N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.16a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.16a
Permissible agreements
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision in this act to the contrary, the pension commission and the county may upon the unanimous vote of the members of the pension commission enter into an agreement which may include any of the following: a. A provision transferring control and management of the pension fund which previously was exercised by the pension commission pursuant to section 3 of P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.3) directly to the county. b. A provision that the county may invest the assets of the pension fund in the manner authorized by section 5 of P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.5) or may use those assets to purchase an annuity to fund all or a portion of the county's pension obligations or to service any debt obligation incurred by the county in connection with the purchase of any annuity contract to pay pension obligations of the retirement system. c. A provision that the county shall be responsible for the timely payment of all pensions, refunds or other benefits that shall become owing pursuant to the legislation governing the retirement system. d. A provision that section 4 of P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.4), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 16 of P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.16) shall no longer apply to the county or the pension commission. e. A provision requiring the actuary appointed by the pension commission on or before October 1 of each year to evaluate whether there are sufficient reserves contained in existing annuities or in the pension fund to pay all of the county's anticipated obligations as those obligations become due during the next fiscal year and, in the event the actuary concludes such reserves are insufficient, the county shall be required to appropriate, raise by taxation and pay over to the pension fund a sum of money equal to the anticipated deficit. L. 1987, c. 429, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.57 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.57
Priority of payments to survivors
Status: in_force

Upon and after the death of a member or survivor, the benefits herein provided for the remaining survivors shall be paid in the following manner of priority: (a) To the surviving widow or widower; (b) If no widow or widower, then to the guardian of the minor children for their exclusive use; (c) In the event there be no surviving widow, widower or minor children, then to the dependent parent or parents in equal shares. L.1964, c. 275, s. 8. Amended by L.1981, c. 534, s. 4, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-12.4b — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-12.4b
Actions taken by Division of Employment Security ratified
Status: in_force

All acts and actions heretofore taken by the Division of Employment Security or any of its representatives in co-operating with the Federal authorities in the payment of such benefits are approved, ratified and confirmed. L.1953, c. 217, p. 1640, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-5.9 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-5.9
Conditions for termination of adjustment
Status: in_force

5. If legislation is adopted providing for a blanket increase in original pensions or minimum pensions to any group of retirants or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this act, other than legislation enacted prior to 2003; all adjustments provided under this act shall be terminated on the first of the month when such blanket increases or minimum pensions are payable, except in those instances where the retirant's or beneficiary's original pension plus the adjustments provided under this act will exceed the amounts payable to such retirant or beneficiary as a result of such other legislation; in such event the amount payable under this act shall thereafter be the difference between the new pension payable by the pension fund and the amount which would otherwise have been paid under this act. Any subsequent annual review of amounts payable under this act for such retirants and beneficiaries shall continue to be determined on the basis of the original pension as granted by the retirement system prior to any blanket increase or provision for minimum pension for any group of retirants or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this act. L.2002,c.109,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-42.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-42.2
Inapplicability relative to certain transferred service credit.
Status: in_force

12. The provisions of section 42 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-42) and section 43 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-43) as amended by P.L.2010, c.3, and section 11 of P.L.2010, c.3 (C.43:15A-42.1), concerning persons who become members of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.3 shall not apply to a person who at the time of enrollment in the retirement system on or after that effective date transfers service credit, as permitted, from another State-administered retirement system or fund of which the person was a member immediately prior to the effective date and continuously thereafter, but shall apply to a former member of the retirement system who has been granted a retirement allowance and is reenrolled in the retirement system on or after that effective date after becoming employed again in a position that makes the person eligible to be a member of the retirement system. L.2010, c.3, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-6.1
Special disability retirement allowance
Status: in_force

a. Upon the written application by a member in service, by one acting in behalf of the member or by the employer of the member, any member, under 55 years of age, who has had five or more years of creditable service and who has received a heart transplant may be retired, not less than one month next following the date of filing the application, on a special disability retirement allowance. b. Upon retirement for special disability, a member shall receive a special disability retirement allowance which shall consist of: (1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the member's aggregate contributions and (2) A pension in the amount which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 50% of final compensation. c. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who has retired on a special disability retirement allowance, there shall be paid to the member's beneficiary, an amount equal to 3 1/2 times the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service; provided, however, that if the death shall occur after the member shall have attained 55 years of age, the amount payable shall equal one-half of the compensation instead of 3 1/2 times the compensation. L.1989,c.103,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.6
Vacancy of elected member of pension commission
Status: in_force

In case of vacancy of an elected member for any cause, the commission shall, by a majority vote, appoint a person possessed of the same qualifications to fill such vacancy until the next election and at said election a successor shall be elected to serve for the unexpired remainder of the term vacated. Any member of the commission, excepting the citizen member, who shall leave the service of the city shall automatically cease to be a member of said commission. L.1954, c. 218, p. 811, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-19.4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-19.4
Gratuities or tips; remuneration in lieu of
Status: in_force

Whenever payments are made to workers pursuant to an agreement entered into by their employer providing for a service charge measured by (a) a percentage of the amount received by the employer for the furnishing of hotel, restaurant or catering facilities or services, (b) the number of persons receiving such facilities or services, or (c) the number of workers providing such services or facilities for the distribution among the workers in lieu of customary gratuities or tips from the persons who are to use or to receive the said facilities or services, the said payments to workers, when made, shall be deemed to be remuneration paid by the employer to the workers for all the purposes of the unemployment compensation law (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented. L.1966, c. 116, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-51 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-51
Determination of permanent incapacity
Status: in_force

43:10-51. Permanent incapacity for further duty of any county probation officer shall, for all purposes of this article, be established and determined by a board of three physicians, who shall be designated for that purpose by the assignment judge of the Superior Court in such county. The three physicians so designated shall examine such county probation officer and if they, or a majority of them, find that such county probation officer is permanently incapacitated for further duty, they or a majority of them, shall make and sign a certificate to that effect and file the same with the assignment judge of the Superior Court, the chief probation officer and the county treasurer, and thereupon the applicant shall be retired upon one-half pay. Amended 1953,c.41,s.4; 1991,c.91,s.416.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-97 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-97
Retirement for permanent disability
Status: in_force

Any court interpreter who shall have received permanent disability by reason of injury, accident or sickness, incurred at any time in the service, which shall permanently incapacitate him from further duty, shall, upon the certification of the account of such disability by three physicians designated as herein provided, be retired upon one-half pay. L.1938, c. 330, p. 841, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-139 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-139
Member of legislature for 8 years or more but not at age 60; retirement allowances and other benefits
Status: in_force

A member, who shall have served as a member of the Legislature for at least 8 years and having made contributions therefor to the retirement system and who ceases to be a member of the Legislature for any reason other than death before reaching age 60, may, upon termination of such service as a member of the Legislature and all other public service covered by the retirement system elect to receive, in lieu of the payment provided in P.L.1954, c. 84, s. 41a (C. 43:15A-41a): (a) the payments provided for in P.L.1954, c. 84, s. 38 (C. 43:15A-38) if he so qualifies under said section, or (b) the payments provided for in P.L.1954, c. 84, s. 41b (C. 43:15A-41b) if he so qualifies under said section, or (c) a deferred retirement allowance beginning on the first day of the month following his attainment of age 60 and the filing of an application therefor, which shall be made up of an annuity derived from the member's accumulated deductions at the time of termination of his service as a member of the Legislature and a pension in the amount which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 3% of final compensation as a legislator, for each year of creditable service as a member of the Legislature. The benefit payable pursuant to this section shall be subject to the maximum allowance provisions of section 4 of this supplementary act. The provisions for the exercise of optional privileges, the payment of accumulated contributions in the event of death before attaining service retirement age, and the death benefit in the event of death following retirement, shall be those stipulated in P.L.1954, c. 84, s. 38 (C. 43:15A-38) in the case of any member of the Legislature retiring under the provisions of this section. L.1972, c. 167, s. 5, eff. Nov. 3, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.6
Members; certain conditions; prior services; deductions; transfer; service credit
Status: in_force

The members and certain conditions of membership in the retirement system created by this act shall be as follows: (a) All persons, employed by the county prior to March 26, 1961, who may be found physically and mentally fit to the satisfaction of the pension commission herein provided for, may become members of the county employees' retirement system created under this act, and shall receive no pension or retirement allowance from any other pension or retirement system supported wholly or in part by the county, nor shall they be required to make contributions to any other pension or retirement system of said county. Such persons shall not be given credit for pension purposes hereunder for any prior service; provided, however, that where any such employee has had service prior to March 26, 1961 as an employee in any State, county or municipal position, such employee shall be given credit for pension purposes hereunder for such service upon written application therefor to the pension commission within 1 year after becoming a member of this retirement system and upon payment into the retirement system herein provided. Such member shall receive credit for all of his service in the employ of the county or for any part of his service in any other compensated, public position in the State of New Jersey, elected or appointed, provided that payments are made by such member in an amount or amounts calculated in accordance with the rules of the commission as may be necessary to provide 1/2 of the actuarial cost of such service credit. In the event that such member retires before he completes the payment for the service credit that he is purchasing, credit for such service shall be given in direct proportion as the amount paid bears to the total amount of the obligation. Said sum of money may be paid in one lump sum or by semimonthly deductions from salary, together with the regular deductions provided by this act, until completed. All payments aforesaid by the employee shall be made together with interest thereon at a rate to be determined by the pension commission. (b) All employees at the time of the adoption of this act who are under 45 years of age and are not members of any retirement system supported wholly or in part by the county; and any official stenographic reporter and proxies of such official stenographic reporter who are serving as such at the time of the adoption of this act, may become members of the retirement system created under this act upon written application made to the pension commission before July 1, 1943, under one of the following 2 plans (B1) and (B2): (B1) To receive credit for service rendered to the county prior to joining this retirement system such employee shall pay into this retirement system a sum of money equal to 3% of salary received either since June 1, 1929, or since August 1, 1932, depending upon which of the said 2 dates such employee first became eligible to membership in the county employees' retirement system of such county established under "An act providing for the retirement of certain county employees in counties of the first class of this State and providing a pension for such retired county employees and their dependents," approved April 22, 1929 (P.L.1929, c. 122), or article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes; or since the date of his entrance into county service, if he became an employee after June 1, 1929; provided, however, that as to the official stenographic reporter and proxies of such official stenographic reporter such employee shall pay into this retirement system a sum of money equal to 3% of salary received from the county upon order of the justice of the Supreme Court since June 1, 1929, or since the date of his entrance into such county service, if he became an employee after June 1, 1929. Such payment may be made either (1) in one sum, or (2) by equal semimonthly installments to be deducted together with each regular deduction from his salary for the retirement system provided for under this act; provided, however, that in case an employee chooses to pay for such prior county service by method (2), aforesaid, that is by equal semimonthly installments, such employee shall receive credit for so much of such prior county service as is thus paid for, and no more. Upon such payment or payments being made, the county shall annually pay into the retirement system herein provided for a sum of money equal in amount to the employee's principal payment. All payments aforesaid by the employee shall be made together with interest thereon at a rate to be determined by the pension commission. Any such employee who elects to become a member of this retirement system under the aforesaid plan shall, upon his application to the pension commission prior to July 1, 1943, be given credit for pension purposes hereunder for any prior service or services rendered as an employee of the State, and of any municipalities or other political subdivisions of the State, upon payment into the retirement system herein provided, for a period of time equal to the length of prior service for which credit is allowed, of a sum of money equal in amount to 3% of salary, said 3% of salary being based upon the salary received by such employee at the time of the making of said application. Said sum of money may be paid in one lump sum or by semimonthly deductions from salary, together with the regular deductions provided by this act, until completed; provided, however, that such prior service shall be credited only as paid for. Upon such payment or payments being made, the county shall annually pay into the retirement system herein provided for, a sum of money equal in amount to the employee's principal payment or payments. All payments aforesaid by the employee shall be made together with interest thereon at a rate to be determined by the pension commission. (B2) The regular deductions from the salary of any employee electing to become a member under this plan (B2) shall commence upon the filing of such written application and such employee shall not receive credit for any service rendered theretofore in any State, county, or municipal office or position. (c) All employees who, at the time of the adoption and approval of this act, are members of any of the following retirement systems in effect in said county: County employees in counties of the first class (article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes); 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); Sergeants-at-arms and court criers in counties of the first class (article 7 of chapter 10 of Title 43, of the Revised Statutes); County superintendents of weights and measures and assistant county superintendents of weights and measures ( "An act providing for the retirement of persons employed in the department of weights and measures of any county in this State, and providing a pension for such persons so retired," filed June 21, 1938 (P.L.1938, c. 397)); County park police in counties of more than 200,000 population (sections 40:37-157 to 40:37-174, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes); shall on July 1, 1943, automatically become members of the county employees' retirement system provided for by this act and all such employees shall be deemed to agree and consent to the transfer of such membership unless they, or any one of them shall, before July 1, 1943, by written notice to the pension commission of their respective retirement systems operating in such county, elect to withdraw therefrom their contributions theretofore made, without interest. Any such members electing to withdraw from such membership shall thereafter be ineligible for membership in any retirement system of such county, or for any pension payable, in whole or in part, by funds of such county under the provisions of any statute of this State except sections 43:4-1 to 43:4-5, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes. All such employees who become members of the county employees' retirement system provided by this act shall be given credit for pension purposes hereunder for all services, including services performed in any elective office, rendered to the county prior to July 1, 1943; provided, however, that where any such employee had theretofore agreed, under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43, of the Revised Statutes, to pay for any part or all of such service rendered to the county prior to July 1, 1943, the transfer of such employee's membership into this system shall include the transfer to this system of all the conditions and obligations of such prior agreement made by such employee and such employee shall be deemed to agree and consent to the transfer to this system of such conditions and obligations until the conditions of such agreement have been fully complied with. Except as otherwise provided by section 8 of this act, where any such employee's membership shall be transferred to this retirement system on July 1, 1943, such employee shall be given credit for pension purposes hereunder for any prior service or services rendered as an employee of the State and of any municipalities or other political subdivisions of the State, upon application therefor to the pension commission within 1 year after the transfer of such membership, and upon payment into the retirement system herein provided, for a period of time equal to the length of prior service for which credit is allowed, of a sum of money equal in amount to 3% of salary, said 3% of salary being based upon the salary received by such employee at the time of the making of said application. Said sum of money may be paid in one lump sum or by semimonthly deductions from salary, together with the regular deductions provided by this act, until completed; provided, however, that such prior service shall be credited only as paid for. Upon such payment or payments being made, the county shall annually pay into the retirement system herein provided a sum of money equal in amount to the employee's principal payment or payments. All payments aforesaid by the employee shall be made together with interest thereon at a rate to be determined by the pension commission. (d) Any person who at the time of the adoption of this act shall be a county employee and not a member of this retirement system and who became a county employee prior to such employee reaching the age of 45 years, may become a member of this retirement system upon written application made to the pension commission within 1 year after the adoption of this act upon such employee complying with all of the following conditions. (D1) Submit to a medical examination and be found mentally and physically fit to the satisfaction of the pension commission. (D2) Pay into this retirement system, in addition to the regular deductions provided by this act, a sum of money equal to 5% of salary received by such employee for the period of time elapsing since such employee became 45 years of age, said 5% of salary being based upon the salary received by such employee at the time of the making of application for membership in this system. Said sum of money must be paid in one lump sum, together with interest thereon at a rate to be determined by the pension commission, and upon the same being paid, the county shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, pay into this retirement system a sum of money equal in amount to such employee's principal payment. Upon making the aforesaid payment, such employee shall be given credit for pension purposes for such period of prior service rendered to the county since he became 45 years of age. (D3) Receive no credit for county service rendered prior to reaching the age of 45 years but be given the option of buying such prior service credits for pension purposes upon written application made therefor to the pension commission within 1 year after becoming a member of this retirement system and upon payment into this retirement system, of a sum of money equal in amount to 3% of the salary received by such employee during the period of time for which service credits for pension purposes is allowed. At the time such employee applies for service credits for pension purposes, such employee may elect to pay said sum of money in one lump sum or by semimonthly deductions from salary, together with the regular deductions provided by this act, until completed; provided, however, that such prior service shall be credited only as paid for. Upon such payment or payments being made, the county shall annually pay into this retirement system a sum of money equal in amount to the employee's principal payment, or payments. All payments aforesaid by the employee shall be made together with interest at a rate to be determined by the pension commission. (e) Any member of the retirement system as of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act may receive credit for all service in the employ of the county or for any part of his service in any other compensated, public position in the State of New Jersey, elected or appointed, for which service credit has not already been established for him in the retirement system provided by the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary; provided that payments are made by such member in an amount or amounts calculated in accordance with the rules of the commission as may be necessary to provide 1/2 of the actuarial cost of such service credit. In the event that such member retires before he completes payment for the service credit that he is purchasing, credit for such service shall be given in direct proportion as the amount paid bears to the amount of the obligation. L.1943, c. 160, p. 450, s. 6. Amended by L.1947, c. 400, p. 1254, s. 1; L.1960, c. 191, p. 795, s. 3; L.1966, c. 243, s. 2, eff. Aug. 17, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15C-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-2
Eligibility for participation in the Defined Contribution Retirement Program.
Status: in_force

