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NJ Rev Stat § 43:16-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16-10 - Effective date

43:16-10. Effective date  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16-12 - Determining years of service for firemen as members of pension fund

43:16-12. Determining years of service for firemen as members of pension fund  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16-13 - Member with twenty years' service not to be deprived of pension privileges; fine, reprimand or discharge

43:16-13. Member with twenty years' service not to be deprived of pension privileges; fine, reprimand or discharge  No member of the police or fire department in any municipality or county in this State who shall have served honorably in any such department for a period of twenty years shall be deprived of his pension privileges under chapter sixteen of Title 43 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.1938, c. 252, p. 561, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16-17.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16-17.2 - Service in administrative or supervisory capacity; service as an active member

43:16-17.2. Service in administrative or supervisory capacity; service as an active member  Service with a municipal police or fire department in an appointive administrative or supervisory capacity or any combination thereof by any person who immediately prior to such service served as an active member of said police or fire department, as the term "active member" is defined in section 12 of the act of which this act is a supplement, shall be deemed to be service as an active member under and for all the purposes of the provisions of chapter 16 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, notwithstanding whether or not such person is or has been granted a leave of absence from his office, position or employment in or with said police or fire department to serve in any of said capacities. L.1965, c. 142, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16-18 - Effective date of act

43:16-18. Effective date of act  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. L.1944, c. 253, p. 833, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16-19 - Waiver of payment.

43:16-19 Waiver of payment.  1. Any member or any beneficiary who has been or, in the future, may be retired, or receive a pension, benefit, or retirement allowance, including an annuity, pursuant to the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, may, by filing written request with the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury, waive payment of a portion of the pension, benefit, or retirement allowance, including annuity, to which the member or beneficiary may be entitled. L.1955, c.137, s.1; amended 2013, c.253, s.32.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16-20 - Reduced payments.

43:16-20 Reduced payments.  2. Upon the receipt of such a waiver, and until the same is withdrawn, altered, or revoked by a subsequent written request, similarly filed, the Division of Pensions and Benefits shall pay a reduced pension, benefit, retirement allowance, or annuity, as shall be requested in such waiver. L.1955, c.137, s.2; amended 2013, c.253, s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16-21 - No refund or credit of waived moneys

43:16-21. No refund or credit of waived moneys  Upon withdrawal, alteration, or revocation of such a waiver the member or beneficiary shall not be entitled to a refund or credit for such moneys as shall have been waived during the period such waiver has been in effect. L.1955, c. 137, p. 626, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-1.1 - Reclassified members

43:16A-1.1. Reclassified members  Any member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey who holds one of the titles set forth in section 1 of P.L. 1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-1) and who is reclassified to another of the titles set forth in that section, shall continue his membership with the same rights and benefits and subject to the same conditions as any other member who holds the title into which he has been reclassified.  L. 1985, c. 29, s. 2, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-1.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-1.3 - Report on titles covered, number of members affected, actuarial status

43:16A-1.3. Report on titles covered, number of members affected, actuarial status  On or before the 90th day after enactment of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1989, c.204 (C.43:16A-15.6 et al.), the Director of the Division of Pensions shall report in writing to the Governor, the Senate Revenue, Finance and Appropriations Committee, the Senate State Government, Federal and Interstate Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee, the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and the Assembly State Government Committee, or their successors, concerning the titles that will and will not continue to be covered by the retirement system and the number of people that will be affected and are projected to be affected thereby as a result of this act. The director shall provide reports to the Governor and the committees annually thereafter which shall include information concerning, but not limited to, the titles covered by the retirement system, any changes in title coverage, the number of members affected by any changes, and the actuarial status of the retirement system.  L.1989,c.204,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-1.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-1.4 - Enrollment of parole officers.

43:16A-1.4 Enrollment of parole officers.  3. If the Board of Trustees of the Police and Fireman's Retirement System of New Jersey makes a determination, pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1989, c.204 (C.43:16A-1.2), that the parole officers employed by the State Parole Board are eligible for membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1), the enrollment of those parole officers shall occur no earlier that one year after the effective date of this section pursuant to P.L.1993, c.246 (C.43:16A-1.4 et al.). L.1993,c.246,s.3; amended 2001, c.79, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-1.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-1.5 - Membership in PFRS for certain jail wardens.

