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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.58 - Retirement on half pay

43:10-18.58. Retirement on half pay
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 twenty years, and who shall have attained the age of fifty-five years, or who shall regardless of age have served in the employ of such county continuously or in the aggregate for a period of thirty-five years, shall, upon his application, be retired on half pay. 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 eighteen years of age, as the case may be.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1243, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.58a - Resignation of member after completion of 20 or 30 years of service before age 55; death

43:10-18.58a. Resignation of member after completion of 20 or 30 years of service before age 55; death
(a) Should a member resign after having completed 30 years of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, before reaching age 55, he may elect to receive, in lieu of the payment provided in section 9 of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, or the benefit provided by subsection (b) of this section, a pension in the amount of 1/2 of the salary he is receiving at the time of his retirement; provided, however, that such pension shall be reduced in accordance with a table of actuarial equivalents recommended by the actuary and adopted by the commission reflecting all months that the member lacks of being age 55.
Upon and after the death of any employee or pensioner receiving a retirement pension under this subsection 9(a), the retirement pension being paid to said deceased employee or pensioner 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, subject, however, to any other limitations of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary.
(b) Should a member, after having completed 20 years of service for which credit has been established in the pension fund, be separated voluntarily or involuntarily from the service, before reaching age 55, he may elect to receive the payments provided for in section 9 of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, or the benefit provided by subsection (a) of this section, or a deferred pension beginning at age 55, in the amount based on his years of service credited in the fund bear to the total number of years of service that he could have achieved had he continued to age 55 and qualified for the pension of 1/2 of the salary he was receiving at the time he elected the deferred pension.
Upon and after the death of any employee or pensioner receiving a retirement pension under this subsection 9(b), the retirement pension being paid to said deceased employee or pensioner 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, subject, however, to any other limitations of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary.
L.1966, c. 210, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.58c - Additional pension; retiree over 55 with 25 years or more service

43:10-18.58c. Additional pension; retiree over 55 with 25 years or more service
Any employee retiring after the effective date of this act who has 25 years of service and who has attained 55 years of age, shall be entitled, in addition to a pension at 50% of final salary, to an added 1% of his average salary for each year in excess of 25 years of service rendered prior to his reaching age 70.
L.1975, c. 230, s. 5, eff. Oct. 16, 1975. Amended by L.1978, c. 127, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.59 - Disabled persons employed one year or more; pension; amount

43:10-18.59. Disabled persons employed one year or more; pension; amount
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 1 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 2 1/2 % of his salary, and for each additional year of service more than 1 year the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of 2 1/2 % of said salary, not exceeding, except as provided pursuant to section 5 of this amendatory and supplementary act, 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 18 years of age, as the case may be.
The pension commission shall determine as provided in section 11 whether or not such employee has become permanently and totally disabled.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1244, s. 10. Amended by L.1975, c. 230, s. 2, eff. Oct. 16, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.60 - Disabled persons; retirement on half pay

43:10-18.60. Disabled persons; retirement on half pay
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.1948, c. 310, p. 1244, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.61 - Medical examination of persons retired for disability

43:10-18.61. Medical examination of persons retired for disability
Once each year the pension commission may, and upon his application, shall, require any member retired for disability who is under the age of 55 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.
No pension or compensation received by any person honorably discharged from any branch of the armed services of the United States shall be considered or construed as earnings.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1245, s. 12. Amended by L.1966, c. 210, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.62 - Death of employee after one year's employment; benefits to survivors

43:10-18.62. Death of employee after one year's employment; benefits to survivors
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 1 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, 2 1/2 % of the salary of such employee, and for each additional year of service more than 1 year, the amount of said pension shall be increased to the extent of 2 1/2 % of said salary, not exceeding in any event 25% of the final compensation but not less than $2,500.00.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1246, s. 13. Amended by L.1975, c. 230, s. 3, eff. Oct. 16, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.63 - Surviving children, pensions to

43:10-18.63. Surviving children, pensions to
If an employee or pensioner dies leaving dependent children under 18 years of age and he or she is, at death, a widower or widow, the benefits of this article which a widow or 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 18 years of age. If more than one child survives, the benefits shall be divided proportionately among all of such children under the age of 18 years.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1246, s. 14. Amended by L.1978, c. 127, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.64a - Definitions

