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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-4 - Pension to dependents for loss of life while on duty

43:16-4. Pension to dependents for loss of life while on duty
(a) Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who shall have lost his life while on duty, there shall be paid to his widow or dependent widower a pension of 70% of the member's average salary, for the use of herself or himself and the children of the deceased member, to continue during her or his widowhood; if there is no surviving widow or dependent widower or in case the widow or dependent widower dies or remarries, 20% of the member's average salary will be payable to one surviving child, 35% of such salary to two surviving children in equal shares and if there be three or more children, 1/2 of such salary will be payable to such children in equal shares; if there is no surviving widow, dependent widower, or child, 25% of the member's average salary will be payable to one surviving dependent parent or 40% of such salary will be payable to two surviving dependent parents in equal shares.
(b) The changes in benefits provided by subsection (a) of this section shall apply only to pensions granted after April 1, 1967; provided, however, that any pension in an amount less than $4,500.00 per annum presently being paid or to be paid in the future, pursuant to R.S. 43:16-4, to a widow of a policeman or fireman who lost his life while on duty, shall be increased to $4,500.00 per annum.
(c) The State shall pay the additional pension costs arising from the increase from 1/2 to 70% in the proportion of a member's average salary payable as a pension to that member's surviving spouse pursuant to the provisions of this section of this 1987 amendatory and supplementary act.
Amended by L. 1944, c. 253, s. 4; 1946, c. 284, s. 3; 1948, c. 313, s. 2; 1948, c. 449; 1960, c. 108, s. 1; 1964, c. 222, s. 2; 1964, c. 242, s. 4; 1965, c. 100, s. 2; 1966, c. 307, s. 2; 1968, c. 334; 1974, c. 110, s. 2; 1987, c. 128, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-4c - Pension to widow who married member after 50 years of age

43:16-4c. Pension to widow who married member after 50 years of age
The widow of any member who died prior to June 15, 1965, shall receive a pension in the amount prescribed by the act to which this act is a supplement if she is otherwise eligible for such pension notwithstanding that she had married her deceased husband after he reached 50 years of age. Pensions authorized by this act shall be payable only upon written application therefor filed with the commission not later than 6 months after the effective date of this act. Each such pension shall commence as of the effective date of this act and continue during widowhood, but no widow's benefit shall be payable for the period from a member's date of death to the effective date of this act.
L.1971, c. 22, s. 1, eff. Feb. 4, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-6.2 - Actuarial evaluation of fund, legal advice.

43:16-6.2 Actuarial evaluation of fund, legal advice.
7. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall keep, in convenient form, such data as may be necessary for the actuarial evaluation of the fund committed to its charge and to serve as a record of its experience in the administration of the pension system dependent upon such fund. The Attorney General shall act as the legal adviser for the fund, except that if the Attorney General determines that a conflict of interest would affect the ability of the Attorney General to represent the division on a matter affecting the retirement system, the division may select and employ legal counsel to advise and represent the division on that matter. The actuary of the fund shall be selected by the Retirement Systems Actuary Selection Committee established by P.L.1992, c.125. The actuary of the fund shall be the technical adviser of the division on all matters regarding the operation of the pension fund not otherwise prescribed by law.
L.1952, c.358, s.7; amended 1970, c.57, s.15; 1992, c.41, s.21; 1992, c.125, s.11; 2013, c.253, s.29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-7 - Division designated trustee of funds.

43:16-7 Division designated trustee of funds.
43:16-7. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall be the trustee of all the funds established by this act. The division shall have the general responsibility for the proper operation of the pension fund and shall have such powers and shall exercise such functions and duties as may be necessary and appropriate for the proper operation of the fund. Any reference in a law, rule, regulation, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise to the Consolidated Police and Firemen's Pension Fund Commission shall mean and refer to the Division of Pensions and Benefits.
The division may make all necessary rules and regulations with regard thereto. Such rules and regulations shall be consistent with those adopted by the other pension funds within the Division of Pensions and Benefits in order to permit the most economical and uniform administration of all such retirement systems. All moneys and assets of and belonging to the funds consolidated and required by this chapter to be consolidated and transferred to the pension fund, together with all increments and contributions thereto shall be received and paid over to the State Treasurer, whose official bond shall cover the same. No moneys shall be paid out of the consolidated fund except upon the warrant of the fund, signed by the director of the division. All pensions granted under this chapter shall be exempt from execution, garnishment, attachment, sequestration, or other legal process. All moneys not needed for the immediate payment of pensions under this chapter shall be invested by the Director of the Division of Investment established pursuant to the provisions of chapter 270 of the laws of 1950, subject to the limitations contained in section 11 of said chapter.
amended 1941, c.86; 1943, c.77; 1944, c.253, s.8; 1952, c.358, s.6; 1971, c.179, s.3; 2013, c.253, s.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-7.2 - Effective date

