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NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.8 - Members of certain existing retirement systems in certain counties, retirement for disability; survivors' pensions, deductions where less than 20 years service

43:10-18.8. Members of certain existing retirement systems in certain counties, retirement for disability; survivors' pensions, deductions where less than 20 years service  The widow, so long as she remains unmarried, or widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children up to eighteen years of age, of any employee in the service of the county, who prior to July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, is a member of any of the following retirement systems: County detectives in counties of the first, second, third, and fifth classes (article 2 of chapter 10 of Title 43, of the Revised Statutes); Probation officers of counties of over eighty-three thousand inhabitants (article 5 of chapter 10 of Title 43, of the Revised Statutes); Sheriff's employees in counties of the first and second classes (article 6 of chapter 10 of Title 43, of the Revised Statutes); Sergeants-at-arms and court criers in counties of the first class (article 7 of chapter 10 of Title 43, of the Revised Statutes); and who shall at any time lose his life in the performance of his duty or shall die from any cause, or any such employee who shall, at any time, become permanently and totally disabled, shall receive a pension equal to one-half of such employee's salary at the time of such death or disability, regardless of the length of service or age of such employee, it being the intent of this act to secure to such employees the continuation of a similar present and prospective benefit of the retirement system of which he was a member prior to July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, together with all the benefits provided for in this act; provided, however, that in case any of such employees shall, on July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, have less than twenty years of service as a public employee of the county, or shall have less than twenty years in the aggregate, of service as a public employee of the county and of the State, and of any municipalities or other political subdivisions of the State thereof, the county treasurer shall deduct from every payment of salary to any such employee and pay to the retirement system created under this act, one per centum (1%) of the amount of salary, of such employee, said deduction to continue to be made only until the total length of service, as aforesaid, of such employee shall have reached twenty years, at which time said one per centum (1%) deductions shall cease. Said deductions shall be in addition to the regular deductions provided for in section sixteen of this act. Upon such payment or payments being made or completed, the county shall annually pay into the retirement system herein provided a sum of money equal in amount to the employee's payment or payments. L.1943, c. 160, p. 458, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.9 - Retirement on half pay; pensions to surviving widow or children; retirement after completion of 15 years of service

43:10-18.9. Retirement on half pay; pensions to surviving widow or children; retirement after completion of 15 years of service  (a) Subject to the other provisions of this act, any county employee: (1) who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate, and shall have accumulated credit in the retirement system, for a period of 20 years, and who shall have attained the age of 60 years, shall, upon his application, be retired on one-half of salary; or (2) who shall have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate, and shall have accumulated credit in the retirement system, for a period of 30 years, and who shall have attained the age of 55 years, shall, upon his application, be retired on one-half of salary; or (3) who shall regardless of age have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of 35 years, shall, upon his application, be retired on one-half of salary. In addition, any county employee who shall retire at 55 years of age or older, and who shall have served at least 30 years in the employ of the county, shall receive an additional one and one-half per cent of salary for each additional year of service exceeding 30 years, not to exceed 60% of salary. Upon and after the death of such employee or pensioner, said retirement pension shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried; surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried; or minor children up to 18 years of age, as the case may be. (b) (Deleted by amendment.) (c) Should a member, after having completed 15 years of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, be separated voluntarily or involuntarily from the service, before reaching age 60, and not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, he may elect to receive the payments provided for in section 18 of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, or a deferred pension beginning at age 60, in the amount equal to two and one-half per cent of salary for each year of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, except that no pension payable under this subsection shall exceed 50% of salary. Upon and after the death of such pensioner, said pension, which the pensioner was receiving prior to his death, shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried; surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried; or minor children up to 18 years of age, as the case may be. L.1943, c. 160, p. 459, s. 9. Amended by L.1966, c. 243, s. 3, eff. Aug. 17, 1966; L.1971, c. 426, s. 3, eff. Feb. 1, 1972; L.1983, c. 211, s. 2, eff. June 10, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.10 - Disability not resulting from employment; pensions to employee and survivors

43:10-18.10. Disability not resulting from employment; pensions to employee and survivors  Subject to the other provisions of this act, any county employee who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of one year and shall become permanently and totally disabled as the result of injury or illness not arising out of and in the course of his employment shall, upon his application, be retired on pension equal to two and one-half per centum (2 1/2 %) of his salary, and for each additional year of service more than one year the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of two and one-half per centum (2 1/2 %) of said salary, not exceeding in any event fifty per centum (50%) of said salary. Upon and after the death of such employee while on such pension the said pension shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried, surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children up to eighteen years of age, as the case may be. The pension commission shall determine as provided in section eleven whether or not such employee has become permanently and totally disabled. L.1943, c. 160, p. 460, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.11 - Disability resulting from employment; pensions to employee and survivors