43:10-18.64a. Definitions
As used in this act:
a. "Retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the pension fund established under the act to which this act is a supplement, who has retired from such employment, and as a result of such employment has or shall have received a pension from the pension fund for no less than 24 months.
b. "Beneficiary" means any person who, as a result of the death of an active or retired member has or shall have received a pension or a minimum pension pursuant to sections 1 and 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.50 and 43:10-18.62) for no less than 24 months. In the case of any beneficiary, the 24 month period shall include the period in which the retirant was entitled to receive his pension.
c. "Benefit year" means:
(1) The calendar year 1974 for:
(a) All retirants who retired before calendar year 1975; and,
(b) All beneficiaries of retirants or active members who died while in active service before 1975, except those beneficiaries covered by (3) of this subsection;
(2) The actual calendar year of retirement for:
(a) All members who retired on or after January 1, 1975; and
(b) All beneficiaries of retirants or active members who died while in active service on or after January 1, 1975, except those beneficiaries covered by (3) of this subsection; and,
(3) The calendar year 1975 for all beneficiaries who were entitled to receive increased pensions pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.50) and all beneficiaries of active members who died while in active service and were entitled to receive increased pensions in 1975 in accordance with section 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.62).
d. "Calendar year" means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
e. "Index" means the annual average over a 12-month period, beginning September 1, and ending August 31, of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor (1967=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. The annual average index so calculated shall be the index for the calendar year in which the 12-month period ends.
f. "Benefit year index" shall be the index of the benefit year.
L.1978, c. 127, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.64b - Adjustment in pensions; employer to bear cost; date of commencement

43:10-18.64b. Adjustment in pensions; employer to bear cost; date of commencement
The employer shall bear the cost of the adjustment in the pensions payable to retirants who retired from the employ of such employer and the cost of adjustments in the pensions payable to beneficiaries of active or retired members who were in the employ of the employer at the time of the member's death or retirement. The employer shall appropriate the amount in the fiscal year next following, taking into account payments to be made to such retirants or beneficiaries qualifying for the first time for this adjustment in the following year.
The adjustment in pensions provided for under this supplementary act shall commence with pension benefit payments for the month of January 1978, except as hereinafter specified, 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 Adjustment Act (P.L.1969, c. 169, C. 43:3B-1 et seq.). In the case of any retirant or beneficiary first becoming eligible to receive an adjustment under the provisions of this act, such adjustment shall be paid beginning in the 25th month in which he is entitled to receive his pension benefit. The adjustment in pensions shall continue to be paid so 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.1978, c. 127, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.64c - Amount of adjustment; determination; certification; notice

43:10-18.64c. Amount of adjustment; determination; certification; notice
On or before the 30th day following the effective date of this act and on or before October 1, 1978 and by the same date in each subsequent year, the Director of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of Treasury shall review the index and determine the percentum of change in the index from the benefit year index pursuant to the provisions of the Pension Adjustment Act (P.L.1969, c. 169, C. 43:3B-1 et seq.). The percentage of adjustment in the pensions shall be 3/5 of the percentum change. Any adjustment so calculated shall apply to all of the months of the following calendar year for eligible retirants and beneficiaries, except for those qualifying for the first time, it shall apply only to those months of the following calendar year in which the retirant or beneficiary is eligible to receive the adjustment.
The director shall certify the amounts sufficient to adjust the pensions payable to all eligible retirants and beneficiaries by 3/5 of the percentum of change in the index as such pensions may have been originally granted or increased for certain retirants in accordance with section 10 of P.L.1966, c. 210 (C. 43:10-18.58b) or increased for certain beneficiaries in accordance with section 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.62). The director shall notify the secretary of the pension fund of the percentage of adjustment in 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.
L.1978, c. 127, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.64d - Waiver of right to adjusted pension; withdrawal

43:10-18.64d. Waiver of right to adjusted pension; withdrawal
Any retirant or beneficiary who is eligible to receive an adjusted pension under the provisions of this supplementary act may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the pension commission. Such waiver may be withdrawn at any time and upon such withdrawal the adjustment in the pension shall commence with the pension payment for the next following month.
L.1978, c. 127, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.64e - Legislation providing blanket increases to retirants or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this act after 1977; termination of increases; exception

43:10-18.64e. Legislation providing blanket increases to retirants or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this act after 1977; termination of increases; exception
If legislation is adopted providing for a blanket increase in original pensions or minimum pensions to any group of retirants or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this supplementary act, other than legislation enacted prior to 1978, 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 or beneficiary's original pension plus the increases provided under this supplementary act will exceed the amounts payable to such retirant or beneficiary as a result of such other legislation; in such event the amount payable under this supplementary act shall thereafter be the difference between the new pension payable by the pension fund and the amount which would otherwise have been paid under this act. Any subsequent annual review of amounts payable under this supplementary act for such retirants and beneficiaries 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 or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this supplementary act.
L.1978, c. 127, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.64f - Rules and regulations; annual report

