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NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-12 - Payment of workers' compensation

40A:10-12. Payment of workers' compensation  A local unit may provide for the payment of workers' compensation under the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes (Labor and Workmen's Compensation, R.S. 34:15-1, et seq.) by: a. The creation of a workers' compensation fund as hereinafter provided; or b. The placing of workers' compensation insurance with any insurance company authorized to do business in New Jersey; or c. Paying workers' compensation in the same manner as provided by law. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-12.1 - "Local unit" for purposes of Article 4, chapter 10 of Title 40A

40A:10-12.1. "Local unit" for purposes of Article 4, chapter 10 of Title 40A  10. For the purposes of Article 4 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-12 et seq.), "local unit" shall be deemed to include boards of education which join together with municipalities pursuant to P.L.1992, c.51 (C.40A:10-52 et al.).  L.1992,c.51,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-13 - Workers' compensation insurance fund

40A:10-13. Workers' compensation insurance fund  The governing body of a local unit may create and appropriate money for a fund to be designated and known as "The Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund." The money so appropriated shall be deposited in the name of the local unit in a National or State bank or trust company and remain there as a trust fund for the purpose of paying obligations of the local unit under the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes (Labor and Workmen's Compensation, R.S. 34:15-1, et seq.). L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-14 - Annual appropriation to fund

40A:10-14. Annual appropriation to fund  The governing body of a local unit may annually appropriate to the fund such money as it may determine to be necessary for the purpose set forth in the preceding section. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-15 - Discontinuance of fund

40A:10-15. Discontinuance of fund  The governing body of a local unit may determine to discontinue the fund, in which case the balance thereof shall become part of the surplus revenue of the local unit. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-16 - Definitions.

40A:10-16 Definitions.  40A:10-16. As used in this subarticle: a. "Dependents" means an employee's spouse and the employee's unmarried children, including stepchildren, legally adopted children, and, at the option of the employer and the carrier, children placed by the Division of Youth and Family Services, under the age of 19 who live with the employee in a regular parent-child relationship, and may also include, at the option of the employer and the carrier, other unmarried children of the employee under the age of 23 who are dependent upon the employee for support and maintenance, but shall not include a spouse or child while serving in the military service. At the option of the employer, "dependent" may include an employee's domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3); b. "Employees" may, at the option of the employer, include elected officials, but shall not include persons employed on a short-term, seasonal, intermittent or emergency basis, persons compensated on a fee basis, or persons whose compensation from the employer is limited to reimbursement of necessary expenses actually incurred in the discharge of their duties; c. "Federal Medicare Program" means the coverage provided under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act as amended in 1965, or its successor plan or plans. L.1979, c.230, s.1; amended 2004, c.130, s.114; 2005, c.334, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-17 - Contracts for group insurance, individual retirement annuity programs or individual retirement accounts

40A:10-17. Contracts for group insurance, individual retirement annuity programs or individual retirement accounts  Any local unit or agency thereof, herein referred to as employers, may: a. Enter into contracts of group life, accidental death and dismemberment, hospitalization, dental, medical, surgical, major medical expense, or health and accident insurance with any insurance company or companies authorized to do business in this State, or may contract with a nonprofit hospital service or medical service or dental service corporation with respect to the benefits which they are authorized to provide respectively. The contract or contracts shall provide any one or more of such coverages for the employees of such employer and may include their dependents; b. Enter into a contract or contracts to provide drug prescription and other health care benefits, or enter into a contract or contracts to provide drug prescription and other health care benefits as may be required to implement a duly executed collective negotiation agreement, or as may be required to implement a determination by a local unit to provide such benefit or benefits to employees not included in collective negotiations units; c. Enter into a contract with an insurance company authorized to do business in this State to provide to its employees on a group or individual basis, individual retirement annuities, as defined by section 408(b) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended (26 U.S.C. s. 408(b)). The contract shall provide for coverage under these annuities of any employee of the employer and may provide for the establishment of annuities on behalf of the spouse of the employee. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize coverage of dependents of an employee under a group life insurance policy or to allow the issuance of a group life insurance policy under which the entire premium is to be derived from funds contributed by the insured employees. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 145, s. 1, eff. Nov. 12, 1980; L.1983, c. 445, s. 2, eff. Jan. 9, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-17.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-17.1 - County, municipal, contracting unit employee permitted to waive healthcare coverage.

