New Jersey Statutes 43:13-22.54b. Increases in pension
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:13-22.54b
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- 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
Every person who is a retirant from a retirement system created pursuant to P.L.1964, c. 275 (C. 43:13-22.50 et seq.) or from a retirement system that has merged with that retirement system, and who is receiving a pension on the effective date of this act, shall have that pension increased by 1% for each full year that has elapsed since his retirement up to the effective date of this act.
Pension increases shall not be paid to retirants who are not receiving their regular, full, monthly pensions. The increase granted under the provisions of this act shall be effective only on the first day of a month, shall be paid in monthly installments, and shall not be decreased, revoked or repealed except as otherwise provided by law. No increase shall be due a retirant or his beneficiary unless it constitutes a payment for an entire month.
L.1984, c. 117, s. 1, eff. Aug. 8, 1984.