43:10-18.64f. Rules and regulations; annual report
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 Adjustment Act (P.L.1969, c. 169, C. 43:3B-1 et seq.) and this supplementary act, as he shall deem necessary for the effective operation of the program. He shall include a report of the operation of this supplementary 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 pension fund shall furnish such information as the director may request for this purpose.
L.1978, c. 127, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.66 - Administrative expenses

43:10-18.66. 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.1948, c. 310, p. 1251, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.67 - Withdrawal; separation from service; death

43:10-18.67. Withdrawal; separation from service; death
From and after January 1, 1949, 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 reasons other than retirement, shall be entitled to a refund of all moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system established hereunder; and provided further, that where the service of an employee is terminated by death of the employee, if such employee leaves no widow, widower, or 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 the employee or in the absence of any designation, to the estate of the deceased employee.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1251, s. 18. Amended by L.1954, c. 141, p. 642, s. 1; L.1966, c. 210, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.68 - Re-entry of service after involuntary separation from service or leave of absence

43:10-18.68. Re-entry of service after involuntary separation from service or leave of absence
(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 2 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 5 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 2 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 5 years, whichever method the member may elect, but in no event to extend beyond the date upon which such employee attains the age of 55 years, such installments to be deducted in addition to other regular deductions 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.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1251, s. 19. Amended by L.1966, c. 210, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.69 - Entry into military service or Red Cross

43:10-18.69. Entry into military service or Red Cross
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.1948, c. 310, p. 1253, s. 20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.70 - Annual reports

43:10-18.70. 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.1948, c. 310, p. 1254, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.71 - Exemptions

43:10-18.71. Exemptions
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.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1254, s. 22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.72 - False statements or records; mistakes

43:10-18.72. False statements or records; 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.1948, c. 310, p. 1254, s. 23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.73 - Partial invalidity

43:10-18.73. 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.1948, c. 310, p. 1255, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.74 - Effective date; repeal

43:10-18.74. Effective date; repeal
This act shall take effect immediately and all acts or parts of acts insofar as they conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
L.1948, c. 310, p. 1255, s. 25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.75 - Member having annual salary of more than $5,000; application for credit in system; payments

43:10-18.75. Member having annual salary of more than $5,000; application for credit in system; payments
Any employee who, on the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, is a member of this retirement system and whose then annual salary is more than $5,000.00, may receive credit for pension purposes for the total amount of his said annual salary, upon written application to the pension commission within 90 days from the said effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, and upon payment into this retirement system a sum equal to the total amount which said employee would have theretofore paid for service or would have had deducted from his salary, had there been no maximum salary limitation for pension purposes in effect during the entire time of such employee's membership in this retirement system, less the amount already paid for service or the amount already deducted from his salary for pension purposes under the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary. Such payment shall be made either by lump sum or by deductions from salary, at the election of the employee, in which event interest at the rate of 3% per annum shall be charged on the unpaid balances, but in no case shall such payments be spread over a period of more than 5 years.
L.1957, c. 204, p. 723, s. 3. Amended by L.1966, c. 210, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.76 - Increase in pension; formula; waiver

43:10-18.76. Increase in pension; formula; waiver
(a) Subject, however, to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the pension being received by any retired member shall be increased in accordance with the following formula:
(1) The first $480.00 of the pension shall be increased in accordance with the "ratio of increase" formula in subsection (b) of this section if the retired member shall have established 20 years of service credit prior to retirement, or shall have been retired for service-connected disability.
(2) If the retired member shall have established less than 20 years of service credit prior to retirement and shall not have been retired for service-connected disability, the first $480.00 of the pension shall be increased in accordance with the "ratio of increase" formula, except that this increase shall be in the same proportion to the increase provided under the "ratio of increase" formula as to the number of years.
The determination as to those who retired for service-connected disability as distinguished from those who retired for nonservice-connected disability will be made by the pension commission established under the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary.
Nothing in this act shall be construed as providing for an increase in the pension or other benefits payable to the beneficiaries of any retired member.
(b) The "ratio of increase" which shall apply to the pension being received by a retired member shall be calculated in accordance with the following percentages as determined by the calendar year in which the retirement became effective.
Year of Ratio of
Retirement Increase
1935 96%
1936 100%
1937 98%
1938 95%
1939 94%
1940 93%
1941 90%
1942 85%
1943 78%
1944 69%
1945 62%
1946 53%
1947 43%
1948 34%
1949 26%
1950 19%
1951 13%
(c) The pension commission shall certify annually to the county the amount necessary to provide for the cost of the increases in pensions provided by this section.
(d) The increase in pensions provided for under this section shall commence with pension payments for the month of July, 1966 provided that there is appropriated the amount certified by the pension commission to the county as set forth in subsection (c) of this section. The increase in pension 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 will cease.
(e) Any retired member who is eligible to receive the increased pension under the provisions of this section may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the pension commission. 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.1966, c. 210, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.77 - Increase of county contributions

