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NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-35.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-35.1 - Repayment of loans after retirement of members of TPAF.

18A:66-35.1 Repayment of loans after retirement of members of TPAF.  2. In the case of any member who retires without paying the full amount so borrowed, the Division of Pensions and Benefits shall deduct from the retirement benefit payments the same monthly amount which was deducted from the compensation of the member immediately preceding retirement until the balance of the amount borrowed together with the interest is repaid. In the case of a pensioner who dies before the outstanding balance of the loan and interest thereon has been recovered, the remaining balance shall be repaid from the proceeds of any other benefit payable on the account of the pensioner either in the form of monthly payments due to his beneficiaries or in the form of lump sum payments payable for pension or group life insurance. L.1981, c.212, s.2; amended 1988, c.134, s.1; 1999, c.132, s.1; 2007, c.92, s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-38.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-38.1 - Limitation on death benefits

18A:66-38.1. Limitation on death benefits  a. Any person entitled to become a member of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund shall not be allowed any of the death benefits established by sections 18A:66-36, 18A:66-37, 18A:66-38, 18A:66-41, 18A:66-42, 18A:66-44 and 18A:66-46e. If on the date he files an application for membership he is 60 or more years of age or if he makes application for membership beyond the year after he first became eligible for membership, regardless of age, unless the member furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability and on the effective date of his membership is actively at work and performing all his regular duties at his customary place of employment. The effective date of coverage for such death benefits shall be the first day of the month which immediately follows the date when such evidence is determined to be satisfactory. b. Such evidence of insurability will not be required of any person becoming a member of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund upon transfer from another State-administered retirement system if such system provided death benefits of a similar nature and the transferring member was covered by such benefits at the time of the transfer. If such transferring member was not covered by such benefits at the time of the transfer, he may be allowed the death benefits of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund subject to the provisions of subsection a. of this section; provided, however, that any such member must furnish satisfactory evidence of insurability under the provisions of subsection a. of this section if he had been unable or failed to give such evidence as a member of the system from which he transferred. c. Any person who must furnish satisfactory evidence of insurability under the provisions of this section and who ceases to be a member of the retirement system without such evidence having been given shall continue to be subject to the same requirement if he subsequently becomes a member. L.1971, c. 121, s. 38, eff. April 29, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-39.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-39.2 - Inapplicability relative to certain transferred service credit.

18A:66-39.2 Inapplicability relative to certain transferred service credit.  13. The provisions of N.J.S.18A:66-39 as amended by P.L.2010, c.3, and section 10 of P.L.2010, c.3 (C.18A:66-39.1), concerning persons who become members of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.3 shall not apply to a person who at the time of enrollment in the retirement system on or after that effective date transfers service credit, as permitted, from another State-administered retirement system or fund of which the person was a member immediately prior to the effective date and continuously thereafter, but shall apply to a former member of the retirement system who has been granted a retirement allowance and is reenrolled in the retirement system on or after that effective date after becoming employed again in a position that makes the person eligible to be a member of the retirement system. L.2010, c.3, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-41 - Ordinary disability allowances.

18A:66-41 Ordinary disability allowances.  18A:66-41. A member upon retirement for ordinary disability shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of: (a) an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement together with regular interest after January 1, 1956; and (b) a pension in the amount which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 1.64% of final compensation multiplied by his number of years of creditable service; and provided further, that in no event shall the allowance be less than 43.6% of final compensation. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who has retired on an ordinary disability retirement allowance, there shall be paid to such member's beneficiary, an amount equal to 1 1/2 times the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service or in the year of the member's highest contractual salary, whichever is higher; provided, however, that if such death shall occur after the member shall have attained age 60, the amount payable shall equal 3/16 of such compensation. The death benefits provided in this section shall apply to any member who has retired or shall retire on or after January 1, 1956. L.1967, c.271; amended 1971, c.121, s.22; 1995, c.410, s.2; 2001, c.353, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-41.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-41.1 - Increase in retirement allowance for retiree, beneficiary under N.J.S.18A:66-41 or N.J.S.18A:66-47.

