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NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-37 - Inapplicability of other laws on pensions or retirement benefits to members or beneficiaries; nonliability of system it reserves nonexistent

43:6A-37. Inapplicability of other laws on pensions or retirement benefits to members or beneficiaries; nonliability of system it reserves nonexistent  a. No other provisions of the law in any other statute which provides wholly or partly at the expense of the State of New Jersey or any political subdivision thereof for pensions or retirement benefits for members of this system and for beneficiaries shall apply to such members or beneficiaries. b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the retirement system shall not be liable for the payment of any pensions, retirement allowances or other benefits to any member or beneficiary for which reserves have not been previously created from funds contributed by the members or the State for such benefits. L.1973, c. 140, s. 37, eff. May 22, 1973. Amended by L.1981, c. 470, s. 18, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-38 - Error in records; correction

43:6A-38. Error in records; correction  Should any change or error in the records of this retirement system result in any member or person receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the retirement system shall, as far as practicable, correct such error and adjust the payments in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which the member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid. L.1973, c. 140, s. 38, eff. May 22, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-39 - Waiver of payment of portion of payment of pension, retirement allowance or benefit

43:6A-39. Waiver of payment of portion of payment of pension, retirement allowance or benefit  Any member or any beneficiary who has been or, in the future, may be retired, or receive a pension, retirement allowance or benefit pursuant to the provisions of this act, may, by filing written request with the retirement system, waive payment of a portion of the pension, retirement allowance or benefit to which he may be entitled. Upon the receipt of such waiver, and until the same is withdrawn, altered or revoked by a subsequent written request, similarly filed, the retirement system shall pay a reduced pension, retirement allowance or benefit, as shall be requested in such waiver. The member or the beneficiary shall not be entitled to a refund, or credit, for such moneys as shall have been waived during the period such waiver had been in effect. L.1973, c. 140, s. 39, eff. May 22, 1973. Amended by L.1981, c. 470, s. 19, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-40 - Deductions to pay premiums; authorization by written request

43:6A-40. Deductions to pay premiums; authorization by written request  If possible, whenever any retirant or beneficiary shall, in writing, request the Division of Pensions to make deductions from his pension or retirement allowance for the purpose of paying premiums for the pensioner's group health insurance plan or the State Health Benefits program, the division may make such deductions and transmit the sums so deducted to the companies carrying the policies. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by any retirant or beneficiary upon filing notice of such withdrawal with the division. L.1973, c. 140, s. 40, eff. May 22, 1973. Amended by L.1981, c. 470, s. 20, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-41 - Right to pension, retirement allowance or benefit and moneys in various funds; exemption from taxes and legal process; unassignability

43:6A-41. Right to pension, retirement allowance or benefit and moneys in various funds; exemption from taxes and legal process; unassignability  The right of a person to a pension, retirement allowance or any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a person under the provisions of this act and the moneys in the various funds created under this act, shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax and from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process arising out of any State or federal court, and, except as hereinafter in this section and as in this act otherwise provided, shall be unassignable. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person insured under a group insurance policy, pursuant to an arrangement among the insured, the group policyholder and the insurer, from making to any person other than his employer, a gift assignment of the rights and benefits conferred on him by any provision of such policy or by law including specifically but not by way of limitation the right to exercise the conversion privilege and the right to name a beneficiary. Any such assignment, whether made before or after the effective date of this act, shall entitle the insurer to deal with the assignee as the owner of all rights and benefits conferred on the insured under the policy in accordance with the terms of the assignment. L.1973, c. 140, s. 41, eff. May 22, 1973. Amended by L.1981, c. 470, s. 21, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-42 - Designation of beneficiary; writing; filing; change; rights of beneficiaries; election of payment of death benefits

