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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:2-27 - Division authorized to co-operate with commission, other public entity.

53:2-27 Division authorized to co-operate with commission, other public entity.
22. The division is authorized to co-operate with the commission, a similar authority, or other public entity of the State of New York, to exchange information on any matter pertinent to the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), and to enter into reciprocal agreements for the accomplishment of those purposes, including, but not limited to, the following objectives:
a. To provide for the reciprocal recognition of any license issued or registration made by the commission;
b. To give reciprocal effect to any revocation, suspension, or reprimand with respect to any licensee, and any reprimand or removal from a longshoremen's register;
c. To provide that any act or omission by a licensee or registrant in either State which would be a basis for disciplinary action against the licensee or registrant if it occurred in the state in which the license was issued or the person registered shall be the basis for disciplinary action in either state; and
d. To provide that longshoremen registered in either state, who perform work or who apply for work at an employment information center within the other State shall be deemed to have performed work or to have applied for work in the State in which they are registered.
L.2017, c.324, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:2-28 - Construction of act.

53:2-28 Construction of act.
23. a. The provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) are not designed and shall not be construed to limit in any way any rights granted or derived from any other statute or any rule of law for employees to organize in labor organizations, to bargain collectively and to act in any other way individually, collectively, and through labor organizations or other representatives of their own choosing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing contained in P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) shall be construed to limit in any way the right of employees to strike.
b. The provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.)are not designed and shall not be construed to limit in any way any rights of longshoremen, hiring agents, pier superintendents, or port watchmen or their employers to bargain collectively and agree upon any method for the selection of those employees by way of seniority, experience, regular gangs, or otherwise; provided, that those employees shall be licensed or registered hereunder and longshoremen and port watchmen shall be hired only through the employment information centers established hereunder and that all other provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) be observed.
L.2017, c.324, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:2-29 - Transfer of officers, employees.

53:2-29 Transfer of officers, employees.
24. a. Any officer or employee in the State, county, or municipal civil service in either State who shall transfer to service with the division may be given one or more leaves of absence without pay and may, before the expiration of the leave or leaves of absence, and without further examination or qualification, return to the person's former position or be certified by the appropriate civil service agency for retransfer to a comparable position in the State, county, or municipal civil service if a comparable position is then available.
b. The division may, by agreement with any federal agency from which any officer or employee may transfer to service with the division to undertake any of the duties or responsibilities established pursuant to P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), make similar provision for the retransfer of the officer or employee to that federal agency.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation, any officer or employee in the State, county, or municipal service in either State who shall transfer to service with the division and who is a member of any existing State, county, or municipal pension or retirement system in New Jersey or New York, shall continue to have all rights, privileges, obligations, and status with respect to that fund, system, or systems as if the person had continued in State, county, or municipal office or employment, but during the period of service as a member, officer, or employee of the division, all contributions to any pension or retirement fund or system to be paid by the employer on account of the member, officer, or employee, shall be paid by the State Treasurer. The division may, by agreement with the appropriate federal agency, make similar provisions relating to continuance of retirement system membership for any federal officer or employee so transferred.
L.2017, c.324, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:2-30 - Annual adoption of budget.

