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NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.15m (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.15m - Termination of increases; blanket increases or minimum pensions; exception

43:10-18.15m. Termination of increases; blanket increases or minimum pensions; exception  If legislation is adopted providing for a blanket increase in the original pensions or for minimum pensions to any group of retirants eligible for benefits under this act, 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 original pension plus the increases provided under this act will exceed the amounts payable to such retirants as a result of such other legislation; in such event the amount payable under this act shall be the difference between the new pension payable by the retirement system 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 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 eligible for benefits under this act. L.1971, c. 102, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.15n (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.15n - Rules and regulations by director of the division of pensions; reports

43:10-18.15n. Rules and regulations by director of the division of pensions; reports  The Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of the Treasury shall promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169) and this act, as he shall deem necessary for the effective operation of the program. He shall include a report of the operation of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169) and this act in his annual report submitted to the Governor and the Legislature regarding all of the operations of the Division of Pensions. The secretary of the retirement system shall furnish such information as the director may request for this purpose. L.1971, c. 102, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.16a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.16a - Permissible agreements

43:10-18.16a. Permissible agreements  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.17 - Administrative expenses

43:10-18.17. Administrative expenses  The pension commission shall estimate and certify, annually, to the board of chosen freeholders of the county, a reasonable amount required to defray the administrative expenses of this retirement system in the ensuing year, and the board of chosen freeholders shall pay such amount to the pension commission as other expense funds of the county are paid. L.1943, c. 160, p. 466, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.17a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.17a - Actuarial valuation of fund; adoption of tables; changes in rates; certification of rate; classification of members

43:10-18.17a. Actuarial valuation of fund; adoption of tables; changes in rates; certification of rate; classification of members  The actuary appointed by the commission shall recommend and the board shall keep in convenient form, such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuation of the fund every year. Once in every 3-year period the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service and compensation or salary experience of the members and beneficiaries of the fund and shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the fund. Upon the basis of such investigation and valuation the commission shall: a. Adopt for the fund such mortality, service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary; b. Recommend changes in the rates of contributions; and c. Certify the rate of contribution, expressed as a proportion of the compensation of the members which shall be made by the county to the fund in order to continue the fund on a fully funded, reserve basis once the fund has achieved a fully funded status on the basis of increased contributions by the county and the members. For the purpose of the valuation the commission shall classify the members in such group or groups as it deems necessary. L.1960, c. 191, p. 805, s. 6. Amended by L.1966, c. 243, s. 7, eff. Aug. 17, 1966.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.18 - Withdrawal from retirement system; separation from service; retirement on pension; death without surviving spouse or children

43:10-18.18. Withdrawal from retirement system; separation from service; retirement on pension; death without surviving spouse or children  From and after July 1, 1943, any employee who is or becomes a member of this retirement system may not withdraw therefrom and shall not be entitled to a refund of any moneys theretofore and thereafter deducted from his salary hereunder; provided, however, that any employee who separates from the county service through his discharge, resignation, or for any other reasons other than retirement shall be entitled to a refund of all moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system established hereunder; provided, however, that any member of the retirement system established hereunder who retires on pension under the provisions of any other act, shall be entitled, upon written application made therefore to the pension commission within 3 months after such retirement on pension, to a refund of the moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system, and provided, further, that where the service of an employee is terminated by death of the employee, if such employee leaves no widow, dependent widower, or dependent children under 18 years of age, all moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system established hereunder shall be paid to the person designated by said employee as his or her beneficiary and if no such designation has been made or if the beneficiary has predeceased said employee, all moneys deducted from his or her salary for the retirement system shall be paid to the estate of the deceased employee. L.1943, c. 160, p. 467, s. 18. Amended by L.1956, c. 205, p. 744, s. 1; L.1960, c. 191, p. 805, s. 5; L.1966, c. 243, s. 6, eff. Aug. 17, 1966; L.1971, c. 426, s. 5, eff. Feb. 1, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.18a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.18a - Periodic increases

