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

43:6A-4. Establishment; powers and privileges; purpose There is hereby established the "Judicial Retirement System of New Jersey" in the Division of Pensions of the Department of the Treasury. It shall have the powers and privileges of a corporation. Its purpose is to provide pen…

43:6A-40. Deductions to pay premiums; authorization by written request If possible, whenever any retirant or beneficiary shall, in writing, request the Division of Pensions to make deductions from his pension or retirement allowance for the purpose of paying premiums for the pens…

43:6A-41. Right to pension, retirement allowance or benefit and moneys in various funds; exemption from taxes and legal process; unassignability The right of a person to a pension, retirement allowance or any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a person under the provisions o…

43:6A-42. Designation of beneficiary; writing; filing; change; rights of beneficiaries; election of payment of death benefits The designation of beneficiary by a member or retirant shall be made in writing on a form satisfactory to the retirement system, and filed with the retire…

43:6A-43. Active membership while on official leave of absence; qualifications for payment of death benefit For the purposes of section 17b. a member shall be deemed to be an active member for a period of no more than 93 days while on official leave of absence without pay when su…

43:6A-44. Ineligibility for death benefits for retirant with less than 10 years of service credit; minimum amount of benefit to qualify Any other provision of this act notwithstanding, (a) no beneficiary of a retirant who retired for any reason other than disability shall be enti…

43:6A-45. Repeals The following acts and parts of acts, and all amendments thereof, are repealed: a. P.L.1948, c. 391 (C. 43:6-6.4 to 43:6-6.10) b. P.L.1949, c. 178 (C. 43:9-25 to 43:9-27) c. P.L.1949, c. 181 (C. 43:9-24) d. P.L.1955, c. 10 (C. 43:9-27.1) e. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, …

43:6A-46. Provisos to repeals The repeal of the foregoing laws is subject to the following provisos: a. Any person retired under any of the provisions of said acts and receiving or entitled to receive benefits thereunder, prior to their repeal, shall continue to receive the same …

43:6A-47. Provisos applicable to L.1981, c. 470 This amendatory and supplementary act is subject to the following provisos: a. Any person who has retired on or before the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act and is receiving or is entitled to receive a pension …

43:6A-5. Membership 5. The membership of the retirement system shall include: a. The Chief Justice and the associate justices of the Supreme Court. b. Any judge of the Superior Court. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1991, c.91). d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1991, c.91). e. (Delete…

43:6A-6. Computation of years of service Not more than 1 year shall be credited for all service in a calendar year. In computing years of service, any service for which the member did not receive an annual salary or compensation of at least $500.00 shall be disregarded. Only serv…

43:6A-7. Mandatory age of retirement; early retirement; application Any member of the retirement system who has reached the age of 70 years shall be retired forthwith. Any other eligible member of the retirement system may be retired on the first day of the next calendar month su…

43:6A-8. Eligibility for retirement; 10 years or more of service; amount of pension a. Any member who shall have served at least 10 years as a judge of the several courts and having attained the age of 70 years, shall be retired. b. Any member who shall have served at least 15 ye…

43:6A-9. Eligibility for retirement; 5 years or more of service with additional public service; amount of pension a. Any judge of the several courts, who shall have served at least 5 years successively as such judge and shall have attained the age of 65 years or more while servin…

43:6A-9.1. Five years as judge with 15 years additional public service at age 60 Any judge of the several courts who shall have attained the age of 60 years or more and who shall have served at least 5 years successively as a judge of the several courts and at least 15 years in t…

43:6A-9.2. Judge serving at age 60 Any judge of the several courts who shall have attained the age of 60 years or more while serving as such judge may retire; provided that such election is communicated by such member to the retirement system by filing a written application duly …

43:6A-9.3. Judges of county court; entitlement to qualify for maximum pension if entitled to maximum pension under prior law Any judge of the county court who was entitled to qualify for the maximum pension of 50% of his final salary under an act repealed by the Judicial Retireme…

43:6A-9.4. Judge's widow; pension Upon receipt of the proper proofs of death of a judge who has retired under the provisions of this supplementary act, there shall be paid to the judge's widow a pension of 25% of the final salary received by the member. L.1976, c. 62, s. 2.

43:6A-9.5. Inapplicability of act to judge or surviving widow; retirement prior to July 1, 1976 The provisions of this act shall not apply to any judge or the surviving widow of any judge who has retired prior to the effective date hereof. L.1976, c. 62, s. 3.

43:6A-9.6. Eligibility for retirement; age 70 with 25 years of public service Any judge of the several courts who shall have served at least 4 years successively as such judge and shall have served at least 25 years in the aggregate in office, position, or employment of this Stat…

43:7-10.1. Death before retirement; payment of member's contributions In the event of death before retirement and no benefits are payable under any provision of this act or the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, the member's contributions will be paid to the m…

43:7-11. Pension commission to allow pensions All such retirements are to be made and pensions allowed by the pension commission hereinafter created. L.1941, c. 220, p. 631, s. 5.

