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

43:16A-47.1. Retirement system for fire fighters Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing body of a township having a population of at least 65,000 and not greater than 70,000 according to the 1980 federal decennial census may by ordinance adopt, with r…

43:16A-48. Procedure to effect transfer of membership; accumulated deductions; deductions thereafter On January first following the receipt of said notification and certification, the board of trustees of the State Employees' Retirement System shall relinquish jurisdiction over e…

43:16A-48.1. Officers of county police department, county park police department, or county park commission; membership Eligibility for membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey shall be extended to all active, permanent and full-time, uniformed offic…

43:16A-48.2 Transfer of membership by eligible officer. 2. a. An eligible officer who is a member of a pension fund established by a county or a county park commission or of the Public Employees' Retirement System shall be permitted to transfer his membership in said fund to the …

43:16A-48.3. Remission of prior credits to police and firemen's retirement system by former funds; credits to employee and employer Within 120 days following the effective date of this act the county or county park commission pension funds and the Public Employees' Retirement Sys…

43:16A-48.4. Transferred employees; deduction; contributions; rate; rights and benefits; credits The transferred employees thereby affected shall be members of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System and deductions from their salaries and contributions on their behalf shall th…

43:16A-48.5. Transferred employees; group life insurance benefits; qualifications a. Any person becoming a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not be allowed any of the group life insurance benefits if on the date he f…

43:16A-48.6. Liability of employers; calculation; certification; contributions The actuary of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System shall calculate the liability of each employer of employees becoming members of the system under this act in the same manner as is specified in…

43:16A-48.7 Transmittal of information by chief fiscal officer. 7. The chief fiscal officer of each employer shall transmit to the retirement system such information as the system shall require in order for the board of trustees to comply with the provisions of this act. L.1973, …

43:16A-48.8. Police officers in municipalities establishing police departments; transfer of membership and contributions in retirement systems Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the Police and Firemen's Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement Syste…

43:16A-48.9. Police officers in municipalities establishing police departments; contributions, credits, rights and benefits When a police officer transfers back to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System under the circumstances set forth in section 1 of this act, the police of…

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 mo…

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…

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: (1) is serving as a police chief of a law enforcement agency or a ch…

43:16A-50. Waiver of portion of benefits by written request 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 chapter 16A of Title 43 of the Revi…

43:16A-51. Payment of reduced benefits until waiver withdrawn or revoked by subsequent request Upon the receipt of such waiver, and until the same is withdrawn, altered or revoked by a subsequent written request, similarly filed, the board of trustees shall pay a reduced pension,…

43:16A-52. 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, …

43:16A-53 Purchase of group life insurance coverage for death benefits. 20. The board of trustees is hereby authorized and permitted to purchase from one or more life insurance companies, as determined by him, a group life insurance coverage to provide for the death benefits spec…

43:16A-54. Qualifications of life insurance companies Any life insurance company must meet the following requirements in order to qualify under section 1 of this act: (1) Be licensed under the laws of the State of New Jersey to transact life and accidental death insurance, and (2…

43:16A-55 Purchase of group insurance coverage for death benefits. 22. The board of trustees may, in its discretion, determine to purchase group insurance coverage for the death benefit provisions as provided in sections 5 and 6, subsection (3) of section 7, section 9, and subsec…

43:16A-56 "Group Insurance Premium Fund." 23. In the event the board of trustees shall determine to purchase group insurance coverage for the death benefits, premiums for the same shall be paid from a special fund, hereby created, called the "Group Insurance Premium Fund." The bo…

43:16A-57 Transfer, merger of certain reserves, moneys. 24. All reserves and moneys held by the insurance carrier under group life insurance contracts providing for employee contributions pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1964, c.241 (C.43:16A-11.1 et al.), and any amendments and…

43:16A-58. Group policies; conversion privileges Any such group policy or policies shall include, with respect to any insurance terminating or reducing because the member has ceased to be in service or has retired, the conversion privilege available upon termination of employment…

43:16A-59. Payment of benefits under group policies Benefits under such group policy or policies shall be paid by the insurance company to such person, if living, as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the insurance company through …

43:16A-6 Members with four years of service, ordinary disability allowance, death benefits. 6. (1) Upon the written application by a member in service, by one acting in his behalf or by his employer, any member, under 55 years of age, who has had four or more years of creditable …

