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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-49.1 - "Law enforcement officer."

43:15A-49.1 "Law enforcement officer."
4. As used in this section, "law enforcement officer" includes, but shall not be limited to, sheriff's officers and corrections officers.
For purposes of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 49 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-49), a member who is a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder and whose death is attributable to COVID-19, complications therefrom, or the aggravation or acceleration of a preexisting condition caused thereby shall be deemed to have occurred as the result of an accident met in the actual performance of duty at some definite time and place if:
the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder contracted COVID-19 and the member's death occurs after receiving a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 during the public health emergency in the State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended;
the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder dies as a result of COVID-19; and
the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder's regular or assigned duties required the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder to interact, and the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical responder 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 the 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.
The filing of an accident report with the Public Employees' Retirement System shall not be required for an accidental death benefit allowed pursuant to this section.
If a member dies during the public health emergency in the State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended and the benefit has been approved pursuant to a provision other than this section or section 49 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-49) prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2020, c.54, a beneficiary may apply for a benefit pursuant to this section and, if approved, the prior approval shall be rescinded and the benefit pursuant to approval under this section shall be made retroactive to the date of the rescinded initial approval.
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 to assist during the public health emergency and state of emergency.
L.2020, c.54, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-50a - Public employee's election of lifetime pension

43:15A-50a. Public employee's election of lifetime pension
Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L. 1954, c. 84 (C. 43:15A-1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, whenever a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System elects a retirement benefit which is payable for the life of the member only and terminating at his death, without refund of any kind to the spouse, the member shall be required, before electing that benefit, to sign a form stating that the member has elected that benefit, that the member understands that it is payable during the member's lifetime only and that no benefits will be payable to the member's spouse after death. The Division of Pensions, Department of the Treasury, shall notify the member's spouse if the member identifies the spouse on the form. Notification shall be by certified mail to the spouse's address as provided on the form by the member. If the member has not provided an address for the spouse on the form, the Division of Pensions, Department of the Treasury, shall send the notice, by certified mail, to the spouse at the member's address. The notice shall advise the spouse that the retirement benefit chosen by the member is payable during the member's lifetime only and that no benefits, other than any applicable life insurance benefits, shall be payable to the beneficiary after the member's death.
L. 1985, c. 382, s. 1, eff. May 1, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-50.1 - Member over 70 with 50 years of service; death prior to approval of application for retirement; retirement allowance

43:15A-50.1. Member over 70 with 50 years of service; death prior to approval of application for retirement; retirement allowance
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 50 of P.L.1954, c. 84 (C. 43:15A-50) or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a member with at least 50 years of service, who is over 70 years of age and who dies subsequent to filing and receipt by the retirement system of his application for retirement, but prior to approval by the board and prior to the 30 days required to establish eligibility for a retirement allowance pursuant to section 50 of P.L.1954, c. 84 (C. 43:15A-50), shall be deemed to be retired, and the retirement allowance shall be effective as of the date of death. The retirement allowance shall be payable in accordance with the option elected by the member in the retirement application or, if no election has been made, the board shall make the election.
L.1984, c. 197, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-50.2 - Applicability of C.43:15A-50

43:15A-50.2. Applicability of C.43:15A-50
4. Section 50 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-50) as amended by section 2 of P.L.1995, c.221 shall apply to a filing for retirement received by the retirement system on or after January 1, 1992, except it shall not apply in a situation in which benefits were paid prior to the effective date of P.L.1995, c.221 to any beneficiary other than or in addition to the beneficiary who would be eligible for benefits under section 50 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-50) as amended by section 2 of P.L.1995, c.221. Benefits payable under section 50 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-50) as amended by section 2 of P.L.1995, c.221 on a filing for retirement received by the retirement system prior to the effective date of P.L.1995, c.221 shall be adjusted, if necessary, to account for an insurance benefit or return of contributions paid on behalf of the member prior to the effective date of P.L.1995, c.221, and the amount of a retirement allowance or insurance benefit payable may be reduced, so that the total amount of benefit paid on behalf of the member shall not exceed the value of the benefit to which the member or beneficiary would have been entitled if P.L.1995, c.221 had been in effect on the date of the filing for retirement.
L.1995,c.221,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-51 - Monthly payments