53:2-30 Annual adoption of budget.
25. a. The division shall annually adopt a budget of its expenses for each year for the purposes of its duties and responsibilities under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.). Each budget shall be submitted to the Governor and the budget shall be adjusted accordingly.
b. After taking into account funds as may be available to the division from reserves, federal grants or otherwise, the balance of the division's budgeted expenses for the performance of its functions and duties under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) shall be assessed upon employers of persons registered or licensed pursuant to P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.). Each employer shall pay to the State Treasurer, for placement within the General Fund, an assessment computed upon the gross payroll payments made by that employer to longshoremen, pier superintendents, hiring agents, and port watchmen for work or labor performed within the port of New York district in this State, at a rate, not in excess of two percent, computed by the division in the following manner: the division shall annually estimate the gross payroll payments to be made by employers subject to assessment and shall compute a rate thereon which will yield revenues sufficient to finance the division's budget for the performance of those functions and duties under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) for each year. That budget may include a reasonable amount for a reserve, but the amount shall not exceed 10 percent of the total of all other items of expenditure contained therein. The reserve shall be used for the stabilization of annual assessments, the payment of operating deficits, and for the repayment of advances made by the State, if any.
c. The amount required to balance the division's budgeted expenses for the performance of its functions and duties under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), in excess of the estimated yield of the maximum assessment, shall be certified by the division, with the approval of the Governor, in proportion to the gross annual wage payments made to longshoremen for work within the port of New York district in this State. The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the division the amount so certified.
d. The division may provide by regulation for the collection and auditing of assessments. In addition to any other sanction provided by law, the division may revoke or suspend any license held by any person under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), or the person's privilege of employing persons registered or licensed hereunder, for non-payment of any assessment when due.
e. The assessment hereunder shall be in lieu of any other charge for the issuance of licenses to stevedores, pier superintendents, hiring agents, and port watchmen or for the registration of longshoremen or use of an employment information center. The division shall establish reasonable procedures for the consideration of protests by affected employees concerning the estimates and computation of the rate of assessment.
L.2017, c.324, s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:2-32 - Unlawful actions.

53:2-32 Unlawful actions.
27. It shall be unlawful for any person to load or unload waterborne freight onto or from vehicles other than railroad cars at piers or at other waterfront terminals within the port of New York district, for a fee or other compensation, other than the following persons and their employees:
a. Carriers of freight by water, but only at piers at which their vessels are berthed;
b. Other carriers of freight, including but not limited to, railroads and truckers, but only in connection with freight transported or to be transported by those other carriers;
c. Operators of piers or other waterfront terminals, including railroads, truck terminal operators, warehousemen and other persons, but only at piers or other waterfront terminals operated by them;
d. Shippers or consignees of freight, but only in connection with freight shipped by the shipper or consigned to the consignee; and
e. Stevedores licensed under section 7 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-12), whether or not waterborne freight has been or is to be transported by a carrier of freight by water with which the stevedore shall have a contract of the type prescribed by paragraph (4) of subsection e. of this section.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to permit any loading or unloading of any waterborne freight at any place by any person by means of any independent contractor, or any other agent other than an employee, unless the independent contractor is a person permitted by section 7 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-12) to load or unload freight at a place in the person's own right.
L.2017, c.324, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:2-34 - Violations, penalties.

53:2-34 Violations, penalties.
29. a. Any person who, having been duly sworn or affirmed as a witness in any investigation, interview, hearing or other proceeding conducted by the division pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-20), shall willfully give false testimony shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.
b. The division may maintain a civil action on behalf of the State against any person who violates or attempts or conspires to violate P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) or who fails, omits, or neglects to obey, observe, or comply with any order or direction of the division, to recover a judgment for a money penalty not exceeding $500 for each and every offense. Every violation of any provision of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), or any division order or direction, shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance shall be and be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. Any civil action may be compromised or discontinued on application of the division upon the terms as the court may approve and a judgment may be rendered for an amount less than the amount demanded in the complaint as justice may require.
c. The division may maintain a civil action against any person to compel compliance with any of the provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), or to prevent violations, attempts, or conspiracies to violate any provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), or interference, attempts, or conspiracies to interfere with or impede the enforcement of any provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) or the exercise or performance of any power or duty thereunder, either by mandamus, injunction, or action or proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ.
d. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), for which no other penalty is prescribed, shall be guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense.
e. Any person who shall, without a satisfactory explanation, loiter upon any vessel, dock, wharf, pier, bulkhead, terminal, warehouse, or other waterfront facility or within 500 feet thereof in that portion of the port of New York district in this State, shall be guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense.
f. Any person who, without justification or excuse in law, directly or indirectly, intimidates or inflicts any injury, damage, harm, loss, or economic reprisal upon any person licensed or registered by the division, or any other person, or attempts, conspires, or threatens so to do, in order to interfere with, impede, or influence the licensed or registered person in the performance or discharge of the licensed or registered person's duties or obligations shall be punishable as provided in this section.
L.2017, c.324, s.29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:2-35 - Witnesses, other violations.

