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NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-16 - Deposit and investment of fund; income

43:13-16. Deposit and investment of fund; income  The pension commission shall deposit the fund in any of the banks or trust companies of the city, and shall invest the fund in bonds secured by first mortgages on improved property worth at least twice the amount loaned, or in bonds of the United States, of this state or of any city or county in this state. All income, interest or dividend paid or agreed to be paid on account of any loan or deposit shall belong to and constitute a part of the fund.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-17 - Execution of releases, receipts or discharges

43:13-17. Execution of releases, receipts or discharges  The president and secretary shall, on behalf of the pension commission, execute any release, acquittance, receipt or discharge of any and all written evidence of indebtedness to the commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-18 - Annual report

43:13-18. Annual report  The pension commission shall make an annual report of the condition of the fund and the manner in which the same is invested.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-19 - When payments begin

43:13-19. When payments begin  No pension shall be paid out of a fund created under this article until five years after the organization of the pension commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-20 - Unlawful action a bar to pension

43:13-20. Unlawful action a bar to pension  If any municipal employee shall become incapacitated from or shall lose his life in the performance or commission of any unlawful act which would warrant his dismissal from the employ of the city, no pension shall be paid to such employee or to his widow, her husband, his or her children or dependent parents.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-21 - Physical examination of employee of city of the first class

43:13-21. Physical examination of employee of city of the first class  Any municipal employee applying for membership after July first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, in the pension fund created in such city under this article shall pass a physical examination satisfactory to and conducted by a physician designated by the pension commission. At the time of his application for membership and the benefits of this article and before being admitted to membership and the benefits of this article, the applicant shall produce a certificate of good health signed by this physician.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-21.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-21.1 - First class city pension fund members becoming officers or employees of school district

43:13-21.1. First class city pension fund members becoming officers or employees of school district  Whenever a municipal employee of a city of the first class has become a member of the pension fund established for employees of said city, and has, since becoming a member of said pension fund, accepted employment, or has become an officer or employee of the school district of said city, or of the county in which said city is located, and has continued to pay into the pension fund of said city the required contribution under the act which this act supplements, said employee shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits to which an employee under the act which this act supplements is entitled. L.1948, c. 428, p. 1670, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22 - Existing funds and pension associations not affected

43:13-22. Existing funds and pension associations not affected  This article shall not be construed to affect in any manner any pension fund organized on or created under any law prior to July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, or any pension association or corporation organized or existing under a law existing on July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, or any of the members thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.1 - Employees who may become members of pension fund on payment of arrears

43:13-22.1. Employees who may become members of pension fund on payment of arrears  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43:1-1 of the Revised Statutes, any employee of a city of the first class as defined in the article to which this is a supplement who at the time of the adoption of this act is ineligible to membership in the pension fund established for employees of said city of the first class by chapter one hundred ninety of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven or article two of chapter thirteen of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes by reason of having accepted employment after reaching the age of forty years and who was at the time of accepting such employment under the age of fifty years, or any person now in the employ of a city of the first class, who was in the employ of said city on, or who has accepted employment by said city since March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, who has remained continuously in the employ of said city and who was at the time of accepting such employment eligible to membership in the pension fund established for employees of said city of the first class by chapter one hundred ninety of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven or article two of chapter thirteen of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes but who declined to join said pension fund, may within two months after this act becomes effective become a member of such pension fund by payment into the fund, in such manner as shall be determined by the pension commission, of all arrears, with interest, as the pension commission shall determine to be due in order to give such employee the same standing as a member of said fund, in the case of employees employed on March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, as all other members who joined said pension fund when the law providing for such fund became effective, and in the case of employees accepting employment since that date, as if such employees had joined said fund upon accepting such employment, in which case the maximum rate of interest shall not exceed the average rate of earnings of the investments of said fund and the maximum length of time for the payment of arrears shall be five years from the date of the application to join the fund. L.1948, c. 465, p. 1910, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.2 - First class cities; employees who may become members of pension fund on payment of arrears

