Title 43, Title 43: PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

43:13-22.60. Exemption of fund from taxation and process All pensions granted under this act shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable, except for the purpose and to the ext…

43:13-22.61. Existing pension fund superseded by and merged into retirement system It is the intention of this act that the retirement system herein provided for shall, on and after the effective date of this act, supersede and take the place of any pension system then existing i…

43:13-22.62. Pension commission A pension commission shall be created in every city of the first class, as defined in this act, which shall consist of the following members: (a) The mayor or other chief executive of such city; (b) The chief financial officer of such city; (c) Two…

43:13-22.63. Powers and duties of pension commission All retirements shall be made and pensions allowed under this act by the commission. The commission shall have control and management of the fund and of the retirement of the members of the system and may make all necessary rul…

43:13-22.64. Appointment of attorney, physician and actuary The commission shall appoint an attorney and shall secure the services of such physician or physicians as shall be necessary to make the medical examinations required by this act. The commission shall appoint an actuary …

43:13-22.65. Unlawful action--bar to pension If any member shall become incapacitated from or shall lose his life in the performance or commission of any unlawful act which would warrant his dismissal from the employ of the city, no pension shall be paid to such member or to his …

43:13-22.67 Loans from retirement system. 1. Any member who has at least three years of service credit for which contributions have been made as a member may borrow from the retirement system an amount equal to not more than 50% of the amount of the member's aggregate contributio…

43:13-22.68 Repayment. 2. a. Notwithstanding any other law affecting the salary or compensation of a borrowing member to the contrary, including any law restricting the amount or level of deductions from an employee's salary or compensation, the additional deductions required to …

43:13-22.69. Terms defined As used in sections 7 through 13 of this act: "Retirant" means any former employee included in the membership of the pension fund established under P.L.1964, c.275, who has retired from such employment and who has or shall have received from the fund a …

43:13-22.7. Annual meeting of commission; officers; duties; attorney; actuary The commission shall hold its annual meeting in the month of January in each year and elect its chairman and such other officers as it deems advisable. The chairman shall be chosen from among the employ…

43:13-22.70. Adjustment to monthly retirement allowance or pension The monthly retirement allowance or pension originally granted to any retirant and the pension or survivorship benefit originally granted to any beneficiary shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of t…

43:13-22.71. Adjustment cost to employer; appropriation to be made The employer shall bear the cost of the adjustment in the retirement allowances or pensions payable to retirants who retired from the employ of that employer and the cost of the survivorship benefits or pensions p…

43:13-22.72. Written notice of waiver Any person who is eligible to receive the increased retirement allowance, pension or survivorship benefit under the provisions of this act may, at any time, waive that right by filing a written notice of waiver with the retirement system. The…

43:13-22.73 Calculation of pension adjustment. 11. On or before October 1, 1996 and by the same date in each subsequent year, the Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits of the Department of the Treasury shall review the index and determine the percentum of change in th…

43:13-22.74. Termination of increases if blanket increase in benefits adopted If legislation is adopted providing for a blanket increase in the original retirement allowances, pensions or survivorship benefits or for minimum allowances, pensions or benefits to any group of retira…

43:13-22.75. Rules, regulations The Director of the Division of Pensions of the 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 act, as the d…

43:13-22.8. Employees The first secretary and treasurer appointed shall be bona fide civil service employees and members of 1 of the 3 funds consolidated by the provisions of this act. Their successors and any other employee necessary to carry out the provisions of this act shall…

43:13-22.9. Control and management of funds; rules and regulations; information The commission shall have control and management of the funds and of the retirement of employees who are members of the fund. The commission shall, from time to time, subject to the limitations of thi…

43:13-23. Definitions As used in this article, "a year of service" shall consist of such part of the calendar year as the life guard force is normally employed and the "year's salary" means the salary a life guard receives during the time of his normal employment in any calendar …

43:13-24. Retirement for service and age. 43:13-24. Except as provided pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2025, c.396 (C.43:13-29.1), in all cities of the fourth class, any member of the lifeguard force, whether employed as an officer or a guard, who has or shall have served on such fo…

43:13-25. Retirement for disability. 43:13-25. Except as provided pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2025, c.396 (C.43:13-29.1), an officer or member of the lifeguard force who shall have received permanent disability in the performance of his duty shall, upon the certificate of the be…

43:13-26. Widow's, children's or dependent's pension. 43:13-26. Except as provided pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2025, c.396 (C.43:13-29.1), the widow of a lifeguard, officer, or member of the lifeguard force who loses his life in the performance of his duty, dies from natural cau…

