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NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.6 - "Town employee" and "employee" defined; persons entitled to participate in benefits

43:13-37.6. "Town employee" and "employee" defined; persons entitled to participate in benefits  The words "town employee" or "employee" as used in this act shall mean and include all employees and officers now or hereafter in service of any town in counties of the first class of this State having a population of not less than forty thousand nor more than forty-one thousand according to the census of one thousand nine hundred and thirty, and of any town board, body or commission maintained directly or indirectly, wholly or partially, out of town funds, whose term of office or position is not fixed or limited by law, not including casual or transient laborers unless such labor work is recognized as a permanent appointment by such pension fund commission, it being the intent to exclude casual or transient labor from the operation of this act. The words "town employee" or "employee" shall not be held to include office holders elected by the voters of the town nor shall it include any member of any police department or fire department whose salary or compensation is paid directly or indirectly, wholly or partially, out of the town funds. All other persons, except the casual or transient laborers hereinabove referred to, officers elected by the voters of the town and police and fire officers, now in the service of the town, not included in the foregoing provisions, shall have the privilege, in their discretion, to participate in the benefits of this act by written notice to the said pension fund commission, which notice shall be delivered within thirty days after the organization of said commission. All persons, except the casual or transient laborers hereinabove referred to, officers elected by the voters of the town and police and fire officers, hereafter entering the service of the town, not included in the foregoing provision, shall participate in the benefits of this act. The pension fund commission, in addition to the powers herein conferred, shall have power to determine what persons are included in the meaning of this act. L.1943, c. 189, p. 525, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.7 - Persons not entitled to receive benefits of act

43:13-37.7. Persons not entitled to receive benefits of act  No one who is receiving or is or shall hereafter be entitled to receive any benefits under any other law of this State providing for contributions to a pension fund out of the compensation of town employees shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this act. L.1943, c. 189, p. 526, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.8 - Retirement on half pay; dependents after death

43:13-37.8. Retirement on half pay; dependents after death  Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, any town employee who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such town continuously or in the aggregate for a period of twenty years, and who shall have attained the age of sixty years, shall, upon his application, be retired on half pay. In the event that such town employee shall have retired and pensioned under the provisions of this act and shall have continued to pay into said pension fund or have deducted for the benefits of such pension fund the full amount of his percentage based on the amount of his pension after his retirement and until his death, then, in such event and subject to the limitation hereinafter provided, an amount equal to one-half of the salary or compensation received by such town employees at the time of his retirement shall be paid each year to the dependent widow, dependent children under the age of sixteen years or dependent parent or parents, as the case may be. L.1943, c. 189, p. 526, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.9 - Death of employee after 20 years of service; pensions to dependents

43:13-37.9. Death of employee after 20 years of service; pensions to dependents  In the event that any such town employee entitled to the benefits of this act, who having had deducted from his salary or compensation the percentage provided in this act, shall die as the result of injury or illness received or incurred in the performance of his duty, or in the event that such town employee shall have served in the employ of the town continuously or in the aggregate for twenty years and who has had deducted from his salary or compensation the percentage provided for in this act, shall die from cause other than injury or illness received or incurred in the performance of his duty, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, there shall be paid each year to his dependent widow, dependent child or children under the age of sixteen years, or dependent parent or parents, a sum equal to one-half the compensation or salary received by such town employee at the time of his death. L.1943, c. 189, p. 527, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.10 - Death of employee after 5 years of service; pensions to dependents

43:13-37.10. Death of employee after 5 years of service; pensions to dependents  Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, in the event of the death of any such town employee who shall die from causes other than injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of his duties, and who was not previously retired or pensioned and who has had deducted from his salary or compensation the percentage provided for in this act, and who has been in the employ of the town for five years, in that event twelve and one-half per centum (12 1/2 %) of the salary received by such town employee at said death shall be paid each year to the dependent widow, dependent child or children under the age of sixteen years or dependent parent or parents, as the case may be, and for each additional year of service more than five years the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of two and one-half per centum (2 1/2 %) of such salary, not exceeding in any event fifty per centum (50%) of said salary. L.1943, c. 189, p. 527, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.11 - Maximum pensions; maximum deductions

43:13-37.11. Maximum pensions; maximum deductions  The pension of any town employee under the provisions of this act shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per annum and in no event shall there be paid to the widow of any town employee or dependents, under the provisions of this act, an amount in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per annum. Deduction from the salary or compensation of any such officer or employees entitled to benefits under the provisions of this act shall not exceed any amount paid as such salary or compensation over and above the amount of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00). Any salary or compensation received by, or paid to, any such officer or employee as aforesaid, in excess of the amount of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) shall not be available as the basis of accruing or additional benefits to any such officer or employee, under the provisions of this act. L.1943, c. 189, p. 528, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.12 - Death of employee leaving no widow; benefits to dependent children

