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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.9 - Retirement on half pay; pensions to surviving widow or children; retirement after completion of 15 years of service

43:10-18.9. Retirement on half pay; pensions to surviving widow or children; retirement after completion of 15 years of service
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this act, any county employee:
(1) who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate, and shall have accumulated credit in the retirement system, for a period of 20 years, and who shall have attained the age of 60 years, shall, upon his application, be retired on one-half of salary; or
(2) who shall have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate, and shall have accumulated credit in the retirement system, for a period of 30 years, and who shall have attained the age of 55 years, shall, upon his application, be retired on one-half of salary; or
(3) who shall regardless of age have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of 35 years, shall, upon his application, be retired on one-half of salary.
In addition, any county employee who shall retire at 55 years of age or older, and who shall have served at least 30 years in the employ of the county, shall receive an additional one and one-half per cent of salary for each additional year of service exceeding 30 years, not to exceed 60% of salary.
Upon and after the death of such employee or pensioner, said retirement pension shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried; surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried; or minor children up to 18 years of age, as the case may be.
(b) (Deleted by amendment.)
(c) Should a member, after having completed 15 years of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, be separated voluntarily or involuntarily from the service, before reaching age 60, and not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, he may elect to receive the payments provided for in section 18 of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, or a deferred pension beginning at age 60, in the amount equal to two and one-half per cent of salary for each year of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, except that no pension payable under this subsection shall exceed 50% of salary.
Upon and after the death of such pensioner, said pension, which the pensioner was receiving prior to his death, shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried; surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried; or minor children up to 18 years of age, as the case may be.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 459, s. 9. Amended by L.1966, c. 243, s. 3, eff. Aug. 17, 1966; L.1971, c. 426, s. 3, eff. Feb. 1, 1972; L.1983, c. 211, s. 2, eff. June 10, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.10 - Disability not resulting from employment; pensions to employee and survivors

43:10-18.10. Disability not resulting from employment; pensions to employee and survivors
Subject to the other provisions of this act, any county employee who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of one year and shall become permanently and totally disabled as the result of injury or illness not arising out of and in the course of his employment shall, upon his application, be retired on pension equal to two and one-half per centum (2 1/2 %) of his salary, and for each additional year of service more than one year the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of two and one-half per centum (2 1/2 %) of said salary, not exceeding in any event fifty per centum (50%) of said salary. Upon and after the death of such employee while on such pension the said pension shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried, surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children up to eighteen years of age, as the case may be.
The pension commission shall determine as provided in section eleven whether or not such employee has become permanently and totally disabled.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 460, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.11 - Disability resulting from employment; pensions to employee and survivors

43:10-18.11. Disability resulting from employment; pensions to employee and survivors
Subject to the other provisions of this act, any county employee who shall become permanently and totally disabled as a result of injury, accident or sickness arising out of and in the course of his employment shall, upon his application and approval thereof by the pension commission be retired on half pay. Upon and after the death of such employee or upon and after the death of any employee who dies as a result of any disability, injury or disease arising out of and in the course of his employment, a pension of one-half the salary of such employee shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried, surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children up to eighteen years of age, as the case may be.
The pension commission shall have power to determine whether or not any employee is permanently and totally disabled and whether or not a disability, or death of an employee is the result of an injury, accident or sickness arising out of and in the course of the employee's employment. The claimant shall have the right to present physicians, witnesses or other testimony in his behalf before the commission. The president or any other member of the pension commission may administer oaths to any physicians or other persons called before the commission regarding the employee's disability or death. The commission shall decide, by resolution, whether the applicant is entitled to the benefits of this act.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 460, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.12 - Medical examinations of persons retired for disability; modification of pensions

43:10-18.12. Medical examinations of persons retired for disability; modification of pensions
Once each year the pension commission may, and upon his application, shall, require any member retired for disability who is under the age of 60 years to undergo medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the commission. The examination shall be made at the residence of the beneficiary or any other place mutually agreed upon. If the physician or physicians thereupon report and certify to the commission that the disability beneficiary is not permanently and totally incapacitated either physically or mentally for the performance of duty and that he is engaged in a gainful occupation, and if the commission concurs in the report, then the amount of his pension shall be reduced to an amount which, when added to the amount then being earned by him, shall not exceed the amount of the compensation now attributable to his former position. If subsequent medical examination of such a beneficiary shows that his earnings have changed since the date of his last examination, then the amount of his pension may be further altered but the new pension shall not exceed the amount of the pension originally granted nor shall the new pension when added to the amount then being earned by the beneficiary exceed the salary or compensation then attributable to his former position.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 461, s. 12. Amended by L.1966, c. 243, s. 4, eff. Aug. 17, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.13 - Survivors' benefits

