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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:12-28.1 - Pension for survivors of certain emergency services workers; terms defined.

43:12-28.1 Pension for survivors of certain emergency services workers; terms defined.
1. The governing body of any municipality served by a volunteer fire company or first aid or rescue squad shall, by resolution, determine the eligibility for a survivor's pension of the widow or children or parent of any volunteer firefighter, first aid worker, rescue squad worker, or emergency medical technician who has died as the result of injuries sustained in the course of performance of duty as a member of the volunteer fire company or first aid or rescue squad on or after January 1, 2000. A governing body may determine that the widow or children or parent of a volunteer is eligible for a survivor's pension whenever a volunteer dies while responding to, preparing for or returning from an emergency while under orders from a competent authority. When the municipal governing body determines that a widow or children or parent are eligible for a survivor's pension, a certified copy of the resolution shall be filed by the municipal clerk with the State Treasurer within 10 days of adoption, and the State shall provide for payment of the survivor's pension, starting in the first calendar year next following the year of death of the volunteer or the year next following the year in which P.L.2002, c.134 is enacted, whichever is later.
For the purposes of this section, "first aid or rescue squad" shall mean any duly incorporated first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association providing volunteer public first aid, ambulance or rescue services within the municipality;
"widow" shall also include "widower";
"child" shall mean a deceased firefighter's, emergency medical technician's, or first aid or rescue squad worker's unmarried child (a) under the age of 18, or (b) 18 years of age or older and enrolled in a secondary school, or (c) under the age of 24 and enrolled in a degree program in an institution of higher education for at least 12 credit hours in each semester, or (d) of any age who, at the time of the firefighter's, technician's or worker's death, is disabled because of an intellectual disability or physical incapacity, is unable to do any substantial, gainful work because of the impairment and the impairment has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as affirmed by the medical professional; and
"parent" shall mean the parent of a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or first aid or rescue squad worker who was receiving at least one-half of his or her support from the firefighter, technician or worker in the 12-month period immediately preceding the firefighter's, technician's or worker's death. The dependency of such a parent will be considered terminated by marriage of the parent subsequent to the death of the member.
L.1957, c.168, s.1; amended 1960, c.121, s.2; 1968, c.331, s.2; 2002, c.134, s.1. 2010; c.50, s.70.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:12-28.2 - Amount of pension.

43:12-28.2 Amount of pension.
2. A survivor's pension granted under section 1 of P.L.1957, c.168 (C.43:12-28.1) shall be for the sum of(a)$15,000 annually and shall be paid to the widow, during her widowhood, or to the child or children of such firefighter, emergency medical technician, or first aid or rescue squad worker, if he leaves no surviving widow, or to such child or children after the death of such widow, (b) $10,000 annually and shall be paid to the child or children of such firefighter, emergency medical technician, or first aid or rescue squad worker, if the surviving widow remarries, or (c) $5,000 annually and shall be paid to the parent or parents of such firefighter, emergency medical technician, or first aid or rescue squad worker, if he leaves no surviving widow or child As used in this section, the terms "widow" and "widowhood" shall also include "widower" and "widowerhood" respectively.
L.1957,c.168,s.2; amended 1964, c.55; 1968, c.331, s.3; 2002, c.134, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:12-28.3 - Manner of payment of pension.

43:12-28.3 Manner of payment of pension.
3. With regard to any pension granted by a municipality pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1957, c.168 (C.43:12-28.1) prior to the effective date of P.L.2002, c.134 the governing body shall make provision in its budget for the payment of any such pension and the same shall be paid in the same manner as municipal employees are paid.
L.1957,c.168,s.3; amended 2002, c.134, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:12-28.4 - Overseers of poor or deputy overseers of poor; application; amount