18A:66-41.1 Increase in retirement allowance for retiree, beneficiary under N.J.S.18A:66-41 or N.J.S.18A:66-47.  2. The retirement allowance of each retiree under N.J.S.18A:66-41, or the retiree's beneficiary pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-47, on the effective date of P.L.2001, c.353 shall be increased by a percentage equivalent to the percentage increase in the fraction of final compensation for each year of credited service for the total retirement allowance under these sections made by this act, P.L.2001, c.353 (C.18A:66-41.1 et al.). The provisions of section 7 of P.L.1969, c.169 (C.43:3B-8) shall not be applicable to the increases in retirement allowances provided by this section. L.2001,c.353,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-42 - Accidental disability allowances.

18A:66-42 Accidental disability allowances.  18A:66-42. A member under 65 years of age upon retirement for accidental disability shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of: (a) an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement together with regular interest after January 1, 1956; and (b) a pension in the amount which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 72.7% of his actual annual compensation for which contributions were being made at the time of the occurrence of the accident. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who has retired on an accidental disability retirement allowance, there shall be paid to such member's beneficiary, an amount equal to 1 1/2 times the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service or in the year of the member's highest contractual salary, whichever is higher; provided, however, that if such death shall occur after the member shall have attained age 60, the amount payable shall equal 3/16 of such compensation. The death benefits provided in this section shall apply to any member who has retired or shall retire on or after January 1, 1956. L.1967, c.271; amended 1971, c.121, s.23; 1995, c.410, s.3; 2001, c.353, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-42.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-42.1 - Increase in retirement allowance under N.J.S.18A:66-42 or N.J.S.18A:66-47.

18A:66-42.1 Increase in retirement allowance under N.J.S.18A:66-42 or N.J.S.18A:66-47.  4. The retirement allowance of each retiree under N.J.S.18A:66-42, or the retiree's beneficiary pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-47, on the effective date of P.L.2001, c.353 shall be increased from 2/3 to 72.7% of the actual annual compensation for which contributions were being made at the time of the occurrence of the accident. The provisions of section 7 of P.L.1969, c.169 (C.43:3B-8) shall not be applicable to the increases in retirement allowances provided by this section. L.2001,c.353,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-42.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-42.2 - Payment of normal contribution for increased benefits under N.J.S.18A:66-41 and N.J.S.18A:66-42 for active members.

18A:66-42.2 Payment of normal contribution for increased benefits under N.J.S.18A:66-41 and N.J.S.18A:66-42 for active members.  5. The normal contribution for the increased benefits for active members under N.J.S.18A:66-41 and N.J.S.18A:66-42 as amended by sections 1 and 3 of P.L.2001, c.353 shall be paid from the benefit enhancement fund established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-16. If there are excess valuation assets after reductions in normal contributions and member contributions, the amount of excess valuation assets credited to the benefit enhancement fund shall include the present value of the expected additional normal contributions attributable to the provisions of N.J.S.18A:66-41 and N.J.S.18A:66-42 as amended by sections 1 and 3 of P.L.2001, c.353 payable on behalf of the active members over the expected working lives of the active members in accordance with the tables of actuarial assumptions for the valuation period. No additional excess valuation assets shall be credited to the benefit enhancement fund after the maximum amount is attained. Interest shall be credited to the benefit enhancement fund as provided under N.J.S.18A:66-25. If assets in the benefit enhancement fund are insufficient to pay the normal contribution for the increased benefits for a valuation period, the State shall pay the amount of normal contribution for the increased benefits not covered by assets from the benefit enhancement fund. L.2001,c.353,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-43 - Retirement for service age limits.

