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

43:15A-65 State employee membership. 65. (a) All employees of any public agency or organization of this State, which employs persons engaged in service to the public, shall be eligible to participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System; provided the employer consents there…

43:15A-66. Effective date of participation (a) If the employer shall so consent to the enrollment of its employees and the board of trustees shall so approve, participation in the retirement system shall become effective on the date fixed by such board, but not later than 6 month…

43:15A-67. Duties of employer's chief fiscal officer The chief fiscal officer of the employer shall submit to the retirement system such information and shall cause to be performed in respect to each of the employees of the employer such duties as would be performed in the State …

43:15A-68. Information certified to chief fiscal officer; payment of charge and contributions 68. The Public Employees' Retirement System shall certify to the chief fiscal officer of the employer the rates of contributions payable by members. The system shall further certify, no …

43:15A-68.1. Accrued liability contribution of public employer adopting system after July 1, 1971; payment The accrued liability contribution of any public employer adopting the retirement system after July 1, 1971 for the purpose of providing prior service credit for the service…

43:15A-69. Member of any other governmental retirement system may not participate; default of employer; discontinuance of membership; application of reserve An employee of such employer who, by reason of his service, is a member of any other governmental retirement system shall n…

43:15A-7 State employee eligibility. 7. There is hereby established the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey in the Division of Pensions and Benefits of the Department of the Treasury. The membership of the retirement system shall include: a. The members of the forme…

43:15A-7.1 Delinquent enrollment for compulsory membership; payment by employee and employer. 48. 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 system …

43:15A-7.2 Ineligibility for PERS under professional services contract. 20. a. A person who performs professional services for a political subdivision of this State or a board of education, or any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof, under a professional services contrac…

43:15A-7.3 Appeal for person denied membership in PERS. 14. An appeal by any person who is denied membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System shall be transmitted as a contested case, along with all relevant materials and documents, by the State Treasurer to the Office …

43:15A-7.4 Inapplicability of certain statutes relative to certain transferred service credits. 35. The provisions of section 6 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-6), section 38 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-38), section 41 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-41), section 48 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.…

43:15A-7.5 Reenrollment in PERS for certain persons holding elective public office. 5. a. The Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury shall reenroll in the Public Employees' Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.)…

43:15A-7.6 Civil service credit, PERS-enrolled fire instructor, conditions. 1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a fire instructor enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System prior to November 1, 2008, and employed by a county on the effecti…

43:15A-70. Limitation on liability of retirement system Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the retirement system shall not be liable for the payment of any pensions or other benefits on account of the employees or pensioners of any employer under this article, for which re…

43:15A-71. "Public agency or organization" defined The words "public agency or organization" as used in this act shall be construed to mean and include any agency or organization which operates public works or is engaged in service to the public for 1 or more municipalities, loca…

43:15A-72 Deductions from retirement allowance for PERS members. 72. If possible, whenever any beneficiary of the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey shall, in writing, request the Division of Pensions and Benefits to make deductions from the beneficiary's retiremen…

43:15A-73 Eligible employees of certain governmental entities, enrollment in Public Employees' Retirement System. 73. a. (1) The Public Employees' Retirement System is hereby authorized and directed to enroll eligible employees of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Palisades Inte…

43:15A-73.1 Credit for employment in other states, federal government or military service; limitation; payments; pro rata credit upon retirement. 2. A member may file a detailed statement of public employment in other states or with the United States Government which would be eli…

43:15A-73.2. Participation of State autonomous authority in PERS a. For the purposes of sections 2 through 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1990, c.25 (C.43:15A-73.2 et al.), "State autonomous authority" means a public authority, board, commission, corporation or o…

43:15A-73.3. Purchase of credit for prior service a. The employees of a State autonomous authority approved for participation in the retirement system pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act may purchase credit for all service with the auth…

43:15A-73.4. Purchase of credit for service in a local system 1. A member who had established service credit in a municipal or county retirement system or pension fund in this State and who is ineligible to transfer the service credit to the retirement system may file a detailed …

43:15A-74. Extension of act to employees of county, board of education or municipality not previously under state employees' retirement system; referendum; prior service Except as otherwise provided in the case of public employee veterans or in subsection b. of section 75 of this…

43:15A-75 Local employee membership. 75. (a) If this act is so adopted it shall become effective in the county or municipality adopting it on June 30 of the following year. Membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System shall be optional with the employees of the county, b…

