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NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-17.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-17.1 - Deductions for health insurance from SHBP.

43:16A-17.1 Deductions for health insurance from SHBP.  19. If possible, whenever any beneficiary shall, in writing, request the board of trustees to make deductions from his retirement allowance or pension for the purpose of paying premiums for the pensioners' group health insurance plan or the State Health Benefits program, the board may make such deductions and transmit the sums 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 Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by any beneficiary upon filing notice of such withdrawal with the division. L.1964, c.241, s.19; amended 1971, c.175, s.14; 2018, c.55, s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-18 - False statements or records; punishment; correction of errors

43:16A-18. False statements or records; punishment; correction of errors  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 or error in the records result in any member or person receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the retirement system shall correct such error, and as far as practicable, shall adjust the payments in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid. The actuarial equivalent of any shortage in required contributions at the time of retirement on account of misstatement of age, leave of absence, or clerical error, shall be deducted from the retirement allowance otherwise payable. L.1944, c. 255, p. 855, s. 18. Amended by L.1971, c. 175, s. 11, eff. June 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-19 - Other laws inapplicable

43:16A-19. Other laws inapplicable  No other provision of law in any other statute which provides wholly or partly at the expense of the State of New Jersey or of any county or municipality in the State for pensions or retirement benefits for policemen or firemen or county policemen, their widows, or other dependents, shall apply to members, or beneficiaries of the retirement system established by this act, their widows or other dependents. L.1944, c. 255, p. 855, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-20 - Application of act

43:16A-20. Application of act  The provisions of this act shall apply in such municipalities as at the effective date of this act there shall have been established a pension fund for policemen and firemen and in such counties as there shall have been established a pension fund for county police officers, and in any fire district located in a township in which there shall have been established a pension fund for firemen; which pension funds have been established under chapter sixteen of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes or under article four, chapter ten, of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes. The provisions of this act shall apply to the policemen and firemen of any county, municipality or political subdivision thereof on and after January first following the adoption of this act by the voters of such county, municipality or political subdivision thereof as hereinafter provided. L.1944, c. 255, p. 855, s. 20. Amended by L.1945, c. 148, p. 529, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-22 - Other laws not affected

43:16A-22. Other laws not affected  The State Firemen's Relief Fund and the State Firemen's Association and the laws by virtue of which they exist and operate shall not be affected by the provisions of this act, nor shall anything in this act contained be construed to in anywise limit or interfere with the operation and effect of sections 38:23-4, 38:23-5 and 38:23-6 of the Revised Statutes. L.1944, c. 255, p. 856, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-23 - Violation of departmental regulations; convictions

43:16A-23. Violation of departmental regulations; convictions  No member who shall have served honorably in any such police or fire department for a period of twenty-five years and attained age fifty-five shall be deprived of his pension privileges under this act because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of such department, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged. A member of the department found guilty before a court of competent jurisdiction may be dismissed or punished in any manner provided by law. L.1944, c. 255, p. 856, s. 23. Amended by L.1945, c. 148, p. 529, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-24 - Partial invalidity

43:16A-24. Partial invalidity  If any provision, section or part of any section of this act is declared to be unconstitutional, the same shall not be held to affect any other section or provision of this act, and the remainder of this act shall in nowise thereby be invalidated. L.1944, c. 255, p. 857, s. 24.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-25 - Effective date of act

43:16A-25. Effective date of act  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. L.1944, c. 255, p. 857, s. 25.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-26 - Referendum; notice of adoption

43:16A-26. Referendum; notice of adoption  Upon the filing of a petition signed by at least ten per centum (10%) of the legal voters of any county, municipality or political subdivision thereof with the clerk of such county, municipality or political subdivision, as the case may be, the question of the adoption of the act of which this act is an amendment and supplement shall be submitted to the voters of such county, municipality or political subdivision at the next general election succeeding the date of the filing of the petition unless such filing date shall occur within five months immediately preceding a general election, in which case it shall be submitted at the second succeeding general election. If a majority of the legal voters voting upon said question at such general election vote in favor of adoption, the act to which this act is an amendment and supplement shall take effect in such county, municipality or political subdivision thereof on January first following the date of such election. If the act is adopted at such election, the clerk of the county, municipality or political subdivision so adopting the act shall immediately notify the board of trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey of such adoption. L.1945, c. 148, p. 530, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-27 - Duties of chief financial officer and of board of trustees as to referendum; fiscal statement