2. a. The following persons shall be eligible and shall participate in the Defined Contribution Retirement Program: (1) A person who commences service on or after the effective date of this section of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) in an elective public office of this State or of a political subdivision thereof, except that it shall not include a person who holds elective public office on the effective date of this section and is enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System while that person continues to hold that elective public office or, for an elected official specified in section 5 of P.L.2017, c.344 (C.43:15A-7.5), another elective public office, without a break in service. Service in the Legislature shall be considered a single elective public office. (2) A person who commences service on or after the effective date of this section in an employment, office or position of the State or of a political subdivision thereof, or an agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality of the State or of a subdivision, pursuant to an appointment by the Governor that requires the advice and consent of the Senate, or pursuant to an appointment by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor only during his or her term of office. This paragraph shall not be deemed to include a person otherwise eligible for membership in the State Police Retirement System or the Judicial Retirement System. This paragraph shall not include Workers' Compensation Judges of the Division of Workers' Compensation in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. This paragraph shall not include a commissioner appointed to the New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission pursuant to R.S.12:8-1. (3) A person who commences service on or after the effective date of this section in an employment, office or position in a political subdivision of the State, or an agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality of a subdivision, pursuant to an appointment by an elected public official or elected governing body, that requires the specific consent or approval of the elected governing body of the political subdivision that is substantially similar in nature to the advice and consent of the Senate for appointments by the Governor of the State as that similarity is determined by the elected governing body and set forth in an adopted ordinance or resolution, pursuant to guidelines or policy that shall be established by the Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs or the Department of Education, as appropriate to the elected governing body. This paragraph shall not be deemed to include a person otherwise eligible for membership in the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund or the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, or a person who is employed or appointed in the regular or normal course of employment or appointment procedures and consented to or approved in a general or routine manner appropriate for and followed by the political subdivision, or the agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality of a subdivision, or a person who holds a professional license or certificate to perform and is performing as a certified health officer, tax assessor, tax collector, municipal planner, chief financial officer, registered municipal clerk, construction code official, licensed uniform subcode inspector, qualified purchasing agent, or certified public works manager. (4) A person who is granted a pension or retirement allowance under any pension fund or retirement system established under the laws of this State and elects to participate pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1977, c.171 (C.43:3C-3) upon being elected to public office. (5) A member of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, Police and Firemen's Retirement System, State Police Retirement System, or the Public Employees' Retirement System for whom compensation is defined as the amount of base or contractual salary equivalent to the annual maximum wage contribution base for Social Security, pursuant to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, for contribution and benefit purposes of those retirement systems, for whom participation in this retirement program shall be with regard to any excess over the maximum compensation only. (6) A person in employment, office or position for which the annual salary or remuneration is less, or the hours of work per week are fewer, than that which is required to become a member of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund or the Public Employees' Retirement System, or to make contributions to those systems as a member on the basis of any such employment, office or position, after November 1, 2008. b. No person shall be eligible to participate in the retirement program with respect to any public employment, office, or position if: (1) the base salary for that employment, office, or position is less than $5,000 per year; (2) the person is, on the basis of service in that employment, office, or position, eligible for membership or enrolled as a member of another State or locally-administered pension fund or retirement system established under the laws of this State including the Alternate Benefit Program, except as otherwise specifically provided in subsection a. of this section; (3) the person is receiving a benefit as a retiree from any other State or locally-administered pension fund or retirement system established under the laws of this State, except as provided in section 1 of P.L.1977, c.171 (C.43:3C-3); or (4) the person is an officer or employee of a political subdivision of this State or of a board of education, or of any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof, who is ineligible for membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System pursuant to section 20 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15A-7.2). c. A person eligible and required to participate in the retirement program pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection a. of this section may elect to waive participation with regard to that employment, office, or position by filing, when first eligible, on a form required by the division, a written waiver with the Division of Pensions and Benefits that waives all rights and benefits that would otherwise be provided by the retirement program. Such a person may thereafter elect to participate in the retirement program by filing, on a form required by the division, a written election to participate in the retirement program and participation in the retirement program pursuant to such election shall commence on the January 1 next following the filing of the election to participate. d. Service credited to a participant in the Defined Contribution Retirement Program shall not be recognized as service credit to determine eligibility for employer-paid health care benefits in retirement pursuant to P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.25 et seq.), N.J.S.40A:10-16 et seq., P.L.1979, c.391 (C.18A:16-12 et al.) or any other law, rule or regulation. L.2007, c.92, s.2; amended 2007, c.103, s.12; 2008, c.89, s.11; 2010, c.1, s.7; 2017, c.344, s.3; 2021, c.140, s.1; 2021, c.418, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15C-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15C / Section 15C-5.1
Receipt of distributions prior to severance from employment.
Status: in_force

11. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1), N.J.A.C. 17:6-10.2, or any other law or regulation to the contrary, a participant in the defined contribution retirement program may elect to receive, prior to the participant's severance from employment, a distribution under a federal stimulus program in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, including, but not limited to, a "coronavirus-related distribution" under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136 (2020). L.2020, c.115, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:22-5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-5
Plan for extending benefits; submission by each employer; approval; requirements; contributions
Status: in_force

(a) Each employer other than the State coming within the provisions of this act is hereby authorized to submit for approval by the State agency a plan for extending the benefits of Title II of the Social Security Act, in conformity with applicable provisions of such act, to employees of such employer. Each such plan and any amendment thereof shall be approved by the State agency if it finds that such plan, or such plan as amended, is in conformity with such requirements as are provided in regulations of the State agency, except that no such plan shall be approved unless: (1) It is in conformity with the requirements of the Social Security Act and with the agreement entered into under section 3; (2) It provides that all services which constitute employment as defined in section 2 and are performed in the employ of such employer by employees thereof, shall be covered by the plan; (3) It specifies the source or sources from which the funds necessary to make the payments required by paragraph (1) of subsection (c) and by subsection (d) are expected to be derived and contains reasonable assurance that such sources will be adequate for such purpose; (4) It provides for such methods of administration of the plan by such employer as are found by the State agency to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the plan; (5) It provides that such employer will make such reports and transmittals, in such form and containing such information, as the State agency may from time to time require, and comply with such provisions as the State agency or the Secretary of Health and Human Services may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and (6) It authorizes the State agency to terminate the plan in its entirety in the discretion of the State agency, if it finds that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision contained in such plan, such termination to take effect at the expiration of such notice and on such conditions as may be provided by regulations of the State agency and may be consistent with the provisions of the Social Security Act. (b) The State agency shall not finally refuse to approve a plan submitted by any such employer under subsection (a), and shall not terminate an approved plan, without reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the county or municipality affected thereby. (c)(1) Each such employer as to which a plan has been approved under this section shall pay into a contribution fund administered by the State Treasurer, with respect to wages (as defined in section 2 of this act), at such time or times as the State agency may by regulation prescribe, contributions in the amounts and at the rates specified in the applicable agreement entered into by the State agency under section 3. (2) Each such employer required to make payments under paragraph (1) of this subsection is authorized, in consideration of the employee's retention in, or entry upon, employment after enactment of this act, to impose upon each of its employees, as to services which are covered by an approved plan, a contribution with respect to his wages (as defined in section 2 of this act), not exceeding the amount of employee tax which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if such services constituted employment within the meaning of that act, and to deduct the amount of such contribution from his wages as and when paid. Contributions so collected shall be paid into a contribution fund administered by the State Treasurer in partial discharge of the liability of such employer under paragraph (1) of this subsection. Failure to deduct such contribution shall not relieve the employee or employer of liability therefor. (d) Delinquent payments due under paragraph (1) of subsection (c), as established by the regulations of the State agency or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall be subject to an interest penalty to be computed and paid by the employer in making his monthly or more frequent transmittal of contributions, and may, with interest be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the employer liable therefor or may, at the request of the State agency, be deducted from any other moneys payable to such subdivision by any department or agency of the State. The rate of interest shall be determined annually by the State Treasurer after consultation with the Directors of the Divisions of Investment and Pensions and such rate of interest shall be equal to the rate charged to the State agency for delinquent payments. L.1951, c. 253, p. 893, s. 5. Amended by L.1955, c. 38, p. 150, s. 5; L.1981, c. 179, s. 1, eff. June 19, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-1
Definitions; short title
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Retirant" means any person who was employed by the State of New Jersey, any of its instrumentalities, any of its political subdivisions or any of the instrumentalities of its political subdivisions, retired from such employment and, as a result of such employment, is receiving a retirement allowance or pension from a retirement system or under any law administered by the Division of Pensions of the State of New Jersey, other than one providing for individual annuity contracts purchased from private insurers. b. "Survivorship benefit" means a monthly annuity to the designee of a retirant who, at retirement, elected Option II, III or IV pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:66-47 or P.L.1954, c. 84, s. 50 (C. 43:15A-50) or P.L.1944, c. 255, s. 12 (C. 43:16A-12), but it shall not mean (1) an annuity based on settlement of a self-insured or insured lump sum death benefit or in lieu of a lump sum death benefit, (2) an annuity based on the return of the member's contributions or (3) any life annuity settlement payable under Option I as provided by the aforesaid sections of the statutory law. c. "Beneficiary" means any person who is receiving a pension as the result of the death of an active or retired member of a State administered retirement system or who is receiving a survivorship benefit. d. "Benefit year" means: (1) the calendar year 1966 for: (a) all retirants who retired before the calendar year 1955; and (b) all beneficiaries of members who retired or died before the calendar year 1955 except those beneficiaries covered by (4) of this subsection; (2) the actual calendar year of retirement for: (a) all members who retired after 1954; and (b) all beneficiaries of retirants who retired after 1954 except those beneficiaries covered by (4) of this subsection; (3) the actual calendar year of death for all beneficiaries of members who died after 1954 except those beneficiaries covered by (4) of this subsection; (4) the calendar year: (a) 1967 for all beneficiaries of active or retired members entitled to receive increased pensions in 1967 in accordance with R.S. 43:16-3(c); (b) 1968 for all beneficiaries of members entitled to receive increased pensions in 1968 in accordance with R.S. 43:16-4(b); (c) 1968 for all beneficiaries of active or retired members entitled to receive increased pensions in 1968 in accordance with P.L.1967, c. 250, s. 26 (C. 43:16A-12.1); (d) 1969 for all beneficiaries of active or retired members entitled to receive increased pensions in 1969 in accordance with P.L.1941, c. 220, s. 3 (C. 43:7-9) as amended. e. "Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31. f. "Index" shall mean the annual average over a 12-month period, beginning September 1 and ending August 31, of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor (1957-1959=100). Should the reference base of said index be changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index as defined herein will be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods. The annual average index so calculated shall be the index for the calendar year in which the 12-month period ends. g. "Benefit year index" shall be the index of the benefit year. h. "Fiscal year" means the 12-month period beginning July 1 and ending June 30, unless otherwise stipulated. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Pension Adjustment Act." L.1958, c. 143, p. 647, s. 1. Amended by L.1969, c. 169, s. 1; L.1971, c. 139, s. 2, eff. May 12, 1971; L.1975, c. 375, s. 1, eff. March 3, 1976; L.1977, c. 306, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-12
Refusal of membership in fund
Status: in_force

If any municipal employee shall decline to accept the provisions of this article he shall notify the pension commission in writing of the fact that he does not desire to be bound by the provisions thereof, and in such event no payments or deductions shall be made from the salary of such employee, but neither such employee nor any of his dependents shall receive any pension under the provisions of this article.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-73 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-73
"Sergeants-at-arms" and "court criers" defined
Status: in_force

The words sergeant-at-arms and court crier as used in this article shall mean and include sergeants-at-arms and court criers assigned to the Superior Court and of the County Court, in counties of the first class. Amended by L.1953, c. 41, p. 770, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.75 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.75
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Pensions of the Department of the Treasury shall promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the "Pension Adjustment Act," P.L.1969, c.169 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.) and this act, as the director shall deem necessary for the effective operation of the program. The director shall include a report of the operation of this act with his report of the operation of the "Pension Adjustment Act" in the annual report submitted to the Governor and the Legislature regarding all of the operations of the Division of Pensions. The retirement system shall furnish such information as the director may request for this purpose. L.1990,c.20,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-11.7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-11.7
Definition of veteran.
Status: in_force