43:15A-51. Monthly payments
51. A pension, an annuity or a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this act shall be effective only on the first day of a month, shall be paid in equal monthly installments, and shall not be decreased, increased, revoked or repealed, except as otherwise provided in this act; provided, however, that at the time any benefit becomes payable any unpaid balance of a loan or arrearage outstanding shall be deducted from any benefit otherwise payable.
Upon the death of a retirant, any unpaid benefits due him shall be paid in one lump sum to such person, if living, as he shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board of trustees, otherwise to the executor or administrator of the retirant's estate. No pension, annuity or retirement allowance shall be due to a retirant or beneficiary unless it constitutes a payment for an entire month; provided, however, that a pension, annuity or retirement allowance shall be payable for the entire month in which the retirant or beneficiary dies.
L.1954,c.84,s.51; amended 1966,c.67,s.8; 1993,c.335,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-53 - Benefits under chapter exempt from taxation and process; exception; assignment of group insurance policy rights and benefits

43:15A-53. Benefits under chapter exempt from taxation and process; exception; assignment of group insurance policy rights and benefits
The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a person under the provisions of this act and the moneys in the various funds created under this act, shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax and from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process arising out of any State or Federal court and, except as in this section and in this act otherwise provided, shall be unassignable.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person insured under a group insurance policy, pursuant to an arrangement among the insured, the group policyholder and the insurer, from making to any person other than his employer, a gift assignment of the rights and benefits conferred on him by any provision of such policy or by law including specifically but not by way of limitation the right to exercise the conversion privilege and the right to name a beneficiary. Any such assignment, whether made before or after the effective date of this act, shall entitle the insurer to deal with the assignee as the owner of all rights and benefits conferred on the insured under the policy in accordance with the terms of the assignment.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 508, s. 53. Amended by L.1969, c. 98, s. 2, eff. June 26, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-54 - Correction of errors; approval of application for prior service credit or credit for all previous service

43:15A-54. Correction of errors; approval of application for prior service credit or credit for all previous service
If any change or error results in an employee or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive, then on discovery of the error, the retirement system shall correct it and, so far as practicable, adjust the payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which he was correctly entitled shall be paid.
The application of any member for prior service credit or credit for all previous service shall be approved if the employer, for whom the service was rendered stipulates, in writing, to the retirement system that the information necessary for the award of such credit was not presented to the employee and agrees to make the necessary additional contribution to the contingent reserve fund and the employee makes the required contributions, if any.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 508, s. 54. Amended by L.1971, c. 213, s. 25, eff. June 17, 1971; L.1974, c. 104, s. 1, eff. Sept. 19, 1974.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-55 - Fraud against system a misdemeanor

43:15A-55. Fraud against system a misdemeanor
A person who knowingly makes a false statement, or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of this retirement system, in an attempt to defraud the system as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 508, s. 55.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-56 - Ineligibility of veterans for certain retirement benefits

43:15A-56. Ineligibility of veterans for certain retirement benefits
No public employee veteran eligible for membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System shall be eligible for, or receive, retirement benefits under R.S. 43:4-1, 43:4-2 and 43:4-3.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 508, s. 56. Amended by L.1954, c. 244, p. 898, s. 10; L.1971, c. 213, s. 26, eff. June 17, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-57.1 - Designation of beneficiary; form; filing; failure to designate; payment

43:15A-57.1. Designation of beneficiary; form; filing; failure to designate; payment
The designation of beneficiary by a member or retirant shall be made in writing on a form satisfactory to the retirement system, and filed with the retirement system. The member or retirant may, from time to time and without the consent of his death benefit designee, change the beneficiary by filing written notice of the change with the system on a form satisfactory to it. The new nomination will be effective on the date the notice, in proper form, is received by the system, and any prior nomination shall thereupon become void.
If more than one beneficiary is nominated and in such nomination the member or retirant has failed to specify their respective interests, the beneficiaries shall share equally. If any beneficiary predeceases the member or retirant, the interest of such beneficiary shall terminate and shall be shared equally by such of the beneficiaries as survive the member or retirant, unless the member or retirant has made written request to the contrary in his beneficiary nomination.
Any amounts due for which there is no beneficiary at the death of a member, retirant or beneficiary shall be payable to the estate of such member, retirant or beneficiary.
Except with regard to the payment of the member's accumulated deductions with regular interest and the payment, upon the death of (1) a retirant after attaining the age of 60 or receiving an allowance pursuant to section 41(b) of chapter 84 of the laws of 1954, or (2) a member after attaining the age of 70 years, of the death benefits provided in sections 38, 41, 45, 46, 48, 49(e) and 57 of chapter 84 of the laws of 1954, a member may elect, by making written request to the retirement system, that the whole or any part of his death benefits be made payable to his beneficiary either as a life annuity or in equal installments over a period of years specified in such election, and may alter such election from time to time during his lifetime by again making such written request. In the event of a change of beneficiary, any previous arrangement by the member or retirant under this paragraph shall be void. The election set forth in this paragraph shall not apply or be available when the beneficiary is an estate, or a corporation, partnership, association, institution, trustee, or any fiduciary.
If, at the member's or retirant's death, an amount of death benefit would be payable to the beneficiary in a single sum, any election with regard to such amount which was available to the member or retirant immediately prior to his death in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall then be available to such beneficiary for the benefit of such beneficiary.
L.1966, c. 217, s. 25, eff. Aug. 1, 1966. Amended by L.1971, c. 213, s. 44, eff. June 17, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-57.3 - Reactivation of retirement system account

