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NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-20 - Retirement for service and age

43:10-20. Retirement for service and age  In first, second, third and fifth class counties of this State, now or hereafter having county detectives, any county detective who shall have served as such for a continuous period of 20 years, and shall have reached the age of 60 years, shall, upon application in writing to the prosecutor of the pleas of his county, be retired upon 1/2 pay. When a county detective of any of the aforesaid counties has served as such for a continuous period of 20 years and has reached the age of 72 years he shall be retired from such service of the county in which he is employed and he shall receive, for the period of his life, a pension equal to 1/2 of his annual salary at the time of his retirement. When a county detective of any of the aforesaid counties has served in the aggregate 30 years as a county detective and as a policeman of a municipality, a county, or the State, or either or any of said political subdivisions or the State, and has reached the age of 55 years, he shall be entitled to retire from such service of the county in which he is employed and he shall receive for the period of his life a pension equal to 1/2 of his annual salary at the time of his retirement, provided, immediately before his retirement he is a contributing member to a county pension fund. Amended by L.1939, c. 186, p. 541, s. 1; L.1963, c. 155, s. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 1963.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-21 - Amount of pension

43:10-21. Amount of pension  The words "be retired upon one-half pay" , as used in this article, shall be construed to mean, retired upon a pension equal to one-half of his annual salary at the time of retirement.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-22 - Retirement by reason of unfitness

43:10-22. Retirement by reason of unfitness  Any county detective who shall have served as such for a continuous period of twenty years, whether he has reached the age of sixty years or not, who shall be found, as hereinafter provided, to be physically unfit for further service, shall, upon application in writing to the prosecutor of the pleas of his county, be retired upon one-half pay.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-23 - Retirement for disability incurred in service

43:10-23. Retirement for disability incurred in service  Any county detective who shall have received a permanent disability by reason of injury, accident or sickness, incurred at any time in the service, which shall permanently incapacitate him from further duty, shall, upon the certification of the fact of such disability by three physicians designated as hereinafter provided, be retired upon one-half pay.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-24 - Medical examination to determine disability

43:10-24. Medical examination to determine disability  Physical unfitness or incapacity for further duty of any county detective shall, for all purposes of this article, be established and determined by a board of three physicians who shall be designated for that purpose, as follows: One by the prosecutor of the pleas of the county, one by the county detectives of such county or a majority of them, and one by the county treasurer of such county. The three physicians so designated shall examine the county detective applying for retirement upon one-half pay because of physical unfitness or incapacity for further duty, and if they or a majority of them, find him physically unfit or incapacitated for further duty, they or a majority of them shall make and sign a certificate to that effect and file the same with the county treasurer, and thereupon the applicant shall be retired upon one-half pay.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-25 - Pension to widow and children

43:10-25. Pension to widow and children  The widow of any county detective who shall die from any cause shall receive a pension so long as she shall remain unmarried, equal to 1/2 of the amount of the annual salary of such county detective at the time of his death, and at her death or in case there be no widow, his minor child or children, until each reaches the age of 16 years, shall receive the amount of said pension for their support. Amended by L.1957, c. 160, p. 574, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-26 - Pension to widow when death occurs after retirement

43:10-26. Pension to widow when death occurs after retirement  If any county detective, after having been retired on one-half pay, shall die, or having made application for retirement, shall die pending the completion of his papers and action thereon by the board of chosen freeholders, leaving him surviving a widow, who was his wife at the time of his retirement, or application for retirement, such widow, so long as she shall remain unmarried, shall receive a pension equal to one-half the amount of the annual salary of such county detective at the time of his retirement, or in case of his death before said action by the board of chosen freeholders, then at the time of his death; provided, however, that before his death he shall have been examined by the board of physicians and their certificates shall have been made in accordance with the provisions of sections 43:10-23 and 43:10-24 of this title finding him physically unfit or incapacitated for further duty.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-27 - Payment of pensions

43:10-27. Payment of pensions  Persons who may become entitled to pensions under this article shall be paid such pensions in the same manner and at the same time as county detectives in active service in the several counties are respectively paid.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-28 - Pension fund created; sources

43:10-28. Pension fund created; sources  A fund shall be created in the following manner for the purpose of paying such pensions, to wit: There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to each county detective three per cent of the amount thereof; then there shall be contributed annually by the county an amount equivalent to three per cent of said detectives' salaries; to said fund there shall be added all moneys donated for the purpose of such fund, and all rewards which may be paid to any county detective while acting as such county detective, all of which moneys and rewards shall be paid over to the board of chosen freeholders of the county to be deposited in such fund. In case, at any time, there shall not be sufficient money in such pension fund to pay such pensions, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall, from time to time, include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of such pension fund. Whenever such pension fund shall exceed an amount which the board of chosen freeholders of such county shall by resolution from time to time determine to be adequate for such pension fund, no moneys, except the three per cent specified in this section, and the moneys given or donated as herein mentioned and any aforementioned rewards, shall be paid into such fund unless and until the amount of such fund shall fall below the amount thus determined to be adequate.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-29 - Management of fund; investments