43:13-37.12. Death of employee leaving no widow; benefits to dependent children  In the event that any such town employee shall die leaving no widow, but shall leave a dependent child or children under the age of sixteen years, the amount of the benefits under this act shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00) per annum for each dependent child, but the aggregate amount for such dependent children shall not exceed the amount to which such town employee's widow would have been entitled to under the provisions of this act had she survived him. L.1943, c. 189, p. 528, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.13 - Disability from illness or injury resulting from employment; retirement on pension; determination of disability; death; benefits to dependents

43:13-37.13. Disability from illness or injury resulting from employment; retirement on pension; determination of disability; death; benefits to dependents  In the event that any such town employee entitled to the benefits of this act, who having had deducted from his salary or compensation the percentage provided in this act, shall become permanently and totally disabled as the result of injury or illness received in the performance of his duty, he shall, upon his application to the pension fund commission, be retired on half pay. Where, however, any such town employee shall desire to retire by reason of injury or illness, such employee shall make application in writing to the pension fund commission for such retirement; whereupon the pension fund commission shall call to their assistance the aid of a regularly licensed and practicing surgeon or physician. Upon the filing of a report by such surgeon or physician that in his good judgment and opinion that such town employee is permanently incapacitated, the pension fund commission shall determine by resolution that the said person is entitled to the benefits of this act. In the event that the aforesaid mentioned employee does not agree with the report of the aforesaid mentioned surgeon and physician he may call to his assistance the aid of a regularly licensed and practicing surgeon or physician who shall make a report in writing to the pension fund commission giving his opinion as to whether or not the employee is permanently incapacitated. In the event that the two surgeons or physicians so called as hereinbefore provided, fail to agree upon the physical condition of the applicant, then the pension fund commission may call a third and disinterested, licensed and practicing surgeon or physician and the determination of the majority of said three surgeons and physicians, who shall be first duly sworn, shall be reduced to writing and signed by them, and such report shall be considered as establishing the question of the permanency of such disability. The president of the pension fund commission is authorized to administer an oath to said surgeons or physicians or other persons called in respect to the matter before the commission. The pension fund commission shall have power to determine such permanent total disability and whether or not it occurred or happened in the performance of his duties. In the event of the death of any such town employees retired under the provisions of this section while on pension, his dependents as defined in this act shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this act as provided in section eight hereof. L.1943, c. 189, p. 528, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.14 - Disability from injury, accident or sickness incurred at any time after employment for 5 years; retirement on pension; death; benefits to dependents

43:13-37.14. Disability from injury, accident or sickness incurred at any time after employment for 5 years; retirement on pension; death; benefits to dependents  Any town employee who shall receive a permanent total disability by reason of injury, accident or sickness incurred at any time, who having had deducted from his salary or compensation the percentage provided in this act and who had been in the employ of the town for five years, in that event such town employee upon his application shall be retired on pension equal to twelve and one-half per centum (12 1/2 %) of the salary received by such town employee at the time of such retirement, and for each additional year of service more than five years the amount of said pension shall be increased, to the extent of two and one-half per centum (2 1/2 %) of said salary, not exceeding in any event fifty per centum (50%) of said salary. In the event of the death of any such town employee retired under the provisions of this section while on pension, his dependents as defined in this act shall be entitled to a pension in an amount equal to the pension being received at the time of such town employee's death. L.1943, c. 189, p. 529, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.15 - Certain widows not covered by act

43:13-37.15. Certain widows not covered by act  The provisions of this act shall not extend to the widow of any town employees who shall hereafter marry any such town employee after such town employee has attained the age of fifty-five years, nor shall the benefits of this act accrue to the widow of any town employee who shall marry such town employee after he shall have retired under the provisions of this act. L.1943, c. 189, p. 530, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.16 - "Beneficiaries" defined

43:13-37.16. "Beneficiaries" defined  Where the word "beneficiaries" is used in this act it shall refer to a town employee as defined in this act and his dependent widow, dependent child or children or dependent parent or parents. L.1943, c. 189, p. 530, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.17 - "His" defined

43:13-37.17. "His" defined  Where the word "his" is used in this act, it shall be construed to refer to both sexes. L.1943, c. 189, p. 530, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-37.18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-37.18 - Partial invalidity; repeal

43:13-37.18. Partial invalidity; repeal  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be and they are hereby repealed; provided, that if any paragraph or section of this act shall be declared invalid, the invalid paragraph shall be rescinded and the remainder of this act shall remain in full force and effect. L.1943, c. 189, p. 530, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-38 - "Municipal employee" and "employee or officer" defined

43:13-38. "Municipal employee" and "employee or officer" defined  For the purposes of this article, the words "municipal employee" or "employee or officer" mean and include all employees in the competitive class of civil service of any village in counties of the first class, as well as such employees of any village in counties of the first class holding any position of permanent employment, including laborers. Laborers, to be recognized as permanent employees, shall have worked an average of not less than two hundred working days each year from the original date of employment. The words "municipal employee" or "employee or officer" shall not be held to include any member of the police or fire departments eligible for a pension under chapter sixteen of this Title (43:16-1 et seq.). The pension commission herein created shall have power to determine whether or not the employment of any employee or officer as aforesaid is permanent within the meaning of this article. Amended by L.1949, c. 119, p. 484, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-38.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-38.1 - "Salary" and "half pay" defined; maximum pension