43:16A-1.5 Membership in PFRS for certain jail wardens.  1. a. As used in this act, "jail warden" means any paid, permanent, uniformed, full-time employee of a county correctional facility who is engaged in the protection, custody, and discipline of facility inmates and who is subject to the training and physical and mental fitness requirements established by the employer. "Jail warden" also means any administrative or supervisory employee of a county correctional facility whose duties include general or direct supervision or training of employees engaged in the protection, custody, and discipline of facility inmates. b. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any corrections officer who is enrolled and vested in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System on or after the effective date of this act may, at the election of the officer, remain in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System if the officer is promoted or transferred to the position of jail warden. L.1999,c.398,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-1.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-1.6 - Inapplicability of C.43:16A-1.

43:16A-1.6 Inapplicability of C.43:16A-1.  36. The provisions of section 1 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1) as amended by P.L.2010, c.1 concerning persons who become members of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1 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 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.1, s.36.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-2 - Retirement system established.

43:16A-2 Retirement system established.  2. A retirement system is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits for policemen and firemen under the provisions of this act. It shall have the powers and privileges of a corporation and shall be known as "The Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey" and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash and securities and property held in trust for the purpose for which received. L.1944, c.255, s.2; amended 1967, c.250, s.2; 2018, c.55, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.1 - Service defined

43:16A-3.1. Service defined  1. Service with a law enforcement unit or firefighting unit to which the provisions of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.) apply in an appointive capacity with administrative or supervisory duties over policemen or firemen or any combination thereof by any person who not more than six months prior to such service served as a member of that or any other law enforcement unit or firefighting unit, as the term "member" is defined in section 1 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1), shall be deemed to be service as a member under and for all the purposes of the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement. L.1965,c.186,s.1; amended 1992, c.73, s.1; 2000, c.166.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.2 - Purchase of prior service credit

43:16A-3.2. Purchase of prior service credit  2. Any such person presently serving in any of said capacities may purchase prior service credit for the period of time he has so served by paying to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey an amount equal to the contributions he would have been required to have made had such service heretofore been deemed to be service as a member of the police or fire department. Application for such prior service credit shall be made to the retirement system within six months of the effective date of this amendatory act, P.L.1992, c.73, and payment therefor may be in a lump sum or in installments as the commission may determine by rule or regulation.  L.1965,c.186,s.2; amended 1992,c.73,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.3 - Payment by employer

43:16A-3.3. Payment by employer  The employer of any such person purchasing prior service credit as provided by this act shall pay to the retirement system the employer's accrued liability obligation on behalf of such person. L.1965, c. 186, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.4 - Election to public office; contributions

43:16A-3.4. Election to public office; contributions  a. Any member elected to public office may continue to be a member during the time he remains in such public office. The member's rate of contribution to the retirement system as applied to his salary as an elected official shall be the same rate, established pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-15), he paid prior to assuming elective office. The employer of the elected official shall make the employer's normal contribution and any accrued liability contribution to the retirement system on the basis of the member's salary as an elected official as provided in section 15 of P.L.1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-15) for so long as such member holds elective office and remains a member of the retirement system. b. Any member of the retirement system who on the effective date of this amendatory act is an elected official and whose membership in the retirement system has been continued pursuant to the provisions of the act of which this act is amendatory shall have his rate of contribution thereto adjusted in accordance with the provisions of subsection a. of this section. The employer of the elected official shall make contributions to the retirement system on behalf of the member as provided in subsection a. of this section. No member who realizes a reduction in his rate of contribution as a result of subsection a. of this section shall be entitled to a refund of any contributions made to the retirement system prior to the effective date of this amendatory act which exceed the amount he would have contributed had his rate of contribution as an elected official enrolled in the retirement system been the same as provided by this amendatory act. L.1968, c. 325, s. 1, eff. Nov. 4, 1968. Amended by L.1981, c. 30, s. 1, eff. Feb. 12, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.5 - Member who becomes sheriff or undersheriff; election to remain member.

