury. "New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace" or "marketplace" means the retirement savings program created to connect eligible employers and their employees with approved plans to increase retirement savings. "Participating employer" means any eligible employer with employees enrolled in an approved plan offered through the New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace who chooses to participate in the marketplace and offers approved plans to employees for voluntary enrollment. "Private sector financial services firms" or "financial services firms" means persons or entities licensed or holding a certificate of authority or authorized to do business in the State, in good standing by the Department of Banking and Insurance and the Bureau of Securities in the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, and meeting all federal laws and regulations to offer retirement plans. "Qualified employee" means those workers who are defined by the federal Internal Revenue Service to be eligible to participate in a specific qualified plan. "Target date or other similar fund" means a mutual fund that automatically resets the asset mix of stocks, bonds, cash equivalents, and other investments in its portfolio according to a selected time frame that is appropriate for a particular investor and is structured to address a projected retirement date. L.2015, c.298, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.16g — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.16g
Purchase of prior service credit by members of the board of education, housing authority, police or fire departments
Status: in_force

Any employee member of the city employees' retirement system may upon application to the pension commission purchase prior service credit for full-time service as a permanent employee of the board of education or the housing authority of the city or of the city's police or fire departments which preceded his membership in its pension system. Purchase payment for prior service shall be made at the salary scale and rate of contribution effective at the time application for purchase is made. Time payments and methods of deductions shall be the same as are presently in effect under this act. L.1966, c. 259, s. 9, eff. Aug. 25, 1966. Amended by L.1972, c. 122, s. 3. L.1979, c. 281, s. 6, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-19.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-19.2
Effective date and application of Act
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect and become operative immediately, and shall apply to all benefits payable with respect to benefit years beginning on or after said date, and any benefits accruing to any individual on or after said date with respect to benefit years beginning before said date, shall not be recomputed under this act as to the total amount or weekly rate thereof, and shall be paid for either total or partial unemployment, in accordance with subsection (b) of section 43:21-3 of this chapter, without the necessity of serving any additional waiting period. L.1940, c. 247, p. 951, s. 4. Amended by L.1941, c. 114, p. 258, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:9-38 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-38
Payment; contributions to other retirement systems
Status: in_force

The payment of pensions granted pursuant to this act shall be provided for in the budget of the employer granting the pension. If the employer was contributing to a retirement system on behalf of said person, the adoption of the provisions of this act and the payment of pension or other benefits provided hereunder shall be considered as a discharge of the employer's liability to the retirement system with respect to such person and his widow so that a credit for the discharge of such liability shall be reflected in the subsequent valuations of the employer's liabilities under the retirement system for all other employees. Upon the widow's acceptance of the pension granted pursuant to this act, and as a condition thereof, the widow shall pay over to the employer the value of her deceased husband's contribution and interest which was credited to his account in any retirement system established by the State or any of its political subdivisions in order to defray part of the cost of the pension to be paid by the employer. L.1967, c. 10, s. 3, eff. March 13, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.19 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.19
Reentry into service of county after separation from service; payments required
Status: in_force

(A) Whenever a member of this retirement system becomes separated from the county service because of a lay-off or leave of absence without pay for a cause other than sickness or disability for a period longer than two months, or because of abolishment of position, or, except as provided in subsection (B) hereof, for any other reason other than retirement or entry into military or naval service of the United States, re-enters the service of the county within five years after such separation, all the rights and benefits hereunder enjoyed by such employee prior to such separation shall be restored upon payment of all refunds given to him upon his separation from the service; provided, however, that such employee shall not be entitled to receive credit for pension purposes for the time elapsing during such separation period unless he shall pay into this retirement system, in the manner in subsection (C) hereof provided, a sum of money equal in amount to all accrued deductions from his salary which would have been made had such employee continued to be a member of the retirement system since the date of his separation therefrom. (B) Whenever a member of this retirement system becomes separated from the county service because of (a) a lay-off or leave of absence for a period of time not in excess of two months, (b) a leave of absence with pay, or (c) a leave of absence because of sickness or disability, all the rights and benefits of such member hereunder shall continue, except that such employee's pension benefits hereunder shall be computed by excluding the period of time of such separation period unless he shall pay into this retirement system, in the manner in subsection (C) hereof provided, a sum of money equal in amount to all accrued deductions from his salary which would have been made during the period of time of such separation. (C) Such payment may be made either (1) in one sum, or (2) by equal semimonthly installments over a period of not more than five years, but in no event to extend beyond the date upon which such employee attains age sixty years, such installments to be deducted in addition to other regular deductions made from his salary for this retirement system; provided, however, that only so much of the said period will be credited as the employee has paid for. Upon such payment being completed, the county shall pay into the retirement system a sum of money equal to such employee's payment, exclusive of the employee's repayment, if any, of refunds. L.1943, c. 160, p. 467, s. 19. Amended by L.1944, c. 158, p. 590, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.69 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.69
Terms defined
Status: in_force

