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NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-14 - Death within five years after passage of act

43:7-14. Death within five years after passage of act  If any such prison officer shall die within five years from the passage of this act and his widow, minor children or dependent parents, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to the pension hereunder, and if such prison officer shall have continuously paid his annual assessments or contributions up to the time of his death, the annual contributions or assessments deducted from the salary of such employee shall be returned by the pension commission to the personal representative of such deceased prison officer; provided, however, that if any such prison officer shall be killed in the line of duty within the five years from the passage of this act, the pension commission may, in its discretion, set aside a yearly sum, other than the total annual contributions or assessments paid by such employee into the pension fund, for the support of his widow, minor children or dependent parents, but in no event shall the amount so set aside by the pension commission exceed the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per annum. L.1941, c. 220, p. 633, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-15 - Suspension or discharge

43:7-15. Suspension or discharge  If any such prison officer shall be suspended, resigned, dropped or discharged from his employment after having paid the aforesaid assessments for a period over one year, and whose suspension or discharge shall continue for a period longer than two years, he shall be entitled to the return of such moneys as he shall have paid into such pension fund by reason of the assessments aforesaid, but such person shall not thereafter be eligible for a pension under this act unless upon a re-employment by the State he shall repay to such fund the amount of any rebate made to him. The obligation to refund payments made to the pension association shall not apply to any pension officer suspended or discharged for causes which bar him from eligibility to reappointment under the civil service rules. No other refund of assessments collected from the salaries of such pension officers shall be made. L.1941, c. 220, p. 634, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-15.1 - Prison officers' pension fund; withdrawal by veterans

43:7-15.1. Prison officers' pension fund; withdrawal by veterans  Any employee of the State, who is a veteran of any war and who has joined the prison officers' pension fund, may, at any time within one year of the effective date of this act, apply to withdraw from the fund during the continuance of his employment. L.1946, c. 80, p. 286, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-15.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-15.2 - Withdrawal by veterans hereafter joining fund

43:7-15.2. Withdrawal by veterans hereafter joining fund  Any such employee, who is such veteran and who shall hereafter join said fund and who shall have been a member of said fund for at least one year, may also apply for such withdrawal during the continuance of his employment; provided, however, that he makes such application within one year from the date that he shall have become eligible to apply for such withdrawal. L.1946, c. 80, p. 286, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-15.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-15.3 - Withdrawal application; notice; refund of payments

43:7-15.3. Withdrawal application; notice; refund of payments  Upon his making application, of which ten days' notice shall be given, he shall receive, upon demand, the amount of his payments, without prejudice to his right as a veteran to any benefit or pension to which he may be entitled under any other law. L.1946, c. 80, p. 286, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-16 - Other pensions

43:7-16. Other pensions  No person who shall receive any pension under any other law of this State shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this act. L.1941, c. 220, p. 634, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-17 - Refusal to accept provisions of act; notice

43:7-17. Refusal to accept provisions of act; notice  If any prison officer of this State shall decline to accept the provisions of this act, he shall, within thirty days after the passage of this act, notify the pension commission in writing of the fact that he does not desire to be bound by the provisions thereof and in such event no payments or deductions as aforesaid shall be made from the salary of such prison officer, but neither such prison officer nor any of his dependents shall receive any pension under the provisions of this act. L.1941, c. 220, p. 634, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-18.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-18.1 - Responsibility for operation of pension fund.

43:7-18.1 Responsibility for operation of pension fund.  4. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall have the general responsibility for the proper operation of the pension fund and shall have such powers and shall exercise such functions and duties, as may be necessary and appropriate for the proper operation of the fund, subject to the provisions of P.L.1955, c.70 (C.52:18A-95 et seq.). Any reference in a law, rule, regulation, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise to the Prison Officers' Pension Commission shall mean and refer to the Division of Pensions and Benefits. The division may make all necessary rules and regulations. Such rules and regulations shall be consistent with those adopted by the other pension funds within the Division of Pensions and Benefits in order to permit the most economical and uniform administration of all such retirement systems. L.1973, c.155, s.4; amended 2013, c.253, s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-19 - Control, management of fund.