43:16-7.2. Effective date
This section and section five of this act shall take effect immediately. Sections one, seven and eight shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. Sections two, three, four and six shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three; provided, that the distributions of tax moneys authorized by subsection (d) of section 43:16-5 of the Revised Statutes, shall not apply to any tax revenues collected after June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two.
L.1952, c. 358, p. 1161, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-8 - Existing boards vacated; fund placed under this subtitle

43:16-8. Existing boards vacated; fund placed under this subtitle
When there is established in any municipality a fund for the retiring and pensioning of members of the police or fire departments thereof, all boards or bodies having control thereof are hereby vacated, and all pension or retirement funds in their hands or under their control shall be turned over and come under the control and regulation of this subtitle. The municipal treasurer and the commission hereby created shall assume all obligations and control of such prior fund and shall pay all pensions or obligations under it to the persons entitled thereto under the act or acts under which it was created.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-9 - State firemen's fund and association unaffected

43:16-9. State firemen's fund and association unaffected
The state firemen's relief fund and the state firemen's association and the laws by virtue of which they exist and operate shall not be affected by the provisions of this subtitle.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-10 - Effective date

43:16-10. Effective date
This subtitle shall be effective in every municipality in which, on April fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, a fund for the retirement or pensioning of policemen or firemen or either was in effect, and in all other municipalities only upon its adoption by a majority of the voters at a general election or special election called for that purpose.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-12 - Determining years of service for firemen as members of pension fund

43:16-12. Determining years of service for firemen as members of pension fund
In any municipality in which this subtitle has taken effect under section 43:16-10 of this title, if before this subtitle became effective a paid fire department had not been regularly constituted and organized by ordinance of the governing body thereof, but firemen were employed on regular twenty-four-hour duty for pay and two per cent was deducted from every payment of salary to them and the sums so deducted were theretofore paid into a pension fund for their relief, and upon the taking effect of this subtitle in such municipality, these sums were added to the pension fund provided for in this subtitle; and where the governing body thereof continued to deduct from every payment of salary to such paid firemen two per cent of the amount thereof and credited same to the pension fund; and where, prior to March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, a paid fire department was thereafter constituted and created in the municipality in the manner provided by law, and all such paid firemen were thereupon appointed to the paid fire department, the age of the paid firemen shall, for the purposes of this subtitle, be reckoned as of the time they were first employed for regular twenty-four-hour duty for pay, and the years of service rendered by them shall, for the purpose of this subtitle, be reckoned from the same time, and not from their reappointment after the creation of the regular paid fire department.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-13 - Member with twenty years' service not to be deprived of pension privileges; fine, reprimand or discharge

43:16-13. Member with twenty years' service not to be deprived of pension privileges; fine, reprimand or discharge
No member of the police or fire department in any municipality or county in this State who shall have served honorably in any such department for a period of twenty years shall be deprived of his pension privileges under chapter sixteen of Title 43 because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of such department, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged. A member of the department found guilty before a court of competent jurisdiction may be dismissed or punished in any manner provided by law.
L.1938, c. 252, p. 561, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-17.2 - Service in administrative or supervisory capacity; service as an active member

43:16-17.2. Service in administrative or supervisory capacity; service as an active member
Service with a municipal police or fire department in an appointive administrative or supervisory capacity or any combination thereof by any person who immediately prior to such service served as an active member of said police or fire department, as the term "active member" is defined in section 12 of the act of which this act is a supplement, shall be deemed to be service as an active member under and for all the purposes of the provisions of chapter 16 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, notwithstanding whether or not such person is or has been granted a leave of absence from his office, position or employment in or with said police or fire department to serve in any of said capacities.
L.1965, c. 142, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-19 - Waiver of payment.

