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NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-147 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-147 - Conditions for receipt of one-half of final salary

43:15A-147 Conditions for receipt of one-half of final salary  6. Any workers compensation judge who has: a. served at least five years successively as a judge of compensation and attained the age of 65 years or more while serving in such office and has served at least 15 years of aggregate public service, or b. served at least five years successively as a judge of compensation and attained the age of 60 years or more while serving in such office and has served at least 20 years of aggregate public service, may retire and receive the retirement allowance prescribed by this section. The retirement allowance shall consist of an annuity that shall be the actuarial equivalent of the member's accumulated deductions together with regular interest, and a pension that, when added to the member's annuity, shall provide a retirement allowance during the remainder of the member's life in an amount equal to one-half of the member's final salary. L.2001,c.259,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-148 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-148 - "Early" retirement; formula, conditions

43:15A-148 "Early" retirement; formula, conditions  7. Any workers compensation judge who has served at least five years successively as a judge of compensation and at least 25 years of aggregate public service, and who resigns or is not reappointed before reaching age 60, may elect "early" retirement, provided, that such election is communicated by the member to the retirement system by filing a written application, duly attested, stating at what time subsequent to the execution and filing thereof the member desires to be retired. Any member of the retirement system, eligible to retire under the provisions of this section, shall receive a retirement allowance consisting of an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the member's accumulated deductions together with regular interest, and a pension which, when added to the member's annuity, shall provide a retirement allowance during the remainder of the member's life in the amount of 2% of the member's final salary multiplied by the number of years of service up to 25 plus 1% of the member's final salary multiplied by the number of years of service over 25. Such retirement allowance shall be reduced in accordance with a table of actuarial equivalents recommended by the actuary and adopted by the retirement system reflecting all months that the member lacks of being age 60. The board of trustees shall retire the member at the time specified or at such other time within one month after the date so specified as the board finds advisable. L.2001,c.259,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-149 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-149 - Deferred retirement; formula, conditions

43:15A-149 Deferred retirement; formula, conditions  8. Any workers compensation judge who has served at least five years successively as a judge of compensation and at least 10 years of aggregate public service, and who resigns or is not reappointed before reaching age 60, and not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, may elect to receive: a. all of the member's accumulated deductions standing to the credit of the member's individual account in the annuity savings fund as provided under subsection a. of section 41 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-41), or b. a deferred retirement allowance, beginning on the first day of the month following the member's attainment of age 60 and the filing of an application therefor, which shall consist of an annuity derived from the accumulated deductions standing to the credit of the member's account in the annuity savings fund at the time of severance from service together with regular interest, and a pension which, when added to the annuity, shall produce a retirement allowance in the amount of 2% of the member's final salary multiplied by the number of years of service up to 25 plus 1% of the member's final salary multiplied by the number of years of service over 25, provided that such inactive member may elect to receive payments provided under section 7 of this act, P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-148), if the member had qualified under that section at the time of leaving service, except that in order to avail the member of the option, the member shall exercise such option at least one month before the effective date of retirement. If such inactive member shall die after attaining age 60 but before filing an application for retirement benefits pursuant to this section or section 7 of this act and for which benefits the member would have qualified, or in the event of death after retirement, there shall be paid to such member's beneficiary the death benefits prescribed by section 10 of this act. No beneficiary shall be eligible for a pension or survivor's benefit if the member who elected to receive a deferred pension shall die before attaining age 60. Upon receipt of the proper proofs of death, the beneficiary of a member who elects to receive a deferred retirement allowance shall be paid the member's accumulated deductions at the time of death together with regular interest. Any member who, having elected to receive a deferred pension or deferred retirement allowance, again becomes a member while under the age of 60, shall thereupon be reenrolled. The member shall be credited with all service as a member standing to the member's credit at the time of the member's election to receive a deferred pension or deferred retirement allowance. L.2001,c.259,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-150 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-150 - Benefits to survivors of judges on active service

43:15A-150 Benefits to survivors of judges on active service  9. a. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death in active service of a workers compensation judge member of the retirement system, there shall be paid to the member's widow a survivor's benefit of 25% of final salary for the use of the widow, to continue during widowhood, plus 10% of final salary payable to one surviving child or plus 15% of final salary to two or more surviving children; if there is no surviving widow or in case the widow dies or remarries, 15% of final salary shall be payable to one surviving child, 20% of final salary to two surviving children in equal shares and if there are three or more children, 30% of final salary shall be payable to such children in equal shares. If there is no surviving widow or child, 20% of final salary shall be payable to one surviving parent or 30% of final salary shall be payable to two surviving parents in equal shares. b. In addition to the benefits payable under subsection a. of this section, there shall also be paid in one sum to the member's beneficiary an amount equal to one and one-half times the final salary received by the member. L.2001,c.259,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-151 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-151 - Benefits to survivors of retired judges

