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NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.16b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.16b - Application for purchase of credit; manner and time of filing

43:13-22.16b. Application for purchase of credit; manner and time of filing  Applications for purchase of prior service credit pursuant to this act shall be filed with the pension commission, in a manner to be by it prescribed, within 6 months after the effective date of this act or within 3 months after the member's return to city employment upon termination of military service, whichever occurs later. L.1963, c. 151, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.16c (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.16c - Amount payable by city

43:13-22.16c. Amount payable by city  Upon approval of an application for the purchase of prior service credit pursuant to this act and calculation of the amount due the fund from the member therefor, the pension commission shall notify the financial officer of the city that a like amount is payable by the city. The financial officer of the city shall include such amounts in his budget requests for inclusion in the annual appropriations by the governing body as the city's contribution to the retirement system. L.1963, c. 151, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.16d (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.16d - Rules and regulations

43:13-22.16d. Rules and regulations  The pension commission may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act. L.1963, c. 151, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.16f (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.16f - Applications for purchase of prior credit

43:13-22.16f. Applications for purchase of prior credit  Any employee member of the city employees' retirement system may upon application to the pension commission purchase prior service credit for full-time service as a permanent employee of the city which preceded his membership in its pension system. Purchase payments for prior service shall be made at the salary scale and rate of contribution effective at the time such application is made. Time payments and methods of deductions shall be the same as are presently in effect under the act hereby supplemented. L.1966, c. 252, s. 8 eff. Aug. 25, 1966. Amended by L.1972, c. 122, s. 2; L.1979, c. 281, s. 5, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.16g (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.16g - Purchase of prior service credit by members of the board of education, housing authority, police or fire departments

43:13-22.16g. Purchase of prior service credit by members of the board of education, housing authority, police or fire departments  Any employee member of the city employees' retirement system may upon application to the pension commission purchase prior service credit for full-time service as a permanent employee of the board of education or the housing authority of the city or of the city's police or fire departments which preceded his membership in its pension system. Purchase payment for prior service shall be made at the salary scale and rate of contribution effective at the time application for purchase is made. Time payments and methods of deductions shall be the same as are presently in effect under this act. L.1966, c. 259, s. 9, eff. Aug. 25, 1966. Amended by L.1972, c. 122, s. 3. L.1979, c. 281, s. 6, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.17 - Retirement system hereunder supersedes existing pension funds; exceptions

43:13-22.17. Retirement system hereunder supersedes existing pension funds; exceptions  It is the intention of this act that the retirement system herein provided for shall, on and after the effective date of this act, and thereafter, supersede and take the place of any pension fund then existing in the said city pursuant to article 2, chapter 13, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 18, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 19, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, except as otherwise provided in this act. L.1954, c. 218, p. 816, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.18 - Merger of pension funds into retirement system

43:13-22.18. Merger of pension funds into retirement system  All of the aforesaid pension funds shall be and are hereby merged into and become part of the retirement system created by this act. All moneys, securities and other assets of such other aforesaid pension funds and retirement systems shall be transferred when this act becomes effective by the trustees of such systems to the pension commission of the employees' retirement system of (name of city), created by this act; which pension commission is hereby empowered to receive the said funds and assets for and on behalf of the employees' retirement system herein provided for; and the said retirement and pension funds created by virtue of article 2, chapter 13, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes; and of chapter 18, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes; and of chapter 19, Title 43 of the Revised Statutes shall then cease to exist as separate retirement and pension systems in said city; subject, however, to the provisions of section 31 of this act. All pensions and other benefits allowed prior to the effective date of this act, under the statutes hereinabove specified governing such other pension funds shall thereafter be paid from the retirement system herein created and according to the provisions of the statutes governing such other retirement systems, except as herein otherwise provided. It is intended that all existing obligations of said retirement and pension systems as of the date of transfer as aforesaid, are assumed and shall be discharged by the retirement system herein created. L.1954, c. 218, p. 816, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.19 - Retirement for age and service; maximum pensions

