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NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.51 - Employees' pension fund in counties of 300,000 to 325,000

43:10-18.51. Employees' pension fund in counties of 300,000 to 325,000  In each county of this State having a population of from three hundred thousand to three hundred twenty-five 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 nine of chapter ten and chapter nine 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.1948, c. 310, p. 1230, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.53 - Receipt and disposition of moneys

43:10-18.53. Receipt and disposition of moneys  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.1948, c. 310, p. 1233, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.54 - Deposits; investments

43:10-18.54. Deposits; 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 (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. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1233, s. 5. Amended by L.1966, c. 210, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.57 - Claims pending on January 1, 1949; widows, widowers and minor children

43:10-18.57. Claims pending on January 1, 1949; widows, widowers and minor children  All claims for pensions or other benefits from such other county retirement systems which are pending or ungranted on January 1, 1949, shall be allowed or disallowed by the pension commission herein provided for according to the provisions of the statutes governing such other retirement systems, and those which shall be allowed shall be paid from the retirement system herein provided for. The widow, so long as she remains unmarried, or widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children up to 18 years of age, of any employee in the service of the county, who prior to January 1, 1949, 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 83,000 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); Court interpreters in counties of the second class (article 9 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 1/2 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 January 1, 1949, together with all the benefits provided for in this act. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1242, s. 8. Amended by L.1966, c. 210, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.58 - Retirement on half pay

43:10-18.58. Retirement on half pay  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 twenty years, and who shall have attained the age of fifty-five years, or who shall regardless of age have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of thirty-five years, shall, upon his application, be retired on half pay. 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 eighteen years of age, as the case may be. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1243, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.58a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.58a - Resignation of member after completion of 20 or 30 years of service before age 55; death

43:10-18.58a. Resignation of member after completion of 20 or 30 years of service before age 55; death  (a) Should a member resign after having completed 30 years of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, before reaching age 55, he may elect to receive, in lieu of the payment provided in section 9 of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, or the benefit provided by subsection (b) of this section, a pension in the amount of 1/2 of the salary he is receiving at the time of his retirement; provided, however, that such pension shall be reduced in accordance with a table of actuarial equivalents recommended by the actuary and adopted by the commission reflecting all months that the member lacks of being age 55. Upon and after the death of any employee or pensioner receiving a retirement pension under this subsection 9(a), the retirement pension being paid to said deceased employee or pensioner 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, subject, however, to any other limitations of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary. (b) Should a member, after having completed 20 years of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, be separated voluntarily or involuntarily from the service, before reaching age 55, he may elect to receive the payments provided for in section 9 of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, or the benefit provided by subsection (a) of this section, or a deferred pension beginning at age 55, in the amount based on his years of service credited in the fund bear to the total number of years of service that he could have achieved had he continued to age 55 and qualified for the pension of 1/2 of the salary he was receiving at the time he elected the deferred pension. Upon and after the death of any employee or pensioner receiving a retirement pension under this subsection 9(b), the retirement pension being paid to said deceased employee or pensioner 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, subject, however, to any other limitations of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary. L.1966, c. 210, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.58c (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.58c - Additional pension; retiree over 55 with 25 years or more service

43:10-18.58c. Additional pension; retiree over 55 with 25 years or more service  Any employee retiring after the effective date of this act who has 25 years of service and who has attained 55 years of age, shall be entitled, in addition to a pension at 50% of final salary, to an added 1% of his average salary for each year in excess of 25 years of service rendered prior to his reaching age 70. L.1975, c. 230, s. 5, eff. Oct. 16, 1975. Amended by L.1978, c. 127, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.59 - Disabled persons employed one year or more; pension; amount

43:10-18.59. Disabled persons employed one year or more; pension; amount  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 1 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 2 1/2 % of his salary, and for each additional year of service more than 1 year the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of 2 1/2 % of said salary, not exceeding, except as provided pursuant to section 5 of this amendatory and supplementary act, 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 18 years of age, as the case may be. The pension commission shall determine as provided in section 11 whether or not such employee has become permanently and totally disabled. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1244, s. 10. Amended by L.1975, c. 230, s. 2, eff. Oct. 16, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.60 - Disabled persons; retirement on half pay

43:10-18.60. Disabled persons; retirement on half pay  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.1948, c. 310, p. 1244, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.61 - Medical examination of persons retired for disability

43:10-18.61. Medical examination of persons retired for disability  Once each year the pension commission may, and upon his application, shall, require any member retired for disability who is under the age of 55 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. No pension or compensation received by any person honorably discharged from any branch of the armed services of the United States shall be considered or construed as earnings. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1245, s. 12. Amended by L.1966, c. 210, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.62 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.62 - Death of employee after one year's employment; benefits to survivors