43:16-19 Waiver of payment.
1. Any member or any beneficiary who has been or, in the future, may be retired, or receive a pension, benefit, or retirement allowance, including an annuity, pursuant to the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, may, by filing written request with the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury, waive payment of a portion of the pension, benefit, or retirement allowance, including annuity, to which the member or beneficiary may be entitled.
L.1955, c.137, s.1; amended 2013, c.253, s.32.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-20 - Reduced payments.

43:16-20 Reduced payments.
2. Upon the receipt of such a waiver, and until the same is withdrawn, altered, or revoked by a subsequent written request, similarly filed, the Division of Pensions and Benefits shall pay a reduced pension, benefit, retirement allowance, or annuity, as shall be requested in such waiver.
L.1955, c.137, s.2; amended 2013, c.253, s.33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16-21 - No refund or credit of waived moneys

43:16-21. No refund or credit of waived moneys
Upon withdrawal, alteration, or revocation of such a waiver the member or beneficiary shall not be entitled to a refund or credit for such moneys as shall have been waived during the period such waiver has been in effect.
L.1955, c. 137, p. 626, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-1.1 - Reclassified members

43:16A-1.1. Reclassified members
Any member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey who holds one of the titles set forth in section 1 of P.L. 1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-1) and who is reclassified to another of the titles set forth in that section, shall continue his membership with the same rights and benefits and subject to the same conditions as any other member who holds the title into which he has been reclassified.
L. 1985, c. 29, s. 2, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-1.3 - Report on titles covered, number of members affected, actuarial status

43:16A-1.3. Report on titles covered, number of members affected, actuarial status
On or before the 90th day after enactment of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1989, c.204 (C.43:16A-15.6 et al.), the Director of the Division of Pensions shall report in writing to the Governor, the Senate Revenue, Finance and Appropriations Committee, the Senate State Government, Federal and Interstate Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee, the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and the Assembly State Government Committee, or their successors, concerning the titles that will and will not continue to be covered by the retirement system and the number of people that will be affected and are projected to be affected thereby as a result of this act. The director shall provide reports to the Governor and the committees annually thereafter which shall include information concerning, but not limited to, the titles covered by the retirement system, any changes in title coverage, the number of members affected by any changes, and the actuarial status of the retirement system.
L.1989,c.204,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-1.4 - Enrollment of parole officers.

43:16A-1.4 Enrollment of parole officers.
3. If the Board of Trustees of the Police and Fireman's Retirement System of New Jersey makes a determination, pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1989, c.204 (C.43:16A-1.2), that the parole officers employed by the State Parole Board are eligible for membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1), the enrollment of those parole officers shall occur no earlier that one year after the effective date of this section pursuant to P.L.1993, c.246 (C.43:16A-1.4 et al.).
L.1993,c.246,s.3; amended 2001, c.79, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-1.5 - Membership in PFRS for certain jail wardens.

43:16A-1.5 Membership in PFRS for certain jail wardens.
1. a. As used in this act, "jail warden" means any paid, permanent, uniformed, full-time employee of a county correctional facility who is engaged in the protection, custody, and discipline of facility inmates and who is subject to the training and physical and mental fitness requirements established by the employer. "Jail warden" also means any administrative or supervisory employee of a county correctional facility whose duties include general or direct supervision or training of employees engaged in the protection, custody, and discipline of facility inmates.
b. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any corrections officer who is enrolled and vested in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System on or after the effective date of this act may, at the election of the officer, remain in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System if the officer is promoted or transferred to the position of jail warden.
L.1999,c.398,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-1.6 - Inapplicability of C.43:16A-1.

43:16A-1.6 Inapplicability of C.43:16A-1.
36. The provisions of section 1 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1) as amended by P.L.2010, c.1 concerning persons who become members of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1 shall not apply to a person who at the time of enrollment in the retirement system on or after that effective date transfers service credit, as permitted, from another State-administered retirement system of which the person was a member immediately prior to the effective date and continuously thereafter, but shall apply to a former member of the retirement system who has been granted a retirement allowance and is reenrolled in the retirement system on or after that effective date after becoming employed again in a position that makes the person eligible to be a member of the retirement system.
L.2010, c.1, s.36.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-2 - Retirement system established.