43:15A-151 Benefits to survivors of retired judges  10. a. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a workers compensation judge who has retired on a pension or retirement allowance based on age and service, or pursuant to section 7 of this act, P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-148), there shall be paid to the member's beneficiary, an amount equal to one-fourth of the final salary received by the member. b. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who has retired on a disability pension or retirement allowance, there shall be paid to the member's beneficiary, an amount equal to one and one-half times the final salary received by the member if such death occurs before the member shall have attained 60 years of age but if such death occurs thereafter, an amount equal to one-fourth of the final salary received by the member. L.2001,c.259,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-152 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-152 - Credit for previous service; purchase, conditions

43:15A-152 Credit for previous service; purchase, conditions  11. a. Any workers compensation judge who wishes to receive credit for previous service as a judge of compensation or in an office, position, or employment of this State or of a county, municipality, board of education, or public agency of this State, shall file an application therefor with the board of trustees and pay into the annuity savings fund the amount required by applying the factor, supplied by the actuary, as being applicable to the judge's age at the time of purchase and the type of service to be purchased, to the member's salary at that time. Such purchase may be made in regular installments, equal to at least one-half the full normal contribution to the retirement system over a maximum period to be determined by the board of trustees. In the case of any judge coming under the provisions of this section, full pension credit for the period of employment for which arrears are being paid shall be given upon the payment of at least one-half the total arrearage obligation and the completion of one year of membership and the making of such arrears payments, except that in the case of retirement, the total membership credit for such service shall be in direct proportion as the amount paid bears to the total amount of arrearage obligation. b. The State shall pay to the retirement system the employer's accrued liability obligation on behalf of such judge purchasing prior service credit. L.2001,c.259,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-153 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-153 - Return of accumulated contributions; election of retirement allowance

43:15A-153. Return of accumulated contributions; election of retirement allowance  12. a. A workers compensation judge making contributions pursuant to the provisions of this act, P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-142 et seq.), and who is not eligible for any benefits under the Workers Compensation Judges Part, may, upon termination of such service as a judge of compensation, elect to receive the return of the judge's accumulated contributions in accordance with the provisions of subsection a. of section 41 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C. 43:15A-41). If a workers compensation judge is a member of the retirement system on the basis of other public service, no application for a return of contributions shall be approved until the judge has terminated all service covered by the system and makes application for a return of all contributions made to the retirement system. If all or any part of a member's service as a workers compensation judge is applied toward qualifying for benefits under any other provision of P.L.1954, c.84 to which this act, P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-142 et seq.), is a supplement, no return of contributions made on the basis of the workers compensation judge salary shall be approved, and in that event, service established as a workers compensation judge and salary pertaining thereto shall be credited in the same manner as all other service and salary covered by the retirement system. b. At the time of retirement, a member enrolled on the basis of service as a judge of compensation as well as other public service shall be permitted to elect the largest possible retirement allowance, if the member qualifies for benefits under both the provisions of this act and the act to which this is a supplement. An application for a return of contributions made on the basis of such other public service not used for the calculation of a retirement allowance or to qualify for State payment for health care benefits in retirement may be approved. c. A workers compensation judge electing to receive a retirement allowance under the Workers Compensation Judges Part shall be ineligible to receive a retirement allowance or pension for the same service under any other law of the State. L.2001,c.259,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-154 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-154 - Determination of unfunded accrued liability

43:15A-154 Determination of unfunded accrued liability  13. The actuary for the Public Employees' Retirement System shall determine the unfunded accrued liability for the Workers Compensation Judges Part of the retirement system and the benefits provided for workers compensation judges under that part in the same manner provided for the determination of the unfunded accrued liability of the retirement system by section 24 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-24). This unfunded accrued liability shall be amortized in the manner provided by section 24 over an amortization period of 30 years. Accrued liability and normal contributions for workers compensation judges shall be paid by transfers from the Second Injury Fund as provided by subsection j. of R.S.34:15-94. The Commissioner of Labor may, with the authorization of and appropriation by the Legislature, pay this unfunded accrued liability in a lump sum or over a period of time shorter than 30 years. L.2001,c.259,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-155 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-155 - Definitions relative to Prosecutors Part in PERS

43:15A-155. Definitions relative to Prosecutors Part in PERS  1. As used in this act, P.L.2001, c.366 (C.43:15A-155 et seq.): "Service" includes service as (1) a county prosecutor, first assistant prosecutor or assistant prosecutor as defined in N.J.S.2A:158-1 et seq.; (2) the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety; (3) an assistant director, deputy director, assistant attorney general or deputy attorney general in that department and assigned to that division pursuant to P.L.1970, c.74 (C.52:17B-97 et seq.); or (4) a criminal investigator in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety who is not eligible for enrollment in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.). "Beneficiary" means any person entitled to receive any benefit pursuant to the provisions of this act by reason of the death of a prosecutor or retirant. "Final compensation"means the annual salary received by the member of the Prosecutors Part at the time of retirement or death. "Retirant" means any former member of the Prosecutors Part receiving a pension or retirement allowance as provided by this act. "Prosecutor" means (1) a county prosecutor, first assistant prosecutor or assistant prosecutor as defined in N.J.S.2A:158-1 et seq.; (2) the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety; (3) an assistant director, deputy director, assistant attorney general or deputy attorney general in that department and assigned to that division pursuant to P.L.1970, c.74 (C.52:17B-97 et seq.); or (4) a criminal investigator in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety who is not eligible for enrollment in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System. L.2001,c.366,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-156 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-156 - Prosecutors, membership in Prosecutors Part, PERS credit.