As used in sections 7 through 13 of this act: "Retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the pension fund established under P.L.1964, c.275, who has retired from such employment and who has or shall have received from the fund a retirement allowance or pension, based upon such employment, for not less than 24 months. "Employer" means the city in which a pension fund has been created under P.L.1964, c.275. "Beneficiary" means any beneficiary who has or shall have received a pension or survivorship benefit from the fund for no less than 24 months. "Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31. "Retirement year" means the calendar year 1988 for all retirants who retired before the calendar year 1989; for all retirants who shall have retired after 1988, "retirement year" is the actual calendar year of retirement. "Index" means 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 that 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" means the index of the calendar year 1988 for all retirants who retired prior to January 1, 1989 and the index for the calendar year of retirement for all retirants who retired thereafter. L.1990,c.20,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-37.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37.1
Pension fund in certain towns in counties of first class; pension fund commission; membership; meetings
Status: in_force

There shall be established, in all towns in counties of the first class of this State whose charter was granted between the years one thousand eight hundred and eighty and one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine and also still have a councilmanic form of government and in which towns have established by referendum under subtitle three, Title 11, Civil Service, a pension fund. The said fund shall be administered by a commission of five members consisting of the mayor of such town who shall be president of such pension fund commission, the town treasurer of such town who shall be treasurer of such pension fund commission, two municipal employees of such town who shall be nominated and elected at a meeting to be held by the aforesaid town employees, which meeting shall be held at the call of the mayor of the town within thirty days aforesaid. The town employees shall hold such office until their successors are nominated and elected at a meeting of such employees to be held on the third Wednesday of the following December, and thereafter two town employees shall be nominated and elected as members of such pension fund commission in the same manner on the third Wednesday of December every second year, and the terms of office of said members so to be elected by the town employees shall be for two years commencing January first following their election. The fifth member of said commission shall be a citizen of the town who is not holding any public office or position, shall be selected by the other four members of the commission and shall hold office for the term of one year expiring on January first each year. In case of vacancy for any cause the commission shall have power to fill such vacancy until the next election. The said commission shall hold its annual meetings between the first and fifteenth days of January in each year and elect such officers as it shall deem advisable for the term of one year or until their successors are elected, and shall also have power to select a secretary whose duties and compensation the commission shall have power to fix and who shall serve for a period of one year or until his successor is appointed. The commission shall have the power to employ from time to time such clerical assistance as it shall deem necessary and to purchase such office supplies and equipment as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and to pay for the same out of the pension fund hereinafter provided for. The pension fund commission shall be known as "the town employees" pension fund commission of the town of in the county of . L.1943, c. 189, p. 522, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.64d — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.64d
Waiver of right to adjusted pension; withdrawal
Status: in_force

Any retirant or beneficiary who is eligible to receive an adjusted pension under the provisions of this supplementary act may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the pension commission. Such waiver may be withdrawn at any time and upon such withdrawal the adjustment in the pension shall commence with the pension payment for the next following month. L.1978, c. 127, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-41 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-41
Publication of fiscal statement; hearing
Status: in_force

Such county park commission shall thereupon within thirty days after the receipt of such fiscal statement publish the same in at least one newspaper having general circulation in such county and also publish a notice that a public hearing will be held to consider the question as to whether the police employees of such county park commission shall be permitted to become members of the fund and in what manner the county park contribution for prior service credits shall be paid. Such notice of public hearing shall set forth the place, the time and the date that such hearing shall take place. The date so fixed for the hearing shall be not less than five days after such publication but must be held before October fifth of that year. At such public hearing any citizen or taxpayer of such county shall be heard. After the public hearing the county park commission shall pass a resolution adopting one of the three methods of payment. Such resolution adopting a method of payment shall be binding except that if installment payments are provided for, any installment may be paid before the time such installment becomes due under the method adopted in said resolution. After the passage of such resolution, a certified copy thereof shall be forwarded by the secretary of the county park commission to the board of trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey. L.1948, c. 441, p. 1732, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-7
Retirement of certain prison officers; amount
Status: in_force

a. Hereafter, any such prison officer, as hereinafter set forth, who shall have served in the employ of the State of New Jersey continuously, or in the aggregate, for a period of 20 years, and who shall have attained the age of 55 years, shall, upon his own application, be retired on one-half pay, or 2% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service in excess of 30 years rendered prior to his reaching age 65, whichever is greater. b. A prison officer who is an active member of the pension fund and who has established credit in the pension fund for 10 or more years of service, but shall not have attained the age of 55 years, may, on his own application, be retired and apply for a deferred pension. Upon attainment of 55 years of age, he shall be entitled to a pension in the amount of 2% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service in excess of 30 years. L.1941, c. 220, p. 629, s. 1. Amended by L.1969, c. 56, s. 1, eff. May 21, 1969; L.1973, c. 155, s. 1, eff. June 1, 1973; L.1981, c. 177, s. 3, eff. June 19, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-12
Rotation of terms of members of board
Status: in_force

