New Jersey Statutes 43:16A-11.2. Separation from service before 55 with 10 years of creditable service; election of retirement allowance, restoration to service
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:16A-11.2
- 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.
- 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
(1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his aggregate contributions at the time of his severance from the service and
(2) A pension in the amount which, when added to the member’s annuity, will provide a total retirement allowance of 2% of the member’s final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service up to 30 plus 1% of final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service over 30, provided that such inactive member may elect to receive payments provided under section 11 of P.L.1944, c.255 or section 16 of P.L.1964, c. 241 if the member had qualified under that section at the time of leaving service, except that in order to avail himself or herself of the option, the member must exercise such option at least 30 days before the effective date of retirement. If such inactive member shall die before attaining age 55, the member’s aggregate contributions shall be paid in accordance with section 11 of P.L.1944, c.255 and, in addition if such inactive member shall die after attaining age 55 but before filing an application for retirement benefits pursuant to this section or section 16 of P.L.1964, c.241 and has not withdrawn his or her aggregate contributions, or in the event of death after retirement, an amount equal to one-half of the compensation upon which contributions by the member to the annuity savings fund were based in the last year of creditable service shall be paid to such member’s beneficiary.
Any member who, having elected to receive a deferred retirement allowance, again becomes an employee covered by the retirement system while under the age of 55, shall thereupon be reenrolled. If he had discontinued his service for more than two consecutive years, subsequent contributions shall be at his former rate increased for the years of his inactive membership. He shall be credited with all service as a member standing to his credit at the time of his election to receive a deferred retirement allowance.
L.1964,c.241,s.17; amended 1967, c.250, s.16; 1971, c.175, s.13; 1973, c.109, s.3; 1981, c.177, s.5; 1999, c.428, s.6.