18A:66-43 Retirement for service age limits.  18A:66-43. Retirement for service shall be as follows: (a) A person who was a member before the effective date of P.L.2008, c.89 and has attained 60 years of age may retire on a service retirement allowance by filing with the retirement system a written application, duly attested, stating at which time subsequent to the execution and filing thereof he desires to be retired. The board of trustees shall retire him at the time specified or at such other time within 1 month after the date so specified as the board finds advisable. (b) A person who becomes a member on or after the effective date of P.L.2008, c.89 and has attained 62 years of age may retire on a service retirement allowance by filing with the retirement system a written application, duly attested, stating at which time subsequent to the execution and filing thereof the member desires to be retired. The board of trustees shall retire the member at the time specified or at such other time within 1 month after the date so specified as the board finds advisable. (c) A person who becomes a member on or after the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78 and has attained 65 years of age may retire on a service retirement allowance by filing with the retirement system a written application, duly attested, stating at which time subsequent to the execution and filing thereof the member desires to be retired. The board of trustees shall retire the member at the time specified or at such other time within 1 month after the date so specified as the board finds advisable. amended 1971, c.121, s.24. 2008. c.89, s.21; 2011, c.78, s.37.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-44 - Service retirement allowances.

18A:66-44 Service retirement allowances.  18A:66-44. A member, upon retirement for service, shall receive a retirement allowance consisting of: (a) an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions, together with interest after January 1, 1956, less any excess contributions as provided in N.J.S.18A:66-20; and (b) a pension in the amount which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 1/64 of final compensation for each year of service credited as class A service and 1/55 of final compensation for each year of service credited as class B service, or for a person who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1 1/60 of final compensation for each year of service credited as class B service. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who has retired on a service retirement allowance, there shall be paid to the member's beneficiary, an amount equal to 3/16 of the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service or in the year of the member's highest contractual salary, whichever is higher. amended 1971, c.121, s.25; 1995, c.410, s.4; 2001, c.133, s.6; 2010, c.1, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-45 - Thirty-five year present-entrant allowances

18A:66-45. Thirty-five year present-entrant allowances  Any present-entrant member who has had 35 years of service as a teacher to his credit shall be retired at his request, irrespective of his age, and shall receive a retirement allowance, calculated in accordance with section 18A:66-44, consisting of not less than 1/70 of his final compensation for each year of credited service at retirement. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-46 - Accidental death benefits.

18A:66-46 Accidental death benefits.  18A:66-46. a. Upon the death of a member in active service as a result of: (1) an accident met in the actual performance of duty at some definite time and place, or (2) service in the reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard in a federal active duty status, and not as the result of his willful negligence, an accidental death benefit shall be payable, if a report of the accident is filed in the office of the retirement system within 60 days next following the accident, but the board of trustees may waive such time limit, for a reasonable period, if in the judgment of the board the circumstances warrant such action. No such application shall be valid or acted upon unless it is filed in the office of the retirement system within five years of the date of such death. b. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member on account of which an accidental death benefit is payable, there shall be paid to his widow or widower a pension of 50% of the compensation, upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service, for the use of herself or himself and the children of the deceased member, to continue during her or his widowhood; if there is no surviving widow or widower or in the case the widow or widower dies or remarries, 20% of such compensation will be payable to one surviving child, 35% of such compensation to two surviving children in equal shares and if there be three or more children, 50% of such compensation will be payable to such children in equal shares. If there is no surviving widow, widower or child, 25% of the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service, will be payable to one surviving parent or 40% of such compensation will be payable to two surviving parents in equal shares. In the event of accidental death occurring in the first year of creditable service, the benefits, payable pursuant to this subsection, shall be computed at the annual rate of compensation. c. If there is no surviving widow, widower, child or parent, there shall be paid to any other beneficiary of the deceased member his accumulated deductions at the time of death. d. In no case shall the death benefit provided in subsection b. be less than that provided under subsection c. e. In addition to the foregoing benefits payable under subsection b. or c., there shall also be paid in one sum to such member's beneficiary an amount equal to 1 1/2 times the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service. Amended 1968, c.228, s.8; 1971, c.121, s.26; 1984, c.132, s.2; 2009, c.23, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-47.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-47.1 - Spouse's benefit elimination by teacher

