N.J. Stat. tit. 43, ch. 15A
N.J. Stat. tit. 43, ch. 15A
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section15A-1. Extension to governmental units having no retirement systemsection15A-2. Extension to employers of former members of State Employees' Retirement Systemsection15A-3. Effective date of agreementssection15A-4. Repeal of acts establishing State Employees' Retirement Systemsection15A-5. Disposition of funds, benefits, etc.section15A-6. Definitions.section15A-6.1. Veteran status determined for retirement allowance.section15A-7. State employee eligibility.section15A-7.1. Delinquent enrollment for compulsory membership; payment by employee and employer.section15A-7.2. Ineligibility for PERS under professional services contract.section15A-7.3. Appeal for person denied membership in PERS.section15A-7.4. Inapplicability of certain statutes relative to certain transferred service credits.section15A-7.5. Reenrollment in PERS for certain persons holding elective public office.section15A-7.6. Civil service credit, PERS-enrolled fire instructor, conditions.section15A-8. Restoration of members discontinued from service; conditionssection15A-9. Nonmember State employee may join at any time; optionsection15A-10. State employees inducted into military or naval service before applying for enrollmentsection15A-11. Contributions covering temporary servicesection15A-12.1. State police; service credit for military dutysection15A-13. Special benefits continuedsection15A-14. Transfer or purchase of credit for service in other systems.section15A-15. Information required from department headssection15A-16. Classification of memberssection15A-16.1. Increase in PERS retirement allowance.section15A-17. Board of trustees, committees.section15A-18. Officers, actuary, legal adviser, secretary.section15A-19. Actuarial information and investigation; tables; rates of contributionsection15A-19.1. Annuity values; determination without reference to sexsection15A-20. Powers of public corporation; status of realtysection15A-21. Annual reportsection15A-22. Funds.section15A-23. Expense fund.section15A-24. Contingent reserve fund.section15A-24a. State liable for increased cost to government employers for veterans of Lebanon crisissection15A-24b. State liable for increased cost to government employers for veterans of operations Restore Hope, Joint Endeavor and Joint Guardsection15A-24.1. Payment of pension adjustment benefits.section15A-24.2. Refunding bonds of public agency, instrumentality relative to early retirement incentives.section15A-25. Annuity savings fund, members' contributions.section15A-25.1. Periodic benefits payable under Workers' Compensation Law; salary deductions paid by employer; retirement benefits applicationsection15A-25.2. PERS members, eligibility based on one position.section15A-26. Excess refundable; shortage deductedsection15A-27. Retirement reserve fundsection15A-28. Special reserve fundsection15A-29. Relation of new employees to fundsection15A-30. Deductions certified to fundsection15A-31. Records kept by State departmentssection15A-32. Management of funds.section15A-33. Interest on fund balances.section15A-33.1. Investment in New Jersey realty; erection of buildings and structures; lease or sale to statesection15A-33.2. Total authorized investmentsection15A-33.3. Investment as asset of fundsection15A-33.4. Rental or lease terms; purpose of sectionsection15A-33.5. Sale of realty to state during occupancy as tenant; purchase price; creditssection15A-33.6. Payment of costs and expenses by state for operation, maintenance, repair, etc.; capital improvementssection15A-33.7. Authority to execute and deliver leases, contracts or agreementssection15A-33.8. Construction of buildings on state lands and transfer of title to Public Employees' Retirement Systemsection15A-33.9. Responsibility for selection of site, planning of building, etc.; co-ordination of location and plans with master planssection15A-33.10. Partial invaliditysection15A-34. Borrowing from fund by members, interest rates.section15A-34.1. Repayment of loans after retirement of members of PERS.section15A-35. Custodian of fund; payments; voucherssection15A-36. Interest in fund by trustee or employee prohibitedsection15A-37. Obligations of State; basis of State appropriation.section15A-38. Vesting of PERS members.section15A-39. Computing service.section15A-39.1. Credit in retirement system for members on approved leave of absence.section15A-41. Withdrawal from service; early retirement; death benefits.section15A-41.1. Eligibility for death benefit; evidence of insurabilitysection15A-42. Ordinary disability retirement.section15A-42.1. Disability insurance for certain PERS members; "Public Employees Group Disability Insurance Premium Fund."section15A-42.2. Inapplicability