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

43:10-32. Retirement for disability A member of such police force who shall have sustained a permanent disability by reason of an accident incurred at any time in the service, or by reason of disease contracted in the service, shall, upon the certificate of a physician designated…

43:10-33. Pension to widow and children The widow or children of any member of such police force who shall have lost his life in the performance of his duty, shall, so long as she remains unmarried or so long as the children or any of them remain under the age of sixteen years, r…

43:10-34. 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 each member of the police force one per cent of the amount thereof. b. There shall be added to the fund all fines imposed o…

43:10-35. Management of fund The board of chosen freeholders of the county shall have the management and control of the fund and may make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the same not inconsistent with this article. All moneys not needed for the immediate payment of…

43:10-36. "County police officer" defined As used in this article, "county police officer" means and includes all uniformed members, whether officers or patrolmen, of the county force.

43:10-36.1. Article inapplicable to certain persons This article shall not apply to any person becoming a member of such police department after this supplement takes effect who, at the time he becomes such member, is eligible to become a member of the Police and Firemen's Retire…

43:10-37. Retirement for service and age Any county police officer who has honorably served for a period of twenty years in a duly organized county police department of any county of this state, having a population in excess of two hundred thousand and not more than four hundred …

43:10-37.1. Increase in amount of service retirement pension The amount of the service retirement pension of any member of such police department, who has served for more than 25 years and who retires after the effective date of this supplementary act, shall be increased by an am…

43:10-38. Pension to widow, children or parent of deceased member The widow, children or sole dependent parent of a member of the county police department, who shall have served therein for a period of ten years, paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessment or cont…

43:10-39. Pension to widow, children or parent of deceased retired member The widow of any retired member of such police department, who was married to her deceased husband before the date of his retirement and before he reached the age of 50 years, shall, if he paid into the fun…

43:10-40. Retirement for disability; application for retirement A member of the county police department who shall have received permanent disability in the performance of his duty shall, upon the certificate of a surgeon, the county physician or another physician designated for …

43:10-41. Pension fund For the purpose of paying the pensions, a fund shall be created in the respective counties, as follows: a. If a member of the county police department shall have entered the service on or before the age of thirty-five years, two per cent of the amount of ev…

43:10-42. Pension commission In all counties in which this article takes effect there shall be established a pension commission of five members, consisting of the director of the board of chosen freeholders, the county treasurer, two members of the police department of the county…

43:10-43. Control of fund and retirement The pension commission shall have control and management of the fund and of the retirement of members of the departments, and may make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this article. All moneys be…

43:10-44. Adoption of article This article shall not be operative in any county until the board of chosen freeholders thereof shall have determined, by resolution, to adopt its provisions for the county.

43:10-45. Citation of article This article may be cited as "An act providing for the pensioning of county probation officers in certain counties of this state."

43:10-46. "County probation officers" defined 43:10-46. The words "county probation officers" as used in this article shall mean and include the chief probation officer; and persons permanently appointed to act as probation officers, which appointments are made by the assignment …

43:10-47. "Be retired upon one-half pay" defined 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 the annual salary of the county probation officer at the time of his retirement.

43:10-48. Retirement for service and age 43:10-48. The county probation officers in the counties of this State now or hereafter having within their territorial limits a population of over eighty-three thousand, who have served as such county probation officers for a continuous pe…

43:10-49. Retirement for disability regardless of service or age Any county probation officer who shall at any time receive a permanent disability by reason of injury, accident or sickness, physical or mental, which shall permanently incapacitate him from further duty, whether he…

43:10-5.1. Pension to permanently and totally disabled employee with 10 years of service 9. Subject to the other provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act and of article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, any county employee who shall have served or wh…

43:10-5.10. Rules, regulations 6. The Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits of the Department of the Treasury shall promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the "Pension Adjustment Act,"P.L.1958, c.143 (C.43:3B-1 et seq.), and thi…

43:10-5.2. Retirement of employee permanently and totally disabled in course of employment; determination of disability 10. Subject to the other provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act and article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes, any county employe…

43:10-5.3. Employee with one year of service; death benefits; deferred pension; payment 11. If any member of the pension fund who shall have paid into the fund the full amount of his or her assessments or contributions and been in the county services for a period of at least 1 ye…

