Rutgers Law

NOTE: This section was repealed by L.2013, c.253, effective 2014-01-17.

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 43, PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

    Chapter 16: Retirement for age and service

      Section: 43:16-6.1: Consolidated Police and Firemen's Pension Fund Commission

           5. There is hereby established in the Division of Pensions in the Department of the Treasury a commission which shall be known as the Consolidated Police and Firemen's Pension Fund Commission, and shall consist of nine members; two of whom shall be elected by the policemen, and two of whom shall be elected by the firemen, who are active or retired members of the consolidated fund, four of which members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate who shall serve for a term of office of four years and until their successors are appointed and who shall be private citizens of the State of New Jersey who are neither an officer thereof nor active or retired public employees, and the remaining member whereof shall be the State Treasurer, or, when so designated by him, the Deputy State Treasurer. Of the members initially appointed by the Governor pursuant to P.L.1992, c.41 (C.43:6A-33.1 et al.), one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, and one for a term of four years. The term of office of elected members of the commission shall be four years. Any vacancy occurring in said commission shall be filled as the office was originally filled. In each municipality and county in which a pension fund consolidated by the provisions of this act existed, elections shall be held on the second Wednesday of June in each year in which a member of said commission is to be elected by the policemen or firemen hereunder. At every such election each policeman and fireman who was a member of any pension fund consolidated and a member of the pension fund created by this act shall be eligible to vote for any of such candidates who shall have been nominated for the office of elective member of said commission. The elections shall be held according to such rules and regulations as the commission shall adopt, subject to the provisions of this act, to govern the holding of such elections and the method of nominating candidates for the office to be voted for thereat.

Each member of the commission shall after his appointment or election, take and subscribe an oath that, so far as it devolves upon him, he will diligently and honestly fulfill his duties as a member, and that he will not knowingly violate nor willingly permit to be violated any of the provisions of law applicable to such fund. Each of such oaths, when certified by the officer before whom it is taken, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in discharging their duties as members of said commission.

The State Treasurer shall designate a medical board after consultation with the Director of the Division of Pensions, subject to veto by the commission for valid reason. It shall be composed of three physicians who are not eligible to participate in the pension fund. The medical board shall pass upon all medical examinations required under the provisions of the act, shall investigate all essential statements and certificates by or on behalf of a member in connection with an application for disability retirement, and shall report in writing to the pension fund its conclusions and recommendations upon all matters referred to it.

L.1952,c.358,s.5; amended 1971,c.179,s.2; 1992,c.41,s.20.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:53.