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

43:10-18.64. Election between pensions; workmen's compensation; conviction; time of payments; eligibility of widows or widowers The following provisions shall apply to all members of the retirement system: (a) (Deleted by amendment; P.L.1978, c. 127.) (b) Where a husband and wife…

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…

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 beneficiar…

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 Departm…

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 …

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 grou…

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…

43:10-18.65. Deductions from salary; contributions by county; donations; interest; taxation; investigation by actuary A fund to pay pensions under this act shall be created as follows: (a) The county treasurer shall deduct from every payment of salary to any county employee who i…

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 c…

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 sa…

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 disabil…

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 ni…

43:10-18.6a. Membership as condition of employment; resolution of board of freeholders Any person employed by a county of the first class after the effective date of this act having a population of over 800,000 shall become a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System of N…

43:10-18.6b. Employees age 70; immediate retirement; year-to-year extension of employment Any employee who is a member of the retirement system, and who shall have attained the age of 70 years, shall be retired immediately, except that the chief executive officer of the county ma…

43:10-18.7. Retirement system provided for supersedes other systems in effect July 1, 1943; transfer of assets; pending claims It is the intention of this act that the retirement system herein provided for shall on July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, and therea…

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…

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.

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 …

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 secti…

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.

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, ma…

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…

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 me…

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.

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 po…

43:10-18.8. Members of certain existing retirement systems in certain counties, retirement for disability; survivors' pensions, deductions where less than 20 years service The widow, so long as she remains unmarried, or widower, so long as he remains unmarried, or minor children …

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 here…

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 inc…

43:10-18.9. Retirement on half pay; pensions to surviving widow or children; retirement after completion of 15 years of service (a) Subject to the other provisions of this act, any county employee: (1) who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such…

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…

43:10-2. Retirement of county employees 43:10-2. An employee of a county of the first class who shall have served in the county's employ for a period of 20 years and reached 60 years of age, shall, upon his own application, but not later than, except as provided in this section, …

43:10-2.1 County pensions, certain, option to enhance for members having more than 25 years' service. 1. a. A county liable to pay the pension benefits to members of the pension fund pursuant to the provisions of article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes may ele…

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, …

43:10-21. Amount of pension The words "be retired upon one-half pay" , as used in this article, shall be construed to mean, retired upon a pension equal to one-half of his annual salary at the time of retirement.

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, s…

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 …

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 follo…

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 deat…

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 freehol…

43:10-27. Payment of pensions Persons who may become entitled to pensions under this article shall be paid such pensions in the same manner and at the same time as county detectives in active service in the several counties are respectively paid.

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 contrib…

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 n…

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 t…

43:10-29.2. Effect of resolution The adoption of a resolution pursuant to this act shall not impair the pension rights of any county detective theretofore employed, nor shall it relieve the county of its obligation to maintain a pension fund under this article for such previously…

43:10-29.3. Counties of 300,000 to 500,000; county detectives desiring to become members of pension fund Any county detective employed in the office of the prosecutor of the pleas, of any county now or hereafter having a population of more than three hundred thousand and not more…

43:10-29.4. Counties of second class; adjustments in amount of pension benefits; resolution or ordinance Any county of the second class which is paying pensions to retirants pursuant to the provisions of article 2 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, may, from time …