43:10-5.4. Member retired for disability under 60; annual medical examination; alteration of pension Once each year the pension commission may, and upon his application, shall, require any member retired for disability who is under the age of 60 years to undergo medical examinati…

43:10-5.5. Definitions relative to certain county pension funds 1. As used in this act: "Beneficiary" means any person who, as a result of the death of an active or retired member, has or shall have received a pension pursuant to article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised…

43:10-5.6 Election for adjustment of pension benefits 2. a. A county that is paying pension benefits to retirants or their surviving beneficiaries pursuant to the provisions of article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes may elect to make adjustments in accordance…

43:10-5.7. Determination of change in pension 3. a. If the board of chosen freeholders has adopted a resolution pursuant to section 2 of this act to adjust the amounts of pension benefits, then on or before October 1 next following the adoption of the resolution and by the same d…

43:10-5.8. Waiver of right to pension adjustment 4. Any retirant or beneficiary who is eligible to receive an adjustment to a pension under the provisions of this act may, at any time, waive the right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the pension commission. Such …

43:10-5.9. Conditions for termination of adjustment 5. If legislation is adopted providing for a blanket increase in original pensions or minimum pensions to any group of retirants or beneficiaries eligible for benefits under this act, other than legislation enacted prior to 2003…

43:10-50. Retirement when physically or mentally unfit 43:10-50. Any county probation officer 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 to be physically or mentally unfit for fur…

43:10-51. Determination of permanent incapacity 43:10-51. Permanent incapacity for further duty of any county probation officer shall, for all purposes of this article, be established and determined by a board of three physicians, who shall be designated for that purpose by the a…

43:10-52. Pension to widow and children The widow of any county probation officer, who shall die from any cause while in the service, whether such county probation officer shall have served as such for a continuous period of twenty years or not, or whether such county probation o…

43:10-53. Pension to dependent widower and children The widower of any county probation officer who shall die from any cause while in the service, whether such county probation officer shall have served as such for a continuous period of twenty years or not, or whether such count…

43:10-54. Death after retirement; pension to widow and children If any county probation officer, after having been retired on one-half pay, shall die, leaving him surviving a widow, who was his wife at the time of his retirement, such widow, so long as she shall remain unmarried,…

43:10-55. Death after retirement; pension to dependent widower and children If any county probation officer, after having been retired on one-half pay, shall die, leaving her surviving a widower, who was her husband at the time of her retirement, such widower, so long as he shall…

43:10-56. 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 probation officers in active service in the several counties are respectively paid.

43:10-57. Source of pension fund; right of withdrawal; exemptions 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 probation officer three per centum (3%) of the am…

43:10-57.1. Probation officers in counties of 275,000 to 400,000; pensions; conditions Any probation officer of any county now or hereafter having a population of more than two hundred seventy-five thousand and not more than four hundred thousand inhabitants, who, at the time of …

43:10-58. Management of fund; investments The board of chosen freeholders of said county shall have the management and control of such fund and is hereby empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the same not inconsistent with this article. All moneys not n…

43:10-59. Other pension funds and associations not affected This article shall not be construed to affect in any manner any other pension fund organized or created under any law existing on May twenty-ninth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, nor shall the same affect in…

43:10-59.1. 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 probation officer subsequent to the passage of such resolution who, at the …

43:10-59.2. Effect of resolution The adoption of a resolution pursuant to this act shall not impair the pension rights of any probation officer theretofore employed, nor shall it relieve the county of its obligation to maintain a pension fund under this article for such previousl…

43:10-59.3. Termination of pension fund established for certain county probation officers 1. Any pension fund established for county probation officers under this article (R.S.43:10-45 et seq.) in a county having a population of at least 250,000 but not greater than 375,000 accor…

43:10-59.4. County probation officers permitted enrollment in PERS 2. A county probation officer of the county who, on the effective date of this act, is in active service and eligible to retire under this article shall, upon termination of the pension fund, be permitted to enrol…

43:10-6. Payment to dependent children If an employee or pensioner dies leaving dependent children under 18 years of age and he or she is, at death, a widower or widow, the benefits of this article which a widow or widower would otherwise be entitled to receive, shall be paid to …