43:10-18.13. Survivors' benefits
Subject to the other provisions of this act, upon and after the death of any county employee who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of the county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of one year, there shall be paid to the surviving widow, so long as she remains unmarried; surviving widower, so long as he remains unmarried; or minor children up to the age of 18 years, as the case may be, two and one-half per cent of the salary of such employee, and for each additional year of service more than one year, the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of two and one-half per cent of said salary, not exceeding in any event 50% of the salary, except, if the deceased employee was at the time of death credited with more than 30 years of service and was 55 years of age or older, the benefit shall be in an amount not to exceed the amount of pension the employee would have received had the employee retired on the date of death, and not to be less than $5,000.00 annually.
L. 1943, c. 160, s. 13; amended 1983,c.211,s.3; 1987,c.429,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.14 - Death of employee or pensioner who is widow or widower leaving dependent children; benefits to children until 18

43:10-18.14. Death of employee or pensioner who is widow or widower leaving dependent children; benefits to children until 18
If an employee or pensioner dies leaving dependent children under eighteen years of age and he or she is, at death, a widower or widow, the benefits of this article which a widow or dependent widower would otherwise be entitled to receive shall be paid to the guardian of such children for their exclusive use and benefit. If one child survives, such benefits shall cease when such child attains eighteen years of age. If more than one child survives, the benefits shall be divided proportionately among all of such children under the age of eighteen years.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 462, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.15 - Mandatory provisions

43:10-18.15. Mandatory provisions
The following provisions shall apply to all members of the retirement system:
(a) No pension shall be paid to the surviving husband of a deceased member of the retirement system unless he is and continues to remain dependent upon the income which the member was receiving at the time of her death, nor unless he is and continues to remain physically or mentally incapable of pursuing a gainful occupation. The pension commission shall determine the question of the dependency of the surviving husband as well as the ability of a surviving husband to pursue a gainful occupation.
(b) (Deleted by amendment.)
(c) (Deleted by amendment.)
(d) (Deleted by amendment.)
(e) The rights of any employee or beneficiary to receive any payments under the workmen's compensation act of New Jersey shall not be affected or impaired by any of the provisions of this act.
(f) Where the service of an employee is terminated by reason of imposition of a sentence upon him of actual commitment to a penal institution on account of conviction of an indictable offense involving moral turpitude, no pension under this act shall be paid to any such employee; provided, however, that no member of this retirement system who shall have served honorably as a county employee for a period of 20 years and shall have attained the age of 60 years shall be deprived of his pension privileges because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of such county employment, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged.
(g) Where any pension or other benefit shall be payable from the pension fund herein provided to any retired employee or other beneficiary who is or shall be confined in a penal institution as the result of a conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, the pension commission may pay such pension or any part of it or other benefit to the wife, husband, minor children, mother or father of the confined person if it determines the same is necessary for their maintenance during such confinement.
(h) All payments of pensions shall be made semimonthly and payments of pensions, refunds or other benefits under this act shall be made without interest.
(i) (Deleted by amendment; P.L. 1987, c. 429.)
L. 1943,c.160,s.15; amended 1949,c.169; 1971,c.378,s.1; 1971,c.426,s.4; 1987,c.429,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.15g - Supplemental definitions

43:10-18.15g. Supplemental definitions
As used in this act "retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the retirement system established under the act to which this act is a supplement, who has retired from such employment, and as a result of such employment, is receiving a pension from the retirement system.
"Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
"Retirement year" is the calendar year 1967 for all retirants who retired before the calendar year 1968; for all retirants who retired after 1967, "retirement year" is the actual calendar year of retirement.
"Index" shall mean the annual average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor (1957-1959 = 100). Should the reference base of said index be changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index as defined herein will be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods.
"Retirement year index" shall be the index of the calendar year 1967 for all retirants who retired prior to January 1, 1968 and the index for the calendar year of retirement for all retirants who retired thereafter.
"Widow" or "widower" means the surviving unremarried spouse to whom a member of the retirement system was married for a continuous period of at least five years up to the date of the member's death. In the event of accidental death, the five year qualification shall be waived.
L. 1971, c. 102, s. 1; amended 1987,c.429,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.15h - Increase in monthly pension