43:10-18.77. Increase of county contributions
In addition to the contributions of the county prescribed in the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, in fiscal year 1967 the county shall increase its contributions by 1% of the amount of the salaries paid to all members of the pension fund in 1966 and in each fiscal year thereafter the contribution of the county required by the provisions of this act shall be increased over the previous percentage by an additional 1% of the salaries paid to all members of the pension fund in the immediately preceding year until the actuary shall certify to the county that the total of the contributions made by the county, together with the contributions of the members and all earnings, is sufficient to meet the liabilities of the fund on a fully funded, reserve basis.
The actuary of the fund shall then 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.
L.1966, c. 210, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.78 - Retirement upon attainment of age 70

43:10-18.78. Retirement upon attainment of age 70
All members of the pension fund shall be required to retire upon the attainment of age 70 or 2 years following the effective date of this act, whichever is later.
L.1966, c. 210, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.79 - Status of member taking approved leave of absence to accept appointive, administrative or elective county position

43:10-18.79. Status of member taking approved leave of absence to accept appointive, administrative or elective county position
Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, when a member takes an approved leave of absence to accept an appointive, administrative or elective position with the county, which is not covered by another retirement system, he shall be deemed to be in service covered by this fund and shall continue to contribute to the fund on the basis of the salary attributable to the position he held just prior to the leave of absence.
L.1966, c. 210, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.80 - Adoption of chapter 310 of laws 1948 by county with 400,000 to 425,000 inhabitants; membership as condition of employment

43:10-18.80. Adoption of chapter 310 of laws 1948 by county with 400,000 to 425,000 inhabitants; membership as condition of employment
Any person employed by or elected or re-elected as a public official of a county having a population of 400,000 to 425,000 inhabitants which heretofore adopted the provisions of chapter 310 of the laws of 1948 (C. 43:10-18.50, etc.), after the effective date of this act, shall become a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey as a condition of employment and shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits and subject to all obligations of other members of said system, provided that the board of chosen freeholders of such county has adopted and submitted to the Public Employees' Retirement System a resolution providing for such membership and agreeing that said county shall be subject to the same liabilities with respect to such members as all other counties participating in the Public Employees' Retirement System. Such employees shall not be eligible to be members of any pension fund maintained by said county for persons employed by the county prior to the effective date of the resolution adopted by said county.
L.1966, c. 210, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-18.81 - Effective date; operative upon resolution by county

43:10-18.81. Effective date; operative upon resolution by county
This act shall take effect immediately but shall not be operative in any county unless and until the board of chosen freeholders shall adopt a resolution pursuant to section 14 of this act which resolution shall incorporate the requirements of said section.
L.1966, c. 210, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-19 - "County detectives" defined

43:10-19. "County detectives" defined
The words, "county detectives" , as used in this article, shall mean and include persons appointed by the prosecutors of the pleas as special officers for the detection, apprehension, arrest, indictment and conviction of offenders against the law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-20 - Retirement for service and age

43:10-20. Retirement for service and age
In first, second, third and fifth class counties of this State, now or hereafter having county detectives, any county detective who shall have served as such for a continuous period of 20 years, and shall have reached the age of 60 years, shall, upon application in writing to the prosecutor of the pleas of his county, be retired upon 1/2 pay.
When a county detective of any of the aforesaid counties has served as such for a continuous period of 20 years and has reached the age of 72 years he shall be retired from such service of the county in which he is employed and he shall receive, for the period of his life, a pension equal to 1/2 of his annual salary at the time of his retirement.
When a county detective of any of the aforesaid counties has served in the aggregate 30 years as a county detective and as a policeman of a municipality, a county, or the State, or either or any of said political subdivisions or the State, and has reached the age of 55 years, he shall be entitled to retire from such service of the county in which he is employed and he shall receive for the period of his life a pension equal to 1/2 of his annual salary at the time of his retirement, provided, immediately before his retirement he is a contributing member to a county pension fund.
Amended by L.1939, c. 186, p. 541, s. 1; L.1963, c. 155, s. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 1963.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-22 - Retirement by reason of unfitness