43:6A-42. Designation of beneficiary; writing; filing; change; rights of beneficiaries; election of payment of death benefits  The designation of beneficiary by a member or retirant shall be made in writing on a form satisfactory to the retirement system, and filed with the retirement system. The member or retirant may, from time to time and without the consent of his death benefit designee, change the beneficiary by filing written notice of the change with the system on a form satisfactory to it. The new nomination will be effective on the date the notice, in proper form, is received by the system, and any prior nomination shall thereupon become void. If more than one beneficiary is nominated and in such nomination the member or retirant has failed to specify their respective interests, the beneficiaries shall share equally. If any beneficiary predeceases the member or retirant, the interest of such beneficiary shall terminate and shall be shared equally by such of the beneficiaries as survive the member or retirant, unless the member or retirant has made written request to the contrary in his beneficiary nomination. Any amounts due for which there is no beneficiary at the death of a member, retirant or beneficiary shall be payable to the estate of such member, retirant or beneficiary. Except with regard to the payment of one-fourth of final salary upon the death of a retirant as provided in sections 19 and 20, a member may elect, by making written request to the retirement system, that the whole or any part of his death benefits be made payable to his beneficiary either as a life annuity or in equal installments over a period of years specified in such election, and may alter such election from time to time during his lifetime by again making such written request. In the event of a change of beneficiary, any previous arrangement by the member or retirant under this paragraph shall be void. The election set forth in this paragraph shall not apply or be available when the beneficiary is an estate, or corporation, partnership, association, institution, trustee, or any fiduciary. If, at the member's or retirant's death, an amount of death benefit would be payable to the beneficiary in a single sum, any election with regard to such amount which was available to the member of retirant immediately prior to his death in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall then be available to such beneficiary for the benefit of such beneficiary. L.1973, c. 140, s. 42, eff. May 22, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-43 - Active membership while on official leave of absence; qualifications for payment of death benefit

43:6A-43. Active membership while on official leave of absence; qualifications for payment of death benefit  For the purposes of section 17b. a member shall be deemed to be an active member for a period of no more than 93 days while on official leave of absence without pay when such leave is due to any reason other than illness, or for a period of no more than 2 years while on an official leave of absence without pay if satisfactory evidence is presented to the retirement system that such leave of absence without pay is due to the member's personal illness. If a member dies within 30 days after the date of retirement or the date of commission approval, whichever is later, a death benefit shall be payable only if he is deemed to be an active member in accordance with this section; provided, however, a member applying for disability benefits shall be deemed an active member if he was covered by the death benefit provisions of the act at the termination of employment, filed the application for disability retirement with the retirement system within 30 days following such termination of employment and dies within 30 days after the date of retirement or the date of commission approval, whichever is later. L.1973, c. 140, s. 43, eff. May 22, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-44 - Ineligibility for death benefits for retirant with less than 10 years of service credit; minimum amount of benefit to qualify

43:6A-44. Ineligibility for death benefits for retirant with less than 10 years of service credit; minimum amount of benefit to qualify  Any other provision of this act notwithstanding, (a) no beneficiary of a retirant who retired for any reason other than disability shall be entitled to receive benefits pursuant to the death benefit coverages provided by sections 19 and 20 of this act if the retirant had less than 10 years of service credit for retirement purposes at the time of retirement; and (b) no member or beneficiary shall be entitled to receive a monthly pension, retirement allowance or other benefit payable pursuant to this act unless the amount of the pension, retirement allowance or benefit would be at least $25.00 per month. L.1973, c. 140, s. 44, eff. May 22, 1973. Amended by L.1981, c. 470, s. 22, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-45 - Repeals