43:10-18.11. Disability resulting from employment; pensions to employee and survivors  Subject to the other provisions of this act, any county employee who shall become permanently and totally disabled as a result of injury, accident or sickness arising out of and in the course of his employment shall, upon his application and approval thereof by the pension commission be retired on half pay. Upon and after the death of such employee or upon and after the death of any employee who dies as a result of any disability, injury or disease arising out of and in the course of his employment, a pension of one-half the salary of such employee shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried, surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children up to eighteen years of age, as the case may be. The pension commission shall have power to determine whether or not any employee is permanently and totally disabled and whether or not a disability, or death of an employee is the result of an injury, accident or sickness arising out of and in the course of the employee's employment. The claimant shall have the right to present physicians, witnesses or other testimony in his behalf before the commission. The president or any other member of the pension commission may administer oaths to any physicians or other persons called before the commission regarding the employee's disability or death. The commission shall decide, by resolution, whether the applicant is entitled to the benefits of this act. L.1943, c. 160, p. 460, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.12 - Medical examinations of persons retired for disability; modification of pensions

43:10-18.12. Medical examinations of persons retired for disability; modification of pensions  Once each year the pension commission may, and upon his application, shall, require any member retired for disability who is under the age of 60 years to undergo medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the commission. The examination shall be made at the residence of the beneficiary or any other place mutually agreed upon. If the physician or physicians thereupon report and certify to the commission that the disability beneficiary is not permanently and totally incapacitated either physically or mentally for the performance of duty and that he is engaged in a gainful occupation, and if the commission concurs in the report, then the amount of his pension shall be reduced to an amount which, when added to the amount then being earned by him, shall not exceed the amount of the compensation now attributable to his former position. If subsequent medical examination of such a beneficiary shows that his earnings have changed since the date of his last examination, then the amount of his pension may be further altered but the new pension shall not exceed the amount of the pension originally granted nor shall the new pension when added to the amount then being earned by the beneficiary exceed the salary or compensation then attributable to his former position. L.1943, c. 160, p. 461, s. 12. Amended by L.1966, c. 243, s. 4, eff. Aug. 17, 1966.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.13 - Survivors' benefits

43:10-18.13. Survivors' benefits  Subject to the other provisions of this act, upon and after the death of any county employee who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of the county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of one year, there shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried; surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried; or minor children up to the age of 18 years, as the case may be, two and one-half per cent of the salary of such employee, and for each additional year of service more than one year, the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of two and one-half per cent of said salary, not exceeding in any event 50% of the salary, except, if the deceased employee was at the time of death credited with more than 30 years of service and was 55 years of age or older, the benefit shall be in an amount not to exceed the amount of pension the employee would have received had the employee retired on the date of death, and not to be less than $5,000.00 annually.  L. 1943, c. 160, s. 13; amended 1983,c.211,s.3; 1987,c.429,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.14 - Death of employee or pensioner who is widow or widower leaving dependent children; benefits to children until 18

43:10-18.14. Death of employee or pensioner who is widow or widower leaving dependent children; benefits to children until 18  If an employee or pensioner dies leaving dependent children under eighteen years of age and he or she is, at death, a widower or widow, the benefits of this article which a widow or dependent widower would otherwise be entitled to receive shall be paid to the guardian of such children for their exclusive use and benefit. If one child survives, such benefits shall cease when such child attains eighteen years of age. If more than one child survives, the benefits shall be divided proportionately among all of such children under the age of eighteen years. L.1943, c. 160, p. 462, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.15 - Mandatory provisions

43:10-18.15. Mandatory provisions  The following provisions shall apply to all members of the retirement system:  (a) No pension shall be paid to the surviving husband of a deceased member of the retirement system unless he is and continues to remain dependent upon the income which the member was receiving at the time of her death, nor unless he is and continues to remain physically or mentally incapable of pursuing a gainful occupation. The pension commission shall determine the question of the dependency of the surviving husband as well as the ability of a surviving husband to pursue a gainful occupation.  (b) (Deleted by amendment.)  (c) (Deleted by amendment.)  (d) (Deleted by amendment.)  (e) The rights of any employee or beneficiary to receive any payments under the workmen's compensation act of New Jersey shall not be affected or impaired by any of the provisions of this act.  (f) Where the service of an employee is terminated by reason of imposition of a sentence upon him of actual commitment to a penal institution on account of conviction of an indictable offense involving moral turpitude, no pension under this act shall be paid to any such employee; provided, however, that no member of this retirement system who shall have served honorably as a county employee for a period of 20 years and shall have attained the age of 60 years shall be deprived of his pension privileges because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of such county employment, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged.  (g) Where any pension or other benefit shall be payable from the pension fund herein provided to any retired employee or other beneficiary who is or shall be confined in a penal institution as the result of a conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, the pension commission may pay such pension or any part of it or other benefit to the wife, husband, minor children, mother or father of the confined person if it determines the same is necessary for their maintenance during such confinement.  (h) All payments of pensions shall be made semimonthly and payments of pensions, refunds or other benefits under this act shall be made without interest.  (i) (Deleted by amendment; P.L. 1987, c. 429.)  L. 1943,c.160,s.15; amended 1949,c.169; 1971,c.378,s.1; 1971,c.426,s.4; 1987,c.429,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.15g (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.15g - Supplemental definitions

