Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:66-10

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
18A:66-10. Any person who was employed as a teacher prior to January 2, 1955 and who did not join the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund may join at any time. The person shall have the option of joining the retirement system as a new member upon proper application with no credit for previous service, or of purchasing membership credit for this previous service. The purchase shall be made in the same manner and be subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of previous membership service by N.J.S. 18A:66-9

Any person coming under the provisions of this section shall not be allowed any of the death benefits established by N.J.S.18A:66-38, N.J.S.18A:66-41, N.J.S.18A:66-42, N.J.S.18A:66-44, N.J.S. 18A:66-46 and N.J.S. 18A:66-53 unless he becomes a member within 12 months after January 1, 1956, or furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability.

L.1967, c.271; amended 1991,c.138,s.3.