43:10-18.15h. Increase in monthly pension
The monthly pension originally granted to any retirant shall be increased in accordance with the provisions of this act.
Pension increases shall not be paid to retirants who are not receiving their regular, full, monthly pensions. The increase granted under the provisions of this act shall be effective only on the first day of a month, shall be paid in monthly installments, and shall not be decreased, increased, revoked or repealed except as otherwise provided in this act. No increase shall be due to a retirant or his beneficiary unless it constitutes a payment for an entire month.
L.1971, c. 102, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.15i - Ratio of increase; calculation

43:10-18.15i. Ratio of increase; calculation
The "ratio of increase" which shall apply to the pension originally granted to a retirant shall be calculated in accordance with the following percentages as determined by the calendar year in which the retirement became effective; provided that, in no instance shall the amount of the pension paid to any retirant under this supplementary act including payments under future revisions be less than the pension paid under chapter 190, public laws of 1960.
Year of Ratio of
Retirement Increase
1940 132%
1941 120%
1942 99%
1943 88%
1944 85%
1945 80%
1946 66%
1947 45%
1948 35%
1949 36%
1950 35%
1951 25%
1952 22%
1953 21%
1954 21% L. 1971, c. 102, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.15j - Payment of costs by employer; commencement of payments; discontinuance

43:10-18.15j. Payment of costs by employer; commencement of payments; discontinuance
The employer shall bear the cost of the increase in the pensions payable to retirants who retired from the employ of such employer. The employer shall appropriate the amount in the fiscal year next following, taking into account payments made to retirants of such employer and prospective payments to be made to such retirants in the following year.
The increase in pensions provided for under this act shall commence provided, that there is appropriated the amount certified by the Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of the Treasury to the Director of the State Division of Budget and Accounting as set forth in the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169). The increase in pensions shall continue to be paid as long as there shall be appropriated the amounts so certified. In the event that the necessary funds are not so appropriated, the increase in pensions shall cease; no further payments shall be made by the employer; a refund shall be made by the retirement system to the employer of any balance unexpended on its account.
L.1971, c. 102, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.15k - Waiver; withdrawal

43:10-18.15k. Waiver; withdrawal
Any person who is eligible to receive the increased pension under the provisions of this act may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the secretary of the retirement system. The application for the waiver of all or part of the increase shall be made by the retirant at least 30 days prior to the desired effective date on a form satisfactory to the retirement system and shall be effective on the first day of the following month. Such waiver may be withdrawn at any time and upon such withdrawal the increase in the pension shall commence with the pension payment for the next following month.
L.1971, c. 102, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.15l - . Determination of change in index; adjustment in pensions; retirant defined

43:10-18.15l . Determination of change in index; adjustment in pensions; retirant defined
On or before October 1, 1969 and by the same date in each subsequent year, the Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of the Treasury shall review the index and determine the percentum of change in the index from the retirement year index pursuant to the provisions of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169). The percentage of adjustment in the pensions shall be 1/2 of the percentum of change.
The director shall include amounts sufficient to adjust the retirement allowances or pensions payable to all eligible retirants by 1/2 of the percentum of change in the index as such retirement allowances or pensions may have been originally granted, or increased for certain retirants in accordance with the provisions of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169). The director shall notify the secretary of the retirement system of the percentage of adjustment for the applicable year.
In no instance shall the amount of the pension originally granted and payable to any retirant be reduced as a result of this adjustment.
For purposes of this section a "retirant" shall include all retirants except those whose pension commenced within the 3 calendar years prior to the first of the month in which the adjustment is to become effective in any year.
L.1971, c. 102, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.15m - Termination of increases; blanket increases or minimum pensions; exception

43:10-18.15m. Termination of increases; blanket increases or minimum pensions; exception
If legislation is adopted providing for a blanket increase in the original pensions or for minimum pensions to any group of retirants eligible for benefits under this act, all increases provided under this supplementary act shall be terminated on the first of the month when such blanket increases or minimum pensions are payable, except in those instances where the retirant's original pension plus the increases provided under this act will exceed the amounts payable to such retirants as a result of such other legislation; in such event the amount payable under this act shall be the difference between the new pension payable by the retirement system and the amount which would otherwise have been paid under this act. Any subsequent annual review of amounts payable under this act for such retirants shall continue to be determined on the basis of the original pension as granted by the retirement system prior to any blanket increase or provision for minimum pension for any group of retirants eligible for benefits under this act.
L.1971, c. 102, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.15n - Rules and regulations by director of the division of pensions; reports