1. For purposes of this act "veteran" means any honorably discharged officer, soldier, sailor, airman, marine or nurse who served in any Army, Air Force or Navy of the Allies of the United States in World War I, between July 14, 1914, and November 11, 1918, or who served in any Army, Air Force or Navy of the Allies of the United States in World War II, between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945, and who was inducted into such service through voluntary enlistment, and was a citizen of the United States at the time of such enlistment, and who did not, during or by reason of such service, renounce or lose United States citizenship, and any officer, soldier, sailor, marine, airman, nurse or army field clerk, who has served in the active military or naval service of the United States and has or shall be discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable, in any of the following wars, uprisings, insurrections, expeditions, or emergencies, and who has presented to the retirement system evidence of such record of service in form and content satisfactory to said retirement system: (1) The Indian wars and uprisings during any of the periods recognized by the War Department of the United States as periods of active hostility; (2) The Spanish-American War between April 20, 1898, and April 11, 1899; (3) The Philippine insurrections and expeditions during the periods recognized by the War Department of the United States as of active hostility from February 4, 1899, to the end of 1913; (4) The Peking relief expedition between June 20, 1900, and May 27, 1902; (5) The army of Cuban occupation between July 18, 1898, and May 20, 1902; (6) The army of Cuban pacification between October 6, 1906, and April 1, 1909; (7) The Mexican punitive expedition between March 14, 1916, and February 7, 1917; (8) The Mexican border patrol, having actually participated in engagements against Mexicans between April 12, 1911, and June 16, 1919; (9) World War I between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918; (10) World War II, between September 16, 1940, and December 31, 1946, who shall have served at least 90 days in such active service, exclusive of any period of assignment (1) for a course of education or training under the Army Specialized Training Program or the Navy College Training program which course was a continuation of a civilian course and was pursued to completion, or (2) as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies any part of which 90 days was served between said dates; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 90-day service as herein provided; (11) Korean conflict on or after June 23, 1950, and on or prior to January 31, 1955, who shall have served at least 90 days in such active service, exclusive of any period of assignment (1) for a course of education or training under the Army Specialized Training Program or the Navy College Training Program which course was a continuation of a civilian course and was pursued to completion, or (2) as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies, any part of which 90 days was served between said dates; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 90-day service as herein provided; and provided further, that any member classed as a veteran pursuant to this subparagraph prior to August 1, 1966, shall continue to be classed as a veteran whether or not the member completed the 90-day service between said dates as herein provided; (12) Lebanon crisis, on or after July 1, 1958, who has served in Lebanon or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before November l, 1958 or the date of termination of that conflict, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (13) Vietnam conflict on or after December 31, 1960, and on or prior to May 7, 1975, who shall have served at least 90 days in such active service, exclusive of any period of assignment (1) for a course of education or training under the Army Specialized Training Program or the Navy College Training Program which course was a continuation of a civilian course and was pursued to completion, or (2) as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies, any part of which 90 days was served between said dates; and exclusive of any service performed pursuant to the provisions of section 511 (d) of Title 10, United States Code, pursuant to an enlistment in the Army National Guard or as a reserve for service in the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 90 days' service as herein provided; (14) Lebanon peacekeeping mission, on or after September 26, 1982, who has served in Lebanon or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before December 1, 1987 or the date of termination of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (15) Grenada peacekeeping mission, on or after October 23, 1983, who has served in Grenada or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before November 21, 1983 or the date of termination of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (16) Panama peacekeeping mission, on or after December 20, 1989 or the date of inception of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of inception is earliest, who has served in Panama or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before January 31, 1990 or the date of termination of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (17) Operation "Desert Shield/Desert Storm" mission in the Arabian peninsula and the Persian Gulf, on or after August 2, 1990 or the date of inception of that operation, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of inception is earliest, who has served in the Arabian peninsula or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the Persian Gulf for a period, continuous or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days commencing on or before the date of termination of that mission, as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date of termination is the latest, in such active service; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (18) Operation Northern Watch and Operation Southern Watch, on or after August 27, 1992, or the date of inception of that operation, as proclaimed by the President of the United States, Congress or United States Secretary of Defense, whichever date of inception is earliest, who served in the theater of operation, including in the Arabian peninsula and the Persian Gulf, and in direct support of that operation for a period, continuously or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days in such active service, commencing on or before the date of termination of that operation, as proclaimed by the President of the United States, Congress or United States Secretary of Defense, whichever date of termination is the latest; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability while engaged in such service shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; (19) Operation "Restore Hope" in Somalia, on or after December 5, 1992, or the date of inception of that operation as proclaimed by the President of the United States or Congress, whichever date is earliest, who has served in Somalia or on board any ship actively engaged in patrolling the territorial waters of that nation for a period, continuously or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days in such active service commencing on or before March 31, 1994; provided that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14-day service as herein provided; (20) Operations "Joint Endeavor" and "Joint Guard" in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on or after November 20, 1995, who served in such active service in direct support of one or both of the operations for at least 14 days, continuously or in the aggregate, commencing on or before June 20, 1998, and (1) was deployed in that nation or in another area in the region, or (2) was on board a United States naval vessel operating in the Adriatic Sea, or (3) operated in airspace above the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; provided that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person completed the 14-day service requirement; (21) Operation "Enduring Freedom", on or after September 11, 2001, who served in a theater of operation and in direct support of that operation for a period, continuously or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days in such active service commencing on or before the date the President of the United States or the United States Secretary of Defense designates as the termination date of that operation; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability while engaged in such service shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided; and (22) Operation "Iraqi Freedom", on or after the date the President of the United States or the United States Secretary of Defense designates as the inception date of that operation, who served in Iraq or in another area in the region in direct support of that operation for a period, continuously or in the aggregate, of at least 14 days in such active service commencing on or before the date the President of the United States or the United States Secretary of Defense designates as the termination date of that operation; provided, that any person receiving an actual service-incurred injury or disability while engaged in such service shall be classed as a veteran whether or not that person has completed the 14 days' service as herein provided. "Veteran" also means any 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. L.1983,c.391,s.1; amended 1991, c.389, s.30; 1991, c.390, s.6; 1995, c.406, s.4; 2001, c.127, s.5; 2001, c.128, s.4; 2003, c.197, s.4; 2005, c.64, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-22 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-22
Other officers, filling vacancies
Status: in_force

43:17-22. If a vacancy occurs in the office of president, vice president, treasurer, secretary or trustee, it shall be filled forthwith for the remainder of the term by the representatives at a special election held for that purpose. Amended 1996, c.151, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16-10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-10
Effective date
Status: in_force

This subtitle shall be effective in every municipality in which, on April fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, a fund for the retirement or pensioning of policemen or firemen or either was in effect, and in all other municipalities only upon its adoption by a majority of the voters at a general election or special election called for that purpose.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-5a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-5a
Reduction by pension amount; rollover, certain; no reduction.
Status: in_force

1. The amount of benefits payable to an individual for any week which begins in a period with respect to which such individual is receiving a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payment which is based on the previous work of such individual shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal to the amount of such pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other payment, which is reasonably attributable to such week; provided that such reduced weekly benefit rate shall be computed to the next lower multiple of $1.00 if not already a multiple thereof and that any such reduction in the weekly benefit rate shall reduce the maximum total benefits of the individual during the benefit year; provided further that, if the provisions of the federal Unemployment Tax Act permit, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development may prescribe in regulations which are consistent with the federal Unemployment Tax Act any of the following: a. The requirements of this section shall only apply in the case of a pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payment under a plan maintained or contributed to by a base period or chargeable employer as determined under the chapter to which this act is a supplement; b. The amount of any such reduction shall be determined taking into account contributions made by the individual for the pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity or other similar periodic payment; c. An individual shall not have his benefits reduced where there has been a transfer of an eligible rollover distribution from a qualified trust to an eligible retirement plan, as defined in section 402(c)(8) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.S.402(c)(8), provided that, pursuant to that section, the transfer of payments is made within 60 days of receipt. If, however, any distribution from the qualified trust is made which is subject to federal income tax, then unemployment benefits for which the base year earnings include pay from the employer who paid into the qualified trust shall be reduced by the amount of the distribution if otherwise required by section 3304(a)(15) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.3304(a)(15). The amount of benefits payable to an individual who is involuntarily and permanently separated from employment prior to the date at which the individual may retire with full pension rights shall not be reduced pursuant to this section because the individual receives a lump sum payment in lieu of periodic pension, retirement or annuity payments, except that the benefits payable to the individual may be reduced during the week in which the individual receives the lump sum payment. L.1980,c.13,s.1; amended 1984, c.24, s.15; 1993, c.330; 2007, c.34.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15B-3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15B / Section 15B-3
Provisions of plan.
Status: in_force

3. a. The plan shall provide that all money not needed for the immediate payment of benefits shall be invested by the employer in interest bearing securities in which savings banks of this State are authorized to invest their funds, or the employer shall make deposits in interest bearing accounts, or in the State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1977, c.281 (C.52:18A-90.4), or in individual or group annuity programs whether fixed or variable, mutual funds, or life insurance contracts whether fixed or variable. b. Notwithstanding section 1 of P.L.1977, c.381 (C.43:15B-1), the employer may contract with one or more private organizations for the administration of all or part of the plan, including the management and investment, or either thereof, of deferred and deducted salary funds. Each contract shall be subject to the prior approval of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services on the basis of restrictions, limitations and other conditions established by the director by rule and regulation promulgated pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act" (P.L.1968, c.410, C.52:14B-1 et seq.); provided, however, that the director shall not approve any contract if it is inconsistent with any standards which the New Jersey State Employees' Deferred Compensation Board, established pursuant to P.L.1978, c.39 (C. 52:18A-163 et seq.), may adopt for the deferred compensation plans of municipalities, counties, or authorities thereof, including, but not limited to, any service cost guidelines. If at the time a municipality, county or authority submits a contract to the Director of the Division of Local Government Services for his approval and the New Jersey State Employees' Deferred Compensation Board has not adopted standards for such deferred compensation plans, the director may approve such contract if it is consistent with the rules and regulations which he has promulgated for such contracts. c. The employer may establish a plan or plan option which permits a participating employee to request the employer to invest all or a specified percentage of said employee's deferred salary in one, or a specified combination of, the following kinds of investments: (1) fixed or variable life insurance contracts, (2) individual or group, fixed or variable annuity contracts, (3) mutual fund shares, (4) interest bearing accounts or securities in which savings banks of this State are authorized to invest their funds, (5) the State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund, and (6) collective investment trusts; provided that the employer retains the discretion to reject such request. Any such investments shall be limited to investments that are authorized for fiduciaries of trust estates pursuant to the "Prudent Investment Law" (P.L.1975, c.337, C. 3A:15-35 et seq.); provided, however, that with the exception of investments made by domestic insurance companies licensed to sell life insurance and annuities in this State and subject to review by the Commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance pursuant to chapter 20 of Title 17B of the New Jersey Statutes, the Director of the Division of Local Government Services may review and reject any such investments as inconsistent with the standard applicable to the prudent investor as provided in section 3 of P.L.1975, c.337 (C.3A:15-37). d. No organization seeking a contract pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall through distribution of written material or by any other means, solicit employee participation in any deferred compensation plan or solicit employees to support the efforts of the organization to secure the contract. An organization holding a contract approved pursuant to subsection b. may distribute written material to solicit employee participation in a deferred compensation program, provided that the organization has received approval of the content and form of the material from the Director of the Division of Local Government Services. No representative of an organization under contract pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall initiate verbal communication with any prospective employee participant in a deferred compensation program without the express consent of the employer; provided, however, that any communication so authorized shall be consistent with the written material approved by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services. e. Subject to rules and regulations established by a board or any other body created or designated by the State or public official designated by the State (said board, body or official hereinafter "board"), to administer a deferred payment compensation plan established by the State (hereinafter "State plan") and subject to the approval of the board, the plan may provide for the employer for the benefit of its participants to participate in any State plan established by the board for State employees. In the event that such participation is approved by the board, rules, regulations and conditions established by the board or in the State plan shall apply to such participants, or said rules, regulations and conditions shall so apply as amended or supplemented with regard to said participants. f. The named fiduciary shall provide in the plan for the distribution of any investment earnings, gains or losses, consistent with the requirements of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended. The distribution shall be allocated to each employee when he or she withdraws from the plan or receives benefits from the plan in accordance with the terms of the plan and the provisions of this act. For those employees participating in the State plan pursuant to subsection 3e. herein, the rules and regulations of the State board shall apply. g. The plan shall provide for a uniform system of accounting for each participant and for investment of deferred compensation funds with annual or more frequent reports to the participants in the plan. h. The named fiduciary shall have authority to take any steps reasonably necessary to implement the plan consistent with this act and the requirements of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended. L.1977,c.381,s.3; amended 1980, c.78, s.1; 1983, c.305, s.3; 1997, c.116, s.1; 2023, c.43.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-12
Deposit of funds; investments
Status: in_force

The pension commission shall deposit the funds in any of the banks or trust companies of the county. All moneys not needed for the immediate payment of the pensions shall be invested by the pension commission in (a) interest-bearing securities in which savings banks of this State are authorized to invest their funds, (b) bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by any company incorporated within and transacting business within the United States, which are not in default as to either principal or interest when acquired, (c) direct obligations of or unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by the government of Canada, payable as to both principal and interest in United States dollars, or which are the direct obligations of or unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by any of the provinces thereof, payable as to both principal and interest in United States dollars, (d) mortgage bonds or notes secured by property within this State and insured by the Federal Housing Administrator and (e) capital stock or other securities issued by any company incorporated within the United States, in which life insurance companies organized under the laws of this State may legally invest, provided that the book value of the total investment in common and preferred stock does not exceed 15% of the book value of the fund, except that not more than 10% of the book value of the fund shall be invested in common stock. The pension commission shall recommend and the board of freeholders shall appoint independent investment counsel to service the investment needs of the fund. Amended by L.1973, c. 345, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3C-24 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3C / Section 3C-24
Funding, payment of other post-employment benefits.
Status: in_force

