New Jersey Statutes 43:10-18.18. Withdrawal from retirement system; separation from service; retirement on pension; death without surviving spouse or children
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:10-18.18
- 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
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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
From and after July 1, 1943, any employee who is or becomes a member of this retirement system may not withdraw therefrom and shall not be entitled to a refund of any moneys theretofore and thereafter deducted from his salary hereunder; provided, however, that any employee who separates from the county service through his discharge, resignation, or for any other reasons other than retirement shall be entitled to a refund of all moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system established hereunder; provided, however, that any member of the retirement system established hereunder who retires on pension under the provisions of any other act, shall be entitled, upon written application made therefore to the pension commission within 3 months after such retirement on pension, to a refund of the moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system, and provided, further, that where the service of an employee is terminated by death of the employee, if such employee leaves no widow, dependent widower, or dependent children under 18 years of age, all moneys theretofore deducted from his salary for the retirement system established hereunder shall be paid to the person designated by said employee as his or her beneficiary and if no such designation has been made or if the beneficiary has predeceased said employee, all moneys deducted from his or her salary for the retirement system shall be paid to the estate of the deceased employee.
L.1943, c. 160, p. 467, s. 18. Amended by L.1956, c. 205, p. 744, s. 1; L.1960, c. 191, p. 805, s. 5; L.1966, c. 243, s. 6, eff. Aug. 17, 1966; L.1971, c. 426, s. 5, eff. Feb. 1, 1972.