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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:13-22.53

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
4. (a) Any member who shall have established 20 or more years of creditable service in the retirement system and who shall have attained the age of 60 years shall, upon application by that member to the commission, be retired on a pension equal to 55% of final salary, plus 1% of such salary for each year of creditable service in excess of 20 years, if the member has more than 20 years of creditable service at retirement.

In no event shall the amount of any pension payable pursuant to the provisions of this subsection be less than $3,600 per annum.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1990, c.20)

(c) Any member who upon attainment of 60 or more years of age shall have established less than 20 years of creditable service in the retirement system may retire on a pension equal to 2% of final salary for each year of creditable service. In no event shall the amount of any pension payable pursuant to the provisions of this subsection be less than $3,600 per annum.

(d) A person who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2013, c.282, who shall have established 25 or more years of creditable service in the retirement system and who shall have attained the age of 65 years shall, upon application by that member to the commission, be retired on a pension equal to 55% of final salary, plus 1% of such salary for each year of creditable service in excess of 25 years, if the member has more than 25 years of creditable service at retirement. In no event shall the amount of any pension payable pursuant to the provisions of this subsection be less than $3,600 per annum.

L.1964, c.275, s.4; amended 1966, c.158, s.3; 1975, c.307; 1981, c.534, s.6; 1990, c.20, s.2; 1996, c.101, s.1; 2013, c.282, s.3.