relative to certain transferred service credit.section15A-43. Public employees' disability retirement; definitions.section15A-43.1. "Law enforcement officer."section15A-44. Annual examination of disability beneficiary; alteration of pension; refusal to be examined; reemployment; subsequent retirementsection15A-45. Allowance for ordinary disability retirement.section15A-45.1. Increase in retirement allowance under C.43:15A-45 and C.43:15A-50.section15A-46. Allowance for retirement for accidental disability.section15A-46.1. Increase in retirement allowance under C.43:15A-46 and C.43:15A-50.section15A-46.2. Payment of normal contribution for increased benefits for active members under C.43:15A-45 and C.43:15A-46.section15A-47. Retirement based on age.section15A-47.3. Volunteer services by certain retirees under PERS permitted.section15A-48. Retirement allowance for service.section15A-49. Accidental death benefit.section15A-49.1. "Law enforcement officer."section15A-50. Public employee pension optionssection15A-50a. Public employee's election of lifetime pensionsection15A-50.1. Member over 70 with 50 years of service; death prior to approval of application for retirement; retirement allowancesection15A-50.2. Applicability of C.43:15A-50section15A-51. Monthly paymentssection15A-53. Benefits under chapter exempt from taxation and process; exception; assignment of group insurance policy rights and benefitssection15A-54. Correction of errors; approval of application for prior service credit or credit for all previous servicesection15A-55. Fraud against system a misdemeanorsection15A-56. Ineligibility of veterans for certain retirement benefitssection15A-57. Additional death benefit coveragesection15A-57.1. Designation of beneficiary; form; filing; failure to designate; paymentsection15A-57.2. Reemployment of retired former member.section15A-57.3. Reactivation of retirement system accountsection15A-59.5. Repeals; effectsection15A-60. Contributions and credits of veteran memberssection15A-60.2. Permission for member to cancel purchase of creditsection15A-61. Public employee veterans' pensions.section15A-61.1. Veterans' retirement allowancesection15A-61.2. Increase of retirement allowance under subsection b. of C.43:15A-61 and C.43:15A-50.section15A-61.3. Payment of normal contribution for increased benefits for active members under C.43:15A-61.section15A-62. Effect upon political subdivisions previously under State Employees' Retirement Systemsection15A-63. Membership of certain veteran public employeessection15A-64. Effect of lack of Social Security coverage and insufficient service creditsection15A-65. State employee membership.section15A-66. Effective date of participationsection15A-67. Duties of employer's chief fiscal officersection15A-68. Information certified to chief fiscal officer; payment of charge and contributionssection15A-68.1. Accrued liability contribution of public employer adopting system after July 1, 1971; paymentsection15A-69. Member of any other governmental retirement system may not participate; default of employer; discontinuance of membership; application of reservesection15A-70. Limitation on liability of retirement systemsection15A-71. "Public agency or organization" definedsection15A-72. Deductions from retirement allowance for PERS members.section15A-73. Eligible employees of certain governmental entities, enrollment in Public Employees' Retirement System.section15A-73.1. Credit for employment in other states, federal government or military service; limitation; payments; pro rata credit upon retirement.section15A-73.2. Participation of State autonomous authority in PERSsection15A-73.3. Purchase of credit for prior servicesection15A-73.4. Purchase of credit for service in a local systemsection15A-74. Extension of act to employees of county, board of education or municipality not previously under state employees' retirement system; referendum; prior servicesection15A-75. Local employee membership.section15A-75.1. Municipal or county member with prior service in county or other county; prior service credit; purchasesection15A-75.2. PERS member, purchase of credit for temporary service; permittedsection15A-76. County or municipal employees entering air, military or naval service before applying for enrollmentsection15A-77. Employees of school district coterminous with municipality adopting law in first-class countiessection15A-79. State employees paid by county or municipality; membership in Public Employees' Retirement Systemsection15A-80. Information requiredsection15A-81. Rates of contributions; budget requirements; payments to State Treasurersection15A-82. Benefitssection15A-83. Other pension laws not affectedsection15A-84. Short titlesection15A-85. Effect of invaliditysection15A-86. Effective