43:16A-27. Duties of chief financial officer and of board of trustees as to referendum; fiscal statement  Whenever the question of the adoption of the act of which this act is an amendment and supplement is to be submitted to the voters at the general election in any year, the chief financial officer of the county, municipality or political subdivision in which the question is to be submitted shall, on or before July fifteenth preceding such election, mail to the board of trustees full information, on forms to be supplied by request by the board of trustees, as to the employees who may be covered if the act is adopted. The board of trustees shall, prior to August thirty-first of said year, transmit to the governing body of such county, municipality or political subdivision the following fiscal statement with respect to the effect of the adoption of the act: (1) Estimated cost to the municipality, county or political subdivision, as the case may be, as follows: (a) The annual normal contribution to be made on account of employees then in service. (b) The percentage of payroll for employees then in service, to meet the contribution under (a). (c) The estimated lump sum of accrued liability for services rendered and to be rendered prior to the following January first. (d) The percentage of present payroll to meet the liability stated in (c). (e) The estimated annual contribution on account of the accrued liability if paid in ten installments. (f) The percentage of present payroll, to meet the accrued liability, as stated in (e). (g) The estimated annual contribution on account of accrued liability if met in twenty-five installments. (h) The percentage of present payroll, to meet the accrued liability, as stated in (g). (2) The annual contribution of the employee stated in percentage of pay for the several age brackets as of the following January first. L.1945, c. 148, p. 530, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-28 - Publication of fiscal statement; notice; hearing; resolution as to method of payment

43:16A-28. Publication of fiscal statement; notice; hearing; resolution as to method of payment  The governing body shall publish on or before September fifteenth of said year, in at least one newspaper having general circulation in such county, municipality or political subdivision, such fiscal statement with respect to the effect of the adoption of the act and a notice that the governing body will determine by resolution, after a public hearing on (insert time and date), which date shall be at least five days after date of publication and also before October fifth of said year, whether, if the act is adopted, the accrued liability on account of prior service credits shall be paid in one sum or in ten annual installments, or in twenty-five annual installments. At such public hearing any citizen or taxpayer of such county, municipality or political subdivision shall be heard. After the public hearing the governing body shall pass such resolution adopting one of the three methods of payment. Such resolution adopting a method of payment shall be binding if the act is adopted, except that if installment payments are provided for, any installment may be paid before the time such installment becomes due under the method adopted in said resolution. After the passage of such resolution, a certified copy thereof shall be forwarded by the clerk to the board of trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey. L.1945, c. 148, p. 531, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-29 - Election to become member; prior service certificate

43:16A-29. Election to become member; prior service certificate  Any policeman or fireman in service in any county, municipality or political subdivision thereof prior to the date upon which this act becomes effective in such county, municipality or political subdivision thereof by referendum may become a member of this retirement system as of said date by filing with the board of trustees his election in writing to become such member on or before the date upon which this act becomes effective in such county, municipality or political subdivision thereof under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt. Each such policeman or fireman so electing to become a member, shall file, immediately after becoming a member, with the board of trustees a detailed statement of all service rendered by him as policeman or fireman to his present employer prior to the date when this act becomes effective in such county, municipality or political subdivision thereof, for which he claims credit. As soon as practicable thereafter the board of trustees shall verify such statement and shall issue to him a prior service certificate certifying to the aggregate length of such service allowable as creditable service but, regardless of the length of such service, no prior service certificate shall allow more than 30 years of such creditable service. Such certificate shall be final and conclusive for retirement purposes as to such service, unless thereafter modified by the board of trustees upon application made by the member within 1 year, or upon its own initiative within 1 year after the date of issuance of such prior service certificate. L.1945, c. 148, p. 532, s. 13. Amended by L.1964, c. 241, s. 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1965.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-30 - Costs for accrued liability on prior service certificates

43:16A-30. Costs for accrued liability on prior service certificates  The county, municipality or political subdivision thereof shall be liable to the board of trustees for the whole costs for the accrued liability on account of service credited on all prior service certificates issued to any policeman or fireman employed by it. L.1945, c. 148, p. 533, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-31 - Certification of normal contribution and contribution for accrued liability for prior service credits

43:16A-31. Certification of normal contribution and contribution for accrued liability for prior service credits  The board of trustees shall certify to the chief financial officer of the county, municipality or political subdivision thereof, adopting the act, on or before the first day of February following the adoption of the act, for the then current fiscal year and thereafter on or before the first of December of each year for the ensuing fiscal year, the normal contribution of such county, municipality or political subdivision and also its contribution for accrued liability for prior service credits. L.1945, c. 148, p. 533, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-32 - Information transmitted to board

43:16A-32. Information transmitted to board  The chief financial officer of each county, municipality or political subdivision 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.1945, c. 148, p. 533, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-33 - County police departments; application for membership