43:13-22.2. First class cities; employees who may become members of pension fund on payment of arrears  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43:1-1 of the Revised Statutes, any employee of a city of the first class as defined in the article to which this is a supplement who at the time of the adoption of this act is ineligible to membership in the pension fund established for employees of said city of the first class by chapter one hundred ninety of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven or article two of chapter thirteen of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes by reason of having accepted employment after reaching the age of forty years and who was at the time of accepting such employment under the age of fifty years, or any person now in the employ of a city of the first class, who was in the employ of said city on, or who has accepted employment by said city since March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, who has remained continuously in the employ of said city and who was at the time of accepting such employment eligible to membership in the pension fund established for employees of said city of the first class by chapter one hundred ninety of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven or article two of chapter thirteen of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes but who declined to join said pension fund, may within two months after this act becomes effective become a member of such pension fund by payment into the fund, in such manner as shall be determined by the pension commission, of all arrears, with interest, as the pension commission shall determine to be due in order to give such employee the same standing as a member of said fund, in the case of employees employed on March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, as all other members who joined said pension fund when the law providing for such fund became effective, and in the case of employees accepting employment since that date, as if such employees had joined said fund upon accepting such employment, in which case the maximum rate of interest shall not exceed the average rate of earnings of the investments of said fund and the maximum length of time for the payment of arrears shall be five years from the date of the application to join the fund. L.1951, c. 272, p. 939, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.4 - Employees' retirement systems created in first class cities over 400,000

43:13-22.4. Employees' retirement systems created in first class cities over 400,000  In each city, as defined by this act, an employees' retirement system shall be and is hereby created, set apart, maintained and administered in the manner prescribed in this act, for the benefit of employees of such city, and the widows, widowers, children and dependent parents of such employees; and also of all contributors to, participants in and beneficiaries of any pension fund in operation in such city, at the time this act shall become effective, under and 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. L.1954, c. 218, p. 809, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.6 - Vacancy of elected member of pension commission

43:13-22.6. Vacancy of elected member of pension commission  In case of vacancy of an elected member for any cause, the commission shall, by a majority vote, appoint a person possessed of the same qualifications to fill such vacancy until the next election and at said election a successor shall be elected to serve for the unexpired remainder of the term vacated. Any member of the commission, excepting the citizen member, who shall leave the service of the city shall automatically cease to be a member of said commission. L.1954, c. 218, p. 811, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.7 - Annual meeting of commission; officers; duties; attorney; actuary

43:13-22.7. Annual meeting of commission; officers; duties; attorney; actuary  The commission shall hold its annual meeting in the month of January in each year and elect its chairman and such other officers as it deems advisable. The chairman shall be chosen from among the employee members of the commission. The commission shall fix the compensation of all appointees, and shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any necessary expenditures authorized by the commission; and the employee members shall suffer no loss of salary or other wages through service for or on the commission. The commission shall secure the services of such physician or physicians as shall be necessary to make the medical examinations required by this act. The commission shall appoint an attorney and an actuary for the said commission and shall fix their compensation. The commission may engage such independent actuarial assistance as may be necessary to assist the actuary from time to time. L.1954, c. 218, p. 812, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.8 - Employees

43:13-22.8. Employees  The first secretary and treasurer appointed shall be bona fide civil service employees and members of 1 of the 3 funds consolidated by the provisions of this act. Their successors and any other employee necessary to carry out the provisions of this act shall be employed in accordance with Title 11 of the Revised Statutes (Civil Service Law); all of whom shall be construed as city employees for any purpose whatsoever and eligible within the fund. L.1954, c. 218, p. 812, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.9 - Control and management of funds; rules and regulations; information

43:13-22.9. Control and management of funds; rules and regulations; information  The commission shall have control and management of the funds and of the retirement of employees who are members of the fund. The commission shall, from time to time, subject to the limitations of this act, establish rules and regulations for the transaction of its business and the administration of the retirement system under this act. Under the direction of the commission, the head of each city department shall furnish such information and shall keep such records as the commission may require for the discharge of its duties. L.1954, c. 218, p. 812, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.10 - Statements of employees

43:13-22.10. Statements of employees  The commission may require each employee of the city to file a statement or statements, in such form as said commission shall direct, concerning his service or other matters covered by this act. L.1954, c. 218, p. 813, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.11 - Power of subpoena, witness fees, administering oaths, contempt

43:13-22.11. Power of subpoena, witness fees, administering oaths, contempt  9. The commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon any matter concerning the retirement system and allow fees not in excess of $3.00 to any such witness for such attendance upon any one day; provided, however, that any city employee called as a witness shall not be paid any witness fee but shall not suffer the loss of any salary. The chairman and other members of said commission are empowered to administer oaths to such witnesses. Contempt of the commission may be punished by summary proceedings before a judge of the Superior Court. All retirements shall be made and pensions allowed by the commission in accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations of the commission.  L.1954,c.218,s.9; amended 1991,c.91,s.420.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.12 - Name of pension commission

43:13-22.12. Name of pension commission  The commission shall be known as the "pension commission of the employees' retirement system of (name of city)." L.1954, c. 218, p. 813, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.13 - Treasurer; bond; receipt and disbursement of moneys