43:13-22.19. Retirement for age and service; maximum pensions  Subject to the other provisions of this act, any employee member who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such city in the aggregate for a period of 30 years and who shall have attained the age of 55 years, or who shall have served in the aggregate for a period of 25 years and who have or have not attained the age of 60 years, shall, upon his application, be retired on a pension equal to one-half of the salary he is receiving at the time of his retirement, and for each year of service beyond 30 years and up to 40 years the retiring employee shall, for each additional year, receive an additional pension of 2 1/2 % of the salary received by him at the time of his retirement; provided, however, that the pension shall be reduced by 1/4 of 1% for each month that the member lacks of being age 55, and that no pension shall exceed three-quarters of the annual salary received by the said employee member, nor shall any pension exceed the sum of $12,000.00 per annum. L.1954, c. 218, p. 817, s. 17. Amended by L.1966, c. 252, s. 2, eff. Aug. 25, 1966; L.1975, c. 108, s. 2, eff. June 3, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.19a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.19a - Pensions for members voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service

43:13-22.19a. Pensions for members voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service  (a) Should an employee member, after having completed at least 25 years of service for credit has been established in the pension fund, be separated voluntarily or involuntarily from the service, and not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, after reaching age 55, he may elect to receive the payments provided for in section 17 (C. 43:13-22.19), if he so qualifies under said section, or the benefit provided by subsection (b) of this section, or a pension beginning at the time he would otherwise be normally entitled to receive it but for his separation from service, in the amount of one-half of the salary he was receiving at the time of separation, provided however that such pension shall be reduced in accordance with a table of proportionate actuarial equivalents recommended by the actuary and adopted by the commission reflecting all months that a member lacks of having 30 years' service. (b) Should an employee member, after having completed at least 15 years of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, be separated voluntarily or involuntarily from the service, and not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, before reaching age 60, such person may elect to receive the payments provided for in section 17 (C. 43:13-22.19), if he so qualifies under said section, or a deferred pension beginning at age 60 or thereafter, in the amount that his years of service as credited in the fund bear to the total number of years of service that he could have achieved had he continued to age 60 or such necessary age that would have permitted him to qualify for the pension of one-half of the salary he was receiving at the time he elected the deferred pension. (c) Upon and after the death of such pensioner, the benefits provided by section 18 (C. 43:13-22.20) shall be payable to his eligible survivors if they qualify under said section. L.1972, c. 122, s. 6. Amended by L.1979, c. 281, s. 7, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.20 - Pension to dependents of employee or pensioner after death

43:13-22.20. Pension to dependents of employee or pensioner after death  Subject to the other provisions of this act, upon and after the death of such employee member or pensioner member, said retirement pension shall be paid to the surviving widow or widower, so long as he or she remains unmarried; minor children or dependent parents, as the case may be; provided, however, that in no instance shall a pension payment to such widow or widower, minor children or dependent parent exceed $3,000.00 per annum. In the event of the death of a pensioner member, such payments shall not exceed the amount received by the decedent pensioner. L.1954, c. 218, p. 817, s. 18. Amended by L.1968, c. 453, s. 2, eff. Feb. 21, 1969; L.1979, c. 281, s. 8, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.21 - Disability not arising out of employment; retirement pension; pension to dependents after death

