N.J. Stat. tit. 40, ch. 11

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N.J. Stat. § 40:11-17 Salaries not affected by 1930 census or reclassification act; exceptions

The promulgation or taking effect of the Federal census for the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty, or the passage of an act for the reclassification of counties of this State, shall not operate to increase or decrease the salary or compensation of any officer or employee of any county or municipality except the salaries of county clerks, registers of deeds and mortgages, sheriffs and surrogates of the several counties. All such officers and employees shall continue to receive salary or compensation at the rate received by them on April twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, except as aforesaid. The promulgation or taking effect of said census shall not operate to fill, in the several counties and municipalities, any additional offices or employments, or grant any pension or increase any pension paid on the date above mentioned. Amended by L.1947, c. 363, p. 1172, s. 1; L.1948, c. 45, p. 130, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 40:11-17.1 Salaries not affected by 1940 census or reclassification act; exceptions

The promulgation or taking effect of the Federal census for the year one thousand nine hundred and forty, or the passage of an act for the reclassification of counties of this State, shall not operate to increase or decrease the salary or compensation of any officer or employee of any county or municipality except the salaries of county clerks, registers of deeds and mortgages, sheriffs and surrogates of the several counties. All such officers and employees shall continue to receive salary or compensation at the rate received by them at the time of the effective date of this act, except as aforesaid. The promulgation or taking effect of said census shall not operate to fill, in the several counties and municipalities, any additional offices or employments, or grant any pension or increase any pension paid on the date above mentioned. L.1940, c. 181, p. 546, s. 1. Amended by L.1947, c. 363, p. 1173, s. 2; L.1948, c. 45, p. 131, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 40:11-22 Pensions on death of policemen or firemen killed in line of duty; amounts

The governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, or the board of chosen freeholders of any county, by resolution, may provide in specific cases for the payment of an annual pension on the death of a uniformed member of the municipal fire, police or park police department or county police or park police department killed in the performance of duty as a member of any such fire or police department, whether death be instantaneous or ensue from fatal injury. The aggregate amount paid pursuant to this act in any year as to any such deceased member shall not exceed the difference between (a) the amount of the annual salary of the deceased member at the time of his death or $4,000.00, whichever is lower, and (b) the sum of the aggregate benefits paid in the same year by way of death benefit, social security or survivors' benefits, workmen's compensation award or pension benefit, payable under the authority of any other law of this State or of the United States. In determining whether or not to provide for a pension pursuant to this act, and in fixing the amount thereof, such governing body or board of chosen freeholders shall take into account the actual dependency of the beneficiaries, their needs and means, and the pecuniary loss occasioned by reason of such death. The amount so fixed in each case shall be subject to review at any time by such governing body or board of chosen freeholders in the light of the then existing facts, for the purpose of altering or terminating the same. L.1958, c. 151, p. 665, s. 1, eff. Dec. 17, 1958.

N.J. Stat. § 40:11-23 Manner of payment

The pension shall be paid as follows: a. If there are a dependent widow and dependent children of the deceased member, the pension shall be paid to such widow for the use of herself and such children. b. If there are dependent children but no widow the pension shall be paid in equal shares to those dependent children who have not reached 18 years of age. If there are 2 or more such children, the pension shall not exceed the sum of $50.00 per month for each child, and if there is only 1 such child, the sum of $75.00 per month. c. If a dependent widow remarries, no part of the pension shall be paid for her use, but the pension may be paid as if the deceased member had died leaving him surviving a dependent child or children under 18 years of age and no dependent widow. No pension shall be paid hereunder after the death of the widow and the arrival at the age of 18 of all the children of the deceased member. d. The term "dependent widow" as used in this section shall not apply to a surviving spouse who shall have married such deceased member at or after his attainment of the age of 50 years. L.1958, c. 151, p. 666, s. 2, eff. Dec. 17, 1958.

N.J. Stat. § 40:11-24 Prospective payment with respect to members killed after January 1, 1956

In granting any pension pursuant to this act, the governing body of the municipality or the board of chosen freeholders of the county may provide for pension payments prospectively only with respect to the death of any such member so killed subsequent to January 1, 1956. L.1958, c. 151, p. 666, s. 3, eff. Dec. 17, 1958.

N.J. Stat. § 40:11-25 Inclusion of necessary amounts in budget

The governing body of a municipality or the board of chosen freeholders of a county awarding any pension pursuant to this act shall include in the municipal or county budget, as the case may be, a sum sufficient to pay fully any pension allowed under sections 1 and 2 of this act and cause the same to be raised by taxation as other municipal or county revenues are raised. L.1958, c. 151, p. 666, s. 4, eff. Dec. 17, 1958.

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