43:15A-57.3. Reactivation of retirement system account
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27 of P.L. 1966, c. 217 (C. 43:15A-57.2) or any other law to the contrary, the retirement system shall not reenroll a former veteran member with more than 20 years of service, all or a part of which shall have been judicial service, if the member is employed again by a county of the first class having a population of less than 800,000 according to the latest federal decennial census within four years following the effective date of retirement, but shall reactivate the member's former account, provided that the member repays any retirement allowance received.
L. 1985, c. 283, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-59.5 - Repeals; effect

43:15A-59.5. Repeals; effect
The following acts and parts of acts are repealed, effective July 1, 1966:
P.L.1954, c. 84, s. 59;
P.L.1956, c. 219;
P.L.1960, c. 124; and
P.L.1962, c. 171.
The repeal of the aforesaid section and acts shall not be construed to provide for any retroactive effect. Where a member's retirement allowance was reduced by the amount of the old age insurance benefit under Title II of the Social Security Act, paid or payable to him, whether received or not, or if such a reduction is to be made upon the member's attainment of age 65, on or after July 1, 1966 such reduction shall cease or no reduction shall be made.
L.1966, c. 67, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-60.2 - Permission for member to cancel purchase of credit

43:15A-60.2. Permission for member to cancel purchase of credit
6. If, following application by a member of the retirement system to purchase credit therein under any provision of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, the member attains qualification as a veteran member pursuant to the enactment of a law, the adoption of a rule or regulation, the revision of an administrative interpretation or application of such a rule or regulation, or any other official act, the member shall be permitted, upon written application to the retirement system within two years following the effective date of that law, rule, regulation, revision, or other act or within two years of the effective date of P.L.1995, c.406 (C.43:15A-60.2 et al.), whichever is later, to terminate any remaining obligation to complete the purchase and to receive a return of all contributions deducted or other payments made on or after the effective date of the law, rule, regulation, revision, or other act in connection with the purchase. If any service has been credited under the retirement system to the member in connection with the purchase, the amount of that service so credited shall be reduced in proportion to the return to the member hereunder of any contributions or other payments.
L.1995,c.406,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-61 - Public employee veterans' pensions.

43:15A-61 Public employee veterans' pensions.
61. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.332.)
b. Any public employee veteran member in office, position or employment of this State or of a county, municipality, public agency, school district or board of education and who (1) shall have attained 60 years of age and who has 20 years of aggregate service credit in such office, position or employment, or (2) shall have attained 55 years of age and who has 25 years of aggregate service credit in such office, position or employment, shall have the privilege of retiring for service and receiving, instead of the retirement allowance provided under section 48 of this act, a retirement allowance of 54.5% of the compensation for which contributions are made during the 12-month period of membership providing the largest possible benefit to the member or the member's beneficiary.
c. Any public employee veteran member who has been for 20 years in the aggregate in office, position or employment of this State or of a county, municipality, public agency, school district or board of education as of January 2, 1955, shall have the privilege of retiring for ordinary disability and of receiving, instead of the retirement allowance provided under section 45 of this act, a retirement allowance of one-half of the compensation received during the last year of employment upon which contributions to the annuity savings fund or contingent reserve fund are made. Such retirement shall be subject to the provisions governing ordinary disability retirement in sections 42 and 44 of this act.
d. Any public employee veteran member who shall be in office, position or employment of this State or of a county, municipality, public agency, school district or board of education and who shall have attained 55 years of age and who has at least 35 years of aggregate service credit in such office, position or employment, shall have the privilege of retiring for service and receiving a retirement allowance of 1/55 of the compensation the member received during the 12-month period of membership providing the largest possible benefit to the member or the member's beneficiary for each year of creditable service.
e. The death benefit provided in section 48 shall apply in the case of any member retiring under the provisions of subsections a., b. and d. of this section. The death benefit provided in section 45 shall apply in the case of any member retired under the provisions of subsection c. of this section.
f. The State shall be liable for any increased cost to local government employers participating in the retirement system as a result of the amendment of this section by P.L.2001, c.353, except as provided in section 16 of P.L.2001, c.353.
L.1954,c.84,s.61; amended 1954, c.244, s.11; 1966, c.217, s.11; 1971, c.213, s.28; 1985, c.220; 1995, c.332, s.2; 2001, c.133, s.14; 2001, c.353, s.14; 2004, c.177, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-61.1 - Veterans' retirement allowance