43:12-28.4. Overseers of poor or deputy overseers of poor; application; amount
Upon written application, the governing body of any municipality may grant, by resolution, an annual pension in an amount not exceeding $1,000.00 per annum to any person 75 years or older who shall have served continuously in such municipality as overseer of the poor or deputy overseer of the poor for not less than 20 years in either or both of such offices and who shall have retired from public service on or before January 1, 1964, provided that such a person is not entitled to or receiving any other pension from the State of New Jersey or political subdivision thereof. If such a pension is granted, it shall continue during the natural life of the person to whom it is granted, subject to the limitation set forth in section 2 of this act.
L.1964, c. 59, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:12-28.5 - Limitations; manner of payment

43:12-28.5. Limitations; manner of payment
Any person eligible for a pension under the provisions of this act shall apply therefor to the municipality in which he was formerly employed within 6 months of the effective date of this act. The municipality upon granting such a pension shall provide for the same in the annual budget of the municipality. The pension authorized by this act shall not be paid in any year in which provision for the payment thereof is not made in the annual budget of the municipality, provided, however, that the municipality may pay any pension during the initial year it is granted from any funds available therefor notwithstanding that no provision has been made in the annual budget for the payment of such pension.
L.1964, c. 59, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-1 - Filling vacancies in trustees of certain trust funds; resignation of trustees

43:13-1. Filling vacancies in trustees of certain trust funds; resignation of trustees
When a trust fund has been or shall be created by public subscription for the benefit of the widow and children of any deceased member of the police or fire department of any municipality and no provision has been made for the appointment of successors of the persons designated to administer the fund, any vacancy in the office of trustee of such fund, whether the result of death or resignation, shall be filled by the board, body or person having charge of the department in which the deceased member served at the time of his death. If a police and fire pension commission exists in the municipality, it may be appointed to execute the trust in the event of vacancies in the office of all the trustees.
All resignations of trustees designated to execute any such trust shall be presented to the board, body or person having charge of the department in which the deceased member served at the time of his death.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-1.1 - Cities of first class; acceptance of employment after age 40 but prior to age 55; eligibility for membership

43:13-1.1. Cities of first class; acceptance of employment after age 40 but prior to age 55; eligibility for membership
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 effective date of this act is ineligible to the benefits of said article by reason of having accepted employment after reaching the age of 40 years and who was at the time of accepting such employment under the age of 55 years and had prior service in any other elective or appointive State or county office or position, may within 2 months after this act becomes effective become a member of the fund established for employees of said cities of the first class by article 2 of chapter 13 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1955, c. 189, p. 755, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-1.2 - Credit for prior service; payment of arrears

43:13-1.2. Credit for prior service; payment of arrears
Where any such employee has had prior elective or appointive service in any State or county office or position such employee shall be given credit for pension purposes hereunder for such prior service, in addition to his total county service, upon 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 as all other members who joined said pension fund when the law providing for such fund became effective, 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 5 years from the date of the application to join the fund; or if so requested upon written application, the regular deductions from the salary of such employee shall commence upon the filing of such written application and he shall be entitled to the same benefits as a new employee then joining the fund would receive.
L.1955, c. 189, p. 755, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-1.3 - Employees deemed permanent

43:13-1.3. Employees deemed permanent
Where any such employee was in the employ of said city on or before January 1, 1950, and has remained continuously in the employ of said city since that time he shall be deemed to be a permanent employee for the purposes of this article and shall be eligible for membership in such pension fund notwithstanding the provisions of article 2, chapter 13 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1955, c. 189, p. 755, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-2 - "Municipal employee" or "employee" defined