43:6A-45. Repeals  The following acts and parts of acts, and all amendments thereof, are repealed: a. P.L.1948, c. 391 (C. 43:6-6.4 to 43:6-6.10) b. P.L.1949, c. 178 (C. 43:9-25 to 43:9-27) c. P.L.1949, c. 181 (C. 43:9-24) d. P.L.1955, c. 10 (C. 43:9-27.1) e. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of P.L.1957, c. 206 (C. 43:15A-121 to 43:15A-126) f. P.L.1961, c. 42 (C. 43:9-27.2) g. Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of P.L.1963, c. 36 (C. 2A:3-21.2 to 2A:3-21.8) h. P.L.1963, c. 78 (C. 43:6-6.12) i. P.L.1963, c. 183 (C. 43:6-6.13 to 43:6-6.17) j. P.L.1964, c. 135 (C. 43:6-6.18 to 43:6-6.22) k. P.L.1964, c. 149 (C. 43:6-6.23 to 43:6-6.26) l . P.L.1964, c. 250 (C. 43:6-6.27 to 43:6-6.29) m. P.L.1965, c. 147 (C. 2A:3-21.7a) n. P.L.1967, c. 133 (C. 43:6-6.37, 43:6-6.38) o . P.L.1967, c. 290 (C. 2A:3-21.9) p. P.L.1968, c. 15 (C. 2A:3-21.10) q. P.L.1968, c. 232 (C. 43:6-6.39 to 43:6-6.41) r. P.L.1969, c. 210 (C. 2A:3-21.11 to 2A:3-21.13). L.1973, c. 140, s. 45, eff. May 22, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-46 - Provisos to repeals

43:6A-46. Provisos to repeals  The repeal of the foregoing laws is subject to the following provisos: a. Any person retired under any of the provisions of said acts and receiving or entitled to receive benefits thereunder, prior to their repeal, shall continue to receive the same benefits or shall continue to be entitled to receive the same benefits and to the same extent, as if such acts had not been repealed. b. Any beneficiary receiving an allowance or eligible to receive an allowance under such acts shall continue to receive or be eligible to receive such allowance as provided under such acts. c. Any person electing to have deductions for health insurance subtracted from his pension shall continue to have such deductions subtracted as if such acts had not been repealed. d. Any person who, as of the effective date of this act, meets the requirements for retirement under such acts, may make such application within 30 days after such effective date and be retired on or before the effective date of this act, as if such acts had not been repealed. He shall thereafter receive benefits to the same extent as if such acts had not been repealed. e. If any person covered under such acts dies prior to their repeal, but before retirement, his eligible beneficiaries shall receive the benefits provided by such acts to the same extent as if such acts had not been repealed. f. All benefits payable pursuant to this section, shall, following the effective date of this act, be paid in equal monthly installments. No pension shall be due to a retirant or a beneficiary unless it constitutes a payment for an entire month. g. As of the effective date of this act, all contributions made by any judge pursuant to section 8, P.L.1965, c. 74 (C. 43:6-6.4) shall be returned to him. L.1973, c. 140, s. 46, eff. May 22, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:6A-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:6A-47 - Provisos applicable to L.1981, c. 470

43:6A-47. Provisos applicable to L.1981, c. 470  This amendatory and supplementary act is subject to the following provisos: a. Any person who has retired on or before the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act and is receiving or is entitled to receive a pension and benefits from the retirement system, shall continue to receive the same pension and benefits or shall continue to be entitled to receive the same pension and benefits. b. Any beneficiary who is receiving a survivor's benefit or is eligible to receive a survivor's benefit as provided by the retirement system on or before the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, shall continue to receive or be eligible to receive the survivor's benefit. c. No person who is a member of the retirement system on the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be required to make contributions for service for which he has received credit as a judge in any of the several courts or in office, position or employment of this State or of a county, municipality, board of education or public agency of this State; provided, however, that the person shall make contributions as may be required pursuant to section 26b. of this amendatory and supplementary act. L.1981, c. 470, s. 28, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-7 - Retirement of certain prison officers; amount

43:7-7. Retirement of certain prison officers; amount  a. Hereafter, any such prison officer, as hereinafter set forth, who shall have served in the employ of the State of New Jersey continuously, or in the aggregate, for a period of 20 years, and who shall have attained the age of 55 years, shall, upon his own application, be retired on one-half pay, or 2% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service in excess of 30 years rendered prior to his reaching age 65, whichever is greater. b. A prison officer who is an active member of the pension fund and who has established credit in the pension fund for 10 or more years of service, but shall not have attained the age of 55 years, may, on his own application, be retired and apply for a deferred pension. Upon attainment of 55 years of age, he shall be entitled to a pension in the amount of 2% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service in excess of 30 years. L.1941, c. 220, p. 629, s. 1. Amended by L.1969, c. 56, s. 1, eff. May 21, 1969; L.1973, c. 155, s. 1, eff. June 1, 1973; L.1981, c. 177, s. 3, eff. June 19, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-7.1 - Special retirement after 25 years of creditable service

