New Jersey Statutes 43:16-1. Retirement for age and service
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:16-1
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The amount of the service retirement pension of any member of such police or paid or part-paid fire department, who has served for more than 25 years and who retires after August 8, 1984, shall be increased by an amount equal to 1% of his final compensation for each year of service in excess of 25 years but not more than 30 years and 1% of his final compensation for each year of service in excess of 30 years rendered prior to his reaching age 65.
b. The service retirement pension payable under subsection a. of this section to any person who served honorably in a police or fire department for a period of 25 years and retired from the service of the department prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2001, c.4, shall be increased by an amount equal to 5% of the person’s final compensation or by such lesser amount as would, if added to the pension payable at the time of retirement, provide a total service retirement pension of 70% of final compensation. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed either to require a reduction in the pension payable to any retirant or to provide for the payment of any adjustment in such a benefit with respect to any period of time prior to the first day of the month following that effective date. The State shall be liable for any increased cost to local government employers participating in the Consolidated Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund as a result of the increased benefit provided for in this subsection.
Amended 1938, c.104; 1944, c.253, s.1; 1947, c.234, s.1; 1952, c.358, s.1; 1964, c.242, s.1; 1973, c.110; 1981, c.241, s.1; 1984, c.127, s.1; 2001, c.4, s.1.