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

43:11-4. Transfer to position in another branch of service of municipality Any person who, while holding any office, position or employment in any municipality of this State and while a member of and entitled to benefits in any retirement system or pension fund operated wholly in…

43:11-5. Persons heretofore transferred to position in another branch of service of municipality Any person who, while holding any office, position or employment in any municipality of this State and while a member of and entitled to benefits under any retirement system or pensio…

43:11-6. Act inapplicable to uniformed policemen or firemen This act shall not apply to any member of any uniformed police or fire department. L.1941, c. 335, p. 893, s. 3.

43:11A-1. Definitions As used in this act, the following terms shall mean: (a) "Air terminal" shall mean an air terminal as defined in chapter forty-three, laws of New Jersey, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven and chapter eight hundred two, laws of New York, one thousand …

43:11A-2. Payment of pension to former municipal employee on retirement from Port Authority service; computation of pension Upon his retirement from Port Authority service, a former municipal employee shall be paid a New Jersey pension under, pursuant to and in accordance with th…

43:11A-3. Contributions by employee to cease on termination of municipal employment; refunds on termination of employment before retirement Any contribution required to be made by an employee under an applicable New Jersey pension act shall cease upon the termination of his munic…

43:11A-4. Dependents, rights to benefits Any benefit which would have been payable under an applicable New Jersey pension act to the dependents of a former municipal employee upon his decease if he had continued in his municipal employment shall be paid, if he dies while in Port …

43:12-1.12. Public employees who served as members of general assembly, county prosecutor and elected or appointed city official; widows Any public employee who is at least 70 years of age and who has served as a member of the General Assembly and as a county prosecutor and as an…

43:12-1.13. Manner of payment; contributions The payment of pensions granted pursuant to this act shall be provided for in the budget of the employer granting the pension. If the employer was contributing to a retirement system on behalf of said employee and his widow, the adopti…

43:12-1.14. "Public employee" defined For the purposes of this act, the term "public employee" shall be deemed to mean and include a person who holds or has held an office, position or employment in county or municipal government. L.1962, c. 188, s. 3.

43:12-28.1 Pension for survivors of certain emergency services workers; terms defined. 1. The governing body of any municipality served by a volunteer fire company or first aid or rescue squad shall, by resolution, determine the eligibility for a survivor's pension of the widow o…

43:12-28.2 Amount of pension. 2. A survivor's pension granted under section 1 of P.L.1957, c.168 (C.43:12-28.1) shall be for the sum of(a)$15,000 annually and shall be paid to the widow, during her widowhood, or to the child or children of such firefighter, emergency medical tech…

43:12-28.3 Manner of payment of pension. 3. With regard to any pension granted by a municipality pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1957, c.168 (C.43:12-28.1) prior to the effective date of P.L.2002, c.134 the governing body shall make provision in its budget for the payment of any suc…

43:12-28.4. Overseers of poor or deputy overseers of poor; application; amount Upon written application, the governing body of any municipality may grant, by resolution, an annual pension in an amount not exceeding $1,000.00 per annum to any person 75 years or older who shall hav…

43:12-28.5. Limitations; manner of payment Any person eligible for a pension under the provisions of this act shall apply therefor to the municipality in which he was formerly employed within 6 months of the effective date of this act. The municipality upon granting such a pensio…

43:13-1. Filling vacancies in trustees of certain trust funds; resignation of trustees When a trust fund has been or shall be created by public subscription for the benefit of the widow and children of any deceased member of the police or fire department of any municipality and n…

43:13-1.1. Cities of first class; acceptance of employment after age 40 but prior to age 55; eligibility for membership Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43:1-1 of the Revised Statutes, any employee of a city of the first class as defined in the article to which this is a…

43:13-1.2. Credit for prior service; payment of arrears Where any such employee has had prior elective or appointive service in any State or county office or position such employee shall be given credit for pension purposes hereunder for such prior service, in addition to his tot…

43:13-1.3. Employees deemed permanent Where any such employee was in the employ of said city on or before January 1, 1950, and has remained continuously in the employ of said city since that time he shall be deemed to be a permanent employee for the purposes of this article and s…

43:13-10. Sums paid into pension fund returned in certain cases If any municipal employee shall be suspended, dropped or discharged from his employment after having paid his assessments for a period over one year and his suspension or discharge shall continue for a period longer …

43:13-11. Beneficiaries under other laws excepted from this article No person who shall receive a pension under any other law of this state shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this article.

