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NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-7 - Pension fund

43:10-7. Pension fund  A fund to pay pensions under this article shall be created as follows: a. The county treasurer shall deduct from every payment of salary to any county employee who is benefited by this article and pay to the fund, 3% of the amount of the salary. b. The board of chosen freeholders shall annually raise in the county budget and contribute annually to the fund for a period of 30 years from the date this amendatory act becomes effective an amount as certified by the commission, with the advice of the actuary, to meet the liabilities of the fund. c. All moneys donated for the purpose of the fund and all rewards paid to any county employee while acting as county employee shall be paid over to the board of chosen freeholders of the county to be deposited in the fund. If, at any time, there is not sufficient money in the pension fund to pay the pension, the board of chosen freeholders shall, from time to time, include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of the pension fund. Amended by L.1973, c. 345, s. 4, eff. Dec. 27, 1973; L.1976, c. 106, s. 6, eff. Oct. 18, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-7.1 - Deductions from retirement allowance for payment of hospital and medical surgical insurance premiums

43:10-7.1. Deductions from retirement allowance for payment of hospital and medical surgical insurance premiums  Whenever any member of the pension fund established under article 1, chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes who has retired or shall retire from active service shall, in writing, request the pension commission to make deductions from his retirement allowance for the payment of premiums for any hospital service plan or medical surgical plan or both, the pension commission may make such deductions and transmit the sum so deducted to the company carrying the policy or policies. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by any member upon filing notice of such withdrawal with the pension commission. L.1960, c. 47, p. 427, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-7.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-7.2 - Actuary; designation; duties; tables; adoption; employer contribution; annual certification by commissioner

43:10-7.2. Actuary; designation; duties; tables; adoption; employer contribution; annual certification by commissioner  a. The actuary of the system shall be designated by the county executive after consultation with the president of the pension commission and subject to the veto of the commission for valid reasons. He shall be the technical adviser of the commission on matters regarding the operation of the funds created by the provisions of this act and shall perform such other duties as are required in connection therewith. The actuary shall recommend, and the retirement system shall keep in convenient form, such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuation of the funds. At least once in every 3-year period, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service, and compensation or salary experience of the members and survivors as defined in this act and shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the funds. Upon the basis of such investigation and valuation, with the advice of the actuary, the commission shall: (1) Adopt for the retirement system such mortality, service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary; and, (2) Certify the employer's contribution to the system, which shall be raised annually by the board of chosen freeholders. b. Upon the basis of tables recommended by the actuary as the commission shall adopt and regular interest, the actuary of the retirement system shall make an annual valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system. On the basis of such valuation the employer contribution shall be computed so that paid annually for a period of 30 years, beginning with the year following the year in which this amendatory act becomes effective, the amount certified by the actuary of the system shall meet the liabilities of the system. L.1976, c. 106, s. 7, eff. Oct. 18, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-8 - Withdrawal from fund; employee without widow, widower or dependent children under 18; repayment of deductions

43:10-8. Withdrawal from fund; employee without widow, widower or dependent children under 18; repayment of deductions  Any employee entering the fund may at any time thereafter withdraw therefrom and shall be entitled to a refund of the moneys theretofore deducted from his salary hereunder. Where the employee leaves no widow, widower, or dependent children under 18 years of age, all moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system established hereunder shall be paid to the person designated by said employee as his or her beneficiary and if no such designation has been made or if the beneficiary has predeceased said employee, all moneys deducted from his or her salary for the retirement system shall be paid to the estate of the deceased employee. Amended by L.1973, c. 345, s. 5, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-8.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-8.1 - Credit upon reentry and payment of contributions after withdrawal

43:10-8.1. Credit upon reentry and payment of contributions after withdrawal  Any employee, who has heretofore withdrawn his contributions, pursuant to R.S. 43:10-8, from a county pension fund established pursuant to article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, and has thereafter reentered the fund and paid contributions to the fund, shall be entitled to pension credit for the entire period for which contributions have been paid into the fund, and the actions of the county pension commission in granting such pension credit to any employee so reentering the fund are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed. L.1976, c. 107, s. 2, eff. Oct. 18, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-9 - Employment by two counties

43:10-9. Employment by two counties  This article shall affect and include county employees, as herein described, jointly employed by two or more counties, on intercounty bridges. Each such employee's contribution of 3% of his salary shall be made in full to the county employees' pension fund of the county from which he was appointed, and the board of chosen freeholders of that county shall contribute on the total of his salary to the fund as herein provided. The employee and his dependents as herein described shall receive the benefits of this article from the county pension fund in the same manner as if he were employed exclusively by the county. Amended by L.1973, c. 345, s. 6, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-10 - Pension commission.