43:13-38.1. "Salary" and "half pay" defined; maximum pension  The word "salary," as used in this article, shall mean the average annual salary paid during the last five years of a member's service, or in the event he or she has been employed for less than five years, the average annual salary he or she received during the time that he or she was employed. The words "half pay," as used in this article, shall mean half of the average annual salary paid during the last five years of a member's service, or in the event he or she has been employed for less than five years, the average annual salary he or she received during the time he or she was employed, and all pensions granted under this article shall be based on such average salary, regardless of any other provision of law; provided, however, that no pension shall be paid hereunder in excess of three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($3,750.00) per annum. L.1945, c. 213, p. 715, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-39 - Retirement for service and age

43:13-39. Retirement for service and age  Any municipal employee who shall have served either in the employ of a village in a county of the first class continuously or in the aggregate for a period of twenty-five years, who shall have attained the age of sixty years, and who shall have paid his full contributions into the fund since the commencement of said fund or from the date of his employment whichever is the later date, shall upon his own application be retired on half pay. Any municipal employee who shall have attained the age of seventy years shall be retired forthwith, unless the board of trustees of said village, by resolution annually adopted, shall continue said employee in service. Such employee shall receive a pension equal to two per centum (2%) of his final average salary for each year said employee has served the village, but said pension shall not exceed one-half of his final average salary. Amended by L.1949, c. 119, p. 484, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-40 - Payments to certain dependents

43:13-40. Payments to certain dependents  The widow, dependent husband, children under the age of sixteen years or dependent parents, as the case may be, of a municipal employee or officer who shall have: a. Paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and who dies as a result of injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of his duties; or b. Served in the employ of a village in any county of the first class in the aggregate for twenty-five years, and who has paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and who dies from causes other than injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of his duties; or c. Been retired and pensioned under this article and continued to pay into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions based on his retirement pay after his retirement and until his death, and who dies-- Shall receive a pension in an amount equal to one-half of the salary received by such employee or officer at the time of his death, and in those cases where an employee or officer shall have been retired and pensioned previous thereto, in an amount equal to one-half of the salary he received at the time of his retirement. The pension so paid shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars annually. No pension shall be paid to a widow or dependent husband if she or he was married to her or his deceased spouse after the date of her or his retirement or after she or he shall have reached fifty-five years of age. The pension shall be paid to the widow or dependent husband during her or his natural life and so long as she or he remains unmarried. If there is no widow or dependent husband surviving such employee or officer, or no widow or husband qualified to take under this article, or if the widow or husband subsequently dies or remarries and such employee or officer shall have left her or him surviving children under the age of sixteen years, such children shall receive payments as follows: If there is one child, he shall be paid the sum of twenty-five dollars monthly until he reaches sixteen years of age; if two children, each shall be paid twenty-five dollars monthly until he reaches sixteen years of age; if three or more children, such pension equal in amount to one-half of the salary received by the employee at the time of his death or retirement, but not exceeding in the aggregate one thousand dollars annually, shall be paid to the children who have not reached sixteen years of age in equal shares, but no one of such children shall receive more than twenty-five dollars monthly. If there is no widow, dependent husband and children under sixteen years of age at the time of such employee's or officer's death, the pension shall be paid to any dependent parent or parents of such deceased employee or officer.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-41 - Payments to dependents of employee or officer who served five years or more

43:13-41. Payments to dependents of employee or officer who served five years or more  If a municipal employee or officer, who was not previously retired or pensioned, who has paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and who shall have served in the municipal employ for five years, shall die from causes other than injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of his duties, twenty per cent of the pension which would have been paid if he had served in the village for twenty-five years shall be paid to the surviving widow, husband, minor children or dependent parents, as the case may be. For each additional year of such service thereafter the proportionate amount of the pension to be so paid shall be increased to the extent of four per cent over and above such twenty per cent per annum for each additional year of service up to and including twenty-five years.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:13-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:13-42 - Dependency condition of payment; determination of

43:13-42. Dependency condition of payment; determination of  No pension shall be paid to the surviving husband of a deceased employee or officer unless he shall be and shall continue to remain dependent upon the income which such employee or officer was receiving at the time of her death, nor unless he shall be and shall continue to remain physically or mentally incapable of pursuing a gainful occupation. No pension shall be paid to any minor child or dependent parent of such female employee or officer unless the minor child or dependent parent shall be and shall continue to remain dependent upon the income which such employee or officer was receiving at the time of her death. The pension commission shall determine the question of the dependency of the surviving husband, minor child or dependent parent, as well as the ability of the surviving husband to pursue some gainful occupation.