43:10-18.15n. Rules and regulations by director of the division of pensions; reports
The Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of the Treasury shall promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169) and this act, as he shall deem necessary for the effective operation of the program. He shall include a report of the operation of the Pension Increase Act (P.L.1969, c. 169) and this act in his annual report submitted to the Governor and the Legislature regarding all of the operations of the Division of Pensions. The secretary of the retirement system shall furnish such information as the director may request for this purpose.
L.1971, c. 102, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.16a - Permissible agreements

43:10-18.16a. Permissible agreements
Notwithstanding any other provision in this act to the contrary, the pension commission and the county may upon the unanimous vote of the members of the pension commission enter into an agreement which may include any of the following:
a. A provision transferring control and management of the pension fund which previously was exercised by the pension commission pursuant to section 3 of P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.3) directly to the county.
b. A provision that the county may invest the assets of the pension fund in the manner authorized by section 5 of P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.5) or may use those assets to purchase an annuity to fund all or a portion of the county's pension obligations or to service any debt obligation incurred by the county in connection with the purchase of any annuity contract to pay pension obligations of the retirement system.
c. A provision that the county shall be responsible for the timely payment of all pensions, refunds or other benefits that shall become owing pursuant to the legislation governing the retirement system.
d. A provision that section 4 of P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.4), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 16 of P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.16) shall no longer apply to the county or the pension commission.
e. A provision requiring the actuary appointed by the pension commission on or before October 1 of each year to evaluate whether there are sufficient reserves contained in existing annuities or in the pension fund to pay all of the county's anticipated obligations as those obligations become due during the next fiscal year and, in the event the actuary concludes such reserves are insufficient, the county shall be required to appropriate, raise by taxation and pay over to the pension fund a sum of money equal to the anticipated deficit.
L. 1987, c. 429, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.17 - Administrative expenses

43:10-18.17. Administrative expenses
The pension commission shall estimate and certify, annually, to the board of chosen freeholders of the county, a reasonable amount required to defray the administrative expenses of this retirement system in the ensuing year, and the board of chosen freeholders shall pay such amount to the pension commission as other expense funds of the county are paid.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 466, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.17a - Actuarial valuation of fund; adoption of tables; changes in rates; certification of rate; classification of members

43:10-18.17a. Actuarial valuation of fund; adoption of tables; changes in rates; certification of rate; classification of members
The actuary appointed by the commission shall recommend and the board shall keep in convenient form, such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuation of the fund every year. Once in every 3-year period the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service and compensation or salary experience of the members and beneficiaries of the fund and shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the fund. Upon the basis of such investigation and valuation the commission shall:
a. Adopt for the fund such mortality, service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary;
b. Recommend changes in the rates of contributions; and
c. Certify the rate of contribution, expressed as a proportion of the compensation of the members which shall be made by the county to the fund in order to continue the fund on a fully funded, reserve basis once the fund has achieved a fully funded status on the basis of increased contributions by the county and the members.
For the purpose of the valuation the commission shall classify the members in such group or groups as it deems necessary.
L.1960, c. 191, p. 805, s. 6. Amended by L.1966, c. 243, s. 7, eff. Aug. 17, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.18 - Withdrawal from retirement system; separation from service; retirement on pension; death without surviving spouse or children

43:10-18.18. Withdrawal from retirement system; separation from service; retirement on pension; death without surviving spouse or children
From and after July 1, 1943, any employee who is or becomes a member of this retirement system may not withdraw therefrom and shall not be entitled to a refund of any moneys theretofore and thereafter deducted from his salary hereunder; provided, however, that any employee who separates from the county service through his discharge, resignation, or for any other reasons other than retirement shall be entitled to a refund of all moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system established hereunder; provided, however, that any member of the retirement system established hereunder who retires on pension under the provisions of any other act, shall be entitled, upon written application made therefore to the pension commission within 3 months after such retirement on pension, to a refund of the moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system, and provided, further, that where the service of an employee is terminated by death of the employee, if such employee leaves no widow, dependent widower, or dependent children under 18 years of age, all moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system established hereunder shall be paid to the person designated by said employee as his or her beneficiary and if no such designation has been made or if the beneficiary has predeceased said employee, all moneys deducted from his or her salary for the retirement system shall be paid to the estate of the deceased employee.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 467, s. 18. Amended by L.1956, c. 205, p. 744, s. 1; L.1960, c. 191, p. 805, s. 5; L.1966, c. 243, s. 6, eff. Aug. 17, 1966; L.1971, c. 426, s. 5, eff. Feb. 1, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.18a - Periodic increases