18A:66-47.1. Spouse's benefit elimination by teacher  Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 66 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes or any other law to the contrary, whenever a member of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund elects a retirement benefit which is payable for the life of the member only and terminating at his death, without refund of any kind to the spouse, the member shall be required, before electing that benefit, to sign a form stating that the member has elected that benefit, that the member understands that it is payable during the member's lifetime only and that no benefits will be payable to the member's spouse after death. The Division of Pensions, Department of the Treasury, shall notify the member's spouse if the member identifies the spouse on the form. Notification shall be by certified mail to the spouse's address as provided on the form by the member. If the member has not provided an address for the spouse on the form, the Division of Pensions, Department of the Treasury, shall send the notice, by certified mail, to the spouse at the member's address. The notice shall advise the spouse that the retirement benefit chosen by the member is payable during the member's lifetime only and that no benefits, other than any applicable life insurance benefits, shall be payable to the beneficiary after the member's death.  L. 1985, c. 382, s. 2, eff. May 1, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-47.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-47.2 - Election of death benefit or retirement allowance

18A:66-47.2. Election of death benefit or retirement allowance  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the beneficiary of a member who has more than 37 years of service credit and who dies on or after the 24th day after filing an application for retirement and two days before the effective date of the retirement may elect to receive the death benefit payable to the member's beneficiary if the member had died in active service or the retirement allowance elected by the member and payable to the beneficiary pursuant to section 18A:66-47.  L.1989, c.272, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-47.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-47.3 - Applicability of N.J.S.18A:66-47

18A:66-47.3. Applicability of N.J.S.18A:66-47  3. N.J.S.18A:66-47 as amended by section 1 of P.L.1995, c.221 shall apply to a filing for retirement received by the retirement system on or after January 1, 1992, except it shall not apply in a situation in which benefits were paid prior to the effective date of P.L.1995, c.221 to any beneficiary other than or in addition to the beneficiary who would be eligible for benefits under N.J.S.18A:66-47 as amended by section 1 of P.L.1995, c.221. Benefits payable under N.J.S.18A:66-47 as amended by section 1 of P.L.1995, c.221 on a filing for retirement received by the retirement system prior to the effective date of P.L.1995, c.221 shall be adjusted, if necessary, to account for an insurance benefit or return of contributions paid on behalf of the member prior to the effective date of P.L.1995, c.221, and the amount of a retirement allowance or insurance benefit payable may be reduced, so that the total amount of benefit paid on behalf of the member shall not exceed the value of the benefit to which the member or beneficiary would have been entitled if P.L.1995, c.221 had been in effect on the date of the filing for retirement. L.1995,c.221,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-48 - Monthly payments; payment upon death of retirant

18A:66-48. Monthly payments; payment upon death of retirant  18A:66-48. A pension, an annuity or a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this article shall be effective only on the first day of a month, shall be paid in equal monthly installments, and shall not be decreased, increased, revoked, or repealed, except as otherwise provided in this article; provided, however, that at the time any benefit becomes payable, any unpaid balance of a loan or arrearage outstanding shall be deducted from any benefit otherwise payable.  Upon the death of a retirant, any unpaid benefits due him shall be paid in one lump sum to such person, if living, as he shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board of trustees, otherwise to the executor or administrator of the retirant's estate. No pension, annuity or retirement allowance shall be due to a retirant or a beneficiary unless it constitutes a payment for an entire month; provided, however, that a pension, annuity or retirement allowance shall be payable for the entire month in which the retirant or beneficiary dies.  L.1967, c.271; amended 1993,c.335,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:66-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:66-49 - Benefits of TRF retirants

18A:66-49. Benefits of TRF retirants  Any member or beneficiary of the teachers' pension and annuity fund who was a member of the teachers' retirement fund as created by L.1896, c. 32; L.1899, c. 178; L.1900, c. 96; L.1902, c. 36; L.1903 (2nd Sp.Sess.), c. 1; L.1905, c. 95; L.1906, c. 314; L.1907, c. 139; prior to his becoming a member of the teachers' pension and annuity fund, shall receive in addition to his retirement allowance otherwise payable a pension which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the contributions, without interest, which he paid to the teachers' retirement fund prior to September 1, 1919, which he has not otherwise received. L.1967, c.271.