43:10-29. Management of fund; investments  The board of chosen freeholders of said county shall have the management and control of said fund and is hereby empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the same not inconsistent with this article. All moneys not needed for the immediate payment of such pensions shall be invested by said board of chosen freeholders 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.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-29.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-29.1 - Persons eligible under state retirement system; resolution excluding

43:10-29.1. Persons eligible under state retirement system; resolution excluding  The board of chosen freeholders may adopt a resolution directing that this article shall not apply to any person becoming a county detective subsequent to the passage of such resolution who, at the time he becomes such county detective, is eligible to become a member of the State retirement system. L.1947, c. 173, p. 788, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-29.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-29.2 - Effect of resolution

43:10-29.2. Effect of resolution  The adoption of a resolution pursuant to this act shall not impair the pension rights of any county detective theretofore employed, nor shall it relieve the county of its obligation to maintain a pension fund under this article for such previously appointed county detectives. L.1947, c. 173, p. 788, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-29.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-29.3 - Counties of 300,000 to 500,000; county detectives desiring to become members of pension fund

43:10-29.3. Counties of 300,000 to 500,000; county detectives desiring to become members of pension fund  Any county detective employed in the office of the prosecutor of the pleas, of any county now or hereafter having a population of more than three hundred thousand and not more than five hundred thousand inhabitants, who, at the time of his entry into service as a county detective, had not attained the age of fifty years and who is not a member of the pension fund for county detectives of said county and who signifies in writing his desire to become a member of said pension fund to the board of chosen freeholders of the county within six months after the effective date of this act may be admitted as a member of said pension fund, if approved by the board of chosen freeholders, with the same standing as a member of said fund as if he had joined it upon his entry into such service as a county detective; provided, (a) that he satisfies the board of chosen freeholders that he meets the conditions required under this act; (b) that he shall pay into said fund all accrued contributions, with interest, either in one payment or in regular semi-monthly payments, under such rules and regulations as the board of chosen freeholders shall make; and (c) that he consent to the regular deductions required of other members of said fund. L.1947, c. 396, p. 1248, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-29.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-29.4 - Counties of second class; adjustments in amount of pension benefits; resolution or ordinance

43:10-29.4. Counties of second class; adjustments in amount of pension benefits; resolution or ordinance  Any county of the second class which is paying pensions to retirants pursuant to the provisions of article 2 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, may, from time to time, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, of the governing body of the county, make adjustments in the amounts of the pension benefits payable to said retirants so as to reflect increases or decreases in living costs and maintain the purchasing power of their pension benefits in a reasonably uniform state. Any such adjustment may be made notwithstanding that the amount of pension benefits thereby payable will exceed the amount prescribed by R.S. 43:10-20 and R.S. 43:10-21, but no such adjustment shall be made that will reduce pension benefits below the amount so prescribed. L.1971, c. 285, s. 1, eff. Aug. 19, 1971. Amended by L.1979, c. 135, s. 1, eff. July 6, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-29.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-29.5 - Limitations on adjustment

43:10-29.5. Limitations on adjustment  No adjustment shall be made beyond those permitted to be made for pensioners in State administered retirement systems, as promulgated by the Director of the Division of Pensions in accordance with the provisions of the "Pension Increase Act" (P.L.1958, c. 143). L.1971, c. 285, s. 2, eff. Aug. 19, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-29.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-29.6 - Appropriations necessary for continuation of adjustments

43:10-29.6. Appropriations necessary for continuation of adjustments  Adjustments hereunder shall continue to be made as long as the employer appropriates the amount necessary to make such additional payments and provided further that there is appropriated by the State the amount certified for pensioners of State administered retirement systems. L.1971, c. 285, s. 3, eff. Aug. 19, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-30 - Retirement for service, age and disability

43:10-30. Retirement for service, age and disability  In all counties of the first class of this state which have police officers for the supervision and regulation of traffic on county roads therein, any member of the police force thereof who shall have honorably served on the force for a period of twenty years, shall have attained the age of sixty years and shall be found physically unfit for further services thereon, may be retired on half pay by the board or body having charge and control of the force, or upon his application shall be retired upon half pay.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-31 - Retirement on application for age and service

43:10-31. Retirement on application for age and service  A member of such police traffic force who shall have attained the age of fifty years and shall have honorably served on the force for a period of twenty years, shall, upon his application, be retired on half pay.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-32 - Retirement for disability

43:10-32. Retirement for disability  A member of such police force who shall have sustained a permanent disability by reason of an accident incurred at any time in the service, or by reason of disease contracted in the service, shall, upon the certificate of a physician designated for that purpose by the board having charge of the force, be retired upon a pension equal to one-half of his salary at the time of his retirement.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-33 - Pension to widow and children

