Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:66-4 Membership. 18A:66-4. a. The membership of the retirement system shall consist of: (a) all members of the teachers' pension and annuity fund enrolled as such as of December 31, 1955; (b) any person becoming a teacher on or after January 1, 1956, except any person who has…

18A:66-4.1 Appeal for person denied membership in TPAF. 13. An appeal by any person who is denied membership in the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund shall be transmitted as a contested case, along with all relevant materials and documents, by the State Treasurer to the Office o…

18A:66-4.2 Inapplicability of certain statutes relative to certain transferred service credit. 34. The provisions of N.J.S.18A:66-2, N.J.S.18A:66-36, N.J.S.18A:66-37, N.J.S.18A:66-44, and N.J.S.18A:66-71 concerning persons who become members of the retirement system on or after t…

18A:66-40. Medical examination; reemployment; subsequent retirement a. Once each year the retirement system may, and upon his application shall, require any disability beneficiary who is under the age of 60 years to undergo medical examination by a physician or physicians designa…

18A:66-41 Ordinary disability allowances. 18A:66-41. A member upon retirement for ordinary disability shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of: (a) an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement to…

18A:66-41.1 Increase in retirement allowance for retiree, beneficiary under N.J.S.18A:66-41 or N.J.S.18A:66-47. 2. The retirement allowance of each retiree under N.J.S.18A:66-41, or the retiree's beneficiary pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-47, on the effective date of P.L.2001, c.353 sh…

18A:66-42 Accidental disability allowances. 18A:66-42. A member under 65 years of age upon retirement for accidental disability shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of: (a) an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions at the…

18A:66-42.1 Increase in retirement allowance under N.J.S.18A:66-42 or N.J.S.18A:66-47. 4. The retirement allowance of each retiree under N.J.S.18A:66-42, or the retiree's beneficiary pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-47, on the effective date of P.L.2001, c.353 shall be increased from 2/3…

18A:66-42.2 Payment of normal contribution for increased benefits under N.J.S.18A:66-41 and N.J.S.18A:66-42 for active members. 5. The normal contribution for the increased benefits for active members under N.J.S.18A:66-41 and N.J.S.18A:66-42 as amended by sections 1 and 3 of P.L…

18A:66-43 Retirement for service age limits. 18A:66-43. Retirement for service shall be as follows: (a) A person who was a member before the effective date of P.L.2008, c.89 and has attained 60 years of age may retire on a service retirement allowance by filing with the retiremen…

18A:66-44 Service retirement allowances. 18A:66-44. A member, upon retirement for service, shall receive a retirement allowance consisting of: (a) an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions, together with interest after January 1, 1956, less …

18A:66-45. Thirty-five year present-entrant allowances Any present-entrant member who has had 35 years of service as a teacher to his credit shall be retired at his request, irrespective of his age, and shall receive a retirement allowance, calculated in accordance with section 1…

18A:66-46 Accidental death benefits. 18A:66-46. a. Upon the death of a member in active service as a result of: (1) an accident met in the actual performance of duty at some definite time and place, or (2) service in the reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States …

18A:66-47. Teachers' retirement allowance options 18A:66-47. At the time of retirement a member shall receive benefits in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or the member may on retirement elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance…

18A:66-47.1. Spouse's benefit elimination by teacher Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 66 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes or any other law to the contrary, whenever a member of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund elects a retirement benefit which is payable for…

18A:66-47.2. Election of death benefit or retirement allowance Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the beneficiary of a member who has more than 37 years of service credit and who dies on or after the 24th day after filing an application for retirement and two days bef…

18A:66-47.3. Applicability of N.J.S.18A:66-47 3. N.J.S.18A:66-47 as amended by section 1 of P.L.1995, c.221 shall apply to a filing for retirement received by the retirement system on or after January 1, 1992, except it shall not apply in a situation in which benefits were paid p…

18A:66-48. Monthly payments; payment upon death of retirant 18A:66-48. A pension, an annuity or a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this article shall be effective only on the first day of a month, shall be paid in equal monthly installments, and shall not be d…

18A:66-49. Benefits of TRF retirants Any member or beneficiary of the teachers' pension and annuity fund who was a member of the teachers' retirement fund as created by L.1896, c. 32; L.1899, c. 178; L.1900, c. 96; L.1902, c. 36; L.1903 (2nd Sp.Sess.), c. 1; L.1905, c. 95; L.1906…

18A:66-5. Classes of members The retirement system shall classify the members in such groups by age as it may determine for actuarial purposes. The system shall further classify the membership by benefit rates as class A or class B members, as follows: "Class A" shall include tho…

18A:66-5.1 Increase in TPAF retirement allowance. 15. The retirement allowance of each retiree under N.J.S.18A:66-36, N.J.S.18A:66-37, N.J.S.18A:66-44, and N.J.S.18A:66-71d., or the retiree's beneficiary pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-47, on the effective date of this act, P.L.2001, c.…

18A:66-51. Allowances exempt from taxes; assignment of group insurance policy rights and benefits The right of a person to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, any benefit or right accrued or accruing to a person under the provisions o…

18A:66-52. Veterans not covered under R.S. 43:4-1.3 No veteran eligible for membership in the teachers' pension and annuity fund shall be eligible for, or receive, retirement benefits under sections 43:4-1, 43:4-2 and 43:4-3 of the Revised Statutes. L.1967, c.271.

