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NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-68 - Information certified to chief fiscal officer; payment of charge and contributions

43:15A-68. Information certified to chief fiscal officer; payment of charge and contributions  68. The Public Employees' Retirement System shall certify to the chief fiscal officer of the employer the rates of contributions payable by members. The system shall further certify, no later than December 31 each year, the contributions, including the accrued liability contribution similar to the State accrued liability contribution, payable by the employer to the contingent reserve fund on behalf of these members, and a pro rata share of the cost of the administration of the retirement system, based upon the payroll of the members who are employees of the employer. The initial actuarial expense incident to the determination of the accrued liability contribution payable by the employer shall be paid by the employer. The amount certified by the system as payable by such employer to the contingent reserve fund shall be included in the next budget subsequent to the certification by the system. The treasurer or corresponding officer shall pay to the State Treasurer no later than April 1 of the State's fiscal year in which payment is due the amount of the employer's charges so certified. If payment of the full amount of such obligation is not made within 30 days after April 1, interest at the rate of 10% per annum shall commence to run against the unpaid balance thereof on the first day after such thirtieth day. The treasurer or corresponding officer shall also pay to the State Treasurer the amount of the deductions from the compensation of the members who are employees of the employer. The State Treasurer shall credit these amounts to the appropriate fund or account.  L.1954,c.84,s.68; amended 1964,c.229,s.4; 1966,c.71,s.4; 1966,c.217,s.18; 1971,c.213,s.31; 1992,c.41,s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-68.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-68.1 - Accrued liability contribution of public employer adopting system after July 1, 1971; payment

43:15A-68.1. Accrued liability contribution of public employer adopting system after July 1, 1971; payment  The accrued liability contribution of any public employer adopting the retirement system after July 1, 1971 for the purpose of providing prior service credit for the service rendered prior to July 1, 1966, shall be payable by the employer to the contingent reserve fund over a period of not less than 25 years following the initial valuation of such liability by the actuary of the retirement system. L.1971, c. 213, s. 49, eff. June 17, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-69 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-69 - Member of any other governmental retirement system may not participate; default of employer; discontinuance of membership; application of reserve

43:15A-69. Member of any other governmental retirement system may not participate; default of employer; discontinuance of membership; application of reserve  An employee of such employer who, by reason of his service, is a member of any other governmental retirement system shall not participate in this retirement system on that part of his compensation so covered. Should such employer for any reason become financially unable to make the normal and accrued liability contributions payable on account of its employees' membership in the retirement system then such employer shall be deemed to be in default and a certificate to this effect shall be sent by the board of trustees to the employer and to the State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. All members of the retirement system, who were employees of such employer at the time of default, shall thereupon be entitled to discontinue membership in the retirement system and to a refund of their previous contributions upon demand made within 90 days thereafter. As of a date 90 days following the date of such certificate of default, the actuary of the retirement system shall determine by actuarial valuation the amount of the reserves held on account of each active member and pensioner of such employer and shall credit to each such member and pensioner the amount of reserve so held. The reserve so credited, together with the amount of the accumulated deductions of each active member shall be used to provide a paid up deferred annuity beginning at age 60 for him, and the reserve of each pensioner shall be used in providing such part of his existing pension as the reserve so held will provide, which pension, together with his annuity, shall thereafter be payable to him. The rights and privileges of both active members and pensioners of such employer shall thereupon terminate except as to the payment of the deferred annuities so provided for the previous active members and the annuities and the pensions, or parts thereof, provided for the pensioners. L.1954, c. 84, p. 519, s. 69.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-70 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-70 - Limitation on liability of retirement system

43:15A-70. Limitation on liability of retirement system  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the retirement system shall not be liable for the payment of any pensions or other benefits on account of the employees or pensioners of any employer under this article, for which reserves have not been previously created from funds, contributed by such employer or its employees for such benefits. L.1954, c. 84, p. 520, s. 70.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-71 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-71 - "Public agency or organization" defined

43:15A-71. "Public agency or organization" defined  The words "public agency or organization" as used in this act shall be construed to mean and include any agency or organization which operates public works or is engaged in service to the public for 1 or more municipalities, local boards of health, or counties, and whose revenue is derived from other than State funds, but shall not be construed to include any subdivision of any county, municipality, school district, privately owned public utility or service or any religious, educational or charitable organization. L.1954, c. 84, p. 520, s. 71.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-72 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-72 - Deductions from retirement allowance for PERS members.