43:10-33. Pension to widow and children  The widow or children of any member of such police force who shall have lost his life in the performance of his duty, shall, so long as she remains unmarried or so long as the children or any of them remain under the age of sixteen years, receive a pension equal to one-half of the amount of his salary at the time of his death. If the police officer leaves a widow and children, the pension shall be paid to the widow so long as she remains unmarried. If he leaves children and no widow, the pension shall be paid to those children who have not attained the age of sixteen years in equal shares.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-34 - Pension fund

43:10-34. Pension fund  For the purpose of paying the pensions a fund shall be created as follows: a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to each member of the police force one per cent of the amount thereof. b. There shall be added to the fund all fines imposed on any member of the police force and all moneys given or donated for the purpose of the fund. If at any time there is not sufficient money in this pension fund to pay the pensions, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of the fund, but this sum shall be raised by tax levy no longer than is necessary to meet the requirements of the pension fund. When the pension fund exceeds an amount which the board of chosen freeholders of the county from time to time determines, by resolution, to be adequate for the pension fund, no moneys except those specified in paragraphs "a" and "b" of this section shall be paid into the fund, unless and until the fund falls below the amount so determined to be adequate.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-35 - Management of fund

43:10-35. Management of fund  The board of chosen freeholders of the county shall have the management and control of the fund and may make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the same not inconsistent with this article. All moneys not needed for the immediate payment of the pensions shall be invested by the board of chosen freeholders in interest bearing bonds of any municipality in this state or in any other interest bearing securities in which savings banks of this state may invest their funds.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-36 - "County police officer" defined

43:10-36. "County police officer" defined  As used in this article, "county police officer" means and includes all uniformed members, whether officers or patrolmen, of the county force.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-36.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-36.1 - Article inapplicable to certain persons

43:10-36.1. Article inapplicable to certain persons  This article shall not apply to any person becoming a member of such police department after this supplement takes effect who, at the time he becomes such member, is eligible to become a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey. L.1945, c. 244, p. 766, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-37 - Retirement for service and age

43:10-37. Retirement for service and age  Any county police officer who has honorably served for a period of twenty years in a duly organized county police department of any county of this state, having a population in excess of two hundred thousand and not more than four hundred thousand, and has reached the age of fifty years, shall, on his own application, be retired on half pay. A member of such county police department who has honorably served for a period of twenty years and reached the age of sixty-five years shall be retired on half pay.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-37.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-37.1 - Increase in amount of service retirement pension

43:10-37.1. Increase in amount of service retirement pension  The amount of the service retirement pension of any member of such police department, who has served for more than 25 years and who retires after the effective date of this supplementary act, shall be increased by an amount equal to 1% of his average salary for each year of service in excess of 25 years rendered prior to his reaching age 65. L.1968, c. 225, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-38 - Pension to widow, children or parent of deceased member

43:10-38. Pension to widow, children or parent of deceased member  The widow, children or sole dependent parent of a member of the county police department, who shall have served therein for a period of ten years, paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessment or contributions and either lost his life in the performance of his duty or died from causes other than injuries received in the performance of duty, shall receive a pension equal to the full amount of such member's salary at the time of his death, but not exceeding one thousand dollars. No widow shall be entitled to a pension who shall have married the member after he shall have reached the age of fifty years. If the member leaves him surviving a widow and children, the pension shall be paid to the widow for the use of herself and the children. If he leaves three or more children but no widow, the pension shall be paid, in equal shares, to the children who have not reached the age of sixteen years; if there are two children, they shall be paid twenty dollars each monthly; if one child, he shall be paid twenty-five dollars monthly. If a widow entitled to a pension hereunder remarries, the pension shall cease and shall not be paid to her or her children. If he leaves no widow and no children under sixteen years of age, the pension shall be paid to his sole dependent parent.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:10-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:10-39 - Pension to widow, children or parent of deceased retired member

43:10-39. Pension to widow, children or parent of deceased retired member  The widow of any retired member of such police department, who was married to her deceased husband before the date of his retirement and before he reached the age of 50 years, shall, if he paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and continued so to do after his retirement until his death, which death shall have been from causes other than injuries received in the performance of duty, receive a pension equal to one-half of the pay of her deceased husband at the time of his retirement, not exceeding $2,000.00, for so long as she remains unmarried. This pension shall be for the use of herself and any children of her deceased husband under 16 years of age. If a retired deceased member leaves no widow but leaves three or more children under 16 years of age, the pension shall be paid, in equal shares, to those of his children who have not attained the age of 16 years; if there be only two such children, they shall be paid $20.00 each monthly; and if only one such child, he shall be paid $25.00 monthly, until the age of 16 years is reached. If there is no widow and no child under 16 years of age, the pension shall be paid to the sole dependent parent of the deceased member. All retirements hereunder shall be made and pensions allowed by the pension commission hereinafter created. Amended by L.1979, c. 168, s. 1, eff. Aug. 9, 1979.