43:13-22.21. Disability not arising out of employment; retirement pension; pension to dependents after death  Subject to the other provisions of this act, any member employee who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such city continuously for a period of 5 years 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 and approval thereof by the commissioners be retired on a pension equal to 2 1/2 % of the salary received by him at the time of his retirement; and for each additional year of aggregate service, but not more than 20 years of service in the aggregate, the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of 2 1/2 % of said salary for each year, not exceeding in any event 50% of said salary; provided, however, that for each year of service over 30 years there shall be an increase of disability pension of 2 1/2 % of the salary received by the employee at the time of said retirement; provided further, however, that no such pension, regardless of service or disability, shall exceed three-quarters of the annual salary of said employee at the time of retirement; nor shall any such pension be in excess of $12,000.00 per annum. Upon and after the death of such retired member or upon and after the death of any member who died as a result of injury or illness not arising out of and in the course of his employment, the said pension or a pension based upon the services of said member as the case may be, shall be paid to the surviving widow or widower, so long as he or she remains unmarried, minor children or dependent parent, as the case may be; provided, however, that in no instance shall said pension exceed the sum of $3,000.00 per annum. L.1954, c. 218, p. 818, s. 19. Amended by L.1966, c. 252, s. 3, eff. Aug. 25, 1966; L.1968, c. 453, s. 3, eff. Feb. 21, 1969; L.1975, c. 108, s. 3, eff. June 3, 1975; L.1979, c. 281, s. 9, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.22 - Disability arising out of employment; retirement pension

43:13-22.22. Disability arising out of employment; retirement pension  Subject to the other provisions of this act, any city employee who shall become permanently or totally disabled as a result of injury or illness arising out of and in the course of his employment shall, upon his application and approval thereof by the commission, be retired on a pension equal to one-half of the annual salary received by him at the time of his retirement; provided, however, that in no instance shall the pension exceed $12,000.00 per annum; and provided further, however, that where an employee has served more than 30 years he shall be entitled to 2 1/2 % of his annual salary for each additional year of service over 30 years, but not exceeding 40 years, and in no event shall such pension exceed $12,000.00 annually. Upon and after the death of such retired member or upon and after the death of any member who dies as a result of any injury or illness arising out of and in the course of his employment, the said pension or a pension of one-half of the said annual salary of such member shall be paid as hereinafter provided to the surviving widow or widower, so long as he or she remains unmarried; minor children or dependent parent, as the case may be; provided, however, that in no instance shall the pension exceed $3,000.00 per annum. L.1954, c. 218, p. 819, s. 20. Amended by L.1966, c. 252, s. 4; L.1968, c. 453, s. 4, eff. Feb. 21, 1969; L.1975, c. 108, s. 4, eff. June 3, 1975; L.1979, c. 281, s. 10, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.23 - Determination of permanent disability and whether disability or death arose out of employment

43:13-22.23. Determination of permanent disability and whether disability or death arose out of employment  The commission shall have the power to determine whether or not any member is permanently and totally disabled, and whether or not the disability or death of a member as a result of an injury or illness arises out of and in the course of the member's employment or otherwise. The claimant member shall have the right to present physician or physicians, witnesses or other testimony in his behalf before the commission. The chairman or other member of the 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.1954, c. 218, p. 819, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.24 - Medical examination yearly of persons retired for disability

43:13-22.24. Medical examination yearly of persons retired for disability  Once each year the commission may require any member retired for disability, who is under the age of 60 years to undergo medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the commission. The examination may be made at the residence of the pensioner or other place mutually agreed upon. If the physician or physicians thereupon report and certify to the commission that the pensioner is not permanently and totally incapacitated, either physically or mentally, for the performance of the duties which were performed by the pensioner before retirement on disability, then the commission shall order said pensioner to be taken from the pension rolls and restored to the position held by said pensioner before his or her retirement. L.1954, c. 218, p. 820, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.25 - Death benefits to widow or dependents

43:13-22.25. Death benefits to widow or dependents  Subject to the other provisions of this act, upon the death of any employee member who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of the city continuously for a period of at least 5 years, there shall be paid to the surviving widow or widower, so long as he or she remains unmarried; minor children or dependent parent, as the case may be, an amount equal to 2 1/2 % of the salary received by such employee at the time of his death and 2 1/2 % of said yearly salary for each additional year of service more than 1 year, but not exceeding in any event 50% of said salary received at the time of death, and in no instance shall such pension exceed $3,000.00; provided, however, that wherever the provisions of any of the three pension funds which have been merged into the fund, provide for greater benefits for the present members thereof, their widows, widowers, minor children or dependent parent, then and in that event the said widow, widower, minor children or dependent parent shall be entitled to said greater benefits as therein provided; and provided, further, that after 5 years' membership in the retirement system, the pension payment to widow or widower shall not be less than $1,000.00. In the event of the death of a pensioner member the amount of pension payment paid his or her widow or widower shall not exceed the amount of the pension payments he or she received at the time of his or her death and in no event in excess of $3,000.00 annually. L.1954, c. 218, p. 820, s. 23. Amended by L.1968, c. 453, s. 5, eff. Feb. 21, 1969; L.1979, c. 281, s. 11, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.26 - Manner of priority payments to survivors