18A:66-53. Additional death benefit coverage 18A:66-53. a. Each member who is a member on January 1, 1958 and each person who thereafter becomes a member will be eligible to purchase the additional death benefit coverage hereinafter described, provided that he selects such covera…

18A:66-53.1. Beneficiary of member or retirant; designation; change; payments; options 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 retirement system. The member or retirant may…

18A:66-53.2 Reemployment of retireant, reenrollment; subsequent retirement. 18A:66-53.2. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, if a former member of the retirement system who has been granted a retirement allowance for any cause other than disability, becomes em…

18A:66-53.3. Limitation on additional death benefit coverage No member who enrolls on or after July 1, 1971 for the additional death benefit coverage provided by section 18A:66-53 shall be eligible for the benefits described in subsections f. and g. of the said section if such me…

18A:66-54 Deductions from retirement allowance for TPAF members. 18A:66-54. If possible, whenever any beneficiary of the teachers' pension and annuity fund shall, in writing, request the Division of Pensions and Benefits to make deductions from the beneficiary's retirement allowa…

18A:66-55. Powers and privileges of a public corporation The teachers' pension and annuity fund shall for purposes of this article possess the powers and privileges of a public corporation, and any real property held by it as an investment and occupied by the state or any agency …

18A:66-56 Board of trustees, committee duties, appointment or election, terms, vacancies, oaths, voting, expenses. 18A:66-56. a. (1) Subject to the provisions of chapter 70 of the laws of 1955, the general responsibility for the proper operation of the teachers' pension and annui…

18A:66-56.1. Board of trustees, terms staggered 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:66-56 and in order to effect the staggering of the terms of the members of the board of trustees of the retirement system elected from the groups defined in the regulations of the retir…

18A:66-57 Officers, actuary, legal adviser, secretary. 18A:66-57. The board shall elect annually from its membership a chairman and may also elect a vice chairman, who shall have all the power and authority of the chairman in the event of the death, absence or disability of the c…

18A:66-58. Actuary's report The actuary shall recommend, and the Division of Pensions shall keep in convenient form, such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuation of the various funds created by this article. At least once in every 3-year period the actuary shall make a…

18A:66-58.1. Annuity values; determination without reference to sex Annuity values, including actuarial equivalents under optional selections, for all members of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund shall be determined without reference to sex; provided, however, that this amen…

18A:66-59. Annual reports The retirement system shall publish annually a report showing a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the funds created by this article, certifying as to the accumulated cash and securities of the funds and stating other facts pertaining to the syst…

18A:66-6. New members placed in class B Any person becoming a member on or after January 1, 1956, shall become a class B member as a condition of his employment, and thereafter shall participate in the retirement system under the same conditions and with the same rights and privi…

18A:66-6.1 Membership required as condition of employment; delayed filing; contribution; payment. 39. a. In the case of any person who was required to become a member of the retirement system as a condition of employment, and whose application for enrollment in the retirement sys…

18A:66-60. No interest in fund by trustees or employees Except as otherwise herein provided, no trustee and no employee of the board of trustees shall have any direct interest in the gains or profits of any investments of the retirement system; nor shall any trustee or employee o…

18A:66-61 Trustees to control funds, investment council member, finance committee. 18A:66-61. The board of trustees shall be and are hereby constituted trustees of the various funds and accounts established by this article; provided, however, that all functions, powers and duties…

18A:66-62. Treasurer custodian of funds The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds created by this article, shall select all depositories and custodians and shall negotiate and execute custody agreements in connection with the assets or investments of any of said fun…

18A:66-63. Correction of errors by trustees If any change or error in records results in a member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then on discovery of the error, the board o…

18A:66-64. False statements to defraud, misdemeanors A person who knowingly makes a false statement, or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of the retirement system, in an attempt to defraud the system as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1967, …

18A:66-65. Agreement on social security The authorization and direction of the state agency, with the approval of the governor, to enter on behalf of the state into an agreement with the secretary of the United States department of health, education and welfare for the purposes o…

18A:66-66. State, employer share of social security obligations 18A:66-66. The State shall provide the amount of the employer's share of the social security contributions for members by appropriations upon certification by the State Treasurer as to the amounts required; provided,…

18A:66-68. Effect of abolition of social security offset The repeal, by section 11 of chapter 66 of the laws of 1966, saved from repeal in section 18A:66-92 of this article, of section 68 of chapter 37 of the laws of 1955, chapter 218 of the laws of 1956, chapter 123 of the laws …

18A:66-69. Limitations on death benefits or other benefits Any other provision of this article notwithstanding, (a) any member who is not covered under the old-age and survivors insurance provisions of Title II of the Federal Social Security Act as a teacher shall not be eligible…