43:10-18.18a. Periodic increases  Notwithstanding any other provision in P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.1 et seq.) and P.L. 1971, c. 102 (C. 43:10-18.15g et seq.), in the event a retirant who had been actively employed on or after September 1, 1987 has died or shall die, periodic increases in his pension shall continue to be calculated as if he or she had remained alive and the retirant's widow or widower shall be entitled to receive one-half of those periodic increases.  L. 1987, c. 429, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.19 - Reentry into service of county after separation from service; payments required

43:10-18.19. Reentry into service of county after separation from service; payments required  (A) Whenever a member of this retirement system becomes separated from the county service because of a lay-off or leave of absence without pay for a cause other than sickness or disability for a period longer than two months, or because of abolishment of position, or, except as provided in subsection (B) hereof, for any other reason other than retirement or entry into military or naval service of the United States, re-enters the service of the county within five years after such separation, all the rights and benefits hereunder enjoyed by such employee prior to such separation shall be restored upon payment of all refunds given to him upon his separation from the service; provided, however, that such employee shall not be entitled to receive credit for pension purposes for the time elapsing during such separation period unless he shall pay into this retirement system, in the manner in subsection (C) hereof provided, a sum of money equal in amount to all accrued deductions from his salary which would have been made had such employee continued to be a member of the retirement system since the date of his separation therefrom. (B) Whenever a member of this retirement system becomes separated from the county service because of (a) a lay-off or leave of absence for a period of time not in excess of two months, (b) a leave of absence with pay, or (c) a leave of absence because of sickness or disability, all the rights and benefits of such member hereunder shall continue, except that such employee's pension benefits hereunder shall be computed by excluding the period of time of such separation period unless he shall pay into this retirement system, in the manner in subsection (C) hereof provided, a sum of money equal in amount to all accrued deductions from his salary which would have been made during the period of time of such separation. (C) Such payment may be made either (1) in one sum, or (2) by equal semimonthly installments over a period of not more than five years, but in no event to extend beyond the date upon which such employee attains age sixty years, such installments to be deducted in addition to other regular deductions made from his salary for this retirement system; provided, however, that only so much of the said period will be credited as the employee has paid for. Upon such payment being completed, the county shall pay into the retirement system a sum of money equal to such employee's payment, exclusive of the employee's repayment, if any, of refunds. L.1943, c. 160, p. 467, s. 19. Amended by L.1944, c. 158, p. 590, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.20 - Military or naval services, women's service organizations or foreign Red Cross service, entry into; death or disability

43:10-18.20. Military or naval services, women's service organizations or foreign Red Cross service, entry into; death or disability  Any member of this retirement system or of any county retirement system referred to in section seven of this act and merged into this retirement system by this act, who, heretofore and subsequent to July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty, entered, or hereafter, in time of war, shall enter the active military or naval service of the United States or the active service of the Merchant Marine or the active service of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, the Women's Reserve of the Naval Reserve or any similar organization authorized by the United States to serve with the Army or Navy, including any member of this system while serving in the foreign service of the American Red Cross outside continental United States, shall not suffer the loss or impairment of any of the rights, benefits or privileges accorded by the provisions of this act; provided, however, that in the event of the death or disability of such person while in such service the pension to be paid such person or his or her dependents shall be based upon the salary which such person would have been entitled to receive at the time of his or her death or disability had he or she continued in county employment up to the time of his or her death or disability. The benefits granted hereunder to any such person who dies or is disabled while he or she is in any of the services described in this section shall not be reduced or affected by the payment of any Federal pension, compensation or insurance to such person or his or her beneficiaries. During the period beginning with the time of the entry of such person into such service and ending at the earliest of (a) three months after the time of such person's discharge from such service or (b) the time such person resumes such county employment or (c) the time of such person's death or disability while in such service, the proper officer of the county shall contribute or cause to be contributed to the pension fund provided hereunder the amount required by the terms of this act based upon the amount of compensation received by such person prior to his or her entry into such service and during the period first mentioned in this paragraph any such person receiving compensation from the county shall continue to contribute the amount required by this act to be paid by members of this retirement system and during the period first mentioned in this paragraph any such person not receiving compensation from the county shall not be required to contribute the amount required by this act to be paid by members of this retirement system but said amount shall be contributed for such person by the county. L.1943, c. 160, p. 468, s. 20. Amended by L.1945, c. 214, p. 716, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.21 - Annual reports