43:17-12. If the by-laws of any firemen's relief association provide for the election, by each of the several companies, associations, or boards of which the relief association is comprised, of more than one member of the board of representatives thereof, the firemen's relief association may provide for a rotation in the terms of office of the members of the board of representatives, and at any annual election thereafter, there may be elected one representative for one year, one for two years, and, if deemed desirable, one for three years. Thereafter at each election, one representative shall be elected for the longest term provided for, not exceeding three years, from each company, association, or board comprising the firemen's relief association. Amended 1996, c.151, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-11.2
Notice posting; penalties for violation
Status: in_force

a. An employer or contracting agent of an employer who employs any employee covered by subparagraph (I) of paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of R.S.43:21-19 shall post, in a conspicuous location or locations accessible to all employees, a notice which shall contain in English and Spanish the following or a substantially similar statement prescribed by the Commissioner of Labor: "Attention Farm Laborer: Any individual seeking unemployment benefits on the basis of the production and harvesting of agricultural crops is required under law to accept an offer of continuing suitable work with his current employer following the completion of the contract of hire if no other suitable work is offered. Failure to accept work under these conditions may result in a denial of benefits until the worker is employed for four weeks and earns six times his weekly benefit rate. If you have any questions about eligibility under the New Jersey 'unemployment compensation law,' you may contact the New Jersey Department of Labor." b. An employer who fails to post a notice as required under subsection a. of this act shall be issued by the Department of Labor a written warning for the first violation of subsection a. of this section, and shall be fined up to $25.00 for the second violation and up to $100.00 for the third violation and each subsequent violation of subsection a. of this section. A penalty imposed by the commissioner pursuant to this act shall be final, unless within 15 days after receipt of notice thereof by certified mail, the person charged with the violation takes exception to the determination that the violation for which the penalty is imposed occurred, in which event final determination of the penalty shall be made as a declaratory ruling under section 8 of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-8) and subject to review in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey. c. The Department of Labor shall provide to each employer covered by this section a copy or copies of the notice prescribed by subsection a. of this section. L. 1989, c. 29, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1.2
Persons who were between 45 and 50 when employed may become members
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43:1-1 of the Revised Statutes, any county employee as defined in the article to which this is a supplement who at the time of the adoption of this act is ineligible to the benefits of said article by reason of having accepted employment after reaching the age of forty-five and who was at the time of accepting such employment under the age of fifty years may within two months after this act becomes effective become a member of the fund established under article one of chapter ten of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes: (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 employee 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 employee 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.1940, c. 174, p. 533, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-4.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-4.2
Notification of availability of earned income tax credit, recipients of unemployment compensation.
Status: in_force

1. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall notify in writing any person who received unemployment compensation pursuant to R.S.43:21-1 et seq. of the availability of the earned income tax credit provided in section 32 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s.32, and the New Jersey earned income tax credit provided in section 2 of P.L.2000, c.80 (C.54A:4-7). The written notification shall use the statement developed by the State Treasurer pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2005, c.210 (C.52:18-11.3) for this purpose. The notification shall be distributed in a manner deemed by the commissioner to be the most practicable and cost effective, but that will ensure personal notification of each person. The notification shall be distributed between January 1 and February 15 of each calendar year following the calendar year in which the person received the unemployment compensation. L.2005,c.210,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-24 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-24
Effect of act
Status: in_force

This article shall not be construed to effect in any manner any pension fund organized on or created under any law prior on July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, or any pension association or corporation organized or existing under a law existing on July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, or any of the members thereof. L.1941, c. 220, p. 636, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-7.1
Special retirement after 25 years of creditable service
Status: in_force

Should a prison officer member resign after having established 25 years of creditable service, he may elect "special retirement," provided, that such election is communicated by such member to the retirement system by filing a written application, duly attested, stating at what time subsequent to the execution and filing thereof he desires to be retired. He shall receive a pension in the amount of 2% of his average final compensation, multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service in excess of 30 years. L.1973, c. 155, s. 3, eff. June 1, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:1-3.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-3.2
Subpoena powers of board of trustees of pension fund, retirement system.
Status: in_force

3. The board of trustees of any State or locally-administered pension fund or retirement system created under the laws of this State may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, and also may require the production of books, papers or documents in a matter concerning the rendering of honorable service by a public officer or employee seeking to receive a public pension or retirement benefit. If any person shall refuse to obey any subpoena so issued, or shall refuse to testify or produce any books, papers or documents, the board may apply ex parte to the Superior Court to compel the person to comply forthwith with the subpoena. L.2007, c.49, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-8.4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-8.4
Calculation of annual adjustment
Status: in_force

2. The provisions of section 7 of P.L.1969, c.169 (C.43:3B-8) shall not apply to section 26 of P.L.1967, c.250 (C.43:16A-12.1) as amended by this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1991, c.511 (C.43:3B-8.4 et al.), and the annual cost of living adjustment received by widows and widowers under P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.) shall be calculated as of the date of the benefit year of the member of the retirement system. L.1991,c.511,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-11.4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-11.4
Reenrollment; purchase of credit for previous membership service
Status: in_force