66. a. Post-employment benefits other than pensions under the State Health Benefits Program, P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.25 et seq.), for retired employees, and their dependents, of employers other than the State that are participating in the State Health Benefits Program pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1964, c.125 (C.52:14-17.34), as non-State participating employers, shall be funded and paid by means of contributions to a separate trust fund. For the purposes of this section, the term "post-employment benefits other than pensions" means post-employment benefits including, but not limited to, health, dental and vision care, which give rise to a liability under Statement No. 43 of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Reporting for Postemployment Benefit Plans Other Than Pension Plans, and Statement No. 45 of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers for Postemployment Benefits Other Than Pensions, together, GASB 43/45, as amended from time to time, or any successor publication. For purposes of this section, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the term "non-State participating employers" is limited only to entities that are a political subdivision of the State, as defined in federal Treas. Reg. s. 1.103-1(b), or entities the income of which is excluded from gross income under section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.115), as amended. For purposes of this section, the term "dependent" or "dependents" means a dependent as defined under section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.152), as amended, without regard to subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (d)(1)(B) thereof, of a retired employee. b. There is hereby established the State of New Jersey Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Fund, which is intended to qualify as an instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision of the State under section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.115), as amended. The assets of the OPEB Fund shall be used only to fund and pay post-employment benefits other than pensions, and the reasonable cost of administering such benefits, with respect to eligible retired employees, and their dependents, of non-State participating employers, and deposits and contributions to the OPEB Fund shall be irrevocable except as specifically provided in subsection i. of this section. The OPEB Fund shall be a trust, trust account or custodial account, the assets of which shall be deemed an arrangement equivalent to a trust for all legal purposes, and shall be established by means of appropriate documentation so as to be exempt from taxation under the provisions of applicable federal and State tax law, which shall contain such terms and conditions as are required to comply with all State and federal law including but not limited to the following: (1) The OPEB Fund shall provide no guaranty that payments or reimbursements to employees, former employees, retirees, spouses or beneficiaries will be tax-free. (2) In the event that the OPEB Fund has obtained a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service concerning only the federal tax treatment of the OPEB Fund's income, that ruling may not be cited or relied upon by any non-State participating employer as precedent concerning any matter relating to the non-State participating employer's health plans, including post-retirement health plans. In particular, that ruling shall have no effect on whether contributions to the non-State participating employer's health plans or payments from the non-State participating employer's health plans, including reimbursements of medical expenses, are excludable from the gross income of employees, former employees or retirees, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (3) The federal income tax consequences to employees, former employees and retirees shall depend on the terms and operation of the non-State participating employer's health plans. c. The assets of the OPEB Fund shall be segregated from all other funds of the State and the non-State participating employers, including without limitation the fund described in section 48 of P.L.2007, c.103 (C.52:14-17.32a1), and shall be invested and administered solely in the interest of retired employees, and their dependents, of non-State participating employers entitled to post-employment benefits other than pensions provided by the State Health Benefits Program. However, the OPEB Fund may be invested in a group trust established pursuant to section 401(a)(24) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.401(a)(24)), as amended. Neither the State, the State Legislature, the State Health Benefits Commission, the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury, nor any public officer, employee or agency, nor service provider to the OPEB Fund, shall use or authorize the use of assets contributed to the OPEB Fund, or the investment earnings thereon, for any purpose other than the provision of post-employment benefits other than pensions in accordance with the terms of the State Health Benefits Program applicable to retired employees, and their dependents, of non-State participating employers, and the defraying of the reasonable costs of administering the OPEB Fund and the benefits provided by means of the OPEB Fund. The assets constituting the OPEB Fund shall under no circumstances be subject to assignment or alienation in favor of the creditors of the State or any non-State participating employer, or of the individuals or entities that administer the State Health Benefits Program or the OPEB Fund. Private parties' interests shall neither materially participate in the OPEB Fund nor benefit more than incidentally from the operation or earnings of the OPEB Fund. d. The Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits shall serve as the administrator of the OPEB Fund. The Director of the Division of Investment as trustee shall have the authority to adopt a trust agreement, to receive and hold all moneys in the OPEB Fund, and to disburse the same in accordance with instructions from the fund administrator. The Director of the Division of Investment shall have the authority to invest and reinvest the moneys in the OPEB Fund and to acquire for or on behalf of the OPEB Fund such investments in accordance with the standards governing the investment of other funds managed by the Director of the Division of Investment under the rules and regulations of the State Investment Council. The State, the Division of Pensions and Benefits, the State Treasurer, the Division of Investment, and the State Investment Council, and their respective officers and employees, shall not be liable for any loss incurred by the OPEB Fund. e. The fund administrator or the trustee may select and contract with custodians, record keepers, actuaries and other consultants, and other service providers with respect to the administration of the OPEB Fund, and may delegate to such persons or entities, or to any person within the Department of the Treasury, any of their duties and responsibilities. The Director of the Division of Investment may select and contract with investment managers, investment advisors and other service providers with respect to the investment of the OPEB Fund, and may delegate to such persons or entities, or to any person within the Division of Investment, any of its duties and responsibilities. f. The fund administrator shall, with the assistance of a qualified actuary, determine a funding policy for the OPEB Fund and may promulgate rules and procedures with respect to the administration and funding of the OPEB Fund. The fund administrator, with the assistance of a qualified actuary, shall annually measure and determine an amount for the annual "other post-employment benefits" cost of providing benefits for the retirees and their dependents of each non-State participating employer in the State Health Benefits Program based on the "annual required cost" (ARC) for providing such benefits determined in accordance with applicable standards under GASB 43/45. The fund administrator shall report the OPEB cost for each non-State participating employer to such employer on an annual basis. g. The fund administrator, with the assistance of a qualified actuary, shall annually determine, and the fund administrator shall approve, the aggregate contribution to the OPEB Fund to fund post-employment benefits other than pensions under the terms of the State Health Benefits Program, which shall be the amount necessary to pay the anticipated premiums or periodic charges for the benefits for the following annual valuation period, with respect to all non-State employers participating in the OPEB Fund. The fund administrator shall determine and approve the rate or rates to be charged to non-State participating employers as contributions by such employers to the OPEB Fund, based on such allocable amounts of the above-described aggregate contribution and such other factors as the fund administrator shall determine with respect to the setting of such rates. h. Deposits to the OPEB Fund shall be made by each non-State participating employer in the amounts specified by the fund administrator. Deposits to the OPEB Fund by each non-State participating employer shall be segregated in a separate account for recordkeeping purposes from the deposits from all other non-State participating employers in the OPEB Fund. Such deposits may be commingled for purposes of investment, but the fund administrator shall provide record keeping to establish the deposits allocable to each non-State participating employer and shall periodically report the value of the separate accounts to the applicable non-State participating employers. Investment earnings attributable to the OPEB Fund shall be determined on an aggregate basis for all non-State participating employers. A non-State participating employer shall not make a deposit to the OPEB Fund if the total amount invested with respect to that employer would exceed such employer's actuarially determined liability for post-employment benefits other than pensions due to its employees, as determined under the applicable standards of GASB 43/45. i. In the event that, following the satisfaction in full of all liabilities for post-employment benefits other than pensions to retired employees, and their dependents, of non-State participating employers, there remain undistributed assets of the OPEB Fund, such assets shall be distributed in the manner determined by the fund administrator, provided that in no event shall such assets be distributed to, or used for the purpose of paying benefits for, the active or retired employees of an entity that is not a State, a political subdivision of the State or an entity the income of which is excluded from gross income under section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.115), as amended. L.2011, c.78, s.66.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-4.1
Worker profiling system; notice to applicant of benefits, services available
Status: in_force

2. a. There is established a worker profiling system for the purpose of determining which new claimants for regular benefits are likely to exhaust benefits and therefore have the greatest need for reemployment services to make a successful transition to new employment. Information obtained from the profiling system shall be used in making referrals for reemployment services and may be used in making referrals to other services and benefits, but no individual shall be excluded from seeking or receiving reemployment services or other services or benefits because the individual is not among those determined to be likely to exhaust benefits, unless the exclusion is specifically required by federal law. Nor shall an individual be required to participate, as a condition for receiving regular benefits, in any employment and training services because the individual is among those determined to be likely to exhaust benefits, unless that participation by the individual is specifically required by federal law. A characteristic of an individual shall not be used in making a determination regarding whether the individual is likely to exhaust benefits unless it is demonstrated to be an actual indicator of a high likelihood that benefits will be exhausted. b. The division shall provide each individual who applies for unemployment compensation with an initial interview which includes: (1) Notice of the benefits and services available pursuant to the provisions of this 1992 amendatory and supplementary act and the provisions of the "1992 New Jersey Employment and Workforce Development Act," P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-1 et al.), P.L.1992, c.47 (C.43:21-57 et al.) and the "Job Training Partnership Act," Pub.L. 97-300 (29 U.S.C. 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 (2) A review of the individual's rights and responsibilities with respect to the unemployment compensation, including an explanation of the appeal process and of the worker profiling system and its possible impact on the individual. L.1992,c.46,s.2; amended 1995,c.394,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.56a — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.56a
Widow's pension
Status: in_force

Any pensioner receiving a pension as a result of the prior service by a deceased spouse to a city, whose spouse died prior to January 12, 1965, and who is still qualified to receive the pension, shall receive, in lieu of the present pension award the sum of $3,600. The provisions of this section shall in no way affect the provisions of section 7 of P.L.1964, c.275 (C.43:13-22.56). L.1964,c.221,s.1; amended 1973,c.348,s.2; 1981,c.534,s.3; 1990,c.20,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-37.7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-37.7
Persons not entitled to receive benefits of act
Status: in_force

No one who is receiving or is or shall hereafter be entitled to receive any benefits under any other law of this State providing for contributions to a pension fund out of the compensation of town employees shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this act. L.1943, c. 189, p. 526, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-39.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-39.1
Compensation for family temporary disability leave; conditions.
Status: in_force

10. a. Family temporary disability leave shall be compensable subject to the limitations of P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) for any period of family temporary disability leave taken by a covered individual which commences after June 30, 2009. b. An individual shall not simultaneously receive disability benefits for family temporary disability leave and any other disability benefits pursuant to P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.) or any unemployment compensation, or any paid sick leave, vacation time or other leave at full pay from the employer of the individual. c. The employer of an individual may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the provisions of N.J.S.18A:30-1 et seq., permit the individual, during a period of family temporary disability leave, to use any paid sick leave, vacation time or other leave at full pay made available by the employer before the individual uses disability benefits for family temporary disability leave pursuant to P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.). Nothing in P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) shall be construed as nullifying any provision of an existing collective bargaining agreement or employer policy, or preventing any new provision of a collective bargaining agreement or employer policy, which provides employees more generous leave or gives employees greater rights to select which kind of leave is used or select the order in which the different kinds of leave are used. Nothing in P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) shall be construed as preventing an employer from providing more generous benefits than are provided under P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) or providing benefits which supplement the benefits provided under P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) for some or all of the employer's employees. d. An individual who is entitled to leave under the provisions of the "Family Leave Act," P.L.1989, c.261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.) or the federal "Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993," Pub.L.103-3 (29 U.S.C. s.2601 et seq.), shall take any benefits provided for family temporary disability leave pursuant to P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) concurrently with leave taken pursuant to the "Family Leave Act," P.L.1989, c.261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.) or the federal "Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993," Pub.L.103-3 (29 U.S.C. s.2601 et seq.). Nothing in P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) shall be construed to grant an employee any entitlement to be restored by the employer to employment held by the employee prior to taking family temporary disability leave or any right to take action against an employer who refuses to restore the employee to employment after the leave. Nothing in P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) shall be construed to increase, reduce or otherwise modify any entitlement of an employee to return to employment or right of the employee to take action under the provisions of the "Family Leave Act," P.L.1989, c.261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.). If an employee receives benefits for family temporary disability leave pursuant to P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) with respect to employment with an employer who is not an employer as defined in the "Family Leave Act," P.L.1989, c.261 (C.34:11B-1 et seq.) and that employer fails or refuses to restore the employee to employment after the period of family temporary disability leave, that failure or refusal shall not be a wrongful discharge in violation of a clear mandate of public policy, and the employee shall not have a cause of action against that employer, in tort, or for breach of an implied provision of the employment agreement, or under common law, for that failure or refusal. e. An employee taking family temporary disability leave or an employer from whom the employee is taking the leave shall have the same right to appeal a determination of a benefit for the family temporary disability leave made under P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.) as an employee or employer has to appeal a determination of a benefit for the disability of the employee under the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.), and any regulations adopted pursuant to the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et al.). f. In the event of a period of family temporary disability leave of any individual covered under the State plan, the employer shall, not later than the ninth day of the period of family temporary disability leave, or not later than the ninth day after the employee notifies the employer of an anticipated period of family temporary disability leave pursuant to subsection h. of this section, whichever comes first, including any time in which the employer provides sick leave, vacation or other fully paid leave, issue to the individual and to the division printed notices on division forms containing the name, address and Social Security number of the individual, such wage information as the division may require to determine the individual's eligibility for benefits, including any sick pay, vacation or other fully paid time off provided by the employer during the period of family temporary disability leave, and the name, address, and division identity number of the employer. Not later than 30 days after the commencement of the period of family temporary disability leave for which the notice is furnished by the employer, the individual shall furnish to the division a notice and claim for family temporary disability leave benefits. Upon the submission of the notices by the employer and the individual, and the commencement of the compensable portion of the family temporary disability leave pursuant to P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.1 et al.), the division may issue benefit payments. In the case of family temporary disability leave taken to care for a family member with a serious health condition, the benefits may be paid for periods not exceeding three weeks pending the receipt of the certification required pursuant to subsection b. of section 11 of P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.2). Failure to furnish notice and certification in the manner above provided shall not invalidate or reduce any claim if it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the division not to have been reasonably possible to furnish the notice and certification and that the notice and certification was furnished as soon as reasonably possible. g. Each covered employer shall conspicuously post notification, in a place or places accessible to all employees in each of the employer's workplaces, in a form issued by regulation promulgated by the commissioner, of each covered employee's rights regarding benefits payable pursuant to this section. The employer shall also provide each employee of the employer with a written copy of the notification: (1) not later than 30 days after the form of the notification is issued by regulation; (2) at the time of the employee's hiring, if the employee is hired after the issuance; (3) whenever the employee notifies the employer that the employee is taking time off for circumstances under which the employee is eligible for benefits pursuant to this section; and (4) at any time, upon the first request of the employee. h. With respect to any period of family temporary disability leave commencing on or after October 4, 2019 if an individual knows in advance when the period will commence, the individual may notify the employer of the anticipated period of family temporary disability leave and submit to the division a claim for benefits for that period, which shall include a statement of when the period will commence and any certification required pursuant to subsection b. of section 11 of P.L.2008, c.17 (C.43:21-39.2), prior to, but not more than 60 days prior to, the date that the period will commence. The division shall process that claim immediately and, upon finding that the claim is valid, shall pay the benefit upon the commencement of the period of family temporary disability leave, except that if the division receives the claim less than 30 days before the commencement of the period, the division shall make the payment not more than 30 days after the receipt of the claim. The periods of family temporary disability leave to which the provisions of this subsection apply shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following if the commencement date of the leave is known in advance: periods of leave for care of a child of the individual after adoption, the placement of a child into foster care, or childbirth, including childbirth under a valid agreement between the individual and a gestational carrier; periods of leave for scheduled medical procedures, treatments, or appointments for a family member of the individual; and periods of leave for scheduled ongoing care of a family member of the individual. If the individual did not establish enough base weeks or have enough total earnings during the base year preceding the week the individual submits the claim, the division shall notify the individual that the individual may file the claim again upon or after the commencement of the period of family temporary disability leave and the division shall then reconsider the individual's eligibility for benefits based on the base year preceding the week in which the period of family temporary disability leave commences. L.2008, c.17, s.10; amended 2018, c.128, s.2; 2019, c.37, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16-12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-12
Determining years of service for firemen as members of pension fund
Status: in_force

In any municipality in which this subtitle has taken effect under section 43:16-10 of this title, if before this subtitle became effective a paid fire department had not been regularly constituted and organized by ordinance of the governing body thereof, but firemen were employed on regular twenty-four-hour duty for pay and two per cent was deducted from every payment of salary to them and the sums so deducted were theretofore paid into a pension fund for their relief, and upon the taking effect of this subtitle in such municipality, these sums were added to the pension fund provided for in this subtitle; and where the governing body thereof continued to deduct from every payment of salary to such paid firemen two per cent of the amount thereof and credited same to the pension fund; and where, prior to March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, a paid fire department was thereafter constituted and created in the municipality in the manner provided by law, and all such paid firemen were thereupon appointed to the paid fire department, the age of the paid firemen shall, for the purposes of this subtitle, be reckoned as of the time they were first employed for regular twenty-four-hour duty for pay, and the years of service rendered by them shall, for the purpose of this subtitle, be reckoned from the same time, and not from their reappointment after the creation of the regular paid fire department.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-11 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-11
Contributions covering temporary service
Status: in_force

Any person employed temporarily by an employer whose temporary employment resulted, without interruption, in permanent employment may purchase credit for that temporary 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.11; amended 1971,c.213,s.3; 1991,c.138,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-53 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-53
Benefits under chapter exempt from taxation and process; exception; assignment of group insurance policy rights and benefits
Status: in_force

The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a person under the provisions of this act and the moneys in the various funds created under this act, shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax and from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process arising out of any State or Federal court and, except as in this section and in this act otherwise provided, shall be unassignable. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person insured under a group insurance policy, pursuant to an arrangement among the insured, the group policyholder and the insurer, from making to any person other than his employer, a gift assignment of the rights and benefits conferred on him by any provision of such policy or by law including specifically but not by way of limitation the right to exercise the conversion privilege and the right to name a beneficiary. Any such assignment, whether made before or after the effective date of this act, shall entitle the insurer to deal with the assignee as the owner of all rights and benefits conferred on the insured under the policy in accordance with the terms of the assignment. L.1954, c. 84, p. 508, s. 53. Amended by L.1969, c. 98, s. 2, eff. June 26, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-73.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-73.3
Purchase of credit for prior service
Status: in_force

a. The employees of a State autonomous authority approved for participation in the retirement system pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act may purchase credit for all service with the authority prior to the date of the authority's participation in the retirement system if that service would otherwise be eligible for credit in the retirement system. This purchase shall be made in the same manner and shall 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). The authority shall pay the unfunded liability as determined by the actuary for prior service purchased by its employees in accordance with a schedule approved by the actuary. The obligation of the authority shall be known as the accrued liability for prior service credit. The actuary shall determine and adjust the accrued liability for prior service credit and determine the annual contribution of the authority for this liability in a manner similar to that provided for the State accrued liability contribution. The accrued liability for prior service credit shall be paid by the authority over a period not to exceed 25 years following the initial valuation of this liability by the actuary. b. For any employee of a State autonomous authority who is in service with the authority on the date its participation in the retirement system becomes effective, the age of enrollment for the purposes of the member contribution rate under section 25 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-25) shall be the age of the employee on the date the continuous service with the authority began. L.1990,c.25,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-21.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-21.1
First class city pension fund members becoming officers or employees of school district
Status: in_force