40A:10-17.1 County, municipal, contracting unit employee permitted to waive healthcare coverage.  37. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a county, municipality or any contracting unit as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2) which enters into a contract providing group health care benefits to its employees pursuant to N.J.S.40A:10-16 et seq., may allow any employee who is eligible for other health care coverage to waive coverage under the county's, municipality's or contracting unit's plan to which the employee is entitled by virtue of employment with the county, municipality or contracting unit. The waiver shall be in such form as the county, municipality or contracting unit shall prescribe and shall be filed with the county, municipality or contracting unit. In consideration of filing such a waiver, a county, municipality or contracting unit may pay to the employee annually an amount, to be established in the sole discretion of the county, municipality or contracting unit, which shall not exceed 50% of the amount saved by the county, municipality or contracting unit because of the employee's waiver of coverage, and, for a waiver filed on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.2, which shall not exceed 25%, or $5,000, whichever is less, of the amount saved by the county, municipality or contracting unit because of the employee's waiver of coverage. An employee who waives coverage shall be permitted to resume coverage under the same terms and conditions as apply to initial coverage if the employee ceases to be covered through the employee's spouse for any reason, including, but not limited to, the retirement or death of the spouse or divorce. An employee who resumes coverage shall repay, on a pro rata basis, any amount received which represents an advance payment for a period of time during which coverage is resumed. An employee who wishes to resume coverage shall file a declaration with the county, municipality or contracting unit, in such form as the county, municipality or contracting unit shall prescribe, that the waiver is revoked. The decision of a county, municipality or contracting unit to allow its employees to waive coverage and the amount of consideration to be paid therefor shall not be subject to the collective bargaining process. L.1995, c.259, s.37; amended 2000, c.126, s.25; 2001, c.342, s.11; 2003. c.3, s.1; 2010, c.2, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-18 - Exclusions from coverage

40A:10-18. Exclusions from coverage  The contract shall exclude from eligibility: a. Employees and dependents, active or retired, who are otherwise eligible for coverage but who, although they meet the age eligibility requirement of the Federal Medicare Program, are not covered by the complete Federal program; b. Any class or classes of employees who are eligible for like or similar coverage under another group contract covering the class or classes of employees. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-19 - Limitations, exclusions, exceptions to be contained in contract

40A:10-19. Limitations, exclusions, exceptions to be contained in contract  Any contract or contracts permitted under this subarticle shall contain limitations, exclusions or exceptions so as to avoid duplication of benefits or services otherwise available pursuant to accidental death and dismemberment, hospitalization, dental, medical, surgical, major medical expense, or health and accident coverage under any other of this State or the coverage afforded under the laws of the United States, such as the Federal Medicare Program, and at the option of the employer and the carrier, group insurance or any other arrangement of coverage for individuals in a group, whether on an insured or uninsured basis. Any contract permitted under this subarticle may condition the eligibility of any employee upon satisfying a waiting period stated in the contract. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 145, s. 2, eff. Nov. 12, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-20 - Discontinuance of coverage; exception

40A:10-20. Discontinuance of coverage; exception  The coverage of any employee, and of his dependents, if any, shall cease upon the discontinuance of his employment or upon cessation of active full-time employment in the classes eligible for coverage subject to such provision as may be made in any contract by his employer for limited continuance of coverage during disability, part-time employment, leave of absence other than leave for military service or layoff, and for continuance of coverage after retirement. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-21 - Payment of premiums; deduction of employee contributions.