43:15A-61.1. Veterans' retirement allowance
5. a. A retiree of the system who meets the definition of a veteran pursuant to this act, or the surviving spouse of a retiree, shall be eligible to receive the special veterans' retirement allowance pursuant to section 61 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-61) in lieu of the retirement allowance that a retiree, or the surviving spouse of a retiree, is receiving on 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 the benefit increase that results from this 1991 amendatory and supplementary act, and the annual cost of living adjustment received by widows and widowers under P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq) shall be calculated as of the date of retirement of a retiree of the system. The State shall pay the additional costs arising from any increase in the cost of living adjustment received by a retiree of the system who meets the definition of a veteran as a result of this act or the surviving spouse of a retiree.
c. No retiree of the system who meets the definition of a veteran pursuant to this act, or the surviving spouse of a retiree, shall be granted a retroactive payment based upon the difference between the retirement allowance that the retiree of the system, or the surviving spouse of the retiree, would have received if that retiree of the system had met the definition of a veteran on the date of retirement and the retirement allowance that the retiree of the system, or the surviving spouse of the retiree, has received from the date of retirement to the effective date of this act.
L.1991,c.390,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-61.2 - Increase of retirement allowance under subsection b. of C.43:15A-61 and C.43:15A-50.

43:15A-61.2 Increase of retirement allowance under subsection b. of C.43:15A-61 and C.43:15A-50.
15. The retirement allowance of each retiree under subsection b. of section 61 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-61), or the retiree's beneficiary pursuant to section 50 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-50), on the effective date of P.L.2001, c.353 shall be increased from 50% to 54.5% of the compensation for which contributions were made during the 12-month period of membership providing the largest possible benefit to the member or the member's beneficiary. The provisions of section 7 of P.L.1969, c.169 (C.43:3B-8) shall not be applicable to the increases in retirement allowances provided by this section.
L.2001,c.353,s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-61.3 - Payment of normal contribution for increased benefits for active members under C.43:15A-61.

43:15A-61.3 Payment of normal contribution for increased benefits for active members under C.43:15A-61.
16. The normal contribution for the increased benefits resulting from the increase in the percentage of compensation for active members under section 61 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-61) as amended by section 14 of P.L.2001, c.353 shall be paid from the benefit enhancement fund established pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-22). If there are excess valuation assets after reductions in normal contributions and member contributions, the amount of excess valuation assets credited to the benefit enhancement fund shall include the present value of the expected additional normal contributions attributable to the provisions of section 61 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-61) as amended by section 14 of P.L.2001, c.353 payable on behalf of the active members in accordance with the tables of actuarial assumptions for the valuation period. No additional excess valuation assets shall be credited to the benefit enhancement fund after the maximum amount is attained. Interest shall be credited to the benefit enhancement fund as provided under section 33 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-33). If assets in the benefit enhancement fund are insufficient to pay the normal contribution for the increased benefits for a valuation period, the State shall pay the amount of normal contribution for the increased benefits not covered by assets from the benefit enhancement fund.
L.2001,c.353,s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-62 - Effect upon political subdivisions previously under State Employees' Retirement System