43:16A-6.1. Special disability retirement allowance a. Upon the written application by a member in service, by one acting in behalf of the member or by the employer of the member, any member, under 55 years of age, who has had five or more years of creditable service and who has …

43:16A-60. Settlement arrangements Any such group policy or policies shall provide that payment of any death benefits which are payable by the insurance company may be made in one sum directly to the beneficiary as hereinafter provided, in equal installments over a period of year…

43:16A-61. Credits for savings by companies Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any insurance company or companies issuing such policy or policies may credit the policyholder, in the form of reduced premiums, with savings by said company or companies in the event that no …

43:16A-62. State firemen and police; membership Eligibility for membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey shall be extended to all active, permanent and full-time officer employees of the State of New Jersey with police powers and holding one of the t…

43:16A-62.1. Industrial trade instructors and identification officers; Essex County; transfer of membership; membership as requirement for employment a. Any officer eligible to become a member pursuant to the amendatory provisions of this act who is enrolled in the Public Employe…

43:16A-62.2. Transfer to police and firemen's retirement system; employment requirement of new officer a. 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. 43:1…

43:16A-62.3 County approval; transfer procedure. 2. a. Either the transfer to or the initial enrollment in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of chief investigators, assistant chief investigators, senior investigators and investigators in a county welfare agency is contin…

43:16A-63 Transfer of membership to PFRS under certain circumstances. 4. a. An eligible officer who is a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System or of a county pension fund created under P.L.1943, c. 160 (C.43:10-18.1 et seq.), or P.L.1948, c. 310 (C.43:10-18.50 et seq.…

43:16A-64. Transfer of funds and credits from public employees' retirement system or county pension fund Within 120 days following the effective date of this 1975 amendatory and supplementary act the Public Employees' Retirement System or a county pension fund shall remit to the …

43:16A-65. Deductions; contributions; credits The transferred employees thereby affected shall be members of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System and deductions from their salaries and contributions on their behalf shall thereafter be made as required by the act creating su…

43:16A-66. Group life insurance benefits for employee over 55 a. Any person becoming a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of this 1975 amendatory and supplementary act shall not be allowed any of the group life insurance benefits if on…

43:16A-67. Liability of employer; computation; contributions The actuary of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System shall calculate the liability of the employer of employees becoming members of the system under this act in the same manner as is specified in the case of other …

43:16A-68 Transmittal of information by chief fiscal officer. 9. The chief fiscal officer of the employer shall transmit to the retirement system such information as the system shall require in order for the board of trustees to comply with the provisions of this act. L.1973, c.1…

43:16A-7 Accidental disability retirement allowance; definitions. 7. a. (1) Upon the written application by a member in service, by one acting in his behalf or by his employer, any member may be retired on an accidental disability retirement allowance, provided that the medical b…

43:16A-7.1. Applicability of increases The increases under this act shall apply only to retirement allowances payable on account of retirements or deaths occurring after January 11, 1956; provided, however, that such increases shall be applicable only to payments becoming due aft…

43:16A-7.2. Benefits provided to police officer who performs duties in another department Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a member who is employed by a municipal police department and who is assigned by that department to duties in another munic…

43:16A-7.3. Applicability of increased accidental disability retirement. 2. Any increased pension benefits payable under this act, P.L.1997, c.281 (C.43:16A-7.3 et al.), shall apply to the benefits received by any member who retired on an accidental disability retirement on or af…

43:16A-7.4 Permanent and total disability. 1. For purposes of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 7 P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-7), permanent and total disability shall be deemed to have occurred as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during and as a result of the …

43:16A-8 Medical exam; report of medical board; restoration to active service. 8. (1) Upon the receipt by the retirement system of a written application for a disability retirement allowance, the system shall refer the application to the medical board, which shall designate a phy…

43:16A-9 Death of member in active service. 9. (1) Upon the receipt of proper proof of the death of a member in active service on account of which no accidental death benefit is payable under section 10 there shall be paid to such member's widow or widower a pension of 50% of fin…

43:16A-9.4. Deeming of retirement before death of terminally ill member 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of section 9 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-9) to the contrary, a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System with at least 10 years of creditable ser…