New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 7 - ALTERNATE BENEFIT PROGRAM › Subchapter 4 - INSURANCE, DEATH BENEFITS AND RETIREMENT › Section 17:7-4.3 - Optional participation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) An eligible
				employee of an employer who has been enrolled in the Alternate Benefit Program
				for at least one year pursuant to this section may continue to be enrolled in
				the Alternate Benefit Program, notwithstanding promotion or transfer to a
				position within the institution not otherwise eligible for the Alternate
				Benefit Program.
(b)
				Notwithstanding any other provision of the statutory law, the Commissioner of
				Education shall have the option to enroll in the Alternate Benefit Program if
				he or she exercises such option within 10 days from the date of his or her
				appointment.
(c) Any employee
				enrolled in the Alternate Benefit Program who is subsequently deemed to be
				eligible for enrollment by the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
				pursuant to this chapter is permitted to continue his or her participation in
				the Alternate Benefit Program from the date of his or her original
				enrollment.
(d) Notwithstanding the
				provisions of any law to the contrary, any former employee of the Office of the
				Secretary of Higher Education or of the Commission on Science and Technology,
				created pursuant to Executive Order No. 12 (1982), who was a participant in the
				Alternate Benefit Program and who has continued in uninterrupted service with
				the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, created pursuant to P.L.
				1985, c. 102 (52:9X-1 et seq.), may continue to
				participate in the Alternate Benefit Program on the same terms as if the
				employee was an eligible employee of the Office of the Secretary of Higher
				Education.
(e) Notwithstanding the
				provisions of any law to the contrary, any employee of an auxiliary
				organization, as defined in section 2 of P.L. 1982, c. 16 (18A:64-27 ), at a State or county
				college who has service credited in a private defined contribution retirement
				plan and who, without a break in service, becomes an employee of the State or
				county college may participate in the Alternate Benefit Program if the employee
				enrolled in the Program by February 6, 1993 or enrolls within 10 days from
				commencement of employment, whichever date is later.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of any law
				to the contrary, any former employee of the Office of Student Assistance who
				was a participant in the Alternate Benefit Program, P.L. 1969, c. 242
				(18A:66-168 et seq.), and who has
				continued in uninterrupted service with the State and is an employee of the
				Higher Education Student Assistance Authority may continue to participate in
				the Alternate Benefit Program on the same terms as other eligible
				employees.
(g) Notwithstanding the
				provisions of any law to the contrary, professional administrative staff of the
				Higher Education Student Assistance Authority are eligible to participate in
				the Alternate Benefit Program under the provisions of P.L. 1969, c. 242
				(18A:66-168 et seq.).
(h) Any temporary full-time employee
				reappointed for a third consecutive semester may enroll within the Alternate
				Benefit Program.
(i) If an eligible
				employee terminates employment with one employer and becomes an eligible
				employee of another employer in a circumstance described in (a) through (g)
				above, the eligible employee shall be entitled to an option to continue to be
				enrolled in the Alternate Benefit Program.