If an employee who has withdrawn the accumulated member's contributions from the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, as provided by section 11 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-11) is reenrolled as a member of the retirement system, the member may purchase credit for all of the previous membership service by paying into the annuity savings fund the amount required by applying the factor, supplied by the actuary as being applicable to the member's age at the time of the purchase, to the member's salary at that time, or the highest annual compensation for service in this State for which contributions shall have been made during any fiscal year of membership or to the highest annual compensation for service in this State during any fiscal year for which credit is purchased, whichever is the highest. The purchase may be made in regular installments, equal to at least 1/2 the normal contribution to the retirement system, over a maximum period of 10 years. Any member electing to purchase service credit hereunder who retires prior to completing the payments as agreed with the retirement system will receive pro rata credit for service purchased prior to the date of retirement, but if the member so elects at the time of retirement, the member may make the additional lump-sum payment required at that time to provide full credit. L.1973,c.63,s.1; amended 1991,c.138,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-20.7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-20.7
Amount of short-time benefits paid.
Status: in_force

5. The amount of short-time benefits paid to an eligible individual shall, for any week, be equal to the individual's weekly benefit rate multiplied by the percentage of reduction of his wages resulting from reduced hours of work. The weekly benefit amount shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar. An individual shall not be paid short-time benefits for more than 52 weeks under a shared work program. Weeks of short-time benefits may be nonconsecutive. An individual shall not receive short-time benefits during any benefit week in which the individual receives any other unemployment benefits, with respect to the employment with the shared work employer. Total unemployment benefits paid to an individual during any benefit year, including short-time benefits and all other unemployment benefits, shall not exceed the maximum amount to which the individual is entitled for all unemployment benefits other than short-time benefits. The following provision shall apply to an individual who is employed by both a shared work employer and another employer during weeks covered by a shared work program: a. If combined hours of work in a week for both employers result in a reduction of less than 10% of the usual weekly hours of work with the shared work employer, the individual shall not be entitled to benefits under the shared work program; b. If combined hours of work in a week for both employers result in a reduction of 10% or more of the usual weekly hours of work with the shared work employer, the short-time benefit payable to the individual shall be reduced for that week and be determined by multiplying the weekly unemployment benefit amount for a week of total unemployment by the percentage by which the combined hours of work have been reduced by 10% or more of the individual's usual weekly hours of work; c. If the individual worked a reduced percentage of the usual weekly hours of work for the shared work employer and is available for all of his usual hours of work with the shared work employer, and the individual did not work any hours for the other employer, either because of a lack of work with that employer or because the individual is excused from work with the other employer, the individual shall be eligible for short-time benefits for that week. An individual who is not provided any work during a week by a shared work employer or any other employer and is otherwise eligible for unemployment benefits shall be eligible for the full amount of regular unemployment benefits to which the individual otherwise would be eligible. An individual who is not provided any work during a week by a shared work employer, but who works for another employer and is otherwise eligible for unemployment benefits shall be eligible for regular unemployment benefits for that week subject to the disqualifying income and other provisions applicable to claims for regular unemployment benefits. An individual who has received all of the short-time benefits or a combination of all of the short-time benefits and regular unemployment benefits available in a benefit year shall be considered to be an exhaustee for the purposes of any extended benefits provided pursuant to the provisions of the "Extended Benefits Law," sections 5 through 11 of P.L.1970, c.324 (C.43:21-24.11 et seq.), and, if otherwise eligible under those provisions, shall be eligible to receive extended benefits. L.2011, c.154, s.5; amended 2013, c.279, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-4.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-4.5
Payment of benefits by Retirement System
Status: in_force

31. 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 State Police Retirement System shall be paid by the retirement system. L.1992,c.41,s.31.
N.J. Stat. § 43:4-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2
Retirement of veterans; pension to widow
Status: in_force

43:4-2. When an honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine or an honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits has or shall have been for 20 years continuously or in the aggregate in office, position or employment of this State or of a county, municipality or school district or board of education, the body, board or officer having power to appoint his successor in case of vacancy may, with his assent, order his retirement from such service, or he shall be retired on his own request. When an honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine having 40 years of continuous service in office, position or employment in this State shall, while serving in the war between the United States and Germany and Japan, lose his life in the performance of his duties, there shall be paid to his widow, during the term of her natural life, or so long as she remains a widow, a pension to which such veteran would have been entitled had he retired under the provisions hereof. This act shall be retroactive to include such veterans who lost their lives in the performance of duty within one year prior to the passage hereof. Such pension shall be calculated and paid in the manner provided by section 43:4-3 of the Revised Statutes. There shall be deducted from such pension payments any pension payment made or made available to such widow from the United States Government on account of the services of such veteran or because of the loss of his life in the performance of such duty. Amended 1943,c.87; 1944,c.191; 1947,c.279; 1991,c.389,s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 43:19-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-4
Organization; officers' compensation
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall, at its first meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter, elect a chairman, secretary and treasurer and any other officers it deems necessary. The board may fix a compensation for the secretary and treasurer, but the chairman of the board shall serve without compensation.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-36 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-36
Rules and regulations; treasurer; payments
Status: in_force

