... Employees' Retirement System (PERS). This case requires us to interpret N.J.S.A. 43:15A-7.5, a statute allowing certain elected officials who had previously been ... enacted in 2007, to re-enroll in PERS. We hold N.J.S.A. 43:15A-7.5 applies only to elected officials who had fifteen years of ... In 2017, the Legislature enacted amendments to Chapter 92, including N.J.S.A. 43:15A-7.5, which reads as follows: a. The Division of Pensions and ... to the Division to enroll Hill in PERS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 43:15A-7.5. The Division denied the request because Hill had changed elective ... argued he was eligible for re-enrollment in PERS under N.J.S.A. 43:15A-7.5, and alternatively, was eligible to begin collecting his PERS pension ... s claim he could continue to participate in PERS under N.J.S.A. 43:15A-7.5. Hill appealed from the Board's decision, but the ...