40A:10-21 Payment of premiums; deduction of employee contributions.  40A:10-21. a. Any employer entering into a contract pursuant to this subarticle is hereby authorized to pay part or all of the premiums or charges for the contracts and may appropriate out of its general funds any money necessary to pay premiums or charges or portions thereof. The contribution required of any employee toward the cost of coverage may be deducted from the pay, salary or other compensation of the employee upon an authorization in writing made to the appropriate disbursing officer. The employer may reimburse an active employee for his premium charges under Part B of the Federal Medicare Program covering the employee alone. Nothing herein shall be construed as compelling an employer to pay any portion of the premiums or charges attributable to the contracts. b. Commencing on the effective date of P.L.2010, c.2 and upon the expiration of any applicable binding collective negotiations agreement in force on that effective date, employees of an employer shall pay 1.5 percent of base salary, through the withholding of the contribution from the pay, salary or other compensation, for health care benefits coverage provided pursuant to N.J.S.40A:10-17, notwithstanding any other amount that may be required additionally pursuant to subsection a. of this section for such coverage. This subsection shall apply also when the health care benefits coverage is provided through an insurance fund or joint insurance fund or in any other manner. This subsection shall apply to any agency, board, commission, authority, or instrumentality of a local unit. amended 2010, c.2, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-21.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-21.2 - Negotiations for next collective agreement.

40A:10-21.2 Negotiations for next collective agreement.  79. A public employer and employees who are in negotiations for the next collective negotiation agreement to be executed after the employees in that unit have reached full implementation of the premium share set forth in section 39 of P.L.2011, c.78 (C.52:14-17.28c) shall conduct negotiations concerning contributions for health care benefits as if the full premium share was included in the prior contract. The public employers and public employees shall remain bound by the provisions of sections 39, 42, and 44 of P.L.2011, c.78 (C.52:14-17.28c, C.40A:10-21.1, and C.40A:5A-11.1), notwithstanding the expiration of those sections, until the full amount of the contribution required by section 39 has been implemented in accordance with the schedule set forth in section 42. Employees subject to any collective negotiations agreement in effect on the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78, that has an expiration date on or after the expiration of sections 39 through 44, inclusive, of P.L.2011, c.78, shall be subject, upon expiration of that collective negotiations agreement, to sections 39, 42, and 44 until the health care contribution schedule set forth in section 42 is fully implemented. After full implementation, those contribution levels shall become part of the parties' collective negotiations and shall then be subject to collective negotiations in a manner similar to other negotiable items between the parties. A public employee whose amount of contribution in retirement was determined in accordance with section 42 or 44 shall be required to contribute in retirement the amount so determined pursuant to section 42 or 44 notwithstanding that section 42 or 44 has expired, with the retirement allowance, and any future cost of living adjustment thereto, used to identify the percentage of the cost of coverage. L.2011, c.78, s.79.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-22 - Continuance of coverage after retirement

40A:10-22. Continuance of coverage after retirement  The continuance of coverage after retirement of any employee may be provided at rates and under the conditions as shall be prescribed in the contract subject, however, to the requirements set forth in N.J.S. 40A:10-23. The contribution required of any retired employee toward the cost of coverage may be paid by him to his former employer or in such manner as the employer shall direct. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-23.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-23.1 - Payments by county of second class for benefits for certain retirees

40A:10-23.1. Payments by county of second class for benefits for certain retirees  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.40A:10-23 or any other law to the contrary, a county of the second class which has entered into contracts of group hospitalization, medical, surgical, major medical or health insurance or contracted with a nonprofit hospital service or medical service corporation pursuant to N.J.S.40A:10-17 shall pay the entire cost of such coverage during retirement for any policeman, as defined in section 1 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1), who is enrolled in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey and who retires from service with the county after September 30, 1991 and on or before September 30, 1993 and for the employee's dependents, as well as the cost of the employee's coverage under Part B of Medicare, if the employee has a minimum of 25 years of public employment at least 15 years of which were with the county.  Any person who qualifies for the benefit provided pursuant to this section but who retired prior to the effective date of this act shall be reimbursed by the county for the cost of coverage incurred since the date of retirement.  L.1993,c.300,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-23.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-23.2 - Liability of certain townships for health benefits for certain retirees