43:7-7.1. Special retirement after 25 years of creditable service  Should a prison officer member resign after having established 25 years of creditable service, he may elect "special retirement," provided, that such election is communicated by such member to the retirement system by filing a written application, duly attested, stating at what time subsequent to the execution and filing thereof he desires to be retired. He shall receive a pension in the amount of 2% of his average final compensation, multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service in excess of 30 years. L.1973, c. 155, s. 3, eff. June 1, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-8 - Definitions

43:7-8. Definitions  For the purpose of this act, the words "prison officer" mean and include any prison officer, reformatory officer, farmer guard, disciplinarian, identification prison officer, center keeper, marshal, superintendent, chief deputy, head farmer, herdsman, truck farmer, commissary officer, any uniformed officer, trade instructor, and any employee who has the custody of inmates in State penal institutions. No person employed on or after January 1, 1960 shall be eligible for membership in the Prison Officers' Pension Fund. Membership in the Prison Officers' Pension Fund shall continue for any present member as long as his position, from whence he holds membership in the fund, continues to be in the State Department of Institutions and Agencies. "Average final compensation" shall mean the average annual compensation for which contributions are made by a member to the fund for the 3 years immediately preceding his retirement, or in the event that he has been contributing for less than 3 years, the average pay he received during the time he was a contributing member. L.1941, c. 220, p. 629, s. 2. Amended by L.1943, c. 193, p. 538, s. 2; L.1959, c. 170, p. 701, s. 4; L.1969, c. 56, s. 2, eff. May 21, 1969.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-10.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-10.1 - Death before retirement; payment of member's contributions

43:7-10.1. Death before retirement; payment of member's contributions  In the event of death before retirement and no benefits are payable under any provision of this act or the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, the member's contributions will be paid to the member's beneficiary, if living, as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the pension fund, otherwise to the executor or administrator of the member's estate. In the event of death before retirement and benefits are payable to eligible beneficiaries under other provisions of this act or the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, in no case shall the aggregate of such benefits be less than that provided under this section. L.1969, c. 56, s. 6, eff. May 21, 1969.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-11 - Pension commission to allow pensions

43:7-11. Pension commission to allow pensions  All such retirements are to be made and pensions allowed by the pension commission hereinafter created. L.1941, c. 220, p. 631, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-11.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-11.1 - Payment of pensions

43:7-11.1. Payment of pensions  A pension granted under the provisions of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, 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 by the statutory law. No pension shall be due to a member or beneficiary unless it constitutes a payment for an entire month. L.1973, c. 155, s. 6, eff. June 1, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-13 - Creation of pension fund

43:7-13. Creation of pension fund  7. 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 a prison officer benefited by this act, 6% of the amount thereof; (b) That the State shall pay into said fund yearly an amount equal to 6% of the total salaries paid to the said prison officers who shall benefit by this act, which amount shall be submitted to the Legislature yearly by the pension commission. The Legislature shall make an appropriation sufficient to provide for such obligation of the State; (c) There shall be added to such fund all fines imposed upon any such prison officer, all money donated to the fund, all moneys deducted from the salary of such prison officers because of absence or loss of time due to suspension, and 1/2 of all rewards paid for any purpose to such prison officer; (d) If there shall not be sufficient money in the fund so created, the Legislature shall include in any appropriation bill a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of the fund for the time being; (e) All pensions granted under this article shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment, or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable. The State may pay all or any portion of its unfunded accrued liability under the retirement system from any source of funds legally available for the purpose, including, without limitation, the proceeds of bonds authorized by law for this purpose. L.1941,c.220,s.7; amended 1969, c.56, s.5; 1997, c.115, s.4.