43:15A-75.1. Municipal or county member with prior service in county or other county; prior service credit; purchase Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System who is in the service of a municipality and who, prior to enteri…

43:15A-75.2. PERS member, purchase of credit for temporary service; permitted Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System who is employed by a county hospital in a county of the first class according to the latest federal dec…

43:15A-76. County or municipal employees entering air, military or naval service before applying for enrollment Any employee of any county, municipality or public agency which has adopted or shall hereafter adopt the retirement system as provided in this act, who has entered or s…

43:15A-77. Employees of school district coterminous with municipality adopting law in first-class counties Every employee of any school district including school districts in counties of the first class the boundaries of which are coterminous with those of a municipality, or more…

43:15A-79. State employees paid by county or municipality; membership in Public Employees' Retirement System (a) All employees of the State whose compensation is paid in whole or in part by any county or municipality in which chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes has bee…

43:15A-8. Restoration of members discontinued from service; conditions a. If a member of the retirement system has been discontinued from service without personal fault or through leave of absence granted by an employer or permitted by any law of this State and has not withdrawn …

43:15A-80. Information required The chief fiscal officer of the county or municipality or the secretary of the board of education of the school district shall submit to the Public Employees' Retirement System such information and shall cause to be performed in respect to each of …

43:15A-81. Rates of contributions; budget requirements; payments to State Treasurer 81. The Public Employees' Retirement System shall certify to each employer the rates of contributions payable by members who are county, municipal or school district employees. The system shall fu…

43:15A-82. Benefits Public employees of the counties or municipalities on behalf of whom contributions are so paid, shall be entitled to benefits under the Public Employees' Retirement System as though they were State employees. L.1954, c. 84, p. 525, s. 82.

43:15A-83. Other pension laws not affected Nothing contained in this act shall affect any policeman, fireman or county or municipal employee contributing to any pension fund operating under any other law. L.1954, c. 84, p. 525, s. 83.

43:15A-84. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Employees' Retirement System Act." L.1954, c. 84, p. 525, s. 84. Amended by L.1971, c. 213, s. 35, eff. June 17, 1971.

43:15A-85. Effect of invalidity If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. L.1954, c. 84,…

43:15A-86. Effective dates This section and sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act shall take effect immediately. Sections 4 and 5 of this act shall take effect December 31, 1954. All other sections of this act shall take effect January 2, 1955. L.1954, c. 84, p. 525, s. 86. Amended by …

43:15A-88. Authorization to purchase group life insurance The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and permitted to purchase from one or more life insurance companies, as determined by him, a policy or policies of group life insurance to provide for the benefits specified in sect…

43:15A-89. Requirements of insurance company Any life insurance company must meet the following requirements in order to qualify under section 1 of this act; (a) be licensed under the laws of the State of New Jersey to transact life and accidental death insurance, and (b) the amo…

43:15A-9. Nonmember State employee may join at any time; option Any person other than a veteran who was in the employ of the State prior to January 2, 1955, and who did not join the former "State Employees' Retirement System," may join the retirement system at any time. The perso…

43:15A-90. Purchase of coverage in discretion of state treasurer and board The State Treasurer may, in his discretion, determine to purchase group insurance coverage for the noncontributory death benefit provisions as provided in chapter 84 of the laws of 1954, or may determine n…

43:15A-91. Noncontributory death benefits; optional contributory death benefits; payment of premiums In the event the State Treasurer shall determine to purchase group insurance coverage for the noncontributory death benefits, premiums for the same shall be paid from a special fu…

43:15A-92. Additional death benefits; contributions; adjustment In the event that the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System shall determine to purchase group insurance coverage for the additional death benefit coverage, each member selecting the additional …

43:15A-93. Conversion privilege Any such group policy or policies shall include, with respect to any insurance terminating or reducing because the member ceases to be eligible for participation under the Public Employees' Retirement System or because the member has ceased to be i…

43:15A-94. Payment of benefits; payees Benefits under such group policy or policies shall be paid by the company to such person, if living, as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the insurance company through the policyholder, other…

43:15A-95. Lump sum or installment payments Any such group policy or policies shall provide that payment of any death benefits which are payable by the insurance company may be made in one sum directly to the beneficiary as hereinafter provided, in equal installments over a perio…

43:15A-96. Reduced premiums in lieu of brokerage commissions Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any insurance company or companies issuing such policy or policies may credit the policyholder, in the form of reduced premiums, with savings by said company or companies in t…