The pension commission shall have control and management of the fund and of the retirement of the employees of the water department and may make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this article. All moneys belonging to the pension fund shall be received and paid over to the treasurer of the municipality, whose official bond shall cover the same. No moneys shall be paid out of the fund except upon a warrant of the commission, signed by its president and secretary.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-105 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-105
Exemption from taxation and process
Status: in_force

All pensions granted under this act shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax, levy, and sale, garnishment or attachment or any other process whatsoever. L.1938, c. 330, p. 843, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-19 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-19
Death of retirant on pension or retirement allowance based on age and service or early retirement; payments to beneficiary
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who has retired on a pension or retirement allowance based on age and service, or pursuant to section 10, there shall be paid to the member's beneficiary, an amount equal to one-fourth of the final salary received by the member. L.1973, c. 140, s. 19, eff. May 22, 1973. Amended by L.1981, c. 470, s. 12, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-53 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-53
When payments begin
Status: in_force

No pension shall be paid out of a fund created under this article until five years after the organization of the pension commission except in the case of a municipal employee or officer permanently disabled in the performance of duty.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-11 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-11
Compliance.
Status: in_force

11. The State Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee, shall ensure that any individual retirement account products proposed for inclusion in the marketplace comply with the requirements of section 5 of this act. L.2015, c.298, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-67 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-67
Duties of employer's chief fiscal officer
Status: in_force

The chief fiscal officer of the employer shall submit to the retirement system such information and shall cause to be performed in respect to each of the employees of the employer such duties as would be performed in the State service by the head of a department of the State employing members of the retirement system. L.1954, c. 84, p. 518, s. 67. Amended by L.1966, c. 71, s. 3; L.1966, c. 217, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-24.17 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-24.17
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 5 through 11 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Extended Benefits Law." L.1970, c. 324, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-29.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-29.5
Limitations on adjustment
Status: in_force

No adjustment shall be made beyond those permitted to be made for pensioners in State administered retirement systems, as promulgated by the Director of the Division of Pensions in accordance with the provisions of the "Pension Increase Act" (P.L.1958, c. 143). L.1971, c. 285, s. 2, eff. Aug. 19, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-91 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-91
Noncontributory death benefits; optional contributory death benefits; payment of premiums
Status: in_force

In the event the State Treasurer shall determine to purchase group insurance coverage for the noncontributory death benefits, premiums for the same shall be paid from a special fund, hereby created, called the "Group Insurance Premium Fund." The State Treasurer shall estimate annually the amount of premiums which will be required for such benefits for the ensuing fiscal year and shall certify such amounts to the State and other participating employers as due and owing from them. The State and other participating employers shall pay over to the State Treasurer the amount for premiums so certified and the State Treasurer shall deposit these amounts in the Group Insurance Premium Fund. During the period such group insurance policy or policies are in effect the State Treasurer shall in no way commingle moneys in this fund with any pension fund established in the Public Employees' Retirement-Social Security Integration Act. In the event that the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System shall determine to purchase group coverage for the optional contributory death benefits, premiums for same shall be paid from a special fund hereby created called the "Contributory Group Insurance Premium Fund." While such group coverage shall be in force, the contributions from the compensation of members to provide such optional contributory death benefits shall be accumulated in said Contributory Group Insurance Premium Fund. Any dividend or retrospective rate credit allowed by an insurance company shall be credited to the aforesaid funds in an equitable manner. L.1955, c. 214, p. 831, s. 4. Amended by L.1960, c. 79, p. 555, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-20.14 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-20.14
Contributions to system, fund.
Status: in_force

6. A public employee enrolled in a State-administered retirement system or fund, and the employer of that employee, shall be required to make contributions to the system or fund during the period that the employee is participating in a shared work program pursuant to P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.). The contributions shall be based on the base salary or compensation, as defined by the retirement system or fund, that would have been paid to the employee if the employee had not been participating in a shared work program. No deduction for the payment of such contributions shall be made from the unemployment compensation or short-time compensation benefits of the employee. The employee's service credit as a member of the system or fund shall include the period during which the employee participated in a shared work program. For all purposes under the retirement system or fund, the period during which the employee participated in a shared work program and the base salary or compensation upon which contributions were made during such period shall be recognized by the retirement system or fund. The seniority rights and health benefits coverage of an employee who participates in a shared work program shall continue and shall not be adversely affected by participation. The employer shall enter into a written agreement with any collective bargaining agent representing the employees regarding the terms of the program, including terms regarding attendance in training programs while receiving short-time benefits, and provide certification, and the copy, of the agreement to the division as required by P.L.2011, c.154 (C.43:21-20.3 et seq.). This section shall not be construed to conflict with any applicable provisions of federal law. L.2020, c.57, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-37.17 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37.17
"His" defined
Status: in_force