43:15A-62. Effect upon political subdivisions previously under State Employees' Retirement System
Where any county, municipality or public agency of the State has previously been covered by the former "State Employees' Retirement System," such county, municipality or public agency shall be covered under the provisions of this act and the employees of such county, municipality or public agency shall have the same rights and obligations with regard to becoming members of the Public Employees' Retirement System as they had with regard to the former "State Employees' Retirement System."
L.1954, c. 84, p. 516, s. 62. Amended by L.1966, c. 217, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-63 - Membership of certain veteran public employees

43:15A-63. Membership of certain veteran public employees
Any veteran in office, position or employment of this State or of a county, municipality, school district or public agency who on January 2, 1955 is in office, position or employment not covered by a retirement system to which such employer and its employees make monetary contributions, other than the old-age and survivors' insurance provisions of Title II of the Federal Social Security Act, unless he shall have notified the board of trustees that he does not desire to become a member, shall be a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System as of January 2, 1955; and any veteran taking office, position or employment in the service of this State or of a county, municipality, school district or public agency, which office, position or employment is not covered by such a retirement system after January 2, 1955, shall be a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System. The employer of such public employee veterans shall make such contributions to the retirement system on behalf of all service rendered by such employees in office, position or employment of this State or of any county, municipality, school district or public agency as are required of employers under the provisions of this act.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 516, s. 63. Amended by L.1966, c. 217, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-64 - Effect of lack of Social Security coverage and insufficient service credit

43:15A-64. Effect of lack of Social Security coverage and insufficient service credit
Any other provision of this act notwithstanding (a) any member of the retirement system who is not covered under the old-age and survivor's insurance provisions of Title II of the Federal Social Security Act as a public employee shall not be eligible for the death benefit provisions of sections 38, 41, 45(c), 46(c), 48 (c), 49(e) and 57 except for the payment of accumulated deductions together with regular interest; (b) no beneficiary of a pensioner who enrolled as a member on or after July 1, 1971 and who retired for any reason other than disability shall be entitled to receive benefits pursuant to the noncontributory death benefit coverages provided by this chapter if the pensioner had less than 10 years of service credit for retirement purposes at the time of retirement.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 517, s. 64. Amended by L.1966, c. 217, s. 14; L.1971, c. 213, s. 29, eff. June 17, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-65 - State employee membership.

43:15A-65 State employee membership.
65. (a) All employees of any public agency or organization of this State, which employs persons engaged in service to the public, shall be eligible to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System; provided the employer consents thereto by resolution and files a certified copy of such resolution with the board of trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the board of trustees approves thereof by resolution. Such organization shall be referred to in this act as the employer. If the participation of such employees is so approved then the employer shall contribute to the contingent reserve fund on account of its members at the same rate per centum as would be paid by employers other than the State.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, every person becoming an employee of a public agency or organization of this State, which employs persons engaged in service to the public, after June 30, 1966, who is not eligible to become a member of any other retirement system, shall be required to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System shall be optional with any person in the employ of any such public agency or organization on June 30, 1966, provided such person is not required to be a member pursuant to another provision of this act, and provided further that such person is not eligible to be a member of any other retirement system. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person whose position is temporary or seasonal, nor to any person in office, position or employment for which the annual salary or remuneration, or the number of hours of work, is fixed at less than that which is required for membership pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-7) as applicable to the member, nor to any person whose position is not covered by the old-age and survivors' insurance provisions of the federal Social Security Act. After the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person in office, position or employment for which the hours of work are fewer per week than those required for membership pursuant to subsection d. of section 7 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-7), unless the person shall have been a member since that effective date continuously. The public agency or organization employing any such person who becomes a member of the retirement system pursuant to this subsection shall contribute to the contingent reserve fund on account of such employees at the same rate per centum as would be paid by employers other than the State.
L.1954, c.84, s.65; amended 1966, c.71, s.1; 1966, c.217, s.15; 1971, c.213, s.30; 1986, c.139, s.3; 2008, c.89, s.9; 2010, c.1, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-66 - Effective date of participation