43:10-18.18a. Periodic increases
Notwithstanding any other provision in P.L. 1943, c. 160 (C. 43:10-18.1 et seq.) and P.L. 1971, c. 102 (C. 43:10-18.15g et seq.), in the event a retirant who had been actively employed on or after September 1, 1987 has died or shall die, periodic increases in his pension shall continue to be calculated as if he or she had remained alive and the retirant's widow or widower shall be entitled to receive one-half of those periodic increases.
L. 1987, c. 429, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.19 - Reentry into service of county after separation from service; payments required

43:10-18.19. Reentry into service of county after separation from service; payments required
(A) Whenever a member of this retirement system becomes separated from the county service because of a lay-off or leave of absence without pay for a cause other than sickness or disability for a period longer than two months, or because of abolishment of position, or, except as provided in subsection (B) hereof, for any other reason other than retirement or entry into military or naval service of the United States, re-enters the service of the county within five years after such separation, all the rights and benefits hereunder enjoyed by such employee prior to such separation shall be restored upon payment of all refunds given to him upon his separation from the service; provided, however, that such employee shall not be entitled to receive credit for pension purposes for the time elapsing during such separation period unless he shall pay into this retirement system, in the manner in subsection (C) hereof provided, a sum of money equal in amount to all accrued deductions from his salary which would have been made had such employee continued to be a member of the retirement system since the date of his separation therefrom.
(B) Whenever a member of this retirement system becomes separated from the county service because of (a) a lay-off or leave of absence for a period of time not in excess of two months, (b) a leave of absence with pay, or (c) a leave of absence because of sickness or disability, all the rights and benefits of such member hereunder shall continue, except that such employee's pension benefits hereunder shall be computed by excluding the period of time of such separation period unless he shall pay into this retirement system, in the manner in subsection (C) hereof provided, a sum of money equal in amount to all accrued deductions from his salary which would have been made during the period of time of such separation.
(C) Such payment may be made either (1) in one sum, or (2) by equal semimonthly installments over a period of not more than five years, but in no event to extend beyond the date upon which such employee attains age sixty years, such installments to be deducted in addition to other regular deductions made from his salary for this retirement system; provided, however, that only so much of the said period will be credited as the employee has paid for. Upon such payment being completed, the county shall pay into the retirement system a sum of money equal to such employee's payment, exclusive of the employee's repayment, if any, of refunds.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 467, s. 19. Amended by L.1944, c. 158, p. 590, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.20 - Military or naval services, women's service organizations or foreign Red Cross service, entry into; death or disability

43:10-18.20. Military or naval services, women's service organizations or foreign Red Cross service, entry into; death or disability
Any member of this retirement system or of any county retirement system referred to in section seven of this act and merged into this retirement system by this act, who, heretofore and subsequent to July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty, entered, or hereafter, in time of war, shall enter the active military or naval service of the United States or the active service of the Merchant Marine or the active service of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, the Women's Reserve of the Naval Reserve or any similar organization authorized by the United States to serve with the Army or Navy, including any member of this system while serving in the foreign service of the American Red Cross outside continental United States, shall not suffer the loss or impairment of any of the rights, benefits or privileges accorded by the provisions of this act; provided, however, that in the event of the death or disability of such person while in such service the pension to be paid such person or his or her dependents shall be based upon the salary which such person would have been entitled to receive at the time of his or her death or disability had he or she continued in county employment up to the time of his or her death or disability. The benefits granted hereunder to any such person who dies or is disabled while he or she is in any of the services described in this section shall not be reduced or affected by the payment of any Federal pension, compensation or insurance to such person or his or her beneficiaries.
During the period beginning with the time of the entry of such person into such service and ending at the earliest of (a) three months after the time of such person's discharge from such service or (b) the time such person resumes such county employment or (c) the time of such person's death or disability while in such service, the proper officer of the county shall contribute or cause to be contributed to the pension fund provided hereunder the amount required by the terms of this act based upon the amount of compensation received by such person prior to his or her entry into such service and during the period first mentioned in this paragraph any such person receiving compensation from the county shall continue to contribute the amount required by this act to be paid by members of this retirement system and during the period first mentioned in this paragraph any such person not receiving compensation from the county shall not be required to contribute the amount required by this act to be paid by members of this retirement system but said amount shall be contributed for such person by the county.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 468, s. 20. Amended by L.1945, c. 214, p. 716, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.21 - Annual reports