43:10-18.15g. Supplemental definitions  As used in this act "retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the retirement system established under the act to which this act is a supplement, who has retired from such employment, and as a result of such employment, is receiving a pension from the retirement system.  "Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.  "Retirement year" is the calendar year 1967 for all retirants who retired before the calendar year 1968; for all retirants who retired after 1967, "retirement year" is the actual calendar year of retirement.  "Index" shall mean the annual average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor (1957-1959 = 100). Should the reference base of said index be changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index as defined herein will be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods.  "Retirement year index" shall be the index of the calendar year 1967 for all retirants who retired prior to January 1, 1968 and the index for the calendar year of retirement for all retirants who retired thereafter.  "Widow" or "widower" means the surviving unremarried spouse to whom a member of the retirement system was married for a continuous period of at least five years up to the date of the member's death. In the event of accidental death, the five year qualification shall be waived.  L. 1971, c. 102, s. 1; amended 1987,c.429,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.15h (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.15h - Increase in monthly pension

43:10-18.15h. Increase in monthly pension  The monthly pension originally granted to any retirant shall be increased in accordance with the provisions of this act. Pension increases shall not be paid to retirants who are not receiving their regular, full, monthly pensions. The increase granted under the provisions of this act shall be effective only on the first day of a month, shall be paid in monthly installments, and shall not be decreased, increased, revoked or repealed except as otherwise provided in this act. No increase shall be due to a retirant or his beneficiary unless it constitutes a payment for an entire month. L.1971, c. 102, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.15i (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.15i - Ratio of increase; calculation

43:10-18.15i. Ratio of increase; calculation  The "ratio of increase" which shall apply to the pension originally granted to a retirant shall be calculated in accordance with the following percentages as determined by the calendar year in which the retirement became effective; provided that, in no instance shall the amount of the pension paid to any retirant under this supplementary act including payments under future revisions be less than the pension paid under chapter 190, public laws of 1960.  Year of Ratio of Retirement Increase 1940 132% 1941 120% 1942 99% 1943 88% 1944 85% 1945 80% 1946 66% 1947 45% 1948 35% 1949 36% 1950 35% 1951 25% 1952 22% 1953 21% 1954 21% L. 1971, c. 102, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.15j (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.15j - Payment of costs by employer; commencement of payments; discontinuance

43:10-18.15j. Payment of costs by employer; commencement of payments; discontinuance  The employer shall bear the cost of the increase in the pensions payable to retirants who retired from the employ of such employer. The employer shall appropriate the amount in the fiscal year next following, taking into account payments made to retirants of such employer and prospective payments to be made to such retirants in the following year. The increase in pensions provided for under this act shall commence provided, that there is appropriated the amount certified by the Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of the Treasury to the Director of the State Division of Budget and Accounting as set forth in the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169). The increase in pensions shall continue to be paid as long as there shall be appropriated the amounts so certified. In the event that the necessary funds are not so appropriated, the increase in pensions shall cease; no further payments shall be made by the employer; a refund shall be made by the retirement system to the employer of any balance unexpended on its account. L.1971, c. 102, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.15k (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.15k - Waiver; withdrawal

43:10-18.15k. Waiver; withdrawal  Any person who is eligible to receive the increased pension under the provisions of this act may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the secretary of the retirement system. The application for the waiver of all or part of the increase shall be made by the retirant at least 30 days prior to the desired effective date on a form satisfactory to the retirement system and shall be effective on the first day of the following month. Such waiver may be withdrawn at any time and upon such withdrawal the increase in the pension shall commence with the pension payment for the next following month. L.1971, c. 102, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.15l (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.15l - . Determination of change in index; adjustment in pensions; retirant defined

43:10-18.15l . Determination of change in index; adjustment in pensions; retirant defined  On or before October 1, 1969 and by the same date in each subsequent year, the Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of the Treasury shall review the index and determine the percentum of change in the index from the retirement year index pursuant to the provisions of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169). The percentage of adjustment in the pensions shall be 1/2 of the percentum of change. The director shall include amounts sufficient to adjust the retirement allowances or pensions payable to all eligible retirants by 1/2 of the percentum of change in the index as such retirement allowances or pensions may have been originally granted, or increased for certain retirants in accordance with the provisions of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169). The director shall notify the secretary of the retirement system of the percentage of adjustment for the applicable year. In no instance shall the amount of the pension originally granted and payable to any retirant be reduced as a result of this adjustment. For purposes of this section a "retirant" shall include all retirants except those whose pension commenced within the 3 calendar years prior to the first of the month in which the adjustment is to become effective in any year. L.1971, c. 102, s. 6.