43:16A-2 Retirement system established.
2. A retirement system is hereby established in the Department of the Treasury for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits for policemen and firemen under the provisions of this act. It shall have the powers and privileges of a corporation and shall be known as "The Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey" and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash and securities and property held in trust for the purpose for which received.
L.1944, c.255, s.2; amended 1967, c.250, s.2; 2018, c.55, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.1 - Service defined

43:16A-3.1. Service defined
1. Service with a law enforcement unit or firefighting unit to which the provisions of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.) apply in an appointive capacity with administrative or supervisory duties over policemen or firemen or any combination thereof by any person who not more than six months prior to such service served as a member of that or any other law enforcement unit or firefighting unit, as the term "member" is defined in section 1 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1), shall be deemed to be service as a member under and for all the purposes of the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement.
L.1965,c.186,s.1; amended 1992, c.73, s.1; 2000, c.166.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.2 - Purchase of prior service credit

43:16A-3.2. Purchase of prior service credit
2. Any such person presently serving in any of said capacities may purchase prior service credit for the period of time he has so served by paying to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey an amount equal to the contributions he would have been required to have made had such service heretofore been deemed to be service as a member of the police or fire department. Application for such prior service credit shall be made to the retirement system within six months of the effective date of this amendatory act, P.L.1992, c.73, and payment therefor may be in a lump sum or in installments as the commission may determine by rule or regulation.
L.1965,c.186,s.2; amended 1992,c.73,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.3 - Payment by employer

43:16A-3.3. Payment by employer
The employer of any such person purchasing prior service credit as provided by this act shall pay to the retirement system the employer's accrued liability obligation on behalf of such person.
L.1965, c. 186, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.4 - Election to public office; contributions

43:16A-3.4. Election to public office; contributions
a. Any member elected to public office may continue to be a member during the time he remains in such public office. The member's rate of contribution to the retirement system as applied to his salary as an elected official shall be the same rate, established pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-15), he paid prior to assuming elective office. The employer of the elected official shall make the employer's normal contribution and any accrued liability contribution to the retirement system on the basis of the member's salary as an elected official as provided in section 15 of P.L.1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-15) for so long as such member holds elective office and remains a member of the retirement system.
b. Any member of the retirement system who on the effective date of this amendatory act is an elected official and whose membership in the retirement system has been continued pursuant to the provisions of the act of which this act is amendatory shall have his rate of contribution thereto adjusted in accordance with the provisions of subsection a. of this section. The employer of the elected official shall make contributions to the retirement system on behalf of the member as provided in subsection a. of this section. No member who realizes a reduction in his rate of contribution as a result of subsection a. of this section shall be entitled to a refund of any contributions made to the retirement system prior to the effective date of this amendatory act which exceed the amount he would have contributed had his rate of contribution as an elected official enrolled in the retirement system been the same as provided by this amendatory act.
L.1968, c. 325, s. 1, eff. Nov. 4, 1968. Amended by L.1981, c. 30, s. 1, eff. Feb. 12, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.5 - Member who becomes sheriff or undersheriff; election to remain member.

43:16A-3.5 Member who becomes sheriff or undersheriff; election to remain member.
1. Any member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey who has been or shall be elected to the position of sheriff or who has accepted or shall accept appointment to the office or position of undersheriff may, by written notification to the board of trustees and the county treasurer, elect to continue to be a member of the retirement system while serving as sheriff or undersheriff and shall be deemed to have waived any and all benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled by eligibility for membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System. The county treasurer shall make deductions from the salary of the sheriff or undersheriff and contributions on his behalf to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System as is required by law for members of that system.
L.1976, c.134, s.1; amended 2018, c.55, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.6 - County sheriff; ineligibility for benefits of L.1983, c. 439, if 37 or older

43:16A-3.6. County sheriff; ineligibility for benefits of L.1983, c. 439, if 37 or older
No county sheriff shall qualify for membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act if he has reached the age of 37 years on the date of his application for membership. In calculating his age for purposes of eligibility for membership, a person may subtract the time spent in active service in any branch of the United States military service.
L.1983, c. 439, s. 2, eff. Jan. 9, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.7 - Transfer of membership for eligible officers.