53:2-35 Witnesses, other violations.
30. a. The failure of any witness, when duly subpoenaed to attend, give testimony, or produce other evidence in connection with any matter arising under the provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), whether or not at a hearing, shall be punishable by the Superior Court in New Jersey in the same manner as that failure is punishable by the court in a case therein pending.
b. Any person who, having been sworn or affirmed as a witness in any hearing pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall willfully give false testimony or who shall willfully make or file any false or fraudulent report or statement required by P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) to be made or filed under oath, shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.
c. Any person who violates or attempts or conspires to violate any other provision of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) shall be punishable as may be provided by section 28 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-33).
d. Any person who interferes with or impedes the orderly registration of longshoremen pursuant to P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) or who conspires to or attempts to interfere with or impede such registration shall be punishable as may be provided by section 28 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-33).
e. Any person who, directly or indirectly, inflicts or threatens to inflict any injury, damage, harm, or loss or in any other manner practices intimidation upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person or any other person to refrain from registering pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-13) shall be punishable as may be provided by section 28 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-33).
f. In any prosecution under this section, it shall be sufficient to prove only a single act, or a single holding out or attempt, prohibited by law, without having to prove a general course of conduct, in order to prove a violation.
L.2017, c.324, s.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:2-36 - Compacts dissolved.

53:2-36 Compacts dissolved.
31. As of the transfer date, the waterfront commission compact, entered into by the State of New Jersey pursuant to its agreement thereto under P.L.1953, c.202 (C.32:23-1 et seq.) and by the State of New York pursuant to its agreement thereto under P.L.1953, c.882 (NY Unconsol. Ch.307, s.1), as amended and supplemented, the airport commission compact, entered into by the State of New Jersey pursuant to its agreement thereto under P.L.1970, c.58 (C.32:23-150 et seq.) and by the State of New York pursuant to its agreement thereto under P.L.1970, c.951 (NY Unconsol. Ch.307, s.10), and the commission, are dissolved.
L.2017, c.324, s.31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:3-2 - Local patrol stations; right to acquire use of lands for

53:3-2. Local patrol stations; right to acquire use of lands for
The superintendent shall from time to time establish headquarters and patrol stations in such localities as he shall deem most advisable for the protection of the rural and suburban portions of the state, and for the enforcement of the laws of the state. To that end he may, with the approval of the governor, acquire the right to use lands and buildings for the accommodations of the members of the state police, their horses and equipment.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:3-3 - Equipment provided; sale of unusable property

53:3-3. Equipment provided; sale of unusable property
The superintendent shall provide the state police within the amount of appropriations therefor, with uniforms, emergency and first aid outfits, weapons, horses, horse equipment, horse drawn and motor vehicles, and all other supplies and equipment necessary to carry out the objects of this title. All such property shall remain the property of the state, but the superintendent may sell the same when it shall have become unfit for use, and all moneys received therefor shall be paid into the state treasury.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:3-4 - Deductions for damage to property

53:3-4. Deductions for damage to property
The superintendent shall make charges against any member of the state police for property of the department lost or destroyed through the carelessness or neglect of such member, and if it shall be determined that such loss or destruction was due to such carelessness or neglect, then there shall be deducted from the pay of such member, the amount of money necessary to replace the property so lost or destroyed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:3-5 - Uniforms for state police

53:3-5. Uniforms for state police
The members of the department of state police shall wear the following standard uniform, subject to state police regulations:
a. Winter uniform: French blue blouse, dark blue breeches with yellow stripe, cap with dark blue band and French blue bell, black boots, black pistol belt, long dark blue trousers with yellow stripe for officers, French blue overcoat; all according to state police specifications.
b. Summer uniform: French blue shirt, dark blue breeches with yellow stripe, cap with dark blue band and French blue bell, black boots, black pistol belt, long dark blue trousers with yellow stripe for officers, French blue overcoat; all according to state police specifications.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:3-6 - Penalty for wearing or imitating uniform

53:3-6. Penalty for wearing or imitating uniform
No person other than a member of the department of state police shall, directly or indirectly, wear, use, or order to be worn or used, copy or imitate in any respect or manner the standard uniforms specified in section 53:3-5 of this title. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
The term "person" as used herein shall include individuals, associations, corporations, or agents, officers or officials elected or appointed by any municipality or county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:3-8 - Establishment; "sending and receiving" stations