43:13-2. "Municipal employee" or "employee" defined
For the purposes of this article the words "municipal employee" or "employee" mean and include any employee of a city of the first class holding a position of permanent employment and recognized as a permanent appointee, it being the intent to exclude from the operation of this article transient, seasonal or temporary employees, workers or laborers and all officers, employees or workers not entitled to the benefits of any tenure of office act; provided, however, that any person who heretofore was, now is, or hereafter shall be an employee of such city and has continued to occupy an employment, position, or office of any kind, or any of them, in or under the government of said city and who has at any time become a member of the pension fund established for employees of said city shall be considered a "municipal employee" or an "employee" for the purposes of this article. The words "municipal employee" or "employee" shall not include a member of the fire or police department, employee of a local board of health eligible to apply for membership in the pension corporations or associations which have been or may hereafter be formed under chapter eighteen of this Title (s. 43:18-1 et seq.), or any employee of a street or water department eligible to apply for membership in the pension corporations or associations which have been or may hereafter be formed under chapter nineteen of this Title (s. 43:19-1 et seq.). The appointing board or officer appointing an employee of a city of the first class may determine whether or not the employment of any employee as aforesaid is permanent within the meaning of this article.
Amended by L.1947, c. 387, p. 1225, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-3 - Retirement for service and age

43:13-3. Retirement for service and age
Subject to the provisions of section 43:13-21 of this title, any municipal employee who shall have served in the employ of a city of the first class 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-4 - Payments to certain dependents

43:13-4. 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 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 city of the first class in the aggregate for twenty 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 the employee at the time of his death, and in those cases where an employee 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 no widow or husband qualified to take under this article, or if the widow or husband subsequently dies or remarries and such employee 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 death, the pension shall be paid to any dependent parent or parents of such deceased employee.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-5 - Payments to dependents of employee who served five years or more

43:13-5. Payments to dependents of employee who served five years or more
If a municipal employee, 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-five per cent of the pension which would have been paid if he had served in the city for twenty 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 five per cent over and above such twenty-five per cent per annum for each additional year of service up to and including twenty years.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-6 - Dependency condition of payment; determination of

43:13-6. Dependency condition of payment; determination of
No pension shall be paid to the surviving husband of a deceased employee unless he shall be and shall continue to remain dependent upon the income which such employee 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 unless such minor child or dependent parent shall be and shall continue to remain dependent upon the income which such employee 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-7 - Retirement for disability

43:13-7. Retirement for disability
Any municipal employee of any city of the first class who shall have received permanent disability in the performance of his duty, or shall be suffering from permanent injury or disease, shall, upon the certificate of a physician designated for that purpose by the pension commission, be retired on a pension equal to one-half of his salary at the time of his retirement.
Where, however, any such municipal employee shall desire to retire by reason of such injury or disease, he shall apply in writing to the pension commission for such retirement. The pension commission shall, thereupon, call to its aid a regularly licensed and practicing surgeon or physician and the applicant may also call to his aid a regularly licensed and practicing surgeon or physician. If the two surgeons or physicians so called fail to agree on the physical condition of the applicant, the pension commission may call a third and disinterested, licensed and practicing surgeon or physician. The determination of the majority of the three surgeons or physicians, who shall first be duly sworn, shall be reduced to writing and signed by them. The president of the pension commission may administer oaths to such surgeons, physicians or other persons called regarding the matter before the commission. The commission shall determine, by resolution, whether the applicant is entitled to the benefits of this article and shall consider the determination of the surgeons or physicians in reaching its decision.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-8 - Examinations of employee of first-class city after retirement

43:13-8. Examinations of employee of first-class city after retirement
An employee of a city of the first class who is retired because of permanent disability received in the performance of his duty, or because of permanent injury or disease, as provided by section 43:13-7 of this title, shall submit himself twice a year, at times to be selected by the pension commission, for a physical examination by a regularly licensed and practicing surgeon or physician designated by the commission. This surgeon or physician shall report back to the commission the physical condition of such employee and whether he continues to be permanently disabled or suffering from permanent injury or disease so as to be entitled to the benefits of this article. If the surgeon or physician reports that the employee's condition has improved so that he is no longer permanently disabled or suffering from permanent injury or disease so as to entitle him to the benefits of this article, the commission may suspend the payment of the pension paid to such employee and order his return to duty, but only after an opportunity is given such employee to be represented by counsel at a hearing on the action of the commission, which hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as where application is made by a municipal employee for retirement because of permanent injury or disease, as provided by said section 43:13-7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-9 - Pension fund; exemption from taxation and process