43:16A-3.7 Transfer of membership for eligible officers.
3. Any officer eligible to become a member pursuant to the amendatory provisions of this act who is enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System (P.L.1954, c.84, C. 43:15A-1 et seq.) or any county pension fund established under Title 43 of the Revised Statutes shall be permitted to transfer membership from the aforesaid system or fund to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1973, c.156 (C. 43:16A-62 et seq.) and upon a lump sum payment into the Police and Firemen's Retirement System annuity savings fund of the amount of the difference between the contribution which was paid as a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System or county pension fund and the contribution that would have been required if he had been a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System since the date of last enrolling in the Public Employees' Retirement System or a county pension fund. In addition, the employee shall be liable for any payment to the retirement system that the employer would have been required to make on behalf of the member for the purchase of such credit; this payment may be made in regular monthly installments or in a lump sum, as the employee may elect, and pursuant to rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the board of trustees.
Whenever in P.L.1973, c.156 a period of time is set which is to be calculated from the effective date of said act, such time shall be calculated from the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act for the purposes hereof.
L.1983, c.439, s.3; amended 2018, c.55, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.9 - Enrollment required

43:16A-3.9. Enrollment required
2. A policeman or fireman employed after the effective date of this supplementary act by a municipality, which was not required to participate in PFRS under section 3 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-3) and has not adopted that act, and a fireman employed after the effective date of this supplementary act by a fire district in which the provisions of P.L.1944, c.255 are not operative on that effective date, who meets the requirements for membership in the PFRS shall be required to enroll in the retirement system as a condition of employment.
L.1993,c.247,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.10 - Credit for transferred service

43:16A-3.10. Credit for transferred service
3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this supplementary act, a policeman or fireman who is eligible pursuant to paragraph (1) or paragraph (8) of subsection a. of that section to become a member of PFRS and who transfers membership from PERS to PFRS may receive full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service credit if:
(1) the act of which this act is a supplement is adopted by the legal voters of the municipality or the fire district as provided in section 10 of P.L.1945, c.148 (C.43:16A-26); or
(2) the member agrees to pay the full cost of the accrued liability for the transferred PERS service credit in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of credit for military service under P.L.1991, c.153.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this supplementary act, any person who is eligible pursuant to paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) or (7) of subsection a. of that section to become a member of PFRS and who transfers membership from PERS to PFRS may receive full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service credit if the member agrees to pay the full cost of the accrued liability for the transferred PERS service credit in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of credit for military service under P.L.1991, c.153.
L.1993,c.247,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.11 - Liability of State, municipality for certain employer contributions

43:16A-3.11. Liability of State, municipality for certain employer contributions
4. a. The State shall be liable, during their membership following transfer from PERS to PFRS, for the difference between what the employer would pay under PERS and what the employer would pay under PFRS for the members of PERS who transfer membership from PERS to PFRS pursuant to this supplementary act.
b. The municipality or the fire district, as the case may be, shall be liable for employer contributions for any policeman or fireman employed after the effective date of this supplementary act who is enrolled in PFRS as provided by section 2 of this act.
L.1993,c.247,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.12 - Noneligibility for additional benefits

43:16A-3.12. Noneligibility for additional benefits
5. A person transferring to PFRS under this supplementary act shall not be eligible to receive any benefit provided under P.L.1993, c.99 unless the person receives full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service credit as provided in section 3 of this supplementary act.
L.1993,c.247,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.13 - Liability of State for contributions on members for PFRS adopted after 1991 and before August 9, 1993

43:16A-3.13. Liability of State for contributions on members for PFRS adopted after 1991 and before August 9, 1993
6. For municipalities in which the provisions of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.) took effect on or after January 1, 1992 and prior to the effective date of this supplementary act as a result of a referendum in the municipality or the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the governing body of the municipality as provided by law, the State shall be liable, beginning with the effective date of this act and continuing during their membership in PFRS, for the difference in the normal contribution between what the employer would pay under PERS and what the employer would pay under PFRS for the policemen and firemen in service prior to the date the provisions of P.L.1944, c.255 took effect in each such municipality who elected to become members of PFRS pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1945, c.148 (C.43:16A-29). The municipality, however, shall be liable for employer contributions to PFRS for any policeman or fireman whose service began or begins on or after the date those provisions took effect.
L.1993,c.247,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-3.14 - Full credit toward PFRS benefits for transferred PERS service

43:16A-3.14. Full credit toward PFRS benefits for transferred PERS service
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1993, c.247 (C.43:16A-3.8 et seq.) to the contrary, a member or retiree of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey (PFRS), established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), who was eligible to become a member of the PFRS and transferred membership from the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey (PERS), established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), to the PFRS pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.247 (C.43:16A-3.8) shall receive full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service.
b. The PFRS shall reimburse to any member or retiree who agreed to pay the full cost of the accrued liability for the transferred PERS credit as provided in section 3 of P.L.1993, c.247 (C.43:16A-3.10) the cost of that credit purchase.
L.2001,c.201,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-4 - Creditable service within act.