Whenever a municipal employee of a city of the first class has become a member of the pension fund established for employees of said city, and has, since becoming a member of said pension fund, accepted employment, or has become an officer or employee of the school district of said city, or of the county in which said city is located, and has continued to pay into the pension fund of said city the required contribution under the act which this act supplements, said employee shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits to which an employee under the act which this act supplements is entitled. L.1948, c. 428, p. 1670, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:5A-3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-3
Amount of pension
Status: in_force

The amount of annual pension granted to a State employee retired under this act shall be equal to 1% of his final compensation multiplied by the number of years of continuous service immediately prior to his retirement, except that if his continuous service with the State exceeds 40 years, his annual pension under this act shall not be less than 1/4 of his final compensation. L.1973, c. 249, s. 3, eff. Nov. 26, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:6A-22 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-22
Qualifications for life insurance company
Status: in_force

Any life insurance company must meet the following requirements in order to qualify under section 21: a. be licensed under the laws of the State of New Jersey to transact life and accidental death insurance; and b. the amount of its group life insurance in the State of New Jersey 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.1973, c. 140, s. 22, eff. May 22, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-51 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-51
Payment of reduced benefits until waiver withdrawn or revoked by subsequent request
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of such waiver, and until the same is withdrawn, altered or revoked by a subsequent written request, similarly filed, the board of trustees shall pay a reduced pension, benefit, retirement allowance or annuity as shall be requested in such waiver. L.1955, c. 138, p. 626, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-39.5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-39.5
Temporary disability benefits, paid family leave benefits program; applications.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, when a covered individual applies for temporary disability benefits for disability resulting from pregnancy or the birth of a child, the plan administering the covered individual's benefits shall automatically process an application for that individual for the paid family leave benefits program, unless the individual affirmatively opts out of that program, such that the individual shall be required to submit only one application for both programs. The application for benefits shall be processed to allow the paid family leave benefits, if approved, to begin immediately following the end of the temporary disability benefits, unless the individual notifies the plan that the individual wants to postpone or opt out of the paid family leave benefits. A covered individual who is approved for benefits under this section shall notify the plan administering the covered individual's benefits of the date on which the covered individual will return to work, and shall notify the plan administering the benefits if the covered individual returns to work on an earlier date. The provisions of this act shall apply to the State plan and a private plan which holds temporary disability insurance and family leave insurance for the individual. A private plan that offers only temporary disability benefits shall provide to its temporary disability claimants written notice of the application process for family leave benefits concurrently with issuing its written approval of temporary disability benefits. A private plan that offers both temporary disability benefits and paid family leave benefits shall adopt procedures for effectuating the provisions of this act, so individuals are only required to submit one application for both temporary disability benefits and family leave benefits. b. A covered individual who is approved for temporary disability benefits for disability resulting from pregnancy shall be entitled to four weeks of benefits before the expected delivery date and six weeks of benefits after the actual delivery date. The covered individual shall recertify for benefits no later than two weeks following the actual delivery date, and shall not be required to recertify at any other time during the benefit periods. A covered individual shall receive a longer period of disability before the expected delivery date or after the actual delivery date, if the covered individual provides the plan administering the benefits with a certification from a health care provider that the longer period is necessary. L.2018, c.122, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-16.15 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-16.15
Availability of funds for mortgage loans
Status: in_force

8. a. Upon application of a member for a mortgage loan the director shall, within 90 days, make available to the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency sufficient funds to provide mortgage loans in accordance with the provisions of this act, except that no mortgage loan shall be made at any time when the total of all principal balances owing on mortgage loans made pursuant to this act, less all write-offs and reserves with respect to these mortgage loans, together exceeds, or by the making of the loan would exceed, 10% of the total investment assets, including mortgage loans, of the retirement system. Every mortgage loan made hereunder shall be evidenced by a note or bond and shall be secured by a mortgage on the fee of real property located within this State. Every mortgage shall be certified to be a first lien by an attorney-at-law of this State or certified or guaranteed to be a first lien by a corporation authorized to guarantee titles to land in this State. For the purposes of this section, a mortgage shall be deemed to be a first lien, notwithstanding the existence of a lien for current taxes or assessments not due or payable at the time the loan is made, and notwithstanding the existence of leases, building restrictions, easements, encroachments, or covenants which do not materially lessen the value of the real property to be mortgaged. b. Pursuant to rules established by the State Treasurer, with the advice of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, no mortgage loan shall be made under this act except upon a written certification signed by at least two persons appointed or retained by the appraisers. In the case of a mortgage loan secured by a mortgage upon real property, such certification shall state the opinion of such persons as to the value of the land and the improvements thereon or to be erected thereon and the character of such improvements. Such certification shall be filed with the records of the retirement system and shall be preserved until the retirement system has no interest, as mortgagee or otherwise, in the real property. c. No mortgage loan secured by a mortgage on real property shall be made unless the property shall consist of improved real property, or unimproved real property if the proceeds of such loan shall be used for the purposes of erecting improvements thereon. L.1992,c.78,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-13 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-13
Annual report
Status: in_force

The pension commission shall report annually on the condition of the fund and the manner in which it is invested. The report shall be filed with the board of chosen freeholders of the county.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-54 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-54
Financial responsibility under private plans
Status: in_force

If a private plan does not provide for the assumption by an insurer, duly authorized and admitted to do business in this State, of the liability to pay the benefits afforded by such plan, the commission shall not approve it unless the employer files with the commission the bond of an admitted surety insurer conditioned on the payment of obligations under the plan, or deposits with the commission securities approved by the commission to secure the payment of such obligations. The penal sum of the bond or the amount of the deposit shall be determined by the commission and shall be not less than one-half of the contributions which would have been paid by the employees to be covered by the plan during the previous year, or one-half of the estimated contributions of such employees for the ensuing year, whichever is greater; provided, however, that any employer who is a self-insurer and is exempt from insuring his workmen's compensation liability, as provided by law, shall so long as such exemption remains in effect be exempt from the surety bond and security deposit requirements of this section; and any other employer who shall satisfy the commission as to the permanence of his business and his financial ability to pay the benefits provided by a private plan submitted for approval may, upon application, be exempted from such requirements by written order of the commission, which order shall be revocable at any time. L.1948, c. 110, p. 609, s. 30.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.12 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.12
Medical examinations of persons retired for disability; modification of pensions
Status: in_force

Once each year the pension commission may, and upon his application, shall, require any member retired for disability who is under the age of 60 years to undergo medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the commission. The examination shall be made at the residence of the beneficiary or any other place mutually agreed upon. If the physician or physicians thereupon report and certify to the commission that the disability beneficiary is not permanently and totally incapacitated either physically or mentally for the performance of duty and that he is engaged in a gainful occupation, and if the commission concurs in the report, then the amount of his pension shall be reduced to an amount which, when added to the amount then being earned by him, shall not exceed the amount of the compensation now attributable to his former position. If subsequent medical examination of such a beneficiary shows that his earnings have changed since the date of his last examination, then the amount of his pension may be further altered but the new pension shall not exceed the amount of the pension originally granted nor shall the new pension when added to the amount then being earned by the beneficiary exceed the salary or compensation then attributable to his former position. L.1943, c. 160, p. 461, s. 12. Amended by L.1966, c. 243, s. 4, eff. Aug. 17, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-29.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-29.1
Persons eligible under state retirement system; resolution excluding
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may adopt a resolution directing that this article shall not apply to any person becoming a county detective subsequent to the passage of such resolution who, at the time he becomes such county detective, is eligible to become a member of the State retirement system. L.1947, c. 173, p. 788, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.46 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.46
Waiver; withdrawal
Status: in_force

Any person who is eligible to receive the increased pension under the provisions of this act may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the secretary of the retirement system. The application for the waiver of all or part of the increase shall be made by the retirant at least 30 days prior to the desired effective date on a form satisfactory to the retirement system and shall be effective on the first day of the following month. Such waiver may be withdrawn at any time and upon such withdrawal the increase in the pension shall commence with the pension payment for the next following month. L.1971, c. 277, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 43:1-3.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-3.1
Forfeiture of pension, retirement benefit for conviction of certain crimes.
Status: in_force

2. a. A person who holds or has held any public office, position, or employment, elective or appointive, under the government of this State or any agency or political subdivision thereof, who is convicted of any crime set forth in subsection b. of this section, or of a substantially similar offense under the laws of another state or the United States which would have been such a crime under the laws of this State, which crime or offense involves or touches such office, position or employment, shall forfeit all of the pension or retirement benefit earned as a member of any State or locally-administered pension fund or retirement system in which he participated at the time of the commission of the offense and which covered the office, position or employment involved in the offense. As used in this section, a crime or offense that "involves or touches such office, position or employment" means that the crime or offense was related directly to the person's performance in, or circumstances flowing from, the specific public office or employment held by the person. b. Subsection a. of this section applies to a conviction of any of the following crimes: (1) Paragraph (4) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:13-5, criminal coercion; (2) N.J.S.2C:20-4, theft by deception, if the amount involved exceeds $10,000; (3) Subsection d. of N.J.S.2C:20-5, theft by extortion; (4) N.J.S.2C:20-9, theft by failure to make required disposition of property received, if the amount involved exceeds $10,000; (5) N.J.S.2C:21-10, commercial bribery; (6) Section 3 of P.L.1994, c.121 (C.2C:21-25), money laundering; (7) Section 97 of P.L.1999, c.440 (C.2C:21-34), false contract payment claims; (8) N.J.S.2C:27-2, bribery in official matters; (9) N.J.S.2C:27-3, threats and other improper influence in official and political matters; (10) Section 100 of P.L.1999, c.440 (C.2C:27-9), unlawful official business transaction where interest is involved; (11) Section 5 of P.L.2003, c.255 (C.2C:27-10), acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior; (12) Section 6 of P.L.2003, c.255 (C.2C:27-11), offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior; (13) N.J.S.2C:28-1, perjury; (14) N.J.S.2C:28-5, tampering with witnesses; (15) N.J.S.2C:28-7, tampering with public records or information; (16) N.J.S.2C:29-4, compounding; (17) N.J.S.2C:30-2, official misconduct; (18) N.J.S.2C:30-3, speculating or wagering on official action or information; (19) Section 3 of P.L.2003, c.31 (C.2C:30-7), pattern of official misconduct; (20) Paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2007, c.158 (C.2C:27-12), corruption of public resources, if the amount or value of the public resource is $500,000 or more; (21) N.J.S.2C:14-2, sexual assault; (22) N.J.S.2C:14-3, sexual contact; or (23) N.J.S.2C:14-4, lewdness. c. A court of this State shall enter an order of pension forfeiture pursuant to this section: (1) Immediately upon a finding of guilt by the trier of fact or a plea of guilty entered in any court of this State unless the court, for good cause shown, orders a stay of the pension forfeiture pending a hearing on the merits at the time of sentencing; or (2) Upon application of the county prosecutor or the Attorney General, when the pension forfeiture is based upon a conviction of an offense under the laws of another state or of the United States. An order of pension forfeiture pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed to have taken effect on the date the person was found guilty by the trier of fact or pled guilty to the offense. d. No court shall grant a stay of an order of pension forfeiture pending appeal of a conviction or pension forfeiture order unless the court is clearly convinced that there is a substantial likelihood of success on the merits. If the conviction be reversed or the order of pension forfeiture be overturned, his pension rights and benefits shall be restored from the date of pension forfeiture. e. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude the authority of the board of trustees of any State or locally-administered pension fund or retirement system created under the laws of this State from ordering the forfeiture of all or part of the earned service credit or pension or retirement benefit of any member of the fund or system for misconduct occurring during the member's public service pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1995, c.408 (C.43:1-3 et seq.), including in a case where the court does not enter an order of forfeiture pursuant to this section. L.2007, c.49, s.2; amended 2019, c.190.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-15.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-15.3
Reemployment of retiree; cancellation of benefits; reenrollment.
Status: in_force

20. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, if a former member of the retirement system who has been granted a retirement allowance for any cause other than disability, becomes employed again in a position which makes him eligible to be a member of the retirement system, his retirement allowance and the right to any death benefit as a result of his former membership, shall be canceled until he again retires. Such person shall be reenrolled in the retirement system and shall contribute thereto at a rate based on his age at the time of reenrollment. Such person shall be treated as an active member for determining disability or death benefits while in service. Upon subsequent retirement of such member, his former retirement allowance shall be reinstated based on his former membership. In addition, he shall receive an additional retirement allowance based on his subsequent service as a member computed in accordance with applicable provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that his total retirement allowance upon such subsequent retirement shall not be a greater proportion of his average final compensation or final compensation, whichever is applicable, than the proportion to which he would have been entitled had he remained in service during the period of his prior retirement. Any death benefit to which such member shall be eligible shall be based on his latest retirement, but shall not be less than the death benefit that was applicable to his former retirement. b. The cancellation, reenrollment, and additional retirement allowance provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to a former member of the retirement system who was granted a retirement allowance pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c.96 (C.43:16A-5.1) prior to the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78. L.1971, c.175, s.20; amended 1999, c.428, s.8; 2011, c.78, s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8A-11 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-11
Death benefit upon death of member in service
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member in service on account of which no accidental death benefit is payable under section twelve, there shall be paid to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board of trustees, otherwise to his estate: (a) His aggregate contributions at the time of death; and (b) If the member has five or more years of creditable service, an ordinary death benefit of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). (2) The beneficiary of an ordinary death benefit may elect to receive the amount payable in equal installments over a period of years or as a life annuity. L.1953, c. 423, p. 2134, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-8 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-8
Period, election, and termination of employer's coverage
Status: in_force

(a) Any employing unit which is or becomes an employer subject to this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) within any calendar year shall be subject to this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) during the whole of such calendar year. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, an employing unit shall cease to be an employer subject to this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) only as of January 1 of any calendar year, if (1) The employing unit files with the division prior to February 1 of such year, a written application for termination of coverage, and the division finds that the employing unit did not pay wages in the amount of $1,000.00 or more within the preceding calendar year for employment subject to this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) or (2) The division finds that during the 2 calendar years preceding such January 1, there was no day on which such employing unit employed one or more individuals in employment subject to this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.). For the purpose of this subsection, the employing units mentioned in section 43:21-19(h)(2), (3) or (4) of the Revised Statutes shall be treated as a single employing unit. (c)(1) An employing unit, not otherwise subject to this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.), which files with the division its written election to become an employer subject hereto for not less than 2 calendar years shall become an employer subject hereto, to the same extent as all other employers, as of the date of filing of such election or as of an earlier date if approved by the division, and shall cease to be subject to this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to such period of election, only, if, prior to February 1, of such calendar year, such employing unit has filed with the division a written notice to that effect and it meets the conditions for termination of coverage set forth in subsection (b) hereof. (2) If an employing unit for which services are performed that do not constitute employment as defined in this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) files with the division its written election that all such services performed by individuals in its employ in one or more distinct establishments or places of business shall be deemed to constitute employment for all purposes of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) for not less than 2 calendar years such services shall be deemed to constitute employment subject to this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) as of the date of the filing of such election, or as of an earlier date if approved by the division, and shall cease to be subject to this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.) as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to such period of election, only, if, (A) prior to February 1 of such calendar year, such employing unit has filed with the division a written notice to that effect, or (B) the division finds that during the 2 calendar years preceding such January 1, there was no day on which such services were performed for the employing unit. Amended by L.1945, c. 73, p. 367, s. 2; L.1953, c. 220, p. 1673, s. 1; L.1961, c. 43, p. 450, s. 6; L.1967, c. 30, s. 5; L.1971, c. 346, s. 7; L.1977, c. 307, s. 7, eff. Dec. 30, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8B-6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8B / Section 8B-6
Repeals
Status: in_force