43:16A-33. County police departments; application for membership  The board of chosen freeholders of any county maintaining a county police department may pass a resolution requesting the board of trustees to permit the members of such police department to become members of the fund. The trustees shall thereupon request full information on forms to be supplied by it as to the employees who are to become members of the fund and transmit to such board of chosen freeholders the following fiscal statement with respect to the effect of the adoption of the act. (1) Estimated cost to the county as follows: (a) The annual normal contribution to be made on account of employees then in service. (b) The percentage of payroll for employees then in service, to meet the contribution under (a). (c) The estimated lump sum of accrued liability for services rendered and to be rendered prior to the following January first. (d) The percentage of present payroll to meet the liability stated in (c). (e) The estimated annual contribution on account of the accrued liability if paid in ten installments. (f) The percentage of present payroll, to meet the accrued liability, as stated in (e). (g) The estimated annual contribution on account of accrued liability if met in twenty-five installments. (h) The percentage of present payroll, to meet the accrued liability, as stated in (g). (2) The annual contribution of the employee stated in percentage of pay for the several age brackets as of the following January first. L.1946, c. 192, p. 782, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-34 - Fiscal statement; publication; hearing on application

43:16A-34. Fiscal statement; publication; hearing on application  The board of chosen freeholders shall thereupon within thirty days after receipt of such fiscal statement publish the same in at least one newspaper having general circulation in such county and also publish a notice that a public hearing will be held to consider the question as to whether the members of the county police department shall be permitted to become members of the fund and in what manner the county contribution for prior service credits shall be paid. Such notice of public hearing shall set forth the place, the time and the date that such hearing shall take place. The date so fixed for the hearing shall be not less than five days after such publication but must be held before October fifth of that year. At such public hearing any citizen or taxpayer of such county shall be heard. After the public hearing the board of chosen freeholders shall pass such resolution adopting one of the three methods of payment. Such resolution adopting a method of payment shall be binding except that if installment payments are provided for, any installment may be paid before the time such installment becomes due under the method adopted in said resolution. After the passage of such resolution, a certified copy thereof shall be forwarded by the clerk of such board of chosen freeholders to the board of trustees of the police and firemen's retirement system of New Jersey. L.1946, c. 192, p. 783, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-35 - Election to become member; statement and certificate of prior service

43:16A-35. Election to become member; statement and certificate of prior service  Any member of such county police department may become a member by filing with the board of trustees his election in writing to become such member on or before the date upon which this act becomes effective in such county under such rules and regulations as the board of trustees shall adopt. Each such member of a county police department so electing to become a member, shall file, immediately after becoming a member, with the board of trustees a detailed statement of all service rendered by him as policeman to his present employer prior to the date when this act becomes effective in such county, for which he claims credit. As soon as practicable thereafter the board of trustees shall verify such statement and shall issue to him a prior service certificate certifying to the aggregate length of such service allowable as creditable service but, regardless of the length of such service, no prior service certificate shall allow more than 30 years of such creditable service. Such certificate shall be final and conclusive for retirement purposes as to such service, unless thereafter modified by the board of trustees upon application made by the member within 1 year, or upon its own initiative within 1 year after the date of issuance of such prior service certificate. L.1946, c. 192, p. 784, s. 3. Amended by L.1964, c. 241, s. 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1965.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-36 - Liability of county on prior service certificates

43:16A-36. Liability of county on prior service certificates  The county shall be liable to the board of trustees for the whole costs for the accrued liability on account of service credited on all prior service certificates issued to any member of a county police department employed by it. L.1946, c. 192, p. 785, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-37 - Contributions certified to county

43:16A-37. Contributions certified to county  The board of trustees shall certify to the chief financial officer of the county on or before the first day of February following, for the then current fiscal year and thereafter on or before the first of December of each year for the ensuing fiscal year, the normal contribution of such county and also its contribution for accrued liability for prior service credits. L.1946, c. 192, p. 785, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-38 - Chief financial officer of county; information to board of trustees

43:16A-38. Chief financial officer of county; information to board of trustees  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-39 - First or second class counties--Police employees of county park commission; admission

43:16A-39. First or second class counties--Police employees of county park commission; admission  The board of trustees may by resolution admit as members into the retirement system the police employees of any county park commission in counties of the first or second class. Whenever any such county park commission shall so request, the board of trustees shall make an investigation to determine the eligibility of the county applicants and may thereafter, subject to the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement and the rules and regulations of the board of trustees, admit such persons to membership in the retirement system. L.1948, c. 442, p. 1735, s. 1. Amended by L.1951, c. 185, p. 686, s. 1; L.1971, c. 88, s. 2, eff. April 8, 1971.