43:10-22. Retirement by reason of unfitness
Any county detective who shall have served as such for a continuous period of twenty years, whether he has reached the age of sixty years or not, who shall be found, as hereinafter provided, to be physically unfit for further service, shall, upon application in writing to the prosecutor of the pleas of his county, be retired upon one-half pay.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-23 - Retirement for disability incurred in service

43:10-23. Retirement for disability incurred in service
Any county detective who shall have received a permanent disability by reason of injury, accident or sickness, incurred at any time in the service, which shall permanently incapacitate him from further duty, shall, upon the certification of the fact of such disability by three physicians designated as hereinafter provided, be retired upon one-half pay.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-24 - Medical examination to determine disability

43:10-24. Medical examination to determine disability
Physical unfitness or incapacity for further duty of any county detective shall, for all purposes of this article, be established and determined by a board of three physicians who shall be designated for that purpose, as follows: One by the prosecutor of the pleas of the county, one by the county detectives of such county or a majority of them, and one by the county treasurer of such county. The three physicians so designated shall examine the county detective applying for retirement upon one-half pay because of physical unfitness or incapacity for further duty, and if they or a majority of them, find him physically unfit or incapacitated for further duty, they or a majority of them shall make and sign a certificate to that effect and file the same with the county treasurer, and thereupon the applicant shall be retired upon one-half pay.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-25 - Pension to widow and children

43:10-25. Pension to widow and children
The widow of any county detective who shall die from any cause shall receive a pension so long as she shall remain unmarried, equal to 1/2 of the amount of the annual salary of such county detective at the time of his death, and at her death or in case there be no widow, his minor child or children, until each reaches the age of 16 years, shall receive the amount of said pension for their support.
Amended by L.1957, c. 160, p. 574, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-26 - Pension to widow when death occurs after retirement

43:10-26. Pension to widow when death occurs after retirement
If any county detective, after having been retired on one-half pay, shall die, or having made application for retirement, shall die pending the completion of his papers and action thereon by the board of chosen freeholders, leaving him surviving a widow, who was his wife at the time of his retirement, or application for retirement, such widow, so long as she shall remain unmarried, shall receive a pension equal to one-half the amount of the annual salary of such county detective at the time of his retirement, or in case of his death before said action by the board of chosen freeholders, then at the time of his death; provided, however, that before his death he shall have been examined by the board of physicians and their certificates shall have been made in accordance with the provisions of sections 43:10-23 and 43:10-24 of this title finding him physically unfit or incapacitated for further duty.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-28 - Pension fund created; sources

43:10-28. Pension fund created; sources
A fund shall be created in the following manner for the purpose of paying such pensions, to wit: There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to each county detective three per cent of the amount thereof; then there shall be contributed annually by the county an amount equivalent to three per cent of said detectives' salaries; to said fund there shall be added all moneys donated for the purpose of such fund, and all rewards which may be paid to any county detective while acting as such county detective, all of which moneys and rewards shall be paid over to the board of chosen freeholders of the county to be deposited in such fund. In case, at any time, there shall not be sufficient money in such pension fund to pay such pensions, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall, from time to time, include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of such pension fund. Whenever such pension fund shall exceed an amount which the board of chosen freeholders of such county shall by resolution from time to time determine to be adequate for such pension fund, no moneys, except the three per cent specified in this section, and the moneys given or donated as herein mentioned and any aforementioned rewards, shall be paid into such fund unless and until the amount of such fund shall fall below the amount thus determined to be adequate.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-29 - Management of fund; investments

43:10-29. Management of fund; investments
The board of chosen freeholders of said county shall have the management and control of said fund and is hereby empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the same not inconsistent with this article. All moneys not needed for the immediate payment of such pensions shall be invested by said board of chosen freeholders in interest-bearing bonds of any municipality in this state or in any other interest-bearing securities in which savings banks of this state are authorized to invest their funds.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation › Section 43:10-29.1 - Persons eligible under state retirement system; resolution excluding

43:10-29.1. Persons eligible under state retirement system; resolution excluding
The board of chosen freeholders may adopt a resolution directing that this article shall not apply to any person becoming a county detective subsequent to the passage of such resolution who, at the time he becomes such county detective, is eligible to become a member of the State retirement system.
L.1947, c. 173, p. 788, s. 1.