53:3-8. Establishment; "sending and receiving" stations
There shall be established a basic system of teletype communication providing for "sending and receiving" stations at each of the state police troop headquarters and department headquarters and such other "sending and receiving" stations as the police problem of the state may require for the purpose of prompt collection and distribution of police information throughout the state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:3-9 - Superintendent to install and operate basic system; personnel, civil service rights; title

53:3-9. Superintendent to install and operate basic system; personnel, civil service rights; title
The superintendent is authorized to install and operate such basic system and employ the necessary personnel for its operation and maintenance. The persons so employed may be members of the Department of State Police with equivalent rank and pay, and civilian employees particularly qualified for the duty they are to perform.
For the purpose of establishing civil service rights for full-time civilian employees, there is hereby established in the teletype bureau, the title of: Teletype operators.
The present civilian employees of the teletype bureau shall be placed by the Civil Service and shall hold and retain their present title, pursuant to the provisions of Title 11, subtitle two, of the Revised Statutes.
Amended by L.1940, c. 103, p. 243, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:3-10 - Equipment for police stations; county and municipal agencies may use system

53:3-10. Equipment for police stations; county and municipal agencies may use system
All state police stations shall be equipped with the proper receiving apparatus and shall be connected with the basic system. The basic system shall be made available for use by all municipal, county or other enforcement agencies within the state. Such municipalities, counties and agencies may, at their own expense, connect receiving instruments with any of the basic stations.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:3-13 - Petty cash fund; bond of disbursing officers

53:3-13. Petty cash fund; bond of disbursing officers
The superintendent shall establish a petty cash account from the annual appropriations to the amount of five thousand dollars, and shall authorize designated commissioned officers to make disbursements from this account in all cases where it becomes necessary to make an immediate cash payment for transportation expenses, accessories and repairs to motor vehicles, board and lodging, immediate medical and veterinary supplies, telephone and imperative supplementary supplies. Upon presentation of vouchers for moneys expended from the petty cash fund, the fund will be reimbursed to the amount of vouchers submitted.
Every disbursing officer shall file a bond with the superintendent in the amount of five thousand dollars for faithful performance of duty, and proper administration of funds.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:4-1 - Subpoenas by superintendent; service

53:4-1. Subpoenas by superintendent; service
Whenever the department of state police desires to examine a member of the department in relation to the discharge of his official duties or conduct, or concerning the possession or disposition by him in his official capacity of any property belonging to the department, or to inspect or examine any book account, voucher or document in the possession or under control of a member of the department as such member, relating to the affairs or interests of the department, the superintendent or deputy superintendent of state police may issue a subpoena ad testificandum or subpoena duces tecum to any person to appear before him and give testimony or information required for the purpose above mentioned. Such subpoenas may be served by any police officer or constable of the municipality wherein the person to be subpoenaed resides, or by a member of the state police.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:4-2 - Refusal to obey subpoena or produce evidence

53:4-2. Refusal to obey subpoena or produce evidence
In case any person summoned in accordance with the provisions of section 53:4-1 of this Title shall refuse to obey the subpoena or to give testimony or answer questions, or to produce any book, paper or document as required, the Superior Court may, upon ex parte application, compel him to do so.
Amended by L.1953, c. 50, p. 890, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:4-4 - Superintendent may administer oaths; perjury

53:4-4. Superintendent may administer oaths; perjury
The superintendent or deputy superintendent of state police may administer oaths to all witnesses brought before him by virtue of any provision of this chapter. Any such witness who shall testify falsely to any material matter upon such investigation or inquiry, shall be guilty of perjury.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-1 - Repeals

53:5A-1. Repeals
Chapter 5 of Title 53 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey and all amendments and supplements thereto, designated as the "State Police Retirement and Benevolent Fund," is repealed as of July 1, 1965.
L.1965, c. 89, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1965. Amended by L.1971, c. 181, s. 1, eff. June 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-2 - Provisos as to repeal