The following acts and parts of acts are hereby repealed: Sections 18:6-29; 18:6-36; 18:6-43; 18:6-44; 18:14-62 to 18:14-64, both inclusive; 40:37-149; 40:37-150; 43:6-8 to 43:6-14, both inclusive; 43:8-5 to 43:8-7, both inclusive; 43:9-1 to 43:9-8, both inclusive; 43:11-3; 43:12-1 to 43:12-55, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, and chapter 142 of the laws of 1938, chapter 156 of the laws of 1939, chapter 36 of the laws of 1940, chapter 214 of the laws of 1941, chapter 368 of the laws of 1941, chapter 369, of the laws of 1941, chapter 255 of the laws of 1942, chapter 194 of the laws of 1943, chapter 154 of the laws of 1944, chapter 223 of the laws of 1944, chapter 287 of the laws of 1945, chapter 216 of the laws of 1947, chapter 221 of the laws of 1947, chapter 285 of the laws of 1947, chapter 119 of the laws of 1948, chapter 224 of the laws of 1948, chapter 254 of the laws of 1948, chapter 228 of the laws of 1949, chapter 262 of the laws of 1949, chapter 293 of the laws of 1949, chapter 248 of the laws of 1950, chapter 223 of the laws of 1951, chapter 262 of the laws of 1951, chapter 283 of the laws of 1952, chapter 353 of the laws of 1952, chapter 301 of the laws of 1953, chapter 308 of the laws of 1953, chapter 309 of the laws of 1953, and chapter 362 of the laws of 1953. L.1955, c. 263, p. 982, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-1.4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1.4
First class counties under 800,000; persons who were between 45 and 55 when employed may become members
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43:1-1 of the Revised Statutes and of the article to which this act is supplementary, any county employee of a first-class county having a population of less than 800,000, as defined in the article to which this act is supplementary, who, at the time of the effective date of this act, is ineligible to the benefits provided by the said article by reason of having accepted employment after reaching the age of 45 years and who was at the time of accepting such employment under the age of 55 years may, within 2 months after this act becomes effective become a member of the fund established under article 1 of chapter 10 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 commissioner 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 rate of interest shall be 3% per annum on the unpaid balance and the maximum length of time for the payment of arrears shall be 5 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.1959, c. 193, p. 775, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-7d — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7d
Failure to make report
Status: in_force

31. If an employer fails to make any report or permit any inspection required by the commissioner to implement the provisions of this act, an estimate shall be made regarding the liability of the employer from information available and the employer shall be assessed for any amount due, including the amount that was withheld or that should have been withheld from its employees for deposit into the fund. Also, if, after an examination of any report filed, a deficiency is discovered with respect to the taxable wages reported, the employer shall be assessed the amount of any determined deficiency. Additional remedies through the court may be established by the commissioner, including the charging of any expenses incurred by the department in recovering the assessment. L.1992,c.160,s.31.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-11.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-11.6
Transfer or purchase of credit for service in other systems
Status: in_force

A member who is a member of another State-administered retirement system or pension fund at the time of enrollment in the Police and Firemen's 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 Police and Firemen's 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 1 of P.L.1973, c.63 (C.43:16A-11.4). L.1981,c.479,s.3; amended 1991,c.138,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-48.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-48.6
Liability of employers; calculation; certification; contributions
Status: in_force

The actuary of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System shall calculate the liability of each employer of employees becoming members of the system under this act in the same manner as is specified in the case of other employees where the Police and Firemen's Retirement System is adopted, taking into account the value of moneys remitted by the pension funds. In the event that the value of such money so remitted is less than the total which is required by the Police and Firemen's Retirement System to provide the transferred member with credit for his public service, the liability of the employer shall include an amount equal to the difference between these two values. Upon certification by the actuary of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System each employer shall make such contributions as are required in order to meet his financial obligations in the same manner and within the same period of time as is specified in the case of other employers where the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey is adopted. L.1973, c. 92, s. 6, eff. April 24, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-21 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-21
Annual statement of investment policy.
Status: in_force

9. The board shall annually prepare and adopt a written statement of investment policy that includes a risk management and oversight program. This investment policy shall prohibit the board, program, and fund from borrowing for investment purposes. The risk management and oversight program shall be designed to ensure that an effective risk management system is in place to monitor the risk levels of the program and fund portfolio, to ensure that the risks taken are prudent and properly managed, to provide an integrated process for overall risk management, and to assess investment returns as well as risk to determine if the risks taken are adequately compensated compared to applicable performance benchmarks and standards. The board shall consider the statement of investment policy and any changes in the investment policy at a public hearing. L.2019, c.56, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-5.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-5.2
Volunteer services by certain retirees under PFRS permitted.
Status: in_force

2. The retirement of a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-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 volunteer after 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.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-38 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-38
Chief financial officer of county; information to board of trustees
Status: in_force

The chief financial officer of each county having employees who are members of this fund shall transmit to the board of trustees such information as the board shall, from time to time, require. L.1946, c. 192, p. 785, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1
Definitions; persons under forty-five eligible
Status: in_force

"Be retired on half pay" means retired on a pension equal to one-half of the average annual salary during any 3 fiscal years, of the employee's membership, for which contributions were made, which years shall be selected in such manner as to provide for the largest possible benefit to the retirant, or surviving spouse or children, as the case may be; provided, however, that nothing in this amendatory act shall serve to reduce any employee's pension below the amount to which he would have been entitled had he been eligible to apply for his pension prior to the effective date of this amendatory act. "Salary" or "average annual compensation," when used for the purpose of computing benefits under this act, means the average annual salary for which contributions are made during any 3 fiscal years of the employee's membership providing the largest possible benefit to the member or surviving spouse or children. If the total service is less than 3 years, the salary shall be that paid for the entire period of membership. "Salary" means the base compensation for services as an employee, including normal and longevity increments earned in accordance with the established salary policies of the employer for all employees in the same position, but shall not include individual salary adjustments which are granted primarily in anticipation of the member's retirement or additional remuneration for performing temporary or extra curricular duties beyond the regular workday or the regular work year. In cases where salary includes maintenance, the retirement system shall fix the value of that part of the salary not paid in money which shall be considered under this act. "County employee" or "employee" means and includes all employees and officers in service in any county of the first class, and of any county board, body or commission maintained out of county funds in a county of the first class, including laborers recognized as permanent laborers, whether paid on an hourly, daily, monthly or annual basis (if being the intent to exclude transient labor from the operation of this article), but does not include any member of the police or fire department. The pension commission may determine whether or not the employment of an employee is permanent within the meaning of this article. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43:1-1 of this Title, any person heretofore or hereafter accepting any employment in the county under the age of 45 years shall be eligible to join as a "county employee" or "employee" as hereinabove defined. "Widow" means the woman to whom a member was married at least 5 years before the date of his death and to whom he continued to be married until the date of his death. The eligibility of such a widow to receive a pension provided in this act will be considered terminated by the marriage of the widow subsequent to the member's death. In the event of the payment of an accidental death benefit, the 5-year qualification shall be waived. "Widower" means the man to whom a member was married at least 5 years before the date of her death and to whom she continued to be married until the date of her death. The eligibility of such a widower to receive a pension provided in this act will be considered terminated by marriage of the widower subsequent to the death of the member. In the event of the payment of an accidental death benefit, the 5-year qualification shall be waived. Amended by L.1939, c. 206, p. 590, s. 1; L.1939, c. 394, p. 938, s. 1; L.1973, c. 345, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1973; L.1976, c. 106, s. 1, eff. Oct. 18, 1976; L.1979, c. 242, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-25 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-25
Management of business, affairs
Status: in_force

43:17-25. The management of the business and affairs, the custody of the property and the disposal of the funds and property of the corporation shall be entrusted to the board of representatives thereof in accordance with R.S.43:17-35 and the rules and regulations adopted by the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. Amended 1996, c.151, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 43:18-10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-10
Physical examination as prerequisite to membership
Status: in_force

Any employee applying for membership in a corporation created under this chapter and the benefits thereof, must have passed, at the time he entered service, a physical examination satisfactory to and conducted by a physician designated by the board of trustees of the pension fund or shall pass a physical examination satisfactory to and conducted by such a physician at the time of his application for membership in the corporation and the benefits of this chapter. The applicant shall produce a certificate of good health signed by such a physician before being admitted to membership and the benefits of this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8C-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-2
Implementation of incentive program.
Status: in_force

2. A local unit entering into an interlocal services contract or a joint services contract or becoming a part of a consolidated municipality may offer and implement an incentive program for retirement or termination of employment after approval of such incentive program by the director. The program shall be limited to full-time employees in any department, office, section, or other organizational component of the local unit in which the number of employees will be reduced or which will be eliminated as a result of the interlocal services contract or joint services contract or municipal consolidation. The incentive program may include one or more of the following: a. cash payments or the purchase of annuities; b. employer contributions to an approved employee deferred compensation program to the extent permitted by federal law; c. payment by the local unit for continuation of health benefits coverage after retirement for not more than five years or until the employee attains the age of eligibility for Medicare, whichever occurs first; d. payment by the local unit for health benefits coverage after retirement under the "New Jersey State Health Benefits Program Act," P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.25 et seq.), or under group insurance contracts pursuant to N.J.S.40A:10-23, for employees and dependents in accordance with the law and rules governing the State Health Benefits Program or the law governing such group insurance contracts, as the case may be, for employees who fail to meet the service requirement for payment for such coverage after retirement by no more than five years, but who are otherwise eligible for employer payment for health benefits coverage after retirement; or e. additional service credit for employees who are members of the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey, pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.) or the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey, pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), or a county pension fund created under P.L.1943, c.160 (C.43:10-18.1 et seq.), or a municipal retirement system created under P.L.1954, c.218 (C.43:13-22.3 et seq.) or P.L.1964, c.275 (C.43:13-22.50 et seq.), as provided in section 4 of P.L.1999, c.59 (C.43:8C-4). L.1999,c.59,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:9-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-6.1
Withdrawal by war veteran; payments received with interest
Status: in_force

1. An employee of any county, who is a veteran of any war, or who was a member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, and is a member of any retirement system may, at any time, apply to withdraw from the system during the continuance of his employment. Upon his making application, of which 10 days' notice shall be given, he shall receive, upon demand, the amount of his payments with interest thereon at the rate of four per centum (4%) per annum, without prejudice to his rights as a veteran to any benefit to which he may be entitled under any other law. L.1941,c.399,s.1; amended 1991,c.389,s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-31 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-31
Retirement on application for age and service
Status: in_force

A member of such police traffic force who shall have attained the age of fifty years and shall have honorably served on the force for a period of twenty years, shall, upon his application, be retired on half pay.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-7.1
Delinquent enrollment for compulsory membership; payment by employee and employer.
Status: in_force

48. a. In the case of any person who was required to become a member of the retirement system as a condition of employment, and whose application for enrollment in the retirement system or whose application for transfer from one employer to another within the system was filed beyond the effective date for his compulsory enrollment in the system or his transfer within the system, such person shall be required to purchase membership credit for his compulsory coverage by paying into the annuity savings fund the amount required by applying, in accordance with section 25 of chapter 84 of the laws of 1954, his rate of contribution on his current base salary subject to the retirement system for each year of previous service during which he was required to have been a member. b. If more than 1 year has elapsed from the time that contributions would have been required from such person, 1/2 of the employee's cost, established by the computation provided by subsection a. of this section, will be required of his employer and shall be included in the next budget subsequent to the certification of this special liability by the retirement system. The amount certified by the system shall be payable by the employer to the contingent reserve fund and shall be due and owing to the system even if the employee is no longer in the employ of the employer by the date such moneys are to be paid to the system. c. The employees' obligation may be satisfied by regular installments, equal to at least 1/2 the normal contribution to the retirement system, over a maximum period of 10 years but not more than 2 years in the case of any employee who has attained or will attain age 60 within the 2-year period, or in the case of any employee who became a member of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2008, c.89, has attained or will attain age 62 within the 2-year period. d. In the case of any person coming under the provisions of this section, full pension credit for the period of employment for which arrears are being paid by the employee shall be given upon the payment of at least 1/2 of the total employee's arrearage obligation and the completion of 1 year of membership and the making of such arrears payments, except that in the case of retirement pursuant to sections 38, 41(b), 48 and 61 of chapter 84 of the laws of 1954, the total membership credit for such service shall be in direct proportion as the amount paid bears to the total amount of the arrearage obligation of the employee. L.1971, c.213, s.48; amended 2008, c.89, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-6.7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-6.7
Violations committed by authorized agent.
Status: in_force

8. a. If the commissioner determines that an authorized agent has exhibited a pattern of repeated violations of the provisions of sections 3 through 9 of this act or other provisions of this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), including any violations of the provisions of R.S.43:21-16 which apply to the agents of employing units, the commissioner shall, in addition to any other actions taken in the enforcement of this chapter, notify the authorized agent of this finding and that the commissioner will monitor the authorized agent to ascertain whether the violations continue after the notification. b. If, at the conclusion of a monitoring period of not more than 12 months after the first determination, the commissioner determines that the agent has continued the pattern of repeated violations of the provisions, the commissioner: (1) May, after affording the authorized agent notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), suspend the registration of the authorized agent, for a period of time determined by the commissioner. In determining the length of a suspension, the commissioner shall distinguish between serious violations which potentially undermine the integrity of the benefit determination and appeals processes and lesser violations, and shall consider any of the following factors which are relevant: whether the violations represent a continuation of the violations identified in the previous determination, the gravity and duration of the violations, the amount of harm resulting from the violations, the experience of the authorized agent, the authorized agent's history of previous violations or complaints filed of a similar or different nature, the number of violations identified, and the existence of mitigating circumstances, whether the authorized agent made good faith efforts to comply with any applicable requirements, and any other factors the commissioner considers relevant. (2) Shall continue to monitor the conduct of the authorized agent for a period of not more than 12 months after the determination made pursuant to this subsection b. c. If, in the subsequent monitoring of the conduct of the authorized agent pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the commissioner determines that the authorized agent has continued the pattern of repeated violations, the commissioner, after affording the authorized agent notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall revoke the registration of the authorized agent. An authorized agent representing an employer shall be regarded as an agent of an employing unit for the purposes of R.S.43:21-16 and be subject to, in addition to the provisions of this section, all requirements and penalties imposed pursuant to that section for a agent of an employing unit. Any individual, organization or business which, after notification of the registration requirements of sections 3 though 9 of this act, operates, or attempts to operate, as an authorized agent without the required registration, shall be liable to a fine of $1,000 for each violation, to be recovered in an action at law in the name of the division, and shall not be permitted by the division to represent any party in connection with any communication with, or proceeding of, the division. L.2010, c.82, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:23-24 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-24
Allocation of interest, investment earnings, and investment losses.
Status: in_force

12. Interest, investment earnings, and investment losses shall be allocated to individual program accounts as established by the board pursuant to subsection d. of section 8 of this act. An individual's retirement savings benefit under the program shall be an amount equal to the balance in the individual's program account on the date the retirement savings benefit becomes payable. The State shall have no liability for the payment of any benefit to any participant in the program. L.2019, c.56, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-131 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-131
National guard technicians; participation in system; election
Status: in_force

Within 90 days following the effective date of this legislation, but not later than January 1, 1969, each present member of the Public Employees' Retirement System who is a national guard technician may elect to continue his participation in the State retirement system by filing a proper form expressing his final and irrevocable intention to continue as a member or he may elect to terminate his participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey by filing (a) a proper form waiving all of his rights and privileges in this system and (b) the required application for a withdrawal of his moneys credited to his account. L.1968, c. 354, s. 1, eff. Nov. 26, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-7.4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-7.4
Permanent and total disability.
Status: in_force