43:10-18.21. Annual reports
The pension commission shall report annually on the condition of the retirement system and the manner in which its funds are invested. The report shall be filed with the board of chosen freeholders of the county and a copy thereof furnished to the head of each department of the county for use of the employees and the public.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 469, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.22 - Exemptions of funds and pensions; assignment

43:10-18.22. Exemptions of funds and pensions; assignment
All funds created under this act and all pensions granted under this act shall be exempt from any State, county, or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment, or any other process and shall be unassignable, except that pension payments to be made to a pensioner may be assigned in writing by the pensioner but only for the payment of premiums for group plan for hospital service or for hospital, medical and surgical insurance or 1 or more of them.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 469, s. 22. Amended by L.1957, c. 225, p. 773, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.23 - Fraud; mistakes

43:10-18.23. Fraud; mistakes
Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable therefor under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Should any change in the records or any mistake in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he or she would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then, on the discovery of any such error, the pension commission shall correct such error, and, so far as practicable, shall adjust the payments which may be made for and to such person in such a manner that the equivalent of the benefit to which he or she was correctly entitled shall be paid.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 469, s. 23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.24 - Partial invalidity

43:10-18.24. Partial invalidity
In case for any reason any section or part of any section or any provision of this act shall be questioned in any court and shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not be held to affect any other section or part of any section or provision of this act.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 470, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.25 - Effective date; repeal of conflicting laws

43:10-18.25. Effective date; repeal of conflicting laws
This act shall take effect immediately and all acts or parts of acts insofar as they conflict with this act, are hereby repealed.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 470, s. 25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.26 - Court attendants, guards, keepers, nurses and other employees caring for prisoners; retirement; employment after 65

43:10-18.26. Court attendants, guards, keepers, nurses and other employees caring for prisoners; retirement; employment after 65
The board of chosen freeholders in any county of this State having a population of more than eight hundred thousand inhabitants may retire any court attendant in the office of the sheriff, and any guard, keeper, nurse and other employee engaged in the safe-keeping and care of prisoners in the county jail and the county penitentiary, who shall have served as such for a period of twenty years, and shall have reached the age of sixty-five years, and who, at that time, is a member of the employees' retirement system of such county provided for by the act of which this act is supplementary under the provisions of said act; provided, however, subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, that any such person may be continued in his or her county employment after reaching the age of sixty-five, if the sheriff or warden of the jail or penitentiary, as the case may be, shall file a certificate with the board of chosen freeholders and the pension commission of the county, certifying that such person is in good physical and mental condition and able to fully perform his or her duties, in which event such employee shall be permitted to remain in employment for a period not exceeding one year from the date of the certificate. Such certificates may, in the discretion of the sheriff or warden, as the case may be, be renewed annually until after such person shall have reached the age of seventy.
L.1947, c. 367, p. 1180, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.28 - Employees in first-class counties under 800,000 ineligible because of beginning age; prior service

43:10-18.28. Employees in first-class counties under 800,000 ineligible because of beginning age; prior service
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43:1-1 of the Revised Statutes, any county employee of a first-class county having a population of less than 800,000 as defined in the article to which this is a supplement who at the time of the effective date of this act is ineligible to the benefits of said article by reason of having accepted employment after reaching the age of 45 and who was at the time of accepting such employment under the age of 55 years and had prior service in any other elective or appointive State or municipal office or position, may within 2 months after this act becomes effective become a member of the fund established under article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1954, c. 251, p. 918, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.29 - Credit for prior service; payment of arrears; deductions and benefits

