New_jersey Statute | Act | Code |Title 53 State Police