Where the word "his" is used in this act, it shall be construed to refer to both sexes. L.1943, c. 189, p. 530, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 43:22-7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-7
Appropriation
Status: in_force

There is appropriated for the purposes of administering this act such sums as may from time to time be included in an annual or supplemental appropriation act. L.1951, c. 253, p. 897, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-21 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-21
Execution of releases, acquittances, receipts, discharges.
Status: in_force

15. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall, on behalf of the said pension fund, execute any and all releases, acquittances, receipts, or discharges of any and all written evidences of indebtedness to said pension fund. L.1941, c.220, s.15; amended 2013, c.253, s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8A-14 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-14
Termination of service as State law enforcement officer; refund or transfer of contributions
Status: in_force

If after two years of membership in the pension fund a member should cease to be a State law enforcement officer, he shall be paid the amount of his aggregate contributions with two per centum (2%) interest; provided, however, that if such a member continues in the employ of the State or public agency in which position he is covered by another pension fund or retirement system supported in whole or in part by the State of New Jersey, his aggregate contributions shall be transferred to that pension fund or retirement system and he shall receive due credit for such contributions to such pension fund or retirement system. L.1953, c. 423, p. 2136, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-107 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-107
Retirement for disability
Status: in_force

Any county superintendent of weights and measures or assistant county superintendents of weights and measures who shall have served as such for a continuous period of twenty years, whether he has reached the age of sixty years or not, who shall be found, as hereinafter provided, to be physically unfit for further service shall, upon application in writing to the governing body of such county, be retired upon one-half pay. L.1938, c. 397, p. 985, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.5
Deposit of funds; investments
Status: in_force

The pension commission shall deposit the funds in any of the banks or trust companies in the county. All moneys not needed for immediate payment of the pensions shall be invested by the pension commission in interest bearing bonds of any municipality in this State or in any other interest bearing securities in which savings banks of this State are authorized to invest their funds. L.1943, c. 160, p. 450, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-82 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-82
Creation of pension fund; contributions
Status: in_force

A fund shall be created in the following manner for the purpose of paying such pensions, to wit: There shall be deducted from every payment of salary hereafter made to each sergeant at arms and court crier three per cent of the amount thereof, then there shall be contributed annually by the county an amount equivalent to three per cent of said sergeant at arms' and court criers' salary. In case at any time there shall not be sufficient money in such pension fund to pay such pensions, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall, from time to time, include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of such pension fund.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-5
Payments to dependents of employee who served five years or more
Status: in_force

If a municipal employee, who was not previously retired or pensioned, who has paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and who shall have served in the municipal employ for five years, shall die from causes other than injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of his duties, twenty-five per cent of the pension which would have been paid if he had served in the city for twenty years shall be paid to the surviving widow, husband, minor children or dependent parents, as the case may be. For each additional year of such service thereafter the proportionate amount of the pension to be so paid shall be increased to the extent of five per cent over and above such twenty-five per cent per annum for each additional year of service up to and including twenty years.
N.J. Stat. § 43:4C-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4C / Section 4C-1
Waiver of noncontributory insurance
Status: in_force

17. Notwithstanding the provisions of the laws governing the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, the Public Employees' Retirement System, Alternate Benefit Programs, the Judicial Retirement System, the Police and Firemen's Retirement System and the State Police Retirement System or any other law, the members of these retirement systems may waive the amount of noncontributory insurance to which they are entitled under the systems in excess of $50,000. L.1994,c.62,s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-7.1
Deductions from retirement allowance for payment of hospital and medical surgical insurance premiums
Status: in_force

Whenever any member of the pension fund established under article 1, chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes who has retired or shall retire from active service shall, in writing, request the pension commission to make deductions from his retirement allowance for the payment of premiums for any hospital service plan or medical surgical plan or both, the pension commission may make such deductions and transmit the sum so deducted to the company carrying the policy or policies. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by any member upon filing notice of such withdrawal with the pension commission. L.1960, c. 47, p. 427, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-27 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-27
Pension fund.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of paying the pensions hereunder, a fund shall be created as follows: a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to each member of the life guard force in the city four per cent of the amount thereof. b. 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 members of the life guard force. c. Any fines imposed upon a member of the force, money given or donated for the purpose of the fund, money deducted from the salary of a member of the force because of absence or loss of time and half of any reward paid to the force or any member thereof shall be added to the fund. If at any time there is not sufficient money in the pension fund for the purposes thereof, the governing body shall include in any tax levy a sum in addition to amounts theretofore contributed which shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of the fund. This sum shall be raised by tax levy no longer than is necessary to meet the requirements of the fund. Whenever the fund exceeds an amount which the governing body by resolution from time to time determines to be adequate for the fund, no moneys, except the four per cent of salaries and the fines, donations and rewards specified in this section, shall be paid into the fund unless and until the fund falls below the amount so determined to be adequate.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-33.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-33.3
Investment as asset of fund
Status: in_force