43:16A-4 Creditable service within act.
4. a. Only service as a policeman or fireman paid for by an employer, which was rendered by a member since that member's enrollment, or since that member's last enrollment in case of a break in service, plus service, if any, covered by a prior service liability, shall be considered as creditable service for the purposes of this act. A member may purchase credit for temporary service as a policeman or fireman, or as the holder of a title which, following the termination of that temporary service, became covered by the provisions of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), if that temporary service shall have resulted, without interruption, in a valid permanent or probational appointment as a policeman or fireman or to a position, the title of which became covered by the retirement system following the member's appointment thereto. The purchase shall be made in the same manner and be subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of previous membership service by section 1 of P.L.1973, c.63 (C.43:16A-11.4).
b. In the case of a member for whom compensation is defined in paragraph (b) of subsection (26) of section 1 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1), the retirement system shall credit the member with the time of all service rendered by the member during the part of any year that the member was a participant of the Defined Contribution Retirement Program, pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-2) as amended by section 7 of P.L.2010, c.1, and making contributions to that program.
L.1944, c.255, s.4; amended 1945, c.148, s.3; 1962, c.58, s.1; 1967, c.250, s.4; 1971, c.25; 1975, c.388; 1991, c.138, s.11; 2010, c.1, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-4.1 - Borough of Barrington; contributions

43:16A-4.1. Borough of Barrington; contributions
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of P.L.1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-4) all persons presently employed as policemen by a borough having a population between 8,400 and 8,500 inhabitants according to the 1970 census, and located in a second-class county, which employment with said borough was terminated for a period of less than 4 years and who prior to said termination were members of the Police and Firemen's Pension Fund, shall be permitted to make contributions covering such a period of termination on the basis of rates established by the actuary, provided the respective borough makes the necessary employer contribution to the fund covering such period of termination on the basis of rates established by the actuary.
L.1978, c. 166, s. 1, eff. Dec. 22, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-4.2 - Policeman member of retirement system; credit for service as chanceman application

43:16A-4.2. Policeman member of retirement system; credit for service as chanceman application
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of P.L.1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-4), any person who on the effective date of this act and as a result of service in the police department of a municipality is a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System established pursuant to the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, and who as a result of past part time or full time service as a chanceman in the police department of such municipality was enrolled in and made contributions to any retirement system established by such municipality pursuant to its adoption of the provisions of P.L.1920, c. 160, and whose contributions to such municipal retirement system were not transferred to the said Police and Firemen's Retirement System at the time of his enrollment therein nor returned to him, may make application to the board of trustees of the said Police and Firemen's Retirement System to have such part time or full time service as a chanceman be considered as creditable service for the purposes of the act to which this act is a supplement. Such application shall be accompanied by such evidence of service as a chanceman in such municipal police department and of contributions to the municipal retirement system thereof, as hereinabove described, as the board may require of the member.
L.1981, c. 198, s. 1, eff. July 9, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-4.3 - Disposition of application by board; credit for service; liability of employer

43:16A-4.3. Disposition of application by board; credit for service; liability of employer
The board shall, upon receiving such application and such evidence, advise the employer of the submission of such application and request the employer to submit such evidence of a return of contributions to the member as the board deems necessary for the purposes of this section. The board shall within 60 days of receiving, pursuant to section 1 of this supplementary act, evidence supporting such application make a determination of the amount of service as a chanceman for which contributions to a municipal retirement system were made by the member and the portion of such service for which such contributions were returned to the member. Notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary of section 4 of P.L.1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-4) or of any other law, the board shall thereupon credit to the member the remaining portion of such service as creditable service. Any employer of employees receiving credit for service under the provisions of this supplementary act shall be liable for the amount to be credited to the member's account. The actuary of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System shall calculate the amount of such liability and certify the same to the board. The board shall transmit to the employer notice of the amount due, and the employer shall within 60 days of receiving such notice remit such amount in full to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System.
L.1981, c. 198, s. 2, eff. July 9, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-5 - Retirement benefits for members of PFRS.