43:13-22.13. Treasurer; bond; receipt and disbursement of moneys  All moneys, the property of the retirement system, shall be received and paid to the treasurer of the retirement system who shall be bonded in such amount as shall be determined by the commission, such bonds to be paid for by the system. All moneys paid by the retirement system shall be paid by the treasurer of the fund by check, signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the chairman of the commission, after approval at a meeting of the commission. L.1954, c. 218, p. 813, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.14 - Deposit of funds; investment

43:13-22.14. Deposit of funds; investment  The commission shall deposit the funds of the system in any depositories lawful for the deposit of municipal funds. All moneys not needed for immediate purposes may be invested by the commission in interest-bearing bonds of the United States Government, State of New Jersey, subdivisions, instrumentalities or agencies of the State of New Jersey or of any interstate agency of which the State of New Jersey is a member. L.1954, c. 218, p. 813, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.15a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.15a - Time for making application for membership upon written declaration of intention

43:13-22.15a. Time for making application for membership upon written declaration of intention  Notwithstanding the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement limiting the time within which applications for membership in the retirement system were required to be made, all present employees of the city who are otherwise eligible for membership may make application for, and be admitted to, membership in the retirement system upon declaration of intention in writing made to the commission within 3 months of the effective date of this act or within the time prescribed by the act to which this act is a supplement, whichever is later. L.1957, c. 189, p. 685, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.15b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.15b - Revision of agreements for payment of arrears in installments

43:13-22.15b. Revision of agreements for payment of arrears in installments  Any existing agreement for the payment of arrears in installments, in effect upon the adoption of this act, may be revised to provide for completion of such payments in not more than 10 years from the date of membership in the retirement system. L.1957, c. 189, p. 687, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.15c (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.15c - Payment in full of assessments for arrears and interest prior to retirement of member for disability

43:13-22.15c. Payment in full of assessments for arrears and interest prior to retirement of member for disability  No employee member of the retirement system shall be retired on pension except as hereinafter provided until he shall have paid in full the amount of all assessments for arrears and interest thereon. The amount of any assessment for arrears and interest thereon remaining unpaid upon a member's death or retirement for permanent or total disability shall be deducted from the amounts first allowable by way of pension prior to any payment by way of pension to a widow, widower, minor child, dependent parent or member retired for permanent or total disability. L.1957, c. 189, p. 688, s. 4. Amended by L.1979, c. 281, s. 3, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.15d (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.15d - Declaration of intention to become a member; credit; eligibility for retirement or disability pension

43:13-22.15d. Declaration of intention to become a member; credit; eligibility for retirement or disability pension  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary limiting the time within which application for membership in the retirement system was required to be made and the rates and salaries upon which payments were to be computed, all present employees of the city who are otherwise eligible for membership may make application for and be admitted to membership in the retirement system upon declaration of intention in writing, made to the commission within 3 months of the effective date of this act, or within the time prescribed by the act hereby supplemented, whichever is later. To receive credit for all the time served as a permanent employee with the city prior to joining the retirement system, such employee shall pay into the fund a sum equal to an amount computed for the period of time 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 the act hereby supplemented. No person becoming a member of the retirement system pursuant to this section shall be eligible for retirement or disability retirement pension for a period of 5 years following the date of his admission to membership, except for disability arising out of and in the course of his employment. L.1966, c. 252, s. 7, eff. Aug. 25, 1966.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.16 - Credits; prior agreements

43:13-22.16. Credits; prior agreements  All employee members of the existing pension funds aforesaid, who become members of the city employees' retirement system provided by this act, shall be given credit for pension purposes hereunder and for all services rendered to the city prior to the effective date of this act; provided, however, that in case any such employee had heretofore agreed, under the provisions of the 3 statutes aforesaid, to pay for any part or all of such services rendered to the city prior to the effective date of this act, then the transfer of such employees' membership into the retirement system created hereby shall include the transfer to this system of all the conditions and obligations of such prior agreement, not inconsistent with this act, made by such employee; and such employee shall be deemed to agree and consent to the transfer to the system of such conditions and obligations until the said conditions and the provisions of this act have been fully complied with. L.1954, c. 218, p. 816, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-22.16a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-22.16a - Credit for active service in United States armed forces; payments to fund

43:13-22.16a. Credit for active service in United States armed forces; payments to fund  Any employee member, or eligible employee upon becoming a member of a retirement system, established pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, may purchase and receive prior service credit for time served in active service in the Armed Forces of the United States while a permanent employee of the city. Such member shall pay into the fund, in a lump sum or by regular payroll deduction installments approved by the pension commission, an amount equal to the contributions which a member would have been required to make for such a period based upon the member's salary, at the time of entering into active service in the armed forces, at the member's contribution rate in effect at the time of applying to make such purchase. L.1963, c. 151, s. 1, eff. Sept. 5, 1963. Amended by L.1979, c. 281, s. 4, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.