Any real estate investment made pursuant to this act shall at all times during its ownership by the fund be carried as an asset of the fund. L.1960, c. 44, p. 178, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-51 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-51
Fees of attorney and medical witnesses
Status: in_force

In any proceeding had as the result of a complaint filed with the commission as provided in this article, the hearing officer may (i) if an award of benefits is made to an employee, allow a reasonable fee, not exceeding twenty per centum (20%) of the amount of the award, to the attorney, if any, representing the employee, payable by the employer or insurer, and (ii) allow reasonable appearance fees to medical witnesses, the payment of which may be assessed wholly or in part against the employee, the employer or the insurer as the hearing officer shall determine. Except for amounts thus allowed, it shall be unlawful for an attorney or any other person to ask for, contract for, or receive, directly or indirectly, any charge for services in securing or attempting to secure any benefits hereunder, or for a medical witness to make any charge for an appearance at a hearing held pursuant to this act. L.1948, c. 110, p. 608, s. 27.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-11.12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-11.12
Service credit in PFRS for local service; purchase
Status: in_force

1. A member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System who had established service credit in a municipal or county retirement system or pension fund in this State and who is ineligible to transfer the service credit to the retirement system may file a detailed statement of public employment with the municipality or county rendered prior to becoming a member for which the member desires credit and of such other facts as the retirement system may require. The member may purchase credit for all of the service evidenced in the statement up to the nearest number of years and months. No application shall be accepted for the purchase of credit for the service if, at the time of the application, the member has a vested right to retirement benefits in the municipal or county retirement system or pension fund based in whole or in part upon that service. The member may purchase credit for the service by paying into the annuity savings fund the amount required by applying the factor, supplied by the actuary as being applicable to the member's age at the time of the purchase, to the member's salary at that time, or to the highest annual compensation for service in this State for which contributions were made during any prior fiscal year of membership, whichever is greater. The purchase may be made in lump sum or in regular installments, equal to at least 1/2 of the full normal contribution to the retirement system, over a maximum period of 10 years. A member who applies to purchase credit for the service shall pay the full cost attributable to the increased benefits to be derived from the purchased credit in accordance with the actuarial method used to determine the cost at the time of the purchase. A member shall not be liable for any costs associated with the financing of pension adjustment benefits and health care benefits for retirees when purchasing credit. Any member electing to purchase the service who retires prior to completing payments as agreed with the retirement system will receive pro rata credit for service purchased prior to the date of retirement, but if the member so elects at the time of retirement, the member may make the additional lump sum payment required at that time to provide full credit. L.1997,c.43.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-52 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-52
No refund or credit of waived moneys
Status: in_force

Upon withdrawal, alteration, or revocation of such a waiver the member or beneficiary shall not be entitled to a refund, or credit, for such moneys as shall have been waived during the period such waiver has been in effect. L.1955, c. 138, p. 626, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-37.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37.3
Execution of releases, acquittances or discharges of indebtedness; deposits; interest and income
Status: in_force

The president and secretary shall, on behalf of the said pension fund commission, execute any and all releases, acquittances, receipts or discharges of any and all written evidences of indebtedness to said pension fund commission; said pension fund commission shall deposit such fund in any of the banks or trust companies of such town, and shall have power to invest the same in bonds of the United States or of this State, or of any county or municipality in this State. All income, interest, earnings or dividend which shall be paid or agreed to be paid on account of any loan or deposit shall belong to and constitute a part of said pension fund. L.1943, c. 189, p. 524, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-33.8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-33.8
Construction of buildings on state lands and transfer of title to Public Employees' Retirement System
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the purposes of this act, the rental arrangement or lease referred to in section 4 of this act may include, on behalf of the State, permission to construct a building or buildings, which will constitute the real property in which the investment is made, upon lands owned by the State, and to transfer title to such lands to the said Public Employees' Retirement System. L.1960, c. 44, p. 180, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:19-14 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-14
Payments to dependents
Status: in_force

If any member of the pension corporation who shall have paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions dies as a result of injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of duty; or if any such member who shall have served in the city's employ in the aggregate for twenty years and paid into the fund the full amount of annual assessments or contributions, dies from causes other than injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of duty; or if any such member shall after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, have been retired and pensioned under this chapter and subsequently dies, then and in each of such events, as hereinafter provided, a pension in an amount equal to one-half of the salary received by such member at the time of death, and in those cases where a member has been retired and pensioned prior thereto one-half of the salary received by such member at the time of retirement, shall be paid to the widow or husband for the benefit of herself or himself and minor children, if any, under the age of sixteen years or dependent parents as the case may be. The pension so paid shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars annually. The pension shall be paid to the surviving spouse during his or her natural life and so long as he or she shall remain unmarried, but no pension shall be paid to the widow or husband of any member who shall, after July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, marry the member after such member has reached the age of fifty years. If there is no surviving spouse of the member, or no surviving spouse qualified to take under this chapter, or if the surviving spouse subsequently dies or remarries, and the member shall have left him or her surviving as heirs at law and next of kin, minor children under the age of sixteen years, payments to such minor children shall be made as follows: If there be one child, the sum of twenty-five dollars shall be paid to such child monthly until he or she arrives at the age of sixteen years; if there are two or more children the pension equal in amount to one-half of the salary received by such member at the time of death or retirement, but not exceeding in the aggregate one thousand dollars annually shall be paid to such children who have not attained the age of sixteen years in equal shares but in no event shall any one child receive more than the sum of twenty-five dollars monthly. If there is no widow, dependent husband and no children under the age of sixteen years, at the time of the death of such municipal employee, then such pension shall be paid to the dependent parents, if any, of such deceased municipal employee.
N.J. Stat. § 43:12-28.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-28.3
Manner of payment of pension.
Status: in_force