43:15A-66. Effective date of participation
(a) If the employer shall so consent to the enrollment of its employees and the board of trustees shall so approve, participation in the retirement system shall become effective on the date fixed by such board, but not later than 6 months following such approval by the board of trustees of the retirement system. In such event, all service rendered to the employer by its employees previous to the effective date of such participation or previous to July 1, 1966, whichever is earlier, shall be credited to its employees who file application for membership within 1 year from such effective date, and such credit to its employees shall be known as prior service credit, and the obligation of the employer on account of such credit shall be known as the accrued liability. Membership shall be compulsory for all employees entering the service of the employer after the effective date of such participation or after June 30, 1966, whichever is earlier.
(b) No credit shall be allowed for service rendered to the employer prior to July 1, 1966 to any person becoming a member of the retirement system pursuant to subsection b of section 65 of this act unless the employer consents thereto by resolution pertaining to all eligible employees and files a certified copy of such resolution with the board of trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System and the said board of trustees approves thereof.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 517, s. 66. Amended by L.1966, c. 71, s. 2; L.1966, c. 217, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-67 - Duties of employer's chief fiscal officer

43:15A-67. Duties of employer's chief fiscal officer
The chief fiscal officer of the employer shall submit to the retirement system such information and shall cause to be performed in respect to each of the employees of the employer such duties as would be performed in the State service by the head of a department of the State employing members of the retirement system.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 518, s. 67. Amended by L.1966, c. 71, s. 3; L.1966, c. 217, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-68 - Information certified to chief fiscal officer; payment of charge and contributions

43:15A-68. Information certified to chief fiscal officer; payment of charge and contributions
68. The Public Employees' Retirement System shall certify to the chief fiscal officer of the employer the rates of contributions payable by members. The system shall further certify, no later than December 31 each year, the contributions, including the accrued liability contribution similar to the State accrued liability contribution, payable by the employer to the contingent reserve fund on behalf of these members, and a pro rata share of the cost of the administration of the retirement system, based upon the payroll of the members who are employees of the employer. The initial actuarial expense incident to the determination of the accrued liability contribution payable by the employer shall be paid by the employer. The amount certified by the system as payable by such employer to the contingent reserve fund shall be included in the next budget subsequent to the certification by the system. The treasurer or corresponding officer shall pay to the State Treasurer no later than April 1 of the State's fiscal year in which payment is due the amount of the employer's charges so certified. If payment of the full amount of such obligation is not made within 30 days after April 1, interest at the rate of 10% per annum shall commence to run against the unpaid balance thereof on the first day after such thirtieth day. The treasurer or corresponding officer shall also pay to the State Treasurer the amount of the deductions from the compensation of the members who are employees of the employer. The State Treasurer shall credit these amounts to the appropriate fund or account.
L.1954,c.84,s.68; amended 1964,c.229,s.4; 1966,c.71,s.4; 1966,c.217,s.18; 1971,c.213,s.31; 1992,c.41,s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-68.1 - Accrued liability contribution of public employer adopting system after July 1, 1971; payment

43:15A-68.1. Accrued liability contribution of public employer adopting system after July 1, 1971; payment
The accrued liability contribution of any public employer adopting the retirement system after July 1, 1971 for the purpose of providing prior service credit for the service rendered prior to July 1, 1966, shall be payable by the employer to the contingent reserve fund over a period of not less than 25 years following the initial valuation of such liability by the actuary of the retirement system.
L.1971, c. 213, s. 49, eff. June 17, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-69 - Member of any other governmental retirement system may not participate; default of employer; discontinuance of membership; application of reserve

43:15A-69. Member of any other governmental retirement system may not participate; default of employer; discontinuance of membership; application of reserve
An employee of such employer who, by reason of his service, is a member of any other governmental retirement system shall not participate in this retirement system on that part of his compensation so covered. Should such employer for any reason become financially unable to make the normal and accrued liability contributions payable on account of its employees' membership in the retirement system then such employer shall be deemed to be in default and a certificate to this effect shall be sent by the board of trustees to the employer and to the State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. All members of the retirement system, who were employees of such employer at the time of default, shall thereupon be entitled to discontinue membership in the retirement system and to a refund of their previous contributions upon demand made within 90 days thereafter. As of a date 90 days following the date of such certificate of default, the actuary of the retirement system shall determine by actuarial valuation the amount of the reserves held on account of each active member and pensioner of such employer and shall credit to each such member and pensioner the amount of reserve so held. The reserve so credited, together with the amount of the accumulated deductions of each active member shall be used to provide a paid up deferred annuity beginning at age 60 for him, and the reserve of each pensioner shall be used in providing such part of his existing pension as the reserve so held will provide, which pension, together with his annuity, shall thereafter be payable to him. The rights and privileges of both active members and pensioners of such employer shall thereupon terminate except as to the payment of the deferred annuities so provided for the previous active members and the annuities and the pensions, or parts thereof, provided for the pensioners.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 519, s. 69.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-70 - Limitation on liability of retirement system