53:5A-2. Provisos as to repeal
Repeal of chapter 5 of Title 53 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey and all amendments and supplements thereto is subject to the following provisos:
a. Any person retired under any of the provisions of said chapter and receiving or entitled to receive benefits thereunder, prior to its repeal, shall continue to receive the same benefits or shall continue to be entitled to receive the same benefits, to the same extent and in the same manner, as if such chapter had not been repealed.
b. Any beneficiary receiving an allowance or eligible to receive an allowance under such chapter shall continue to receive or be eligible to receive such allowance as provided under such chapter.
c. Any person electing to have deductions for medical and hospital insurance subtracted from his pension shall continue to have such deductions subtracted as if such chapter had not been repealed.
d. Any person retired for disability under such chapter and receiving benefits or entitled to receive benefits thereunder and any person receiving death benefits as a result of the death of a member under such chapter, prior to its repeal, shall continue to receive the same, or shall continue to be entitled to receive the same to such extent and in such manner as if such chapter had not been repealed.
e. (Deleted by amendment.)
f. (Deleted by amendment.)
g. Interest on the contributions made by persons pursuant to the provisions of such chapter shall cease to accrue as of June 30, 1965.
h. (Deleted by amendment.)
i. (Deleted by amendment.)
j. (Deleted by amendment.)
k. (Deleted by amendment.)
L.1965, c. 89, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1965. Amended by L.1971, c. 181, s. 2, eff. June 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-4 - Establishment of state police retirement system; purpose

53:5A-4. Establishment of state police retirement system; purpose
There is hereby established the "State Police Retirement System of New Jersey" in the Division of Pensions of the Department of the Treasury. It shall have the powers and privileges of a corporation. Its purpose is to provide retirement allowances and other benefits for its members and their beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this act.
L.1965, c. 89, s. 4, eff. July 1, 1965.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-5 - Membership

53:5A-5. Membership
5. The membership of the retirement system shall include:
a. The members of the former "State Police Retirement and Benevolent Fund."
b. Any person becoming a full-time commissioned officer, noncommissioned officer or trooper of the Division of State Police of the Department of Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey; provided that the Division of State Police certified that he has satisfied the age and health requirements prescribed for members of the State Police force.
c. A person appointed to the Division of State Police under section 3 of P.L.1983, c.403 (C.39:2-9.3).
d. A person appointed to the Division of State Police under section 1 of P.L.1997, c.19 (C.53:1-8.2).
Membership in the retirement system is a condition of employment for such officers, non-commissioned officers and troopers.
L.1965,c.89,s.5; amended 1983, c.403, s.37; 1997, c.19, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-5.1 - Transfer to State Police Retirement System of New Jersey

53:5A-5.1. Transfer to State Police Retirement System of New Jersey
4. The membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), or the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey, established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), of inspectors in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Bureau, members of the State Capitol Police Force, or marine law enforcement officers in the Bureau of Marine Law Enforcement who, pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1997, c.19 (C.53:1-8.2), become members of the State Police, shall be transferred to the State Police Retirement System of New Jersey, established pursuant to P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-1 et seq.). Deductions from such persons' salaries and contributions on their behalf shall thereafter be made as required by that retirement system. The rate of contribution of the transferred inspectors, members, and officers shall be determined by the rates payable by other members of that system.
L.1997,c.19,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-5.2 - Accumulated deductions remitted to State Police Retirement System

53:5A-5.2. Accumulated deductions remitted to State Police Retirement System
5. Within 120 days of the effective date of P.L.1997, c.19 (C.53:1-8.2 et al.), the Police and Firemen's Retirement System and the Public Employees' Retirement System shall remit to the State Police Retirement System accumulated deductions standing to the credit of a transferred alcoholic beverage control inspector, member of the State Capitol Police Force, and marine law enforcement officer, and within 180 days following the effective date, remit the pro-rata part of the reserve fund constituting the employer's obligations under the former system applicable to that inspector's, member's, or officer's account. The State Police Retirement System shall then enter the respective sums so remitted to it to the credit of that inspector, member, or officer in the Annuity Savings Fund or the Contingent Reserve Fund of the State Police Retirement System, as appropriate.
L.1997,c.19,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-5.3 - Calculation of liability of employer