3. With regard to any pension granted by a municipality pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1957, c.168 (C.43:12-28.1) prior to the effective date of P.L.2002, c.134 the governing body shall make provision in its budget for the payment of any such pension and the same shall be paid in the same manner as municipal employees are paid. L.1957,c.168,s.3; amended 2002, c.134, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-15.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-15.2
Periodic benefits payable under Workers' Compensation Law; salary deductions paid by employer; retirement benefits application
Status: in_force

30. a. If any member of the retirement system receives periodic benefits payable under the Workers' Compensation Law during the course of his active service, in lieu of his normal compensation, his regular salary deductions shall be paid to the retirement system by his employer. Such payments shall be computed, in accordance with section 15 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-15), at the rate of contribution on the base salary subject to the retirement system, just prior to the receipt of the workers' compensation benefits. The moneys paid by the employer shall be credited to the member's account in the annuity savings fund and shall be treated as employee contributions for all purposes. The employer will terminate the payment of these moneys when the periodic benefits payable under the Workers' Compensation Law are terminated or when the member retires. The member for whom the employer is making such payments, will be considered as if he were in the active service. b. An application for retirement benefits may be approved by the board of trustees while the member, applying for such benefits, is in receipt of periodic benefits under the Workers' Compensation Law. If a retirant receiving an accidental disability retirement allowance becomes a recipient of periodic benefits under the workers' compensation law after the date of retirement, the pension portion of the retirement allowance payable to the retirant shall be reduced, during the period of the payment of the periodic benefits, dollar-for-dollar in the amount of the periodic benefits received after the date of retirement, subject to the provisions of section 19 of P.L.1971, c.175 (C.43:16A-12.4). The reduction provided for herein shall not affect the retirant's pension adjustment benefits or survivor benefits that may be payable upon the death of the retirant. If an accidental disability retirant receives a retirement allowance without reduction and periodic benefits under the workers' compensation law for any period of time after the date of retirement, the retirant shall repay to the retirement system the amount of the pension portion of the retirement allowance which should have been subject to reduction under this subsection. The repayment may be in the form of a lump sum payment or scheduled as deductions from the retirant's retirement allowance and pension adjustment benefits. If the retirant dies before full repayment of the amount required, the remaining balance shall be deducted from any death benefits payable on behalf of the retirant. L.1967,c.250,s.30; amended 1971,c.175,s.18; 1995,c.369,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-19.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-19.3
Provisions dealing with exclusion of certain agents retroactive
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of this act as to its effective date in other respects, subsection (i)(7)(J) of section 43:21-19, dealing with exclusion of certain insurance agents and agents of investment companies, is to be retroactively applicable from and after, and effective as of, December twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. L.1950, c. 304, p. 1039, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-5
Certificate of incorporation of certain associations
Status: in_force

In case of the reorganization and incorporation under this article of a firemen's relief association not incorporated before March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the certificate of incorporation shall state the original organization of the association, the date thereof, the fact that the association has never been incorporated, the names and official designations of the officers of the association and a reference to this article. The certificate shall be signed by the president and secretary of the association and recorded and filed as provided in section 43:17-2 of this title. Any 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. § 43:13-22.18 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.18
Merger of pension funds into retirement system
Status: in_force

All of the aforesaid pension funds shall be and are hereby merged into and become part of the retirement system created by this act. All moneys, securities and other assets of such other aforesaid pension funds and retirement systems shall be transferred when this act becomes effective by the trustees of such systems to the pension commission of the employees' retirement system of (name of city), created by this act; which pension commission is hereby empowered to receive the said funds and assets for and on behalf of the employees' retirement system herein provided for; and the said retirement and pension funds created 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 shall then cease to exist as separate retirement and pension systems in said city; subject, however, to the provisions of section 31 of this act. All pensions and other benefits allowed prior to the effective date of this act, under the statutes hereinabove specified governing such other pension funds shall thereafter be paid from the retirement system herein created and according to the provisions of the statutes governing such other retirement systems, except as herein otherwise provided. It is intended that all existing obligations of said retirement and pension systems as of the date of transfer as aforesaid, are assumed and shall be discharged by the retirement system herein created. L.1954, c. 218, p. 816, s. 16.