43:7-19 Control, management of fund.  13. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall have control and management of said fund subject to the provisions of P.L.1950, c.270 (C.52:18A-79 et seq.), and of the retirement of said prison officers, and the division is hereby empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this act. All moneys belonging to said pension fund shall be received and paid over to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, whose official bond shall cover the same. All moneys paid out of such pension fund shall be paid by the said treasurer upon warrants signed by the director of the division. L.1941, c.220, s.13; amended 2013, c.253, s.26.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-19.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-19.1 - Medical board

43:7-19.1. Medical board  The State Treasurer shall designate a medical board after consultation with the Director of the Division of Pensions, subject to veto by the commission for valid reason. It shall be composed of three physicians who are not eligible to participate in the pension fund. The medical board shall pass upon all medical examinations required under the provisions of the act, shall investigate all essential statements and certificates by or on behalf of a member in connection with an application for disability retirement, and shall report in writing to the pension fund its conclusions and recommendations upon all matters referred to it. L.1973, c. 155, s. 5, eff. June 1, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-20 - Deposit and investment of fund

43:7-20. Deposit and investment of fund  Said pension commission shall deposit such fund in any of the banks or trust companies of the State, and shall invest the same in bonds secured by first mortgages on improved property worth at least twice the amount loaned, or in bonds of the United States or of this State, or any city or county in this State. All income, interest or dividend which shall be paid or agreed to be paid on account of any loan or deposit shall belong to and constitute a part of said fund. L.1941, c. 220, p. 635, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-21 - Execution of releases, acquittances, receipts, discharges.

43:7-21 Execution of releases, acquittances, receipts, discharges.  15. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall, on behalf of the said pension fund, execute any and all releases, acquittances, receipts, or discharges of any and all written evidences of indebtedness to said pension fund. L.1941, c.220, s.15; amended 2013, c.253, s.27.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-22 - Annual report.

43:7-22 Annual report.  16. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall make an annual report of the conditions of such fund and the manner in which same is invested. L.1941, c.220, s.16; amended 2013, c.253, s.28.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-23 - Unlawful acts, incapacitation or death while performing

43:7-23. Unlawful acts, incapacitation or death while performing  If any pension officer 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 State, no pension shall be paid to such employee or to his widow, his children, or dependent parents. L.1941, c. 220, p. 636, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-24 - Effect of act

43:7-24. Effect of act  This article shall not be construed to effect in any manner any pension fund organized on or created under any law prior on July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, or any pension association or corporation organized or existing under a law existing on July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, or any of the members thereof. L.1941, c. 220, p. 636, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-25 - Members of State Employees' Retirement System; right to accumulated deductions with interest

43:7-25. Members of State Employees' Retirement System; right to accumulated deductions with interest  Any employee of the State, eligible for membership in the prison officers pension fund, who, at the time of joining said prison officers pension fund, was or shall be a member of the State Employees' Retirement System, shall, upon application, of which ten days' notice shall be given, receive, upon demand, without prejudice to any benefit to which he may be entitled under any other law, his accumulated deductions in said State Employees' Retirement System, that is to say, the sum of all the amounts deducted from his compensation or contributed by him standing to the credit of his individual account in the annuity savings fund of said system together with interest at four per centum (4%) per annum compounded annually to the date of such demand. Any such employee of the State, who has joined such prison officers pension fund and has received from the State Employees' Retirement System the amount of his payments made to said system, without interest, shall be entitled to receive, in like manner and upon like notice, the difference between the amount so paid to him and his accumulated deductions, as in this section defined, as of the date of his withdrawal from said State Employees' Retirement System. L.1941, c. 220, p. 636, s. 19. Amended by L.1943, c. 186, p. 518, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-26 - Effective date

43:7-26. Effective date  This act shall take effect July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. L.1941, c. 220, p. 636, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:7-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:7-27 - Benefit payments based on temporary service; continuation

43:7-27. Benefit payments based on temporary service; continuation  Any prison officer or his beneficiary presently receiving benefits under the act to which this act is a supplement shall continue to receive such benefits notwithstanding the fact that the length of service upon which the rights of benefits have been computed was based in whole or in part on temporary service. Nothing in this act or in the act to which this act is a supplement shall authorize the Prison Officers Pension Commission to grant benefits hereafter based upon temporary service. L.1955, c. 54, p. 180, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:8A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:8A-2 - Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Officers Pension Fund

43:8A-2. Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Officers Pension Fund  A pension fund is hereby created for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits for law enforcement officers under the provisions of this act. The pension fund so created shall be established on October 1, 1953. It shall have the powers and privileges of a corporation and shall be known as the "Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Officers' Pension Fund" and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash and securities and property held in trust for the purpose for which received. L.1953, c. 423, p. 2124, s. 2. Amended by L.1954, c. 200, p. 756, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:8A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:8A-3 - Persons entitled to become members of pension fund; transfer of contributions; termination of membership