43:10-18.62. Death of employee after one year's employment; benefits to survivors  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 1 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, 2 1/2 % of the salary of such employee, and for each additional year of service more than 1 year, the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of 2 1/2 % of said salary, not exceeding in any event 25% of the final compensation but not less than $2,500.00. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1246, s. 13. Amended by L.1975, c. 230, s. 3, eff. Oct. 16, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.63 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.63 - Surviving children, pensions to

43:10-18.63. Surviving children, pensions to  If an employee or pensioner dies leaving dependent children under 18 years of age and he or she is, at death, a widower or widow, the benefits of this article which a widow or 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 18 years of age. If more than one child survives, the benefits shall be divided proportionately among all of such children under the age of 18 years. L.1948, c. 310, p. 1246, s. 14. Amended by L.1978, c. 127, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.64a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.64a - Definitions

43:10-18.64a. Definitions  As used in this act: a. "Retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the pension fund established under the act to which this act is a supplement, who has retired from such employment, and as a result of such employment has or shall have received a pension from the pension fund for no less than 24 months. b. "Beneficiary" means any person who, as a result of the death of an active or retired member has or shall have received a pension or a minimum pension pursuant to sections 1 and 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.50 and 43:10-18.62) for no less than 24 months. In the case of any beneficiary, the 24 month period shall include the period in which the retirant was entitled to receive his pension. c. "Benefit year" means: (1) The calendar year 1974 for: (a) All retirants who retired before calendar year 1975; and, (b) All beneficiaries of retirants or active members who died while in active service before 1975, except those beneficiaries covered by (3) of this subsection; (2) The actual calendar year of retirement for: (a) All members who retired on or after January 1, 1975; and (b) All beneficiaries of retirants or active members who died while in active service on or after January 1, 1975, except those beneficiaries covered by (3) of this subsection; and, (3) The calendar year 1975 for all beneficiaries who were entitled to receive increased pensions pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.50) and all beneficiaries of active members who died while in active service and were entitled to receive increased pensions in 1975 in accordance with section 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.62). d. "Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31. e. "Index" means the annual average over a 12-month period, beginning September 1, and ending August 31, of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor (1967=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. The annual average index so calculated shall be the index for the calendar year in which the 12-month period ends. f. "Benefit year index" shall be the index of the benefit year. L.1978, c. 127, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.64b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.64b - Adjustment in pensions; employer to bear cost; date of commencement

43:10-18.64b. Adjustment in pensions; employer to bear cost; date of commencement  The employer shall bear the cost of the adjustment in the pensions payable to retirants who retired from the employ of such employer and the cost of adjustments in the pensions payable to beneficiaries of active or retired members who were in the employ of the employer at the time of the member's death or retirement. The employer shall appropriate the amount in the fiscal year next following, taking into account payments to be made to such retirants or beneficiaries qualifying for the first time for this adjustment in the following year. The adjustment in pensions provided for under this supplementary act shall commence with pension benefit payments for the month of January 1978, except as hereinafter specified, 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 Adjustment Act (P.L.1969, c. 169, C. 43:3B-1 et seq.). In the case of any retirant or beneficiary first becoming eligible to receive an adjustment under the provisions of this act, such adjustment shall be paid beginning in the 25th month in which he is entitled to receive his pension benefit. The adjustment in pensions shall continue to be paid so 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.1978, c. 127, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.64c (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.64c - Amount of adjustment; determination; certification; notice

43:10-18.64c. Amount of adjustment; determination; certification; notice  On or before the 30th day following the effective date of this act and on or before October 1, 1978 and by the same date in each subsequent year, the Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of Treasury shall review the index and determine the percentum of change in the index from the benefit year index pursuant to the provisions of the Pension Adjustment Act (P.L.1969, c. 169, C. 43:3B-1 et seq.). The percentage of adjustment in the pensions shall be 3/5 of the percentum change. Any adjustment so calculated shall apply to all of the months of the following calendar year for eligible retirants and beneficiaries, except for those qualifying for the first time, it shall apply only to those months of the following calendar year in which the retirant or beneficiary is eligible to receive the adjustment. The director shall certify the amounts sufficient to adjust the pensions payable to all eligible retirants and beneficiaries by 3/5 of the percentum of change in the index as such pensions may have been originally granted or increased for certain retirants in accordance with section 10 of P.L.1966, c. 210 (C. 43:10-18.58b) or increased for certain beneficiaries in accordance with section 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.62). The director shall notify the secretary of the pension fund of the percentage of adjustment in 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. L.1978, c. 127, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-18.64d (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-18.64d - Waiver of right to adjusted pension; withdrawal

43:10-18.64d. Waiver of right to adjusted pension; withdrawal  Any retirant or beneficiary who is eligible to receive an adjusted pension under the provisions of this supplementary act may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the pension commission. Such waiver may be withdrawn at any time and upon such withdrawal the adjustment in the pension shall commence with the pension payment for the next following month. L.1978, c. 127, s. 6.