1. For purposes of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 7 P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-7), permanent and total disability shall be deemed to have occurred as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during and as a result of the performance of regular or assigned duties if: the member contracts COVID-19 and tests positive 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 member is permanently and totally disabled as a result of COVID-19; and the member's regular or assigned duties required the member to interact, and the member 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. A member who retired during the public health emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended, and has been approved for a retirement allowance pursuant to a provision other than this section or section 7 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-7) prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2020, c.54, may apply for a retirement allowance pursuant to this section and, if approved, the prior approval shall be rescinded and the retirement allowance pursuant to approval under this section shall be made retroactive to the date of the initial approval of the rescinded retirement allowance. 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. New onset diseases and chronic psychological disease resulting from prior exposure to, and recovery from, COVID-19 shall not be deemed a permanent and total disability resulting from COVID-19. L.2020, c.54, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:19-10 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-10
Membership; eligibility
Status: in_force

Persons employed by the board of street and water commissioners at the time of the creation of the pension corporation in accordance with this chapter, and persons coming into the employ of the board of street and water commissioners, or its successor, subsequent to the formation of the pension corporation, shall be eligible to become members of the corporation by a majority vote of the board of trustees of the corporation, and compliance with the terms and conditions of membership fixed by the board of trustees.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-20.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-20.6
Eligibility for short-time benefits.
Status: in_force

4. An individual who is employed by an employer with a shared work program approved by the division shall be eligible for short-time benefits during a week if: a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2013, c.279) b. The individual works for the employer at an affected unit less than the individual's usual weekly hours of work, and the employer has reduced the individual's weekly hours of work pursuant to a shared work program in effect during that week and approved by the division pursuant to section 2 of this act; c. The percentage of the reduction of the individual's work hours below the individual's usual weekly hours of work is not less than 10% and not more than 60%, with a corresponding reduction of wages; d. The individual would be eligible for unemployment benefits other than short-time benefits during the week, if the individual was entirely unemployed during that week and applied for unemployment benefits other than short-time benefits; and e. During the week, the individual is able to work and is available for the individual's usual weekly hours of work with the shared work employer or is participating in a training program approved by the division, including division-approved employer-sponsored training, division-approved training funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub.L.105-220 (29 U.S.C. s.2801 et seq.) or the Workforce Development Partnership program established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-4), or any other training approved by the division pursuant to subsection (c) of R.S.43:21-4. If the individual complies with the requirements of subsection e. of this section, the individual shall not be subject to any other requirement of the "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., to be available for work and actively seeking work. L.2011, c.154, s.4; amended 2013, c.279, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 43:7-17 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-17
Refusal to accept provisions of act; notice
Status: in_force

If any prison officer of this State shall decline to accept the provisions of this act, he shall, within thirty days after the passage of this act, notify the pension commission in writing of the fact that he does not desire to be bound by the provisions thereof and in such event no payments or deductions as aforesaid shall be made from the salary of such prison officer, but neither such prison officer nor any of his dependents shall receive any pension under the provisions of this act. L.1941, c. 220, p. 634, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-91 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-91
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 to each county clerk's employee 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 county clerk's employees' salaries; to the said fund there shall be added all moneys donated for the purpose of such fund and all rewards which may be paid to any county clerk's employee while acting as such employee, 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 cent specified in this section, 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.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15B-5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15B / Section 15B-5
Investment of deferred, deducted moneys; assets held in trust
Status: in_force

5. a. All moneys which are deferred and deducted in accordance with the provisions of this act and the plan shall be invested in accord with the provisions of this act and the plan. The obligation of the employer to participating employees shall be contractual only and no preferred or special interest in the deferred moneys shall accrue to such employees. b. For plans approved prior to August 20, 1996, moneys deferred shall be subject to the claims of the employer's general creditors until the plan document is amended to have all moneys deferred and any other assets or income of the plan held in trust or one or more annuity contracts or one or more custodial accounts for the exclusive benefit of the participating employees and their beneficiaries. Employers shall have until January 1, 1999 to implement this change. For all plans adopted on or after August 20, 1996, all moneys that are deferred and any other assets or income of the plan shall be held in trust or one or more annuity contracts or one or more custodial accounts for the exclusive benefit of the participating employees and their beneficiaries. L.1977,c.381,s.5; amended 1997, c.116, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.73 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.73
Calculation of pension adjustment.
Status: in_force

11. On or before October 1, 1996 and by the same date in each subsequent year, the Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits of the Department of the Treasury shall review the index and determine the percentum of change in the index from the retirement year index pursuant to the provisions of the "Pension Adjustment Act," P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.). The percentage of adjustment in the retirement allowances, pensions and survivorship benefits shall be one-half of the percentum of change in the index. Any adjustment so calculated shall apply to all of the months of the following calendar year for eligible retirants and beneficiaries, except that 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. On the basis of information certified to the director by the retirement system concerning the amounts of all retirement allowances, pensions and survivorship benefits of eligible retirants and beneficiaries which are subject to adjustment under sections 7 through 13 of P.L.1990, c.20 (C.43:13-22.69 through 22.75), and any other relevant matters as the director may require, the director shall certify to the retirement system the amounts required to fund the benefits provided under those sections for the applicable year. The director shall include in that certification amounts sufficient to adjust the retirement allowances, pensions or survivorship benefits payable to all eligible retirants and beneficiaries by the percentum of change in the index as such retirement allowances or pensions may have been originally granted, or increased for certain retirants and beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of the "Pension Adjustment Act." In no instance shall the amount of the retirement allowance, pension or survivorship benefit originally granted and payable to any retirant or beneficiary be reduced as a result of this adjustment. L.1990, c.20, s.11; amended 1996, c.101, s.4; 2003, c.167, s.2; 2013, c.282, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-8.6 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-8.6
Inapplicability of C.43:3B-8 to P.L.2001, c.4
Status: in_force

6. The provisions of section 7 of P.L.1969, c.169 (C.43:3B-8) shall not apply to R.S.43:16-1 or section 16 of P.L.1964, c.241 (C.43:16A-11.1) as amended by P.L.2001, c.4 (C. 43:15A-100.1 et al.), or to section 4 of that P.L.2001, c.4 (C.43:15A-100.1), and the annual cost of living adjustment received by retirants and beneficiaries 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 appropriate pension fund or retirement system. L.2001,c.4,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-49 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-49
Accidental death benefit.
Status: in_force

49. a. Upon the death of a member in active service as a result of: (1) an accident met in the actual performance of duty at some definite time and place, or (2) service in the reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard in a federal active duty status, and not as the result of his 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. b. 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 50% of the compensation, upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service, for the use of herself or himself and the children of the deceased member, to continue during her or his widowhood; if there is no surviving widow or widower or in case the widow or widower dies or remarries, 20% of such compensation will be payable to one surviving child, 35% of such compensation to two surviving children in equal shares and if there be three or more children, 50% of such compensation will be payable to such 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 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. c. If there is no surviving widow, widower, child or parent, there shall be paid to any other beneficiary of the deceased member his accumulated deductions at the time of death. d. In no case shall the death benefit provided in subsection b. be less than that provided under subsection c. e. In addition to the foregoing benefits payable under subsection b. or c., there shall also be paid in one sum to such member's beneficiary an amount equal to one and one-half times the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service. L.1954, c.84, s.49; amended 1955, c.261, s.15; 1966, c.217, s.9; 1971, c.213, s.23; 1977, c.376, s.2; 1987, c.1, s.2; 2009, c.23, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16-4c — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-4c
Pension to widow who married member after 50 years of age
Status: in_force

The widow of any member who died prior to June 15, 1965, shall receive a pension in the amount prescribed by the act to which this act is a supplement if she is otherwise eligible for such pension notwithstanding that she had married her deceased husband after he reached 50 years of age. Pensions authorized by this act shall be payable only upon written application therefor filed with the commission not later than 6 months after the effective date of this act. Each such pension shall commence as of the effective date of this act and continue during widowhood, but no widow's benefit shall be payable for the period from a member's date of death to the effective date of this act. L.1971, c. 22, s. 1, eff. Feb. 4, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-48.9 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-48.9
Police officers in municipalities establishing police departments; contributions, credits, rights and benefits
Status: in_force

When a police officer transfers back to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System under the circumstances set forth in section 1 of this act, the police officer and the employing municipality shall be required to make such contributions, on the basis of rates established by the actuary of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, which, when added to the funds transferred pursuant to section 1 of this act and any prior contributions made by or on behalf of the transferring police officer retained by the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, will obtain for the police officer the same credits, rights and benefits of membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System as would have accrued had the police officer continued to be a member of that system during his entire employment as a police officer. L.1980, c. 136, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-3
Benefits.
Status: in_force

43:21-3. Benefits. (a) Payment of benefits. All benefits shall be promptly paid from the fund in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed hereunder. (b) Weekly benefits for unemployment. With respect to an individual's benefit year commencing on or after July 1, 1961, such individual, if eligible and unemployed (as defined in subsection (m) of R.S.43:21-19), shall be paid an amount (except as to final payment) equal to his weekly benefit rate less any remuneration, other than remuneration from self-employment paid to an individual who is receiving a self-employment assistance allowance, paid or payable to him for such week in excess of 20% of his weekly benefit rate (fractional part of a dollar omitted) or $5.00, whichever is the greater; provided that such amount shall be computed to the next lower multiple of $1.00 if not already a multiple thereof. (c) Weekly benefit rate. (1) With respect to an individual whose benefit year commences after September 30, 1984, his weekly benefit rate under each determination shall be 60% of his average weekly wage, subject to a maximum of 56 2/3 % of the Statewide average weekly remuneration paid to workers by employers subject to this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), as determined and promulgated by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development; provided, however, that such individual's weekly benefit rate shall be computed to the next lower multiple of $1.00 if not already a multiple thereof. (2) Dependency benefits. (A) With respect to an individual whose benefit year commences after September 30, 1984, the individual's weekly benefit rate as determined in paragraph (1) of this subsection (c) will be increased by 7% for the first dependent and 4% each for the next two dependents (up to a maximum of three dependents), computed to the next lower multiple of $1.00 if not already a multiple thereof, except that the maximum weekly benefit rate payable for an individual claiming dependency benefits shall not exceed the maximum amount determined under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c). (B) For the purposes of this paragraph (2), a dependent is defined as an individual's unemployed spouse or an unemployed unmarried child (including a stepchild or a legally adopted child) under the age of 19, an unemployed unmarried child, who is attending an educational institution as defined in subsection (y) of R.S.43:21-19 on a full-time basis and is under the age of 22, or an unemployed unmarried disabled adult child who has blindness or a disability which began before the age of 22. The burden of proof shall be on the claimant to establish that an individual is a dependent, as that term is defined in this subparagraph (B). For the purpose of this subparagraph (B), blindness or disability shall be determined using the standard set forth within 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, which is used by the Social Security Administration to determine disability and blindness when evaluating eligibility for Disabled Adult Child benefits under the Social Security Act. For the purpose of determining under this subparagraph (B) whether an individual is a dependent, because the individual is an adult child who has blindness or a disability which began before the age of 22, written proof of a determination by the Social Security Administration that the individual is currently eligible for Disabled Adult Child benefits under the Social Security Act shall be considered conclusive proof of dependent status. If an individual's spouse is employed during the week the individual files an initial claim for benefits, this paragraph (2) shall not apply. If both spouses establish a claim for benefits in accordance with the provisions of this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.), only one shall be entitled to dependency benefits as provided in this paragraph (2). (C) Any determination establishing dependency benefits under this paragraph (2) shall remain fixed for the duration of the individual's benefit year and shall not be increased or decreased unless it is determined by the division that the individual wrongfully claimed dependency benefits as a result of false or fraudulent representation. (D) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the division shall use every available administrative means to insure that dependency benefits are paid only to individuals who meet the requirements of this paragraph (2). These administrative actions may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (i) All married individuals claiming dependents under this paragraph (2) shall be required to provide the social security number of the individual's spouse. If the individual indicates that the spouse is unemployed, the division shall match the social security number of the spouse against available wage records to determine whether earnings were reported on the last quarterly earnings report filed by employers under R.S.43:21-14. If earnings were reported, the division shall contact in writing the last employer to determine whether the spouse is currently employed. (ii) Where a child is claimed as a dependent by an individual under this paragraph (2), the individual shall be required to provide to the division the most recent federal income tax return filed by the individual to assist the division in verifying the claim. (3) For the purposes of this subsection (c), the "Statewide average weekly remuneration paid to workers by employers" shall be computed and determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development on or before September 1 of each year on the basis of one-fifty-second of the total remuneration reported for the preceding calendar year by employers subject to this chapter, divided by the average of the number of workers reported by such employers, and shall be effective as to benefit determinations in the calendar year following such computation and determination. (d) Maximum total benefits. (1) (A) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2003, c.107). (B) (i) With respect to an individual for whom benefits shall be payable for benefit years commencing on or after July 1, 1986, and before July 1, 2003 as provided in this section, the individual shall be entitled to receive a total amount of benefits equal to three-quarters of the individual's base weeks with all employers in the base year multiplied by the individual's weekly benefit rate; but the amount of benefits thus resulting under that determination shall be adjusted to the next lower multiple of $1.00 if not already a multiple thereof. With respect to an individual for whom benefits shall be payable for benefit years commencing on or after July 1, 2003 as provided in this section, the individual shall be entitled to receive a total amount of benefits equal to the number of the individual's base weeks with all employers in the base year multiplied by the individual's weekly benefit rate; but the amount of benefits thus resulting under that determination shall be adjusted to the next lower multiple of $1.00 if not already a multiple thereof. (ii) Except as provided pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of R.S.43:21-7, benefits paid to an individual for benefit years commencing on or after July 1, 1986 shall be charged against the accounts of the individual's base year employers in the following manner: Each week of benefits paid to an eligible individual shall be charged against each base year employer's account in the same proportion that the wages paid by each employer to the individual during the base year bear to the wages paid by all employers to that individual during the base year. (iii) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1997, c.255.) (2) No such individual shall be entitled to receive benefits under this chapter (R.S.43:21-1 et seq.) in excess of 26 times his weekly benefit rate in any benefit year under either of subsections (c) and (f) of R.S.43:21-4. In the event that any individual qualifies for benefits under both of said subsections during any benefit year, the maximum total amount of benefits payable under said subsections combined to such individual during the benefit year shall be one and one-half times the maximum amount of benefits payable under one of said subsections. (3) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1984, c.24.) Amended 1938, c.396; 1939, c.94, s.1; 1940, c.247, s.1; 1945, c.72; 1948, c.110, s.19; 1950, c.172, s.1; 1952, c.187, s.1; 1954, c.248; 1955, c.203, s.1; 1961, c.43, s.1; 1967, c.30, s.1, 1967, c.30, title amended 1967, c.286, s.12; 1974, c.86, s.1; 1977, c.307, s.1; 1978, c.18; 1984, c.24, s.1; 1995, c.394, s.6; 1997, c.255, s.1; 2003, c.107, s.2; 2004, c.45, s.1; 2024, c.102, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:5A-4 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-4
Application for retirement; acceptance; certification; annual examination of disability retirees for continuation of eligibility; forced retirement at 70; payment of pensions
Status: in_force

a. An employee who has reached 65 years of age and is eligible for a pension under this act may retire and receive said pension by filing with the commission an application, duly attested, stating at which time subsequent thereto he desires to be retired. The commission, upon satisfactory proofs of eligibility, shall retire him at the time specified, or at such other time within 30 days after the date so specified as it finds advisable, and shall certify to the Director of the Division of Pensions, Department of the Treasury, the date of retirement and the amount of the pension fixed in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this act. b. An employee who has not reached 65 years of age but is permanently and totally disabled shall, upon his own application, or the application of one acting in his behalf, or the application of the head of the department in which he is employed, be retired. Upon receipt of such application, the commission shall refer the application to the Division of Pensions so that it may be processed as are all other applications for disability retirement. Upon satisfactory proofs of eligibility, the commission shall retire said employee, and shall certify to the Director of the Division of Pensions, Department of the Treasury, the date of retirement and the amount of pension fixed in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this act. c. Once each year the commission may, and upon his application shall, require any person retired pursuant to subsection b. of this section who is under the age of 65 years to undergo medical examination on the same basis as is the case for all other disability retirements processed by the Division of Pensions. If the Division of Pensions shall report and certify to the commission that he is not totally incapacitated, either physically or mentally for the performance of duty, or if he is engaged in an occupation, then the amount of his pension shall be reduced to an amount which, when added to the amount of his earnings, shall not exceed the amount of the salary now attributable to his former position; except that no pension subject to the minimum for those whose service exceeds 40 years as specified in section 3 of this act shall be reduced below the minimum required thereby. If his earnings have changed since the date of his last examination, then the amount of his pension may be further altered; but the new pension shall not exceed the amount of pension originally granted. If such person while under the age of 65 years refuses to submit to at least one medical examination in any year by a physician or physicians designated by the Division of Pensions, his pension shall be discontinued until withdrawal of his refusal. Any discontinuance, reduction or other alteration of pension under this subsection shall be certified by the commission to the Director of the Division of Pensions, Department of the Treasury. d. When a State employee eligible for retirement and pension under this act has reached the age of 70 years, the head of the department in which he is employed shall report thereon to the commission, which shall retire said employee forthwith or at such time within 90 days, thereof as it deems advisable, and shall certify to the Director of the Division of Pensions, Department of the Treasury, the date of retirement and the amount of the pension fixed in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this act. e. Pensions granted under this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer, upon certificate of the Director of the Division of Pensions and warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting; out of the amount appropriated by law for the purpose. L.1973, c. 249, s. 4, eff. Nov. 26, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-72 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-72
Deductions from retirement allowance for PERS members.
Status: in_force