43:13-22.26. Manner of priority payments to survivors  Subject to the other provisions of this act, upon and after the death of any employee member, pensioner member, or beneficiary, the benefits herein provided for the surviving widow or widower, minor children, including adopted children, and dependent parent shall be paid in the following manner of priority: (1) To the surviving widow or widower, until he or she remarries; (2) If no widow or widower, or upon the death of such widow or widower, then the pension shall be paid to the guardian of the minor children, for the exclusive use of said children, in the following amounts, $80.00 per month for each minor child, provided further that in no event shall the funds paid to minor children exceed in the aggregate the sum of $3,000.00 annually. (3) In the event there be no surviving widow, widower, or minor children, then the pension shall be paid to the dependent parent or parents in equal shares. L.1954, c. 218, p. 821, s. 24. Amended by L.1968, c. 453, s. 6, eff. Feb. 21, 1969; L.1972, c. 122, s. 4; L.1979, c. 281, s. 12, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.29a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.29a - Increased contributions by city

43:13-22.29a. Increased contributions by city  In addition to the contributions of the city prescribed in the act to which this act is supplementary, in fiscal year 1967 the city shall increase its contribution by 1% of the amount of the salaries paid to all members of the pension fund in 1966 and in each fiscal year thereafter the contribution of the city required by the provisions of this act shall be increased over the previous percentage by an additional 1% of the salaries paid to all members of the pension fund in the immediately preceding year until the actuary shall certify to the city that the total of the contributions made by the city, together with the contributions of the members and all earnings, is sufficient to meet the liabilities of the fund on a fully funded, reserve basis. The actuary of the fund shall then certify the rate of contribution, expressed as a portion of the compensation of the members, which shall be made by the city to the fund in order to continue the fund on a fully funded, reserve basis once the fund has achieved a fully funded status on the basis of increased contributions by the city and the members. L.1966, c. 252, s. 6, eff. Aug. 25, 1966.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.29b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.29b - Newark City Employees Retirement System--Actuarial investigation and report

43:13-22.29b. Newark City Employees Retirement System--Actuarial investigation and report  Each year the actuary of the Newark City Employees Retirement System shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality service, and compensation or salary experience of the members and beneficiaries and shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the funds created by this act. The actuary's valuation shall be accompanied by projections of income and disbursements for a 10-year period including an estimate of any possible deficiency in meeting the obligations of the fund. A copy of the actuarial report shall be filed with the New Jersey Division of Pensions. L.1975, c. 108, s. 7, eff. June 3, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.30 - Administrative expenses

43:13-22.30. Administrative expenses  The commission shall estimate and certify annually to the governing body a reasonable amount required to defray the administrative expenses in the retirement system in the ensuing year, and the governing body shall pay such amount to the commission as other expense funds of the city are paid. L.1954, c. 218, p. 828, s. 28.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.31 - Withdrawal not allowed; separation from service; refunds

43:13-22.31. Withdrawal not allowed; separation from service; refunds  From and after the adoption of this act any employee who is or becomes a member of the retirement system created hereby may not withdraw therefrom and shall not be entitled to a refund of any of the moneys therefrom and thereafter deducted from his salary hereunder; provided, however, that any employee who is separated from the municipal service through discharge, resignation, or for any reasons other than retirement, except as hereinafter stated, shall be entitled to a refund of his contributions. L.1954, c. 218, p. 828, s. 29. Amended by L.1972, c. 122, s. 5.