53:5A-5.3. Calculation of liability of employer
6. The actuary of the State Police Retirement System shall calculate the liability of the employer of the inspectors, members of the State Capitol Police Force, and marine law enforcement officers becoming members of that retirement system under the provisions of P.L.1997, c.19 (C.53:1-8.2 et al.) in the same manner as is specified in the case of other members of the State Police Retirement System, taking into account the value of moneys remitted by the pension funds. In the event that the value of such money so remitted is less than the total which is required by the State Police Retirement System to provide the transferred inspector, member of the State Capitol Police Force, or marine law enforcement officer with credit for his public service, the liability of the employer shall include an amount equal to the difference between the two values. Upon certification by the actuary of the State Police Retirement System, the employer shall make such contributions as are required in order to meet his financial obligations.
L.1997,c.19,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-5.4 - Inapplicability of C.53:5A-3.

53:5A-5.4 Inapplicability of C.53:5A-3.
37. The provisions of section 3 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-3) as amended by P.L.2010, c.1 concerning persons who become members of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1 shall not apply to a person who at the time of enrollment in the retirement system on or after that effective date transfers service credit, as permitted, from another State-administered retirement system of which the person was a member immediately prior to the effective date and continuously thereafter, but shall apply to a former member of the retirement system who has been granted a retirement allowance and is reenrolled in the retirement system on or after that effective date after becoming employed again in a position that makes the person eligible to be a member of the retirement system.
L.2010, c.1, s.37.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-5.5 - Certain academy graduates, exempt from certain regulations.

53:5A-5.5 Certain academy graduates, exempt from certain regulations.
2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-5) or any other law or regulation to the contrary, members of the 160th Class of the New Jersey State Police Academy, which commenced training on February 24, 2020, shall become eligible for membership in the State Police Retirement System, P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-1 et seq.), on August 7, 2020, the originally scheduled date of their academy graduation which was extended as a result of the Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020.
b. Upon completion of pre-service training and graduation from the New Jersey State Police Academy, members of the 160th Class of the New Jersey State Police Academy shall be eligible for appointment as sworn members of the New Jersey State Police at that time regardless of age, notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.53:1-9 relating to the maximum age requirement for appointment as a member of the State Police.
L.2020, c.46, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-6.2 - State-administered retirement system credit, eligibility.

53:5A-6.2 State-administered retirement system credit, eligibility.
1. A member may file a detailed statement of other public employment in other states or with the United States Government that would be eligible for credit in a State-administered retirement system if the employment was with a public employer in this State, rendered prior to becoming a member, for which the member desires credit, and of such other facts as the retirement system may require. The member may purchase credit for all or a portion of the service evidenced in the statement up to the nearest number of years and months, but not exceeding five years. No application shall be accepted for the purchase of credit for such service if, at the time of application, the member has a vested right to retirement benefits in another retirement system based in whole or in part upon that service.
The member may purchase credit for the service by paying into the annuity savings fund the amount required by applying the factor, supplied by the actuary as being applicable to the member's age at the time of the purchase, to the member's salary at that time, or to the highest annual compensation for service in this State for which contributions were made during any prior fiscal year of membership, whichever is greater. The purchase may be made in regular installments, equal to at least one-half the full normal contribution to the retirement system, over a maximum period of 10 years.
Neither the State nor the employer of a member who applies to purchase credit for public employment with the United States Government pursuant to this section shall be liable for any payment to the retirement system on behalf of the member for the purchase of this credit. Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, a member shall not be liable for any costs associated with the financing of pension adjustment benefits and health care benefits for retirees when purchasing credit for such public employment in other states or with the United States Government.
Any member electing to purchase the service who retires prior to completing payments as agreed with the retirement system shall receive pro rata credit for service purchased prior to the date of retirement, but if the member so elects at the time of retirement, the member may make the additional lump sum payment required at that time to provide full credit.
L.2021, c.399.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-7 - Cessation of membership

53:5A-7. Cessation of membership
Membership in the retirement system shall cease upon retirement, withdrawal or death or if service is discontinued for more than 2 consecutive years.
L.1965, c. 89, s. 7, eff. July 1, 1965. Amended by L.1971, c. 181, s. 5, eff. June 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-8.1 - Applicability to retirements