72. If possible, whenever any beneficiary of the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey shall, in writing, request the Division of Pensions and Benefits to make deductions from the beneficiary's retirement allowance or pension for the payment of premiums for the pensioners' group health or dental insurance plan or the State Health Benefits Program, the division may make such deductions and transmit the sum so deducted to the companies carrying the policies. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by any beneficiary upon filing notice of such withdrawal with the division. Deductions for the payment of the premiums for a group dental insurance plan shall be made by the division only if 1,000 or more beneficiaries covered by that plan have made written requests for deductions. L.1954,c.84,s.72; amended 1971, c.213, s.32; 1997, c.332, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3B-5 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-5
Commencement of adjustment of retirement allowance, pension or survivorship benefit payments; duration
Status: in_force

The adjustment in retirement allowances, pensions and survivorship benefits provided for under this act and under section 6 of P.L.1969, c. 169 (C. 43:3B-6) shall commence with retirement allowance, pension and survivorship benefit payments for the month of January 1978, except as hereinafter specified, provided, that there is appropriated the amount certified by the Director of the Division of Pensions to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting as set forth in section 4 hereof. In the case of any retirant or beneficiary first becoming eligible to receive an adjustment under the provisions of section 6 of P.L.1969, c. 169 (C. 43:3B-7), such adjustment shall be paid beginning in the 25th month in which he is entitled to receive his retirement allowance pension or survivorship benefit. The adjustment in retirement allowances, pensions and survivorship benefits shall continue to be paid as long as there shall be appropriated the amounts so certified. In the event that the necessary funds are not so appropriated, the adjustment in retirement allowances, pensions and survivorship benefits shall cease; no further payments shall be made by other employers; refunds shall be made by the Director of the Division of Pensions to all employers of any balances unexpended on their account; and charges shall be certified by the Director of the Division of Pensions to all employers of any amounts which have been paid on behalf of the retirants and beneficiaries of former employees of such employer for which funds have not been paid to the Division of Pensions by the employer. In the event that any such charges are certified, provision for payment shall be made by the employer in the budget for the ensuing fiscal year. L.1958, c. 143, p. 650, s. 5. Amended by L.1971, c. 139, s. 6, eff. May 12, 1971; L.1975, c. 375, s. 4, eff. March 3, 1976; L.1977, c. 306, s. 3, eff. Dec. 27, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 43:13-22.13 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22.13
Treasurer; bond; receipt and disbursement of moneys
Status: in_force

All moneys, the property of the retirement system, shall be received and paid to the treasurer of the retirement system who shall be bonded in such amount as shall be determined by the commission, such bonds to be paid for by the system. All moneys paid by the retirement system shall be paid by the treasurer of the fund by check, signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the chairman of the commission, after approval at a meeting of the commission. L.1954, c. 218, p. 813, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 43:15A-42 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-42
Ordinary disability retirement.
Status: in_force

42. A member, under 60 years of age, who has 10 or more years of credit for New Jersey service, shall, upon the application of the head of the department in which he shall have been employed or upon his own application or the application of one acting in his behalf, be retired for ordinary disability by the board of trustees. The physician or physicians designated by the board shall have first made a medical examination of him at his residence or at any other place mutually agreed upon and shall have certified to the board that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and should be retired. The service requirement provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act shall not become effective for 5 years following the effective date of the act. No person who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.3 shall be eligible for retirement pursuant to this section. L.1954, c.84, s.42; amended 1966, c.67, s.3; amended 2010, c.3, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 43:17-44 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-44
Annual convention; election of officers
Status: in_force

43:17-44. At each annual convention of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association, there shall be elected, by ballot, a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, first assistant secretary, second assistant secretary, executive committee and such other officers as the constitution and by-laws adopted by the New Jersey State Firemen's Association require. The president, secretary and other officers and such other persons or committees as the constitution and by-laws of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association provide, shall constitute the executive committee of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. The president and secretary, after each election, shall file with the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance a sworn statement of the fact of the election and of the names of the officers so elected. The first certificate filed after March twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, which contained a reference to the act entitled "An act concerning firemen's relief associations," approved March twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five (L.1885, c.122, p.144), stated the intention to incorporate thereunder and had thereon an impression of the common seal of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association shall be deemed to be the certificate of incorporation of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. The executive committee of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association has the power to adopt and revise the constitution and by-laws from time for time in accordance with R.S.43:17-35. At each annual convention the New Jersey State Firemen's Association may adopt for its use and government any amendment submitted by any local association or the executive committee to amend the constitution and by-laws as seem best for its uses and purposes. Amended 1996, c.151, s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-30 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-30
Retirement for service, age and disability
Status: in_force

In all counties of the first class of this state which have police officers for the supervision and regulation of traffic on county roads therein, any member of the police force thereof who shall have honorably served on the force for a period of twenty years, shall have attained the age of sixty years and shall be found physically unfit for further services thereon, may be retired on half pay by the board or body having charge and control of the force, or upon his application shall be retired upon half pay.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.58c — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.58c
Additional pension; retiree over 55 with 25 years or more service
Status: in_force

Any employee retiring after the effective date of this act who has 25 years of service and who has attained 55 years of age, shall be entitled, in addition to a pension at 50% of final salary, to an added 1% of his average salary for each year in excess of 25 years of service rendered prior to his reaching age 70. L.1975, c. 230, s. 5, eff. Oct. 16, 1975. Amended by L.1978, c. 127, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-1.3 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1.3
First class counties under 800,000; 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 of a first class county having a population of less than eight hundred thousand as defined in the article to which this is a supplement who at the time of the effective date 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.1951, c. 271, p. 938, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.64e — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.64e
Legislation providing blanket increases to retirants or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this act after 1977; termination of increases; exception
Status: in_force

If legislation is adopted providing for a blanket increase in original pensions or minimum pensions to any group of retirants or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this supplementary act, other than legislation enacted prior to 1978, all increases provided under this supplementary act shall be terminated on the first of the month when such blanket increases or minimum pensions are payable, except in those instances where the retirant's or beneficiary's original pension plus the increases provided under this supplementary act will exceed the amounts payable to such retirant or beneficiary as a result of such other legislation; in such event the amount payable under this supplementary act shall thereafter be the difference between the new pension payable by the pension fund and the amount which would otherwise have been paid under this act. Any subsequent annual review of amounts payable under this supplementary act for such retirants and beneficiaries shall continue to be determined on the basis of the original pension as granted by the retirement system prior to any blanket increase or provision for minimum pension for any group of retirants or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this supplementary act. L.1978, c. 127, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:16A-7.2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-7.2
Benefits provided to police officer who performs duties in another department
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a member who is employed by a municipal police department and who is assigned by that department to duties in another municipal police department shall be eligible while performing the assigned duties for the benefits provided to the member or the survivors of the member under sections 7 and 10 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-7 and 10). L.1991,c.57,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 43:18-15 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-15
Payment of pensions; retirement; death; incapacity
Status: in_force

Pensions shall be paid from such fund in following manner: I. In all cities of this state in which this chapter is or shall hereafter become operative, every employee and officer, as defined in section 43:18-7 of this title, who shall have honorably served therein for twenty-five years continuously, and who is a member of said pension fund corporation, and who has paid all the dues and assessments levied and provided for by the statutes of New Jersey governing said corporation and the by-laws of said corporation, and who shall have attained the age of fifty-five years, shall upon application to the local board or department of health of such city, be retired by such board and shall thereupon receive from such pension fund, an amount, annually, equal to one-half of the average salary received by such employee, for the last two years of his or her employment; provided, however, that the retirement age of fifty-five years herein prescribed shall not retroactively affect the retirement age of any member employee who was a member of said pension fund corporation prior to June fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six. Whenever any employee or officer, having served a period of five years or over in the board or department of health or city hospital, who, having paid into the fund the full amount of his or her annual assessments, shall die or in the event that any member who has been heretofore, or who shall hereafter be retired and pensioned under the provisions of this chapter shall die, then and in each of such events, a pension in an amount equal to one-half the amount of the average salary received by such member during the last two years of his or her employment and in those cases where a member has been retired and pensioned previous thereto, shall be paid to the widow for the benefit of herself and minor children, if any, under the age of sixteen years, but in no case shall such payment exceed one thousand dollars per annum; provided, however, that in cities of the second class, in which on June second, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, the act entitled "An act concerning local boards of health and employees thereof in cities in this state, and for the relief of such employees," approved April second, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, as amended and supplemented, was in force, a pension in an amount equal to one-half of the amount of the average salary received by such member during the last two years of his or her employment shall be paid to the widow, but in no case shall the payment exceed the sum of two thousand dollars per annum. In the event a member shall die and leave a surviving husband who is incapacitated either mentally or physically and unable to pursue a gainful occupation for the care of himself and children, if there be any, such surviving husband shall be entitled to a pension of one-half the amount of the average salary received by such member, such pension not to exceed one thousand dollars annually. No pension shall be paid to any widow or widower of any member of the corporation unless he or she was married to a member of the corporation before the date of said member's retirement and before said member arrived at the age of fifty years. Upon the remarriage of any such widow or widower pension payments shall cease. In the event that there shall be no widow or widower surviving or qualified to take under this chapter, but such deceased member shall leave children surviving under the age of sixteen years then such pension shall be paid to such of said member's children who have not attained the age of sixteen years in equal shares if there are three or more of them; if only two they shall be paid twenty dollars each, monthly, and if only one, such child shall be paid twenty-five dollars monthly, until the age of sixteen years is reached. In no event shall the payment under this provision exceed the sum of one thousand dollars annually. II. The board of trustees of any pension fund corporation organized under this chapter are hereby authorized to pay to any member from such pension fund an amount equal to one-half of his or her average salary received by him or her for the last two years of his or her employment; provided, that any such employee or officer of such board or department shall hereafter become incapacitated, either mentally, or physically; provided, however, that no such payments shall be made unless the member has completed his or her fifth year of service in said board or department of health or city hospital. III. Any employee or officer of any such local board or department of health who shall have served therein for twenty-five years continuously, and who is a member of said pension fund corporation and who has paid all the dues and assessments levied and provided for by the statutes of New Jersey governing said corporation and the by-laws of said corporation, and who shall have attained the age of fifty-five years, who shall become incapacitated either mentally or physically from illness or injuries incurred in the performance of his duties as such employee, or who, by reason of advanced age is found unfit for the performance of his duties, shall be retired by the local board or department of health of such city and thereupon he shall receive from such pension fund an amount equal to one-half the average salary received by him for the last two years of his employment; provided, however, that the retirement age of fifty-five years herein prescribed shall not retroactively affect the retirement age of any member employee entered into and obtaining prior to June fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-65 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-65
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

9. The commissioner shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to govern the proper conduct and operation of the program consistent with the provisions of this act. L.1992,c.47,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-18.78 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-18.78
Retirement upon attainment of age 70
Status: in_force

All members of the pension fund shall be required to retire upon the attainment of age 70 or 2 years following the effective date of this act, whichever is later. L.1966, c. 210, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 43:21-7.9 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7.9
Unemployment compensation benefits for 2020 not considered in employer's reserve ratio.
Status: in_force

1. a. The costs of any unemployment compensation benefits paid to employees of an employer during the public health emergency and state of emergency declared by the Governor on March 9, 2020, and any subsequent extensions of that public health emergency and state of emergency, shall not be considered when calculating that employer's reserve ratio for the purposes of determining the rate of the employer's contributions to the State unemployment compensation fund pursuant to R.S.43:21-7. b. Any employer that is a nonprofit organization which elects to make payments in lieu of contributions pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1971, c.346 (C.43:21-7.2) or is a governmental entity or instrumentality which elects to make payments in lieu of contributions pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.346 (C.43:21-7.3), shall not be liable for payments in lieu of contributions with respect to the payments of unemployment compensation benefits made pursuant to either of those two sections during the public health emergency and state of emergency declared by the Governor on March 9, 2020, and any subsequent extensions of that public health emergency and state of emergency, except that the employer shall be required to make payments in lieu of contributions from any available funds held in trust for that purpose from contributions made by its employees. Any portion of the payments of unemployment benefits which are not paid from the employee contributions held in trust or from funds provided by the federal government pursuant to the federal CARES Act, public law 116-136, pursuant to section 9012 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, or pursuant to any other applicable federal law, shall not result in a liability for the employer but shall be regarded as State liability relief to the employer and shall be paid from the unemployment compensation fund. Any reimbursing employer who, prior to the effective date of this act, made payments in lieu of contributions during the public health emergency shall be entitled to a reimbursement from the unemployment compensation fund of all of those payments in lieu of contributions made during this period, except that the employer shall not be reimbursed for payments made in lieu of contributions from funds held in trust for that purpose from contributions made by its employees. 2020, c.150, s.1; amended 2021, c.143.
N.J. Stat. § 43:10-44 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-44
Adoption of article
Status: in_force

This article shall not be operative in any county until the board of chosen freeholders thereof shall have determined, by resolution, to adopt its provisions for the county.
N.J. Stat. § 43:8B-7 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 8B / Section 8B-7
Pensions granted under other sections; effect of repeal
Status: in_force

No pensions may be granted under the provisions of any statute repealed by section 6 of this act after the date this act becomes effective. Any pension granted prior to the effective date of this act under the provisions of any statute repealed by section 6 of this act shall be continued in the same manner and under the same conditions as originally granted. L.1955, c. 263, p. 983, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 43:3C-2 — NJ Code / Title 43 / Chapter 3C / Section 3C-2
Repeal
Status: in_force

Chapter 3 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, and all amendments and supplements thereto, is repealed. L.1968, c. 23, s. 2, eff. April 26, 1968.