43:15A-72 Deductions from retirement allowance for PERS members.  72. If possible, whenever any beneficiary of the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey shall, in writing, request the Division of Pensions and Benefits to make deductions from the beneficiary's retirement allowance or pension for the payment of premiums for the pensioners' group health or dental insurance plan or the State Health Benefits Program, the division may make such deductions and transmit the sum 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. Deductions for the payment of the premiums for a group dental insurance plan shall be made by the division only if 1,000 or more beneficiaries covered by that plan have made written requests for deductions. L.1954,c.84,s.72; amended 1971, c.213, s.32; 1997, c.332, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-73.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-73.2 - Participation of State autonomous authority in PERS

43:15A-73.2. Participation of State autonomous authority in PERS  a. For the purposes of sections 2 through 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1990, c.25 (C.43:15A-73.2 et al.), "State autonomous authority" means a public authority, board, commission, corporation or other agency or instrumentality of this State allocated in but not of a principal department of State government pursuant to Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution.  b. If there is no provision in a law creating a State autonomous authority subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act permitting employees of the authority to join the Public Employees' Retirement System, or specifically providing an alternative retirement plan, the authority shall apply to the State Treasurer for approval to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System. If there is no provision permitting the employees of a State autonomous authority created prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act to join the retirement system, the authority may apply to the State Treasurer for approval to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System. The State Treasurer shall approve participation by an authority in the retirement system unless it is determined that participation is inconsistent with the policies inherent in the law governing the retirement system and is not in the public interest. The State Treasurer shall have 60 days from the date the application is received from the authority to make a determination on participation. The State Treasurer shall notify the Director of the Division of Pensions of any determination on participation. After the 60 days, if no determination is made, the authority shall participate in the retirement system. A State autonomous authority participating in the retirement system as provided in this amendatory and supplementary act is an employer under the Public Employees' Retirement System Act, P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, for all of the purposes of that act, and its employees shall be subject to that act as if they were State employees, on the first day of the first calendar month occurring not less than 60 days after receipt of notice of approval by the Director of the Division of Pensions from the State Treasurer, or after the time period for a determination on participation by the State Treasurer has expired.  L.1990,c.25,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-73.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-73.3 - Purchase of credit for prior service

43:15A-73.3. Purchase of credit for prior service  a. The employees of a State autonomous authority approved for participation in the retirement system pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act may purchase credit for all service with the authority prior to the date of the authority's participation in the retirement system if that service would otherwise be eligible for credit in the retirement system. This purchase shall be made in the same manner and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of previous membership service by section 8 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-8). The authority shall pay the unfunded liability as determined by the actuary for prior service purchased by its employees in accordance with a schedule approved by the actuary. The obligation of the authority shall be known as the accrued liability for prior service credit. The actuary shall determine and adjust the accrued liability for prior service credit and determine the annual contribution of the authority for this liability in a manner similar to that provided for the State accrued liability contribution. The accrued liability for prior service credit shall be paid by the authority over a period not to exceed 25 years following the initial valuation of this liability by the actuary.  b. For any employee of a State autonomous authority who is in service with the authority on the date its participation in the retirement system becomes effective, the age of enrollment for the purposes of the member contribution rate under section 25 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-25) shall be the age of the employee on the date the continuous service with the authority began.  L.1990,c.25,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-73.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-73.4 - Purchase of credit for service in a local system

43:15A-73.4. Purchase of credit for service in a local system  1. A member who had established service credit in a municipal or county retirement system or pension fund in this State and who is ineligible to transfer the service credit to the retirement system may file a detailed statement of public employment with the municipality or county rendered prior to becoming a member for which the member desires credit and of such other facts as the retirement system may require. The member may purchase credit for all of the service evidenced in the statement up to the nearest number of years and months. No application shall be accepted for the purchase of credit for the service if, at the time of the application, the member has a vested right to retirement benefits in the municipal or county retirement system or pension fund based in whole or in part upon that service.  The member may purchase credit for the service by paying into the annuity savings fund the amount required by applying the factor, supplied by the actuary as being applicable to the member's age at the time of the purchase, to the member's salary at that time, or to the highest annual compensation for service in this State for which contributions were made during any prior fiscal year of membership, whichever is greater. The purchase may be made in lump sum or in regular installments, equal to at least 1/2 of the full normal contribution to the retirement system, over a maximum period of 10 years. A member who applies to purchase credit for the service shall pay the full cost attributable to the increased benefits to be derived from the purchased credit in accordance with the actuarial method used to determine the cost at the time of the purchase. A member shall not be liable for any costs associated with the financing of pension adjustment benefits and health care benefits for retirees when purchasing credit.  Any member electing to purchase the service who retires prior to completing payments as agreed with the retirement system will receive pro rata credit for service purchased prior to the date of retirement, but if the member so elects at the time of retirement, the member may make the additional lump sum payment required at that time to provide full credit.  L.1991,c.444.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-74 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-74 - Extension of act to employees of county, board of education or municipality not previously under state employees' retirement system; referendum; prior service

43:15A-74. Extension of act to employees of county, board of education or municipality not previously under state employees' retirement system; referendum; prior service  Except as otherwise provided in the case of public employee veterans or in subsection b. of section 75 of this act, this act shall not become effective in any county, board of education or municipality which has not previously been covered by the former "State Employees' Retirement System" until its governing body shall, by resolution, have directed that the question of adoption by that county, board of education or municipality shall be submitted to the qualified voters thereof at a general election and a majority of the voters voting on the question at such election shall have voted in favor of its adoption. This act shall be effective without referendum in any county, board of education or municipality in which chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes has been adopted. Any employee of any such county, board of education or municipality who prior to July 1, 1955, has filed an application covering service rendered to such county, board of education or municipality prior to the date upon which chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes became effective therein shall be entitled to prior service covering such service. L.1954, c. 84, p. 521, s. 74. Amended by L.1954, c. 244, p. 901, s. 13; L.1966, c. 71, s. 5; L.1966, c. 217, s. 19; L.1977, c. 389, s. 1, eff. Feb. 23, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-75.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-75.1 - Municipal or county member with prior service in county or other county; prior service credit; purchase