datessection15A-88. Authorization to purchase group life insurancesection15A-89. Requirements of insurance companysection15A-90. Purchase of coverage in discretion of state treasurer and boardsection15A-91. Noncontributory death benefits; optional contributory death benefits; payment of premiumssection15A-92. Additional death benefits; contributions; adjustmentsection15A-93. Conversion privilegesection15A-94. Payment of benefits; payeessection15A-95. Lump sum or installment paymentssection15A-96. Reduced premiums in lieu of brokerage commissionssection15A-97. "Law enforcement officer" definitions.section15A-98. Law enforcement officers within Division of Motor Vehicles; membership in System; waiver of creditssection15A-99. Retirementsection15A-100. Amount of retirement allowance for law enforcement officer.section15A-100.1. Supplementary "special" retirement allowance to certain retired law enforcement officerssection15A-101. Retirement allowance for certain members not qualifying for retirement as law enforcement officerssection15A-102. Ordinary disability retirement; eligibilitysection15A-103. Payment upon death of member who had retired on accidental disability retirement allowancesection15A-104. Contribution rate.section15A-105. Contributions by veterans; withdrawalsection15A-106. Applicability of Act to members of other pensionssection15A-107. Effective datesection15A-108. Persons considered active members while disabled or on leave of absence; contributions; death benefitssection15A-110. Transfer of Fund C to Retirement Reserve Fund; transfer of authority to Retirement Systemsection15A-111. Extension of Public Employees' Retirement System to members of another pension; date operative.section15A-112. Termination of fund; transfer of securities, assets and recordssection15A-112.1. Pension, two divisionssection15A-113. Membership in Public Employees Retirement System; creditssection15A-114. Other employees not in positions covered by a pension fund; membershipsection15A-115. Persons becoming employees after termination; membership as condition of employmentsection15A-116. Rate of member contributionsection15A-117. Previously granted pensions or benefits continuedsection15A-118. Employer liabilitysection15A-119. Certification of obligationssection15A-127. Repealssection15A-129. Enrollment of veterans and nonveterans who elected not to enroll in 1955; purchase of creditsection15A-130. Retirement of member holding multiple positions in public employmentsection15A-131. National guard technicians; participation in system; electionsection15A-132. Continuation in system; effectsection15A-133. Termination of membership in system; effectsection15A-134. Appointment of retirement system member to Judiciary; optionssection15A-135. Members of Legislature, membership in retirement system, service dates.section15A-136. Accounts in annuity savings fund; contributions.section15A-137. Purchase of service credit; adjustment of contributions.section15A-138. Age of retirement; retirement allowancesection15A-139. Member of legislature for 8 years or more but not at age 60; retirement allowances and other benefitssection15A-140. Return of contributions; election to maximize benefits; ineligibility for retirement allowance under other state lawsection15A-141. Death benefits for legislatorssection15A-142. Definitions relative to retirement benefits for workers compensation judges.section15A-143. Membership in Workers Compensation Judges Part; service dates.section15A-144. Separate accounts, contributions.section15A-145. Date of retirement; continued service permitted, certain circumstancessection15A-146. Conditions for receipt of retirement allowance of three-quarters of final salarysection15A-147. Conditions for receipt of one-half of final salarysection15A-148. "Early" retirement; formula, conditionssection15A-149. Deferred retirement; formula, conditionssection15A-150. Benefits to survivors of judges on active servicesection15A-151. Benefits to survivors of retired judgessection15A-152. Credit for previous service; purchase, conditionssection15A-153. Return of accumulated contributions; election of retirement allowancesection15A-154. Determination of unfunded accrued liabilitysection15A-155. Definitions relative to Prosecutors Part in PERSsection15A-156. Prosecutors, membership in Prosecutors Part, PERS credit.section15A-157. Separate account for each prosecutor, rate.section15A-158. Retirement on service retirement allowance, formulasection15A-159. "Special retirement" after 25 years of creditable service. formulasection15A-160. Payments for separation after 10 years of service before age 55; deferred retirementsection15A-161. State liability for increased county pension costs
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