43:16A-5 Retirement benefits for members of PFRS.
5. (1) Any member in service who has attained age 55 years may retire on a service retirement allowance upon filing a written and duly executed application to the retirement system, setting forth at what time, not less than one month subsequent to the filing thereof, he desires to be retired. Any member in service who attains age 65 years shall be retired on a service retirement allowance forthwith on the first day of the next calendar month, except that a member hired prior to January 1, 1987 may remain a member of the system until the member attains age 68 years or 25 years of creditable service, whichever comes first.
(2) Upon retirement for service a member shall receive a service retirement allowance which shall consist of:
(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his aggregate contributions and
(b) A pension in the amount which, when added to the member's annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of one-sixtieth of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service, or 2% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of his creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of his average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service over 30, or 50% of his final compensation if the member has established 20 or more years of creditable service, whichever is greater.
(3) (a) Any member of the retirement system as of the effective date of P.L.1999, c.428 who has 20 or more years of creditable service at the time of retirement shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance equal to 50% of the member's final compensation plus, in the case of a member required to retire pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, 3% of final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service over 20 but not over 25.
(b) Any member of the retirement system who was enrolled prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.52 and who is a member on that effective date may retire on or after the effective date of P.L.2021, c.52 but no later than the first day of the 61st month following that effective date on a service retirement allowance, regardless of age, upon attaining 20 or more years of creditable service and shall be entitled to receive a service retirement allowance equal to 50% of the member's final compensation.
(4) Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of a member who has retired on a service retirement allowance, there shall be paid to his beneficiary an amount equal to one-half of the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service.
L.1944, c.255, s.5; amended 1953, c.266, s.1; 1964, c.241, s.2; 1967, c.250, s.5; 1971, c.175, s.2; 1973, c.109, s.1; 1999, c.428, s.2; 2005, c.381; 2021, c.52; 2023, c.92.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-5.2 - Volunteer services by certain retirees under PFRS permitted.

43:16A-5.2 Volunteer services by certain retirees under PFRS permitted.
2. The retirement of a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), who (1) on the date of retirement has attained the service retirement age applicable to that member and is a volunteer firefighter or first aid worker, rescue squad worker, or emergency medical technician serving as a volunteer in the same jurisdiction; and (2) remains a volunteer firefighter or first aid worker, rescue squad worker, or emergency medical technician serving as a volunteer after the date of retirement as long as the employee's job duties were substantially different or, if the employee's job duties were similar, the employee has a break in service of at least 30 days after retirement, shall be a bona fide severance from employment, notwithstanding that the retired employee maintains the relationship of a volunteer firefighter or first aid worker, rescue squad worker, or emergency medical technician serving as a volunteer with the same employer from whose employment the member retired. This act shall be effective if the qualified status of the retirement system under federal law can be maintained upon its application, and such modifications to the system as may be available shall be made to allow for its application.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit a paid firefighter employed by a part-paid fire department to serve as a volunteer with the department from which the paid firefighter retired.
L.2018, c.96, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:16A-5.3 - Certain PFRS members may remain within system until specified deadline.

43:16A-5.3 Certain PFRS members may remain within system until specified deadline.
1. a. A member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), who:
is serving as a police chief of a law enforcement agency or a chief of a fire department on the effective date of this act, P.L.2022, c.9; and
will attain the age of 65 years during the period commencing on the effective date of this act and ending on the last day of the 24th calendar month following that effective date,
may remain a member of the system, notwithstanding the mandatory retirement provision of section 5 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-5), until the end of the calendar year in which the member attains the age of 67 years if the appointing authority approves, in writing, the retention and continued service after the age of 65 years of the police or fire chief as the chief.
b. Within 30 days after the last day of the 24th calendar month following the effective date of this act, the Board of Trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System shall submit a report to the Governor, and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the effect of this section on the retirement system. The report shall include the number of members who were retained and continued to serve as the police or fire chief, the length of that service after the age of 65 years, and the impact of that extended service on the retirement system.
L.2022, c.9.