43:15A-156 Prosecutors, membership in Prosecutors Part, PERS credit.  2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, prosecutors shall be members of the Prosecutors Part, established pursuant to P.L.2001, c.366 (C.43:15A-155 et seq.), of the Public Employees' Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), and shall be subject to the same membership and benefit provisions as State employees, except as provided by P.L.2001, c.366. Membership in the retirement system shall be a condition of employment for service as a prosecutor. Any service credit which has been established in the Public Employees' Retirement System prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2021, c.226, shall be established in the Prosecutors Part without further assessment of cost to the prosecutor; provided, however, any service credit which has been established in the Public Employees' Retirement System and the Judicial Retirement System not deferred pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.287 (C.43:6A-11.1) by a member of the retirement system in any position prior to service as a county prosecutor, nominated and appointed pursuant to Article VII, Section II, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, shall be established in the Prosecutors Part without further assessment of cost to the prosecutor. Any county prosecutor or acting county prosecutor enrolled in the Defined Contribution Retirement Program as a county prosecutor or acting county prosecutor shall be eligible for service credit in the Prosecutors Part, except that the county prosecutor or acting county prosecutor shall first pay the amount equivalent to that amount contributed pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-3) during each fiscal year of membership in the Defined Contribution Retirement Program to be credited. b. All outstanding obligations, such as loans, purchases and other arrearage, shall be satisfied by a prosecutor as previously scheduled for payment to the Public Employees' Retirement System. L.2001, c.366, s.2; amended 2003, c.140; 2010, c.1, s.36; 2021, c.226.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-157 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-157 - Separate account for each prosecutor, rate.

43:15A-157 Separate account for each prosecutor, rate.  3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 25 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-25) to the contrary, a separate account shall be established in the annuity savings fund for each prosecutor and all contributions based on the prosecutor's salary shall be credited to this account. b. A prosecutor shall contribute at a rate established by the board, which contribution shall be deducted from the salary at the time or times it is paid, and which shall be exclusive of any other contribution required of the prosecutor for Social Security, contributory death benefits or deductions for any other purpose. The contribution rate shall be 10% of the prosecutor's salary on and after the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78. c. A prosecutor who is enrolled on the basis of other public service before, during, or after service as a prosecutor shall contribute for such other service at the rate of contribution required of other members as provided by section 25. L.2001, c.366, s.3; amended 2011, c.78, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-158 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-158 - Retirement on service retirement allowance, formula

43:15A-158 Retirement on service retirement allowance, formula  4. a. Any member of the Prosecutors Part who has attained age 55 years may retire on a service retirement allowance by filing with the retirement system a written application, duly attested, stating at what 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 one month after the date so specified as the board finds advisable. Any prosecutor in service who attains age 70 years shall be retired by the board of trustees on a service retirement allowance forthwith on the first day of the next calendar month or at such time within one month thereafter as it finds advisable, except that a prosecutor attaining age 70 years may be continued in service on an annual basis upon written notice to the retirement system by the Attorney General or the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county employing the prosecutor. b. Upon retirement for service a prosecutor shall receive a service retirement allowance which shall consist of: (1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the prosecutor's aggregate contributions and (2) A pension in the amount which, when added to the prosecutor's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of one-sixtieth of average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service, or 2% of average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service over 30, or 50% of final compensation if the prosecutor has established 20 or more years of creditable service, whichever is greater. c. Any prosecutor as of the effective date of P.L.2001, c.366 (C.43:15A-155 et seq.) who has 20 or more years of creditable service at the time of retirement shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance equal to 50% of final compensation plus, in the case of a prosecutor required to retire pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of this section, 3% of final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service over 20 but not over 25. d. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a prosecutor who has retired on a service retirement allowance, there shall be paid to the prosecutor's beneficiary an amount equal to one-half of the compensation upon which contributions by the prosecutor to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service. L.2001,c.366,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:15A-159 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:15A-159 - "Special retirement" after 25 years of creditable service. formula

43:15A-159. "Special retirement" after 25 years of creditable service. formula  5. Should a member of the Prosecutors Part resign after having established 25 years of creditable service, the prosecutor may elect "special retirement," provided, that such election is communicated by the prosecutor to the retirement system by filing a written application, duly attested, stating at what time subsequent to the execution and filing thereof the prosecutor desires to be retired. The prosecutor shall receive, in lieu of the payment provided in section 4 of P.L.2001, c.366 (C.43:15A-158), a retirement allowance which shall consist of: (1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the prosecutor's aggregate contributions and (2) A pension in the amount which, when added to the prosecutor's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 65% of final compensation, plus 1% of final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service over 25 but not over 30. The board of trustees shall retire the prosecutor at the time specified or at such other time within one month after the date so specified as the board finds advisable. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of such a retirant, there shall be paid to the retirant's beneficiary an amount equal to one-half of the final compensation received by the prosecutor. L.2001,c.366,s.5.