40A:10-23.2. Liability of certain townships for health benefits for certain retirees  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.40A:10-23 or any other law to the contrary, a township having a population of at least 90,000 according to the latest federal decennial census and located in a county of the second class having a population of at least 525,000 according to that census which shall have established a health insurance plan covering employees in and retirants from the service of that township, and their dependents, may by ordinance of the governing body assume the liability for the entire cost of continuing to provide that coverage to, and thereupon shall pay all of the premiums for, former employees of the township who, having rendered at least 15 years of service to the township, retired from such employment on or before October 15, 1992 and prior to the attainment of age 62, and including the premiums for coverage of the dependents of those former employees, except that each of those former employees shall be liable for the payment each month of such charges as shall be applicable to that former employee under the schedule of retiree contributions for such coverage in effect on June 30, 1993. In the event that, on or after July 1, 1993 and prior to the effective date of such an ordinance, a former employee entitled to coverage under this section shall have paid any charge with respect to such coverage which is in excess of the amount applicable under that schedule, the township shall, within 30 days of the effective date of the ordinance, reimburse the amount of that excess charge to the former employee.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to a former employee who retired on a disability pension or after 25 years' or more service with the employer, or who retired and reached the age of 62 or older with at least 15 years of service with the employer.  L.1994,c.30.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-23.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-23.3 - Payment of health benefit premiums for certain local government retirees

40A:10-23.3. Payment of health benefit premiums for certain local government retirees  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.40A:10-23 to the contrary, an employer which pays the premiums for health benefits for retirees pursuant to that section and which has adopted or adopts an early retirement incentive program pursuant to P.L.1993, c.99, P.L.1993, c.138, or P.L.1993, c.181 may, by adoption of a resolution by its governing body and filing a certified copy of the resolution with the Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits or by inclusion of appropriate language in its resolution adopting the early retirement incentive program, elect to pay the premium for a retiree under that program who retires on the basis of 25 years or more of service credit in a State or locally administered retirement system, including any additional service credit provided under the early retirement incentive program, and a period of service from 0 to 15 years with the employer at the time of retirement, such period to be determined by the employer and included in its resolution.  L.1994,c.34,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-23.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-23.4 - Paid health benefits for certain local government retirees.

40A:10-23.4 Paid health benefits for certain local government retirees.  1. An employer that has established a health insurance plan covering employees in and retirants from the service of the employer, and their dependents, may assume the entire cost of health benefits coverage during retirement for any retiree, and the retiree's dependents, if (1) the retiree retired after 25 years or more of service credit in a State or locally administered retirement system and a period of service of up to 25 years with the employer at the time of retirement and (2) the employer paid the entire cost of such coverage for the retiree prior to June 26, 1995, the effective date of P.L.1995, c.136. L.1999,c.431,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-23.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-23.5 - Establishment of cafeteria plan for health benefits by local unit.

40A:10-23.5 Establishment of cafeteria plan for health benefits by local unit.  45. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a local unit of government, or an agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality thereof, may establish as an employer a cafeteria plan for its employees pursuant to section 125 of the federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. s.125, and shall establish such a plan for medical or dental expenses not covered by a health benefits plan. The plan shall provide for a reduction in an employee's salary, through payroll deductions or otherwise, in exchange for payment by the employer of medical or dental expenses not covered by a health benefits plan, and may provide for a reduction in an employee's salary, through payroll deductions or otherwise, in exchange for payment by the employer of dependent care expenses as provided in section 129 of the code, 26 U.S.C. s.129, and such other benefits as are consistent with section 125 which are included under the plan. The amount of any reduction in an employee's salary for the purpose of contributing to the plan shall continue to be treated as regular compensation for all other purposes, including the calculation of pension contributions and the amount of any retirement allowance, but, to the extent permitted by the federal Internal Revenue Code, shall not be included in the computation of federal taxes withheld from the employee's salary. L.2007, c.62, s.45; amended 2011, c.78, s.52.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:10-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:10-24 - Summary of coverage cost to be furnished employer

40A:10-24. Summary of coverage cost to be furnished employer  In the event an insurance company issues a group insurance policy to an employer which includes two or more of the coverages authorized hereby, the insurance company shall at the end of each policy year furnish to the employer a summary of the cost of each such coverage. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.