43:16A-3.5 Member who becomes sheriff or undersheriff; election to remain member.  1. Any member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey who has been or shall be elected to the position of sheriff or who has accepted or shall accept appointment to the office or position of undersheriff may, by written notification to the board of trustees and the county treasurer, elect to continue to be a member of the retirement system while serving as sheriff or undersheriff and shall be deemed to have waived any and all benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled by eligibility for membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System. The county treasurer shall make deductions from the salary of the sheriff or undersheriff and contributions on his behalf to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System as is required by law for members of that system. L.1976, c.134, s.1; amended 2018, c.55, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.6 - County sheriff; ineligibility for benefits of L.1983, c. 439, if 37 or older

43:16A-3.6. County sheriff; ineligibility for benefits of L.1983, c. 439, if 37 or older  No county sheriff shall qualify for membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act if he has reached the age of 37 years on the date of his application for membership. In calculating his age for purposes of eligibility for membership, a person may subtract the time spent in active service in any branch of the United States military service. L.1983, c. 439, s. 2, eff. Jan. 9, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.7 - Transfer of membership for eligible officers.

43:16A-3.7 Transfer of membership for eligible officers.  3. Any officer eligible to become a member pursuant to the amendatory provisions of this act who is enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System (P.L.1954, c.84, C. 43:15A-1 et seq.) or any county pension fund established under Title 43 of the Revised Statutes shall be permitted to transfer membership from the aforesaid system or fund to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1973, c.156 (C. 43:16A-62 et seq.) and upon a lump sum payment into the Police and Firemen's Retirement System annuity savings fund of the amount of the difference between the contribution which was paid as a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System or county pension fund and the contribution that would have been required if he had been a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System since the date of last enrolling in the Public Employees' Retirement System or a county pension fund. In addition, the employee shall be liable for any payment to the retirement system that the employer would have been required to make on behalf of the member for the purchase of such credit; this payment may be made in regular monthly installments or in a lump sum, as the employee may elect, and pursuant to rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the board of trustees. Whenever in P.L.1973, c.156 a period of time is set which is to be calculated from the effective date of said act, such time shall be calculated from the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act for the purposes hereof. L.1983, c.439, s.3; amended 2018, c.55, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.9 - Enrollment required

43:16A-3.9. Enrollment required  2. A policeman or fireman employed after the effective date of this supplementary act by a municipality, which was not required to participate in PFRS under section 3 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-3) and has not adopted that act, and a fireman employed after the effective date of this supplementary act by a fire district in which the provisions of P.L.1944, c.255 are not operative on that effective date, who meets the requirements for membership in the PFRS shall be required to enroll in the retirement system as a condition of employment.  L.1993,c.247,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.10 - Credit for transferred service

43:16A-3.10. Credit for transferred service  3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this supplementary act, a policeman or fireman who is eligible pursuant to paragraph (1) or paragraph (8) of subsection a. of that section to become a member of PFRS and who transfers membership from PERS to PFRS may receive full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service credit if:  (1) the act of which this act is a supplement is adopted by the legal voters of the municipality or the fire district as provided in section 10 of P.L.1945, c.148 (C.43:16A-26); or  (2) the member agrees to pay the full cost of the accrued liability for the transferred PERS service credit in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of credit for military service under P.L.1991, c.153.  b. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this supplementary act, any person who is eligible pursuant to paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) or (7) of subsection a. of that section to become a member of PFRS and who transfers membership from PERS to PFRS may receive full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service credit if the member agrees to pay the full cost of the accrued liability for the transferred PERS service credit in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of credit for military service under P.L.1991, c.153.  L.1993,c.247,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.11 - Liability of State, municipality for certain employer contributions

43:16A-3.11. Liability of State, municipality for certain employer contributions  4. a. The State shall be liable, during their membership following transfer from PERS to PFRS, for the difference between what the employer would pay under PERS and what the employer would pay under PFRS for the members of PERS who transfer membership from PERS to PFRS pursuant to this supplementary act.  b. The municipality or the fire district, as the case may be, shall be liable for employer contributions for any policeman or fireman employed after the effective date of this supplementary act who is enrolled in PFRS as provided by section 2 of this act.  L.1993,c.247,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-3.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-3.12 - Noneligibility for additional benefits

43:16A-3.12. Noneligibility for additional benefits  5. A person transferring to PFRS under this supplementary act shall not be eligible to receive any benefit provided under P.L.1993, c.99 unless the person receives full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service credit as provided in section 3 of this supplementary act.  L.1993,c.247,s.5.