43:10-10 Pension commission.  43:10-10. There shall be in each county of the first class a pension commission of five members, consisting of the executive officer of the county (or the director of the board of freeholders if the county has not adopted the provisions of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.)), the chief financial officer of the county, and two persons who are either a county employee who is an active member of the pension fund or a retired county employee who is receiving a pension under this act, R.S.43:10-1 et seq., both of whom have been nominated pursuant to rules promulgated by the pension commission and elected at a meeting held by the county employees who are members of the fund and retired county employees who currently receive a pension from the fund after 5 days' written notice of the time and place thereof has been given by the executive officer of the county to all those member employees and retired employees of the county. The active member employees and retired employees may cast written ballots by proxy. The two commission members who are either a county member employee or a retired county employee shall hold office until their successors are elected at a meeting of the employees and retirees held on the third Wednesday of December every second year, for a term of 2 years commencing January 1 following their election. The fifth member of the commission shall be a citizen of the county who is not a public officeholder in the county or any municipality therein, and shall be selected by the other four members of the commission. He shall hold office for the term of 1 year. In case of vacancy for any cause, the commission may fill it until the next election. The commission shall hold its annual meeting between January 1 and 15 in each year and elect its president, a secretary whose compensation the commission may fix and pay out of the fund, and such other officers as it deems advisable. Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph to the contrary, upon the adoption of a resolution by the pension commission, any person, who shall be or has been elected to the position of secretary to the pension commission for five consecutive terms may be granted tenure as secretary. Upon the adoption of such resolution, the secretary shall hold this position during good behavior and efficiency and shall not be removed therefrom except for good cause and then only in accordance with the provisions of Title 11A (Civil Service) of the New Jersey Statutes. The pension commission shall be known as the "county employees pension commission of the county of ." amended 1961, c.64, s.2; 1973, c.345, s.7; 1979, c.351; 2017, c.73.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-11 - Powers and duties of commission; moneys belonging to fund

43:10-11. Powers and duties of commission; moneys belonging to fund  The pension commission shall have control and management of the funds and of the retirement of the county employees, and may make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this article. All retirements shall be made and pensions allowed by the pension commission. All moneys belonging to the pension fund shall be received and paid over to the chief financial officer of the county, whose official bond shall cover the same. All moneys paid out of the pension fund shall be paid by the chief financial officer of the county upon warrants signed by the president and secretary of the pension commission or such officers as the pension commission designates.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-12 - Deposit of funds; investments

43:10-12. Deposit of funds; investments  The pension commission shall deposit the funds in any of the banks or trust companies of the county. All moneys not needed for the immediate payment of the pensions shall be invested by the pension commission in (a) interest-bearing securities in which savings banks of this State are authorized to invest their funds, (b) bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by any company incorporated within and transacting business within the United States, which are not in default as to either principal or interest when acquired, (c) direct obligations of or unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by the government of Canada, payable as to both principal and interest in United States dollars, or which are the direct obligations of or unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by any of the provinces thereof, payable as to both principal and interest in United States dollars, (d) mortgage bonds or notes secured by property within this State and insured by the Federal Housing Administrator and (e) capital stock or other securities issued by any company incorporated within the United States, in which life insurance companies organized under the laws of this State may legally invest, provided that the book value of the total investment in common and preferred stock does not exceed 15% of the book value of the fund, except that not more than 10% of the book value of the fund shall be invested in common stock. The pension commission shall recommend and the board of freeholders shall appoint independent investment counsel to service the investment needs of the fund. Amended by L.1973, c. 345, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-13 - Annual report

43:10-13. Annual report  The pension commission shall report annually on the condition of the fund and the manner in which it is invested. The report shall be filed with the board of chosen freeholders of the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-14 - Pension exempt from tax, attachment, etc.

43:10-14. Pension exempt from tax, attachment, etc.  All pensions granted under this article shall be exempt from any state or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment, or any other process and shall be unassignable.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-15 - Effect of article on other pension funds or associations

43:10-15. Effect of article on other pension funds or associations  This article shall not be construed to affect in any manner any pension fund organized or created under any law existing prior to April twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, nor shall the same affect in any manner any pension association or corporation organized and existing under any law existing on said date, nor shall it affect any of the members thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-17 - Notice by employee of desire not to join; effect; right to become member