43:10-18.29. Credit for prior service; payment of arrears; deductions and benefits
Where any such employee has had prior elective or appointive service in any State or municipal office or position, such employee shall be given credit for pension purposes hereunder for such prior service, in addition to his total county service, upon payment into the fund, in such manner as shall be determined by the pension commission, of all arrears, with interest as the pension commission shall determine to be due in order to give such employee the same standing as a member of said fund as all other members who joined said pension fund when the law providing for such fund became effective, in which case the maximum rate of interest shall not exceed the average rate of earnings of the investments of said fund and the maximum length of time for the payment of arrears shall be 5 years from the date of the application to join the fund; or if so requested upon written application, the regular deductions from the salary of such employee shall commence upon the filing of such written application and he shall be entitled to the same benefits as a new employee then joining the fund would receive.
L.1954, c. 251, p. 918, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.51 - Employees' pension fund in counties of 300,000 to 325,000

43:10-18.51. Employees' pension fund in counties of 300,000 to 325,000
In each county of this State having a population of from three hundred thousand to three hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants a county employees' pension fund shall be created, set apart, maintained and administered, in the manner prescribed in this act, for the benefit of employees of such county and of the widows, widowers, and children of such employees, and of all contributors to, participants in, and beneficiaries of any pension fund in operation in such county at the time this act shall come in force and effect in such county, under and by virtue of articles one, two, five, six and nine of chapter ten and chapter nine of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes and of sections 40:37-157 to 40:37-174, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes and of "An act providing for the retirement of persons employed in the department of weights and measures of any county in this State, and providing a pension for such persons so retired," filed June twenty-first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight (P.L.1938, c. 397).
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1230, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.53 - Receipt and disposition of moneys

43:10-18.53. Receipt and disposition of moneys
All moneys belonging to the retirement system shall be received and paid over to the treasurer of the retirement system whose official bond as county treasurer shall cover the same. All moneys paid out of the retirement system shall be paid by the treasurer of the fund upon warrants signed by the president and secretary of the pension commission or such officers as the pension commission designates.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1233, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.54 - Deposits; investments

43:10-18.54. Deposits; investments
The pension commission shall deposit the funds in any of the banks or trust companies in the county. All moneys not needed for immediate payment of the pensions shall be invested by the pension commission in (a) interest-bearing securities in which savings banks of this State are authorized to invest their funds, (b) bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by any company incorporated within and transacting business within the United States, which are not in default as to either principal or interest when acquired, (c) direct obligations of or unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by the government of Canada, payable as to both principal and interest in United States dollars, or which are the direct obligations of or unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by any of the provinces thereof, payable as to both principal and interest in United States dollars, (d) mortgage bonds or notes secured by property within this State and insured by the Federal Housing Administrator and (e) capital stock or other securities issued by any company incorporated within the United States, in which life insurance companies organized under the laws of this State may legally invest, provided that the book value of the total investment in common and preferred stock does not exceed 15% of the book value of the fund, except that not more than 10% of the book value of the fund shall be invested in common stock.
The pension commission shall recommend and the board of freeholders shall appoint independent investment counsel to service the investment needs of the fund.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1233, s. 5. Amended by L.1966, c. 210, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.57 - Claims pending on January 1, 1949; widows, widowers and minor children

43:10-18.57. Claims pending on January 1, 1949; widows, widowers and minor children
All claims for pensions or other benefits from such other county retirement systems which are pending or ungranted on January 1, 1949, shall be allowed or disallowed by the pension commission herein provided for according to the provisions of the statutes governing such other retirement systems, and those which shall be allowed shall be paid from the retirement system herein provided for.
The widow, so long as she remains unmarried, or widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children up to 18 years of age, of any employee in the service of the county, who prior to January 1, 1949, is a member of any of the following retirement systems:
County detectives in counties of the first, second, third and fifth classes (article 2 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes);
Probation officers of counties of over 83,000 inhabitants (article 5 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes);
Sheriff's employees in counties of the first and second classes (article 6 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes);
Court interpreters in counties of the second class (article 9 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes); and who shall at any time lose his life in the performance of his duty or shall die from any cause, or any such employee who shall, at any time, become permanently and totally disabled, shall receive a pension equal to 1/2 of such employee's salary at the time of such death or disability, regardless of the length of service or age of such employee, it being the intent of this act to secure to such employees the continuation of a similar present and prospective benefit of the retirement system of which he was a member prior to January 1, 1949, together with all the benefits provided for in this act.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1242, s. 8. Amended by L.1966, c. 210, s. 3.