43:13-12. Refusal of membership in fund If any municipal employee shall decline to accept the provisions of this article he shall notify the pension commission in writing of the fact that he does not desire to be bound by the provisions thereof, and in such event no payments or d…

43:13-13. Pension commission in cities of the first class There shall be a pension commission in every city of the first class which shall consist of the following members: a. The mayor or other chief executive of such city; b. The chief financial officer of such city; c. Two mun…

43:13-15. Management of fund; receipts and payments The pension commission shall have control and management of the fund and of the retirement of the municipal employees and may make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the same not inconsistent with this article. All mo…

43:13-16. Deposit and investment of fund; income The pension commission shall deposit the fund in any of the banks or trust companies of the city, and shall invest the fund in bonds secured by first mortgages on improved property worth at least twice the amount loaned, or in bond…

43:13-17. Execution of releases, receipts or discharges The president and secretary shall, on behalf of the pension commission, execute any release, acquittance, receipt or discharge of any and all written evidence of indebtedness to the commission.

43:13-18. Annual report The pension commission shall make an annual report of the condition of the fund and the manner in which the same is invested.

43:13-19. When payments begin No pension shall be paid out of a fund created under this article until five years after the organization of the pension commission.

43:13-2. "Municipal employee" or "employee" defined For the purposes of this article the words "municipal employee" or "employee" mean and include any employee of a city of the first class holding a position of permanent employment and recognized as a permanent appointee, it bein…

43:13-20. Unlawful action a bar to pension If any municipal employee 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 city, no pension shall be paid to such employe…

43:13-21. Physical examination of employee of city of the first class Any municipal employee applying for membership after July first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, in the pension fund created in such city under this article shall pass a physical examination satisfac…

43:13-21.1. First class city pension fund members becoming officers or employees of school district Whenever a municipal employee of a city of the first class has become a member of the pension fund established for employees of said city, and has, since becoming a member of said …

43:13-22. Existing funds and pension associations not affected This article shall not be construed to affect in any manner any pension fund organized on or created under any law prior to July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, or any pension association or corpor…

43:13-22.1. Employees who may become members of pension fund on payment of arrears Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43:1-1 of the Revised Statutes, any employee of a city of the first class as defined in the article to which this is a supplement who at the time of the ad…

43:13-22.10. Statements of employees The commission may require each employee of the city to file a statement or statements, in such form as said commission shall direct, concerning his service or other matters covered by this act. L.1954, c. 218, p. 813, s. 8.

43:13-22.11. Power of subpoena, witness fees, administering oaths, contempt 9. The commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon any matter concerning the retirement system and allow fees not in excess of $3.00 to any …

43:13-22.12. Name of pension commission The commission shall be known as the "pension commission of the employees' retirement system of (name of city)." L.1954, c. 218, p. 813, s. 10.

43:13-22.13. Treasurer; bond; receipt and disbursement of moneys All moneys, the property of the retirement system, shall be received and paid to the treasurer of the retirement system who shall be bonded in such amount as shall be determined by the commission, such bonds to be p…

43:13-22.14. Deposit of funds; investment The commission shall deposit the funds of the system in any depositories lawful for the deposit of municipal funds. All moneys not needed for immediate purposes may be invested by the commission in interest-bearing bonds of the United Sta…

43:13-22.15. Members and conditions of membership in retirement system The members and conditions of membership in the retirement system created by this act shall be as follows: (a) All persons who shall hereafter become employees of the city prior to attaining the age of 45 year…

43:13-22.15a. Time for making application for membership upon written declaration of intention Notwithstanding the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement limiting the time within which applications for membership in the retirement system were required to be made,…

43:13-22.15b. Revision of agreements for payment of arrears in installments Any existing agreement for the payment of arrears in installments, in effect upon the adoption of this act, may be revised to provide for completion of such payments in not more than 10 years from the dat…

43:13-22.15c. Payment in full of assessments for arrears and interest prior to retirement of member for disability No employee member of the retirement system shall be retired on pension except as hereinafter provided until he shall have paid in full the amount of all assessments…

43:13-22.15d. Declaration of intention to become a member; credit; eligibility for retirement or disability pension Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the act to which this act is amendatory and supplementary limiting the time within which application for membership in the …

43:13-22.16. Credits; prior agreements All employee members of the existing pension funds aforesaid, who become members of the city employees' retirement system provided by this act, shall be given credit for pension purposes hereunder and for all services rendered to the city pr…

43:13-22.16a. Credit for active service in United States armed forces; payments to fund Any employee member, or eligible employee upon becoming a member of a retirement system, established pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, may purchase and receive prior servi…