43:10-17. Notice by employee of desire not to join; effect; right to become member  Any employee in the service of a county of the first class who has heretofore, in accordance with law, notified, or, at his option, within thirty days after permanent appointment notifies, the pension commission in writing that he does not desire to be bound by the provisions of this article, shall have no deductions made from his salary. In such event no pension shall be paid to him or his dependents under this article. Any such county employee who, prior to June third, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, declined to be bound by the provisions of this article, may, notwithstanding such declination, within six months after said date, become a member of said fund upon payment into the fund, in such manner as shall be determined by the pension commission, all arrears, with interest, as the pension commission shall determine to be due in order to give such employee the same standing as a member of said fund as all other members who joined said pension fund when the law providing for such fund became effective. The maximum rate of interest shall not exceed the average rate of earnings of the investments of said fund. The maximum length of time for the payment of arrears shall be five years from the date of the application to join the fund. Any such county employee who, prior to June third, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, declined to be bound by the provisions of this article, may, notwithstanding such declination, become a member of said fund upon written application, and the regular deductions from the salary of such employee shall commence upon the filing of such written application; provided, however, that neither such employee, nor his dependents, shall be entitled to any of the benefits of this article for a period of five years from the date of his acceptance into the fund as aforesaid.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18 - Merger of independent pension groups with county employees' pension fund

43:10-18. Merger of independent pension groups with county employees' pension fund  Any independent pension fund group, composed of state, county or city employees, in any county of the first class, may, by a vote of at least two-thirds majority of its members, make application to the county employees' pension commission of that county for leave to become part and parcel of the county employees' pension fund and to receive the benefits therefrom. Such county employees' pension commission by agreement of a majority of its members, may accept such application, whereupon the board of chosen freeholders which is the custodian or treasurer of the independent pension group shall turn over to the county treasurer, the custodian of the funds of the county employees' commission, all of the funds of the independent pension group, which in every respect shall become a part of the common fund of the county employees' pension commission. Each member of an independent pension group which is accepted by the county employees' pension fund shall have and enjoy all of the rights of seniority and all other rights and privileges provided by article 1 of chapter 10 of this title (s. 43:10-1 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.2 - Employees' pension fund in counties over 800,000 created

43:10-18.2. Employees' pension fund in counties over 800,000 created  In each county of this State having a population of more than eight hundred thousand inhabitants a county employees' pension fund shall be created, set apart, maintained and administered, in the manner prescribed in this act, for the benefit of employees of such county and of the widows, widowers, and children of such employees, and of all contributors to, participants in, and beneficiaries of any pension fund in operation in such county at the time this act shall come in force and effect in such county, under and by virtue of articles one, two, five, six and seven of chapter ten of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes and of sections 40:37-157 to 40:37-174, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes and of "An act providing for the retirement of persons employed in the department of weights and measures of any county in this State, and providing a pension for such persons so retired," filed June twenty-first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight (P.L.1938, c. 397). L.1943, c. 160, p. 447, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.4 - Moneys belonging to retirement system; disposition

43:10-18.4. Moneys belonging to retirement system; disposition  All moneys belonging to the retirement system shall be received and paid over to the treasurer of the retirement system whose official bond as county treasurer shall cover the same. All moneys paid out of the retirement system shall be paid by the treasurer of the fund upon warrants signed by the president and secretary of the pension commission or such officers as the pension commission designates. L.1943, c. 160, p. 450, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.5 - Deposit of funds; investments

43:10-18.5. Deposit of funds; investments  The pension commission shall deposit the funds in any of the banks or trust companies in the county. All moneys not needed for immediate payment of the pensions shall be invested by the pension commission in interest bearing bonds of any municipality in this State or in any other interest bearing securities in which savings banks of this State are authorized to invest their funds. L.1943, c. 160, p. 450, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.6a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.6a - Membership as condition of employment; resolution of board of freeholders

43:10-18.6a. Membership as condition of employment; resolution of board of freeholders  Any person employed by a county of the first class after the effective date of this act having a population of over 800,000 shall become a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey as a condition of employment and shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits and subject to all obligations of other members of said system, provided that the board of chosen freeholders of such county has adopted and submitted to the Public Employees' Retirement System a resolution providing for such membership and agreeing that said county shall be subject to the same liabilities with respect to such members as all other counties participating in the Public Employees' Retirement System. Such employees shall not be eligible to be members of any pension fund maintained by said county for persons employed by the county prior to the effective date of the resolution adopted by said county. L.1960, c. 191, p. 806, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.6b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.6b - Employees age 70; immediate retirement; year-to-year extension of employment

43:10-18.6b. Employees age 70; immediate retirement; year-to-year extension of employment  Any employee who is a member of the retirement system, and who shall have attained the age of 70 years, shall be retired immediately, except that the chief executive officer of the county may, upon written request of the employee, permit an employee to continue employment with the county beyond the age of 70 years, on a year-to-year basis. L.1983, c. 211, s. 5.