43:8A-3. Persons entitled to become members of pension fund; transfer of contributions; termination of membership  (1) On or after the date of the establishment of this pension fund any person becoming permanently appointed as a law enforcement officer or becoming temporarily appointed prior to qualifying for permanent appointment shall become a member of this pension fund as a new entrant. (2)(a) After the date of the establishment of this pension fund any person permanently appointed as a law enforcement officer prior to that date or holding a temporary appointment received before that date prior to qualifying for permanent appointment shall have the right to become a member of this pension fund as a present entrant. This right may be exercised only within one year after the date of the establishment of this pension fund, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of trustees. Once this right has been exercised, a member shall not lose membership in this pension fund so long as he remains a permanent and full-time active employee of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control in the Department of Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey. (b) Where, on the date of the establishment of this pension fund, a law enforcement officer is a member of any other retirement system or pension fund supported in whole or in part by the State of New Jersey, he shall have the right to become a member of this pension fund as a present entrant. This right may be exercised only within 1 year after the date of the establishment of this pension fund, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of trustees. Upon the commencement of the membership of such law enforcement officer in this pension fund, there shall be transferred to the State Treasurer, and credited to the annuity savings fund of this pension fund, the aggregate contributions of said law enforcement officer to such other retirement system or pension fund. In determining the amount of interest on said aggregate contributions which should be so transferred, the provisions of the enabling legislation of such other retirement system or pension fund governing the crediting of interest for purposes other than withdrawal shall apply. Upon the transfer of said aggregate contributions said present entrant shall receive credit toward service retirement, as provided in section 7 of this act, as though he had contributed to this pension fund for the period of time for which such contributions were made to such other retirement system or pension fund. (3) Should any member in any period of 4 consecutive years after last becoming a member be absent from service (except upon military leave of absence) for more than 2 years, or withdraw his aggregate contributions, or become a beneficiary or die, he shall thereupon cease to be a member. L.1953, c. 423, p. 2125, s. 3. Amended by L.1954, c. 200, p. 756, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:8A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:8A-4 - Service of law enforcement officer considered creditable

43:8A-4. Service of law enforcement officer considered creditable  Only service as a law enforcement officer which was rendered by a member before the date of the establishment of this pension fund, or since he became a member, or since he last became a member in case of a break in service, shall be considered as creditable for the purposes of this act. L.1953, c. 423, p. 2126, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:8A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:8A-6 - Retirement of new entrant member on service retirement allowance

43:8A-6. Retirement of new entrant member on service retirement allowance  (1) Any new entrant member in service who attains age 55 years may retire on a service retirement allowance upon written and duly executed application to the board of trustees, setting forth at what time, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days, subsequent to the filing thereof, he desires to be retired. Any new entrant member in service who attains age 62 years shall be retired on a service retirement allowance forthwith or on the first day of the next calendar month; provided, however, that any new entrant member in service in an administrative position as provided for in section 22 of this act may remain in service until attaining age 65 years whereupon he shall be retired on a service retirement allowance forthwith or on the first day of the next calendar month. (2) Upon retirement for service a new entrant member shall receive a service retirement allowance which shall consist of: (a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his aggregate contributions at the time of retirement; and (b) A pension in the amount which when added to the member's annuity will provide a total retirement allowance equal to 2% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service up to 25, plus 1% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service over 25. (3)(a) Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a new entrant member after service retirement, there shall be paid to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation, duly executed and filed with the board of trustees, otherwise to his estate, a death benefit of $2,000.00. (b) The beneficiary of a death benefit after service retirement may elect to receive the amount payable in 1 sum or in equal installments over a period of years or as a life annuity. L.1953, c. 423, p. 2129, s. 6. Amended by L.1954, c. 200, p. 758, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:8A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:8A-7 - Retirement of present entrant member on service retirement allowance; death benefit

43:8A-7. Retirement of present entrant member on service retirement allowance; death benefit  (1) Any present entrant member in service who has attained or who attains age 55 may retire on a service retirement allowance upon written and duly executed application to the board of trustees, setting forth at what time, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days, subsequent to the filing thereof, he desires to be retired. Any present entrant member in service, shall be retired on a service retirement allowance forthwith or on the first day of the next calendar month upon the completion of 25 years of service but not before attaining age 62 years; provided, however, that any present entrant member may remain in service beyond the completion of 25 years of service and attaining age 62 years with the permission of the head of said Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. (2) Upon retirement for service a present entrant member shall receive a service retirement allowance which shall consist of: (a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his aggregate contributions at the time of retirement; and (b) A pension in the amount which when added to the member's annuity will provide a total retirement allowance equal to 2% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of service during the first 25 years of service for which the member has contributed, up to 25, plus 1% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of all other years of service. (3)(a) Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a present entrant member after service retirement, there shall be paid to such person as he shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board of trustees, otherwise to his estate, a death benefit of $2,000.00. (b) A beneficiary of a death benefit after service retirement may elect to receive the amount payable in 1 sum or in equal installments over a period of years or as a life annuity. L.1953, c. 423, p. 2130, s. 7. Amended by L.1954, c. 200, p. 759, s. 5.