43:13-27. Pension fund. 43:13-27. For the purpose of paying the pensions hereunder, except as provided pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2025, c.396 (C.43:13-29.1), a fund shall be created as follows: a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to each member of the lifegu…

43:13-28. Pension commission. 43:13-28. Except as provided pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2025, c.396 (C.43:13-29.1), the mayor or chief executive officer shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the governing body of the city, a lifeguard pension commission of four members. O…

43:13-29. Management and control of fund; treasurer; investments; payments. 43:13-29. The lifeguard pension commission shall have the management and control of the fund and may make all necessary rules and regulations not inconsistent with this article and section 7 of P.L.2025, …

43:13-29.1 Closure of existing lifeguard pension plans to new entrants; cities not required to establish life guard pension plans. 7. a. On or after the effective date of this act, P.L.2025, c.396 (C.43:13-29.1 et al.), the governing body of a city of the fourth class that has es…

43:13-3. Retirement for service and age Subject to the provisions of section 43:13-21 of this title, any municipal employee who shall have served in the employ of a city of the first class continuously or in the aggregate for a period of twenty years, and who shall have attained …

43:13-30. Retirement for service and age Any employee of the water department of any municipality, including any employee having supervision or regulation of the water department, who shall have served honorably in the department for a period of twenty-five years and reached the …

43:13-31. Retirement for disability Any employee of the water department who shall have received permanent disability in the performance of his duty, shall, upon certificate of the surgeon or physician designated for that purpose by the pension commission, be retired on a pension…

43:13-32. Widow of employee The widow of an employee of the water department, who shall have paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and shall have lost his life in the performance of his duty or died from causes other than injuries received …

43:13-33. Widow of retired employee If any retired employee of the water department, who, while an employee of the department shall have paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments or contributions and continued so to do after his retirement until his death, shal…

43:13-34. Pension fund For the purpose of paying the pensions a fund shall be created as follows: a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to any employee of the water department in the municipality who shall have entered the service on or before the age of thirty-…

43:13-35. Pension commission; organization There shall be established in all municipalities in which this article takes effect a pension commission of five members consisting of the mayor or other chief executive of the municipality, the chief financial officer of the municipalit…

43:13-36. Rules and regulations; treasurer; payments The pension commission shall have control and management of the fund and of the retirement of the employees of the water department and may make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this …

43:13-37. Referendum The question of the adoption of this article shall be submitted to the voters of any municipality by the governing body at any general election or special election held for that purpose, upon the presentation of a petition for its adoption, signed by at least…

43:13-37.1. Pension fund in certain towns in counties of first class; pension fund commission; membership; meetings There shall be established, in all towns in counties of the first class of this State whose charter was granted between the years one thousand eight hundred and eig…

43:13-37.10. Death of employee after 5 years of service; pensions to dependents Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, in the event of the death of any such town employee who shall die from causes other than injuries or illness received or incurred in the performance of…

43:13-37.11. Maximum pensions; maximum deductions The pension of any town employee under the provisions of this act shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per annum and in no event shall there be paid to the widow of any town employee or dependents, under …

43:13-37.12. Death of employee leaving no widow; benefits to dependent children In the event that any such town employee shall die leaving no widow, but shall leave a dependent child or children under the age of sixteen years, the amount of the benefits under this act shall be fi…

43:13-37.13. Disability from illness or injury resulting from employment; retirement on pension; determination of disability; death; benefits to dependents In the event that any such town employee entitled to the benefits of this act, who having had deducted from his salary or co…

43:13-37.14. Disability from injury, accident or sickness incurred at any time after employment for 5 years; retirement on pension; death; benefits to dependents Any town employee who shall receive a permanent total disability by reason of injury, accident or sickness incurred at…

43:13-37.15. Certain widows not covered by act The provisions of this act shall not extend to the widow of any town employees who shall hereafter marry any such town employee after such town employee has attained the age of fifty-five years, nor shall the benefits of this act acc…

43:13-37.16. "Beneficiaries" defined Where the word "beneficiaries" is used in this act it shall refer to a town employee as defined in this act and his dependent widow, dependent child or children or dependent parent or parents. L.1943, c. 189, p. 530, s. 16.

43:13-37.17. "His" defined Where the word "his" is used in this act, it shall be construed to refer to both sexes. L.1943, c. 189, p. 530, s. 17.

43:13-37.18. Partial invalidity; repeal All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be and they are hereby repealed; provided, that if any paragraph or section of this act shall be declared invalid, the invalid paragraph shall be rescinded and the remainder of this act …

43:13-37.2. Powers and duties of pension fund commission The said pension fund commission shall have control and management of the pension fund hereafter referred to and they are hereby empowered to make rules, by-laws and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this…