53:5A-8.1. Applicability to retirements
8. The provisions of subsection f. of section 8 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-8) as amended in section 7 of P.L.1991, c.206, shall apply to the retirements on and after the effective date of P.L.1985, c.175 of persons who were members of the retirement system on that effective date.
L.1991,c.206,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-8.2 - Applicability of act

53:5A-8.2. Applicability of act
3. a. The increase in retirement allowances under the amendatory provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this act, P.L.1993, c.354 shall be applicable to eligible persons who shall have retired under sections 8 or 9 of P.L.1965, c. 89 (C.53:5A-8 or C.53:5A-9) on or after January 1, 1992 and prior to the effective date of this act, but shall be payable only with respect to amounts of those allowances paid on and after the first day of the month following the effective date of this act.
b. The provisions of section 7 of P.L.1969, c.169 (C.43:3B-8) shall not apply to section 8 or section 9 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-8 or C.53:5A-9) as amended by P.L.1993, c.354, and the annual cost of living adjustment received by retirants and beneficiaries under P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented by P.L.1969, c.169 shall be calculated as of the date of retirement of the member of the retirement system.
L.1993,c.354,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-8.3 - Limited extension of retirement date.

53:5A-8.3 Limited extension of retirement date.
1. When a member of the State Police Retirement System is required to retire upon attaining the age of 55 years and the retirement date for that member will occur after the date of the declaration of a public health emergency or state of emergency, or both, by the Governor as to which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has established an incident period but before the end date of the period identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the time interval during which the incident that caused the emergency occurs, the retirement date shall be extended, upon the request of the member, if the Superintendent determines, based on a need to supplement available staffing or in consideration of the member's specific assignment or expertise, that the member's extended service is warranted in order to assist the Division of State Police in responding to the public health emergency or state of emergency, to no later than the first day of the second calendar month that follows the calendar month in which the end date of the incident period for the public health emergency or state of emergency, whichever is later, occurs. A member may make only one request for an extension, which shall include any request made prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.428. An extension requested pursuant to this section shall not exceed 90 days in duration, and may be terminated at any time if the Superintendent determines that there is no longer a need to supplement available staffing or for the member's specific assignment or expertise that would warrant the member's extended service in order to assist the Division of State Police in responding to the public health emergency or state of emergency.
This section shall be applicable to requests submitted by members prior to, or on, or after the effective date of this act, P.L.2021, c.428.
This section shall not be deemed to alter or impair the entitlement and obligation set forth in subsection d. of section 8 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-8).
L.2020, c.46, s.1; amended 2021, c.428.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-10.1 - Permanent and total disability.

53:5A-10.1 Permanent and total disability.
5. For purposes of subsection a. of section 10 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-10), permanent and total disability shall be deemed to have occurred as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during and as a result of the performance of regular or assigned duties if:
the member contracts COVID-19 and tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the public health emergency in this State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended;
the member is permanently and totally disabled as a result of COVID-19; and
the member's regular or assigned duties required the member to interact, and the member so interacted, with the public or to directly supervise other personnel so interacting with the public on any date during the public health emergency in this State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended and within 14 calendar days prior to the appearance of symptoms consistent with COVID-19 that shall have been confirmed in writing by a licensed health care provider on a form approved by the board of trustees and also confirmed by a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2.
A member who retired during the public health emergency in the State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended and has been approved for a retirement allowance pursuant to a provision other than this section or section 10 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-10) prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2020, c.54, may apply for a retirement allowance pursuant to this section and, if approved, the prior approval shall be rescinded and the retirement allowance pursuant to approval under this section shall be made retroactive to the date of the initial approval of the rescinded retirement allowance.
This section shall not apply to any member who has retired and subsequently returned to employment pursuant to Executive Order No. 115 of 2020 or any other executive order similarly permitting a retired member to return to employment without reenrollment during the public health emergency and state of emergency.
New onset diseases and chronic psychological disease resulting from prior exposure to, and recovery from, COVID-19 shall not be deemed a permanent and total disability resulting from COVID-19.
L.2020, c.54, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-10.2 - Denied member, accidental disability retirement allowance, reconsideration.