43:10-18.21. Annual reports  The pension commission shall report annually on the condition of the retirement system and the manner in which its funds are invested. The report shall be filed with the board of chosen freeholders of the county and a copy thereof furnished to the head of each department of the county for use of the employees and the public. L.1943, c. 160, p. 469, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.22 - Exemptions of funds and pensions; assignment

43:10-18.22. Exemptions of funds and pensions; assignment  All funds created under this act and all pensions granted under this act shall be exempt from any State, county, or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment, or any other process and shall be unassignable, except that pension payments to be made to a pensioner may be assigned in writing by the pensioner but only for the payment of premiums for group plan for hospital service or for hospital, medical and surgical insurance or 1 or more of them. L.1943, c. 160, p. 469, s. 22. Amended by L.1957, c. 225, p. 773, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.23 - Fraud; mistakes

43:10-18.23. Fraud; mistakes  Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable therefor under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Should any change in the records or any mistake in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he or she would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then, on the discovery of any such error, the pension commission shall correct such error, and, so far as practicable, shall adjust the payments which may be made for and to such person in such a manner that the equivalent of the benefit to which he or she was correctly entitled shall be paid. L.1943, c. 160, p. 469, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.24 - Partial invalidity

43:10-18.24. Partial invalidity  In case for any reason any section or part of any section or any provision of this act shall be questioned in any court and shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not be held to affect any other section or part of any section or provision of this act. L.1943, c. 160, p. 470, s. 24.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.25 - Effective date; repeal of conflicting laws

43:10-18.25. Effective date; repeal of conflicting laws  This act shall take effect immediately and all acts or parts of acts insofar as they conflict with this act, are hereby repealed. L.1943, c. 160, p. 470, s. 25.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.26 - Court attendants, guards, keepers, nurses and other employees caring for prisoners; retirement; employment after 65

43:10-18.26. Court attendants, guards, keepers, nurses and other employees caring for prisoners; retirement; employment after 65  The board of chosen freeholders in any county of this State having a population of more than eight hundred thousand inhabitants may retire any court attendant in the office of the sheriff, and any guard, keeper, nurse and other employee engaged in the safe-keeping and care of prisoners in the county jail and the county penitentiary, who shall have served as such for a period of twenty years, and shall have reached the age of sixty-five years, and who, at that time, is a member of the employees' retirement system of such county provided for by the act of which this act is supplementary under the provisions of said act; provided, however, subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, that any such person may be continued in his or her county employment after reaching the age of sixty-five, if the sheriff or warden of the jail or penitentiary, as the case may be, shall file a certificate with the board of chosen freeholders and the pension commission of the county, certifying that such person is in good physical and mental condition and able to fully perform his or her duties, in which event such employee shall be permitted to remain in employment for a period not exceeding one year from the date of the certificate. Such certificates may, in the discretion of the sheriff or warden, as the case may be, be renewed annually until after such person shall have reached the age of seventy. L.1947, c. 367, p. 1180, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.27 - Effective date

43:10-18.27. Effective date  This act shall take effect six months after the same shall have been adopted. L.1947, c. 367, p. 1181, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.28 - Employees in first-class counties under 800,000 ineligible because of beginning age; prior service

43:10-18.28. Employees in first-class counties under 800,000 ineligible because of beginning age; prior service  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 800,000 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 45 and who was at the time of accepting such employment under the age of 55 years and had prior service in any other elective or appointive State or municipal office or position, 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. L.1954, c. 251, p. 918, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.29 - Credit for prior service; payment of arrears; deductions and benefits

43:10-18.29. Credit for prior service; payment of arrears; deductions and benefits  Where any such employee has had prior elective or appointive service in any State or municipal office or position, such employee shall be given credit for pension purposes hereunder for such prior service, in addition to his total county service, upon 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 5 years from the date of the application to join the fund; or if so requested upon written application, 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.1954, c. 251, p. 918, s. 2.