43:7-11.1. Payment of pensions A pension granted under the provisions of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary, shall be effective only on the first day of a month, shall be paid in equal monthly installments, and shall not be decreased, increased, revoked or …

43:7-12. Permanent disability Any such prison officer who shall have received permanent disability as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring while performing his regular or assigned duties shall be retired upon an accidental disability pension equal to 2/3 of his average …

43:7-13. Creation of pension fund 7. 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 a prison officer benefited by this act, 6% of the amount thereof; (b) That the State shall pay into said fu…

43:7-14. Death within five years after passage of act If any such prison officer shall die within five years from the passage of this act and his widow, minor children or dependent parents, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to the pension hereunder, and if such prison off…

43:7-15. Suspension or discharge If any such prison officer shall be suspended, resigned, dropped or discharged from his employment after having paid the aforesaid assessments for a period over one year, and whose suspension or discharge shall continue for a period longer than tw…

43:7-15.1. Prison officers' pension fund; withdrawal by veterans Any employee of the State, who is a veteran of any war and who has joined the prison officers' pension fund, may, at any time within one year of the effective date of this act, apply to withdraw from the fund during…

43:7-15.2. Withdrawal by veterans hereafter joining fund Any such employee, who is such veteran and who shall hereafter join said fund and who shall have been a member of said fund for at least one year, may also apply for such withdrawal during the continuance of his employment;…

43:7-15.3. Withdrawal application; notice; refund of payments Upon his making application, of which ten days' notice shall be given, he shall receive, upon demand, the amount of his payments, without prejudice to his right as a veteran to any benefit or pension to which he may be…

43:7-16. Other pensions No person who shall receive any pension under any other law of this State shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this act. L.1941, c. 220, p. 634, s. 10.

43:7-17. Refusal to accept provisions of act; notice If any prison officer of this State shall decline to accept the provisions of this act, he shall, within thirty days after the passage of this act, notify the pension commission in writing of the fact that he does not desire to…

43:7-18.1 Responsibility for operation of pension fund. 4. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall have the general responsibility for the proper operation of the pension fund and shall have such powers and shall exercise such functions and d…

43:7-19 Control, management of fund. 13. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall have control and management of said fund subject to the provisions of P.L.1950, c.270 (C.52:18A-79 et seq.), and of the retirement of said prison officers, and t…

43:7-19.1. Medical board The State Treasurer shall designate a medical board after consultation with the Director of the Division of Pensions, subject to veto by the commission for valid reason. It shall be composed of three physicians who are not eligible to participate in the p…

43:7-20. Deposit and investment of fund Said pension commission shall deposit such fund in any of the banks or trust companies of the State, and shall invest the same in bonds secured by first mortgages on improved property worth at least twice the amount loaned, or in bonds of t…

43:7-21 Execution of releases, acquittances, receipts, discharges. 15. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall, on behalf of the said pension fund, execute any and all releases, acquittances, receipts, or discharges of any and all written evi…

43:7-22 Annual report. 16. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall make an annual report of the conditions of such fund and the manner in which same is invested. L.1941, c.220, s.16; amended 2013, c.253, s.28.

43:7-23. Unlawful acts, incapacitation or death while performing If any pension officer 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 State, no pension shall be …

43:7-24. Effect of act This article shall not be construed to effect in any manner any pension fund organized on or created under any law prior on July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, or any pension association or corporation organized or existing under a law exi…

43:7-25. Members of State Employees' Retirement System; right to accumulated deductions with interest Any employee of the State, eligible for membership in the prison officers pension fund, who, at the time of joining said prison officers pension fund, was or shall be a member of…

43:7-26. Effective date This act shall take effect July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. L.1941, c. 220, p. 636, s. 20.

43:7-27. Benefit payments based on temporary service; continuation Any prison officer or his beneficiary presently receiving benefits under the act to which this act is a supplement shall continue to receive such benefits notwithstanding the fact that the length of service upon w…

43:7-7. Retirement of certain prison officers; amount a. Hereafter, any such prison officer, as hereinafter set forth, who shall have served in the employ of the State of New Jersey continuously, or in the aggregate, for a period of 20 years, and who shall have attained the age o…

43:7-7.1. Special retirement after 25 years of creditable service Should a prison officer member resign after having established 25 years of creditable service, he may elect "special retirement," provided, that such election is communicated by such member to the retirement system…

43:7-8. Definitions For the purpose of this act, the words "prison officer" mean and include any prison officer, reformatory officer, farmer guard, disciplinarian, identification prison officer, center keeper, marshal, superintendent, chief deputy, head farmer, herdsman, truck fa…