53:5A-10.2 Denied member, accidental disability retirement allowance, reconsideration.
2. a. A member who was denied an accidental disability retirement allowance between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2019 solely on the basis that the Board of Trustees determined that the member had a preexisting and asymptomatic condition may apply to the Board of Trustees for reconsideration. Applications for reconsideration pursuant to this section shall be filed within 30 days of the effective date of P.L.2022, c.77 (C.53:5A-10.2 et al.) and such applications shall not be subject to the five-year filing period so long as the initial application for an accidental disability retirement was timely filed.
b. Upon approval of an application for reconsideration, the member shall prospectively receive the benefit payments of an accidental disability retirement allowance. The benefit payments shall apply only for payments made after approval of an application for reconsideration by the Board of Trustees pursuant to this section. No member shall be granted a retroactive payment based upon the difference between the benefit the person would have received if an accidental disability retirement allowance were granted at the time of the member's initial application and the benefit that the member has received from that date to the approval of the application for reconsideration.
L.2022, c.77, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-11 - Retirement for disability; medical examination; report

53:5A-11. Retirement for disability; medical examination; report
a. Upon the receipt by the retirement system of a written application for a disability retirement allowance, the system shall refer the application to the medical board, which shall designate a physician or physicians to examine the applicant and the report of the medical board shall be considered by the board of trustees in acting upon such application.
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L. 1984, c. 147.)
L.1965, c. 89, s. 11, eff. July 1, 1965. Amended by L.1971, c. 181, s. 9, eff. June 1, 1971; L.1984, c. 147, s. 1, eff. Sept. 8, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-12 - Death benefits.

53:5A-12 Death benefits.
12. a. Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death in active service of a member of the retirement system on account of which no accidental death benefit is payable, there shall be paid to the surviving spouse a pension of 50% of final compensation for the use of that spouse and children of the deceased, to continue for so long as the person qualifies as a "surviving spouse" for the purposes of this act; if there is no surviving spouse or in case the spouse dies or remarries, 50% of final compensation shall be payable to one surviving child or, if there are two or more children, 50% of final compensation shall be payable to such children in equal shares.
In the event of death occurring in the first year of creditable service, the benefits, payable pursuant to this subsection, shall be computed at the annual rate of compensation.
If there is no surviving spouse or child, 25% of final compensation will be payable to one surviving parent or 40% of final compensation will be payable to two surviving parents in equal shares.
b. If there is no surviving spouse, child or parent, there shall be paid to any other beneficiary of the deceased member his aggregate contributions at the time of death.
c. In no case shall the death benefit provided in subsection a. be less than that provided under subsection b.
d. In addition to the foregoing benefits payable under subsection a. or b., there shall also be paid in one sum to the member's beneficiary, an amount equal to 3 1/2 times final compensation.
e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1971, c.181.)
f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1971, c.181.)
L.1965, c.89, s.12; amended 1966, c.153, s.4; 1971, c.181, s.10; 1980, c.55, s.2; 1985, c.355, s.2; 2019, c.305, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 53 - State Police › Section 53:5A-12.1 - Applicability of adjustment in benefit.

53:5A-12.1 Applicability of adjustment in benefit.
4. The adjustment in the benefit to a surviving child or children made pursuant to the amendment of section 12 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-12) by P.L.2019, c.305 shall apply to a benefit entitlement initially granted on or after January 1, 2017, and, if granted on or after that date but before the effective date of P.L.2019, c.305, still in effect on that effective date. The adjustment in the benefit to a surviving child or children pursuant to the amendment of section 12 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-12) by P.L.2019, c.305 shall apply only for benefit payments made after the effective date of P.L.2019, c.305. No surviving child of a deceased member of the retirement system shall be granted a retroactive payment based upon the difference between the benefit the person would have received if the adjustment made pursuant to the amendment of section 12 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-12) by P.L.2019, c.305 had been applicable at the date of entitlement and the benefit that the surviving child has received from the date of entitlement to the effective date of P.L.2019, c.305.
L.2019, c.305, s.4.