43:15A-75.1. Municipal or county member with prior service in county or other county; prior service credit; purchase  Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System who is in the service of a municipality and who, prior to entering such service was the holder of a position in the service of a county, or who is presently in the service of a county and who, prior to entering such service was the holder of a position in the service of another county, shall be entitled to purchase prior service credit for the years of such county service; but said county shall not be liable for any payment to the system by reason of the said member's purchase of benefits under this supplementary act and contributions required hereunder shall be made by the member. Proof of such prior county service shall be furnished by the affidavit of the member supported by other evidence if required by the board of trustees of said retirement system. The member may purchase credit for such prior county service by making payments to the system either in a lump sum or in regular monthly installments pursuant to such formulas, rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the Division of Pensions. L.1981, c. 7, s. 1, eff. Jan. 26, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-75.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-75.2 - PERS member, purchase of credit for temporary service; permitted

43:15A-75.2. PERS member, purchase of credit for temporary service; permitted  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System who is employed by a county hospital in a county of the first class according to the latest federal decennial census may purchase credit for temporary service which resulted, without interruption, in permanent employment by agreeing to make contributions covering the service. The employer shall not be liable for payment to the retirement system by reason of the member's purchase of service credit under this section, and all contributions required with respect to the liability created by the purchase shall be made by the member. The member may purchase service credit under this section by making payments to the retirement system either in a lump sum or in regular monthly installments pursuant to formulas, rules and regulations as the Division of Pensions may establish.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, if, upon retirement, the member's payment for the purchase of temporary service credit is insufficient to provide for the additional retirement benefit attributable to this service, the difference may be assessed to the member, or a pro rata benefit may be granted based on the member's payment for the purchase prior to the date of retirement, at the election of the member.  If a member elects to purchase credit for temporary service and retires prior to completing payment therefor, the member shall receive a pro rata credit for the service purchased prior to the date of retirement, but if the member elects at the time of retirement, the member may make an additional lump sum payment at that time as will be necessary to provide full credit.  L.1989, c.287, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-76 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-76 - County or municipal employees entering air, military or naval service before applying for enrollment

43:15A-76. County or municipal employees entering air, military or naval service before applying for enrollment  Any employee of any county, municipality or public agency which has adopted or shall hereafter adopt the retirement system as provided in this act, who has entered or shall hereafter enter into the active air, military or naval service of the United States before making application for enrollment in the retirement system, shall be accepted as a member upon his filing application, provided that, if an employee enters such service after January 1, 1955 and after the date upon which this act becomes effective with regard to his employer, such application is made within 3 months after entering such service or within 3 months after the date this act becomes effective with regard to his employer, whichever is later. His regular salary deductions as determined by the retirement system shall be paid to the system by his employer, as provided by chapter 252 of the laws of 1942, as amended by chapter 326 of the laws of 1942. If he entered such service prior to January 2, 1955, and was a contributing member of the State Employees' Retirement System at that time, upon establishing his status as a veteran and contributing to the retirement system for a period of 90 days after his discharge from such service, he shall receive free prior service credit for all public employment prior to January 2, 1955. This provision shall not apply to any employee whose appointment is temporary or seasonal. In addition to any prior service credit authorized in this act, such member shall be entitled to prior service credit from the date of his induction to the effective date of this section. L.1954, c. 84, p. 522, s. 76. Amended by L.1966, c. 217, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-77 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-77 - Employees of school district coterminous with municipality adopting law in first-class counties

43:15A-77. Employees of school district coterminous with municipality adopting law in first-class counties  Every employee of any school district including school districts in counties of the first class the boundaries of which are coterminous with those of a municipality, or more than one municipality, in which chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes has been adopted, or in which this act is adopted, who is not a member of or eligible to join the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, except an employee required upon employment or appointment to become a member of some other pension fund, shall be entitled to receive the same benefits as employees of such municipality or municipalities are entitled to receive and the school district shall have the same obligations with respect to such employees as the municipality has to its own employees under this act; provided, such employee has been admitted to receive the benefits of the fund established under chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, or shall make application to be admitted to such benefits within 6 months from January 2, 1955, or within 1 year from the effective date of said chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes in such municipality or municipalities, whichever is later. Any school district which is comprised of 2 or more municipalities may be deemed a municipality for the purposes of this act if all municipalities comprising such school district have not either adopted the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes or complied with the provisions of section 74 of this act. In any such case the board of education of such school district may direct that the question of adopting the retirement system shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the school district at a school election. L.1954, c. 84, p. 523, s. 77. Amended by L.1954, c. 244, p. 902, s. 17; L.1966, c. 71, s. 7; L.1966, c. 217, s. 22.