43:13-9. Pension fund; exemption from taxation and process
For the purpose of paying the pensions a fund shall be created in each city where this article takes effect, as follows:
a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to a municipal employee benefited by this article 3% of the amount thereof and if any employee shall hereafter enter the service of the municipality after reaching the age of 35 years, such percentage shall be increased to such an amount as shall be determined by the pension commission to correspond to the risk arising by the age of such employee.
b. The city shall raise by taxation and pay into the fund yearly an amount equal to 4% of the total salaries paid to the employees who shall benefit by this article.
c. There shall be added to such fund all fines imposed upon any such employee, all moneys given or donated to the fund, all moneys deducted from the salary of such employee because of absence or loss of time due to suspension and 1/2 of all rewards paid for any purpose to such employees.
If there shall not be sufficient money in the fund so created, the governing body of such city shall include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of the fund for the time being.
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, except for the purpose and to the extent necessary to authorize, with the member's or pensioner's consent, deductions of premiums for group hospitalization and medical-surgical insurance.
Amended by L.1959, c. 84, p. 210, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-9.1 - Deduction of premiums for group hospitalization and medical-surgical insurance

43:13-9.1. Deduction of premiums for group hospitalization and medical-surgical insurance
In connection with the deduction of premiums for group hospitalization and medical-surgical insurance, as provided in section 43:13-9 of the Revised Statutes, the commission, as far as possible, shall arrange for the continuance of the group rate for such premiums payable for a member after the retirement of such member.
L.1959, c. 84, p. 211, s. 2, supplementing Title 43, c. 13, art. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-10 - Sums paid into pension fund returned in certain cases

43:13-10. Sums paid into pension fund returned in certain cases
If any municipal employee shall be suspended, dropped or discharged from his employment after having paid his assessments for a period over one year and his suspension or discharge shall continue for a period longer than two years, the moneys he shall have paid into the pension fund due to the assessments shall be returned to him; but such person shall not thereafter be eligible for a pension under this article unless upon a re-employment by the city he shall repay to the fund the amount of any rebate made to him. The obligation to refund payments made to the pension fund shall not apply to an employee 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 employees shall be made.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-12 - Refusal of membership in fund

43:13-12. Refusal of membership in fund
If any municipal employee shall decline to accept the provisions of this article he shall 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 shall be made from the salary of such employee, but neither such employee nor any of his dependents shall receive any pension under the provisions of this article.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-13 - Pension commission in cities of the first class

43:13-13. Pension commission in cities of the first class
There shall be a pension commission in every city of the first class which shall consist of the following members:
a. The mayor or other chief executive of such city;
b. The chief financial officer of such city;
c. Two municipal employees of such city who shall be nominated and elected at a meeting of the municipal employees of such city held on the third Wednesday of December every second year. Their term of office shall be for two years commencing January first following their election; and
d. A citizen of such city who holds no office under such city, who shall be selected by the other four members of the commission and shall hold office for the term of one year.
In case of vacancy for any cause the commission may fill such vacancy until the next election.
The commission shall hold its annual meetings on January first in each year and elect its president, and such other officers as it deems advisable. The commission shall also at such meeting elect a secretary from or outside of the municipal employees, whose compensation the commission shall have power to fix.
The pension commission shall be known as the "municipal employees pension commission of the city of " .
All retirements shall be made and pensions allowed under this article, by this commission.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:13-15 - Management of fund; receipts and payments

43:13-15. Management of fund; receipts and payments
The pension commission shall have control and management of the fund and of the retirement of the municipal employees and may make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this article.
All moneys belonging to the pension fund shall be received and paid over to the chief financial officer of the city whose official bond shall cover the same. All moneys paid out of the pension fund shall be paid by the chief financial officer of the city, upon warrants signed by the president and secretary of the pension commission or such other officers as the pension commission shall designate.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.