43:15A-70. Limitation on liability of retirement system
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the retirement system shall not be liable for the payment of any pensions or other benefits on account of the employees or pensioners of any employer under this article, for which reserves have not been previously created from funds, contributed by such employer or its employees for such benefits.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 520, s. 70.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-71 - "Public agency or organization" defined

43:15A-71. "Public agency or organization" defined
The words "public agency or organization" as used in this act shall be construed to mean and include any agency or organization which operates public works or is engaged in service to the public for 1 or more municipalities, local boards of health, or counties, and whose revenue is derived from other than State funds, but shall not be construed to include any subdivision of any county, municipality, school district, privately owned public utility or service or any religious, educational or charitable organization.
L.1954, c. 84, p. 520, s. 71.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-72 - Deductions from retirement allowance for PERS members.

43:15A-72 Deductions from retirement allowance for PERS members.
72. If possible, whenever any beneficiary of the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey shall, in writing, request the Division of Pensions and Benefits to make deductions from the beneficiary's retirement allowance or pension for the payment of premiums for the pensioners' group health or dental insurance plan or the State Health Benefits Program, the division may make such deductions and transmit the sum so deducted to the companies carrying the policies. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by any beneficiary upon filing notice of such withdrawal with the division. Deductions for the payment of the premiums for a group dental insurance plan shall be made by the division only if 1,000 or more beneficiaries covered by that plan have made written requests for deductions.
L.1954,c.84,s.72; amended 1971, c.213, s.32; 1997, c.332, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-73.2 - Participation of State autonomous authority in PERS

43:15A-73.2. Participation of State autonomous authority in PERS
a. For the purposes of sections 2 through 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1990, c.25 (C.43:15A-73.2 et al.), "State autonomous authority" means a public authority, board, commission, corporation or other agency or instrumentality of this State allocated in but not of a principal department of State government pursuant to Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution.
b. If there is no provision in a law creating a State autonomous authority subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act permitting employees of the authority to join the Public Employees' Retirement System, or specifically providing an alternative retirement plan, the authority shall apply to the State Treasurer for approval to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System. If there is no provision permitting the employees of a State autonomous authority created prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act to join the retirement system, the authority may apply to the State Treasurer for approval to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System. The State Treasurer shall approve participation by an authority in the retirement system unless it is determined that participation is inconsistent with the policies inherent in the law governing the retirement system and is not in the public interest. The State Treasurer shall have 60 days from the date the application is received from the authority to make a determination on participation. The State Treasurer shall notify the Director of the Division of Pensions of any determination on participation. After the 60 days, if no determination is made, the authority shall participate in the retirement system. A State autonomous authority participating in the retirement system as provided in this amendatory and supplementary act is an employer under the Public Employees' Retirement System Act, P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, for all of the purposes of that act, and its employees shall be subject to that act as if they were State employees, on the first day of the first calendar month occurring not less than 60 days after receipt of notice of approval by the Director of the Division of Pensions from the State Treasurer, or after the time period for a determination on participation by the State Treasurer has expired.
L.1990,c.25,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:15A-73.3 - Purchase of credit for prior service

43:15A-73.3. Purchase of credit for prior service
a. The employees of a State autonomous authority approved for participation in the retirement system pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act may purchase credit for all service with the authority prior to the date of the authority's participation in the retirement system if that service would otherwise be eligible for credit in the retirement system. This purchase shall be made in the same manner and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of previous membership service by section 8 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-8). The authority shall pay the unfunded liability as determined by the actuary for prior service purchased by its employees in accordance with a schedule approved by the actuary. The obligation of the authority shall be known as the accrued liability for prior service credit. The actuary shall determine and adjust the accrued liability for prior service credit and determine the annual contribution of the authority for this liability in a manner similar to that provided for the State accrued liability contribution. The accrued liability for prior service credit shall be paid by the authority over a period not to exceed 25 years following the initial valuation of this liability by the actuary.
b. For any employee of a State autonomous authority who is in service with the authority on the date its participation in the retirement system becomes effective, the age of enrollment for the purposes of the member contribution rate under section 25 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-25) shall be the age of the employee on the date the continuous service with the authority began.
L.1990,c.25,s.3.