New Jersey Statutes 43:15A-98. Law enforcement officers within Division of Motor Vehicles; membership in System; waiver of credits
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:15A-98
- 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
(b) Any person who was enrolled in the Public Employees’ Retirement System after February 1, 1956 and prior to January 1, 1960, who was required to be enrolled as a law enforcement officer member and who did not have the right to waive credit as a law enforcement officer may within 90 days after January 1, 1960 waive his privilege of obtaining credit as a law enforcement officer.
(c) Any person who becomes eligible for credit as a law enforcement officer on or after January 1, 1960 may elect to obtain such credit within 90 days after first becoming eligible therefor.
(d) Any person eligible for credit as a law enforcement officer who waives or elects not to obtain such credit shall thereafter be treated in all respects as a nonlaw enforcement officer member of the retirement system, except with regard to compulsory retirement as provided in section 3 of this act.
L.1955, c. 257, p. 941, s. 2. Amended by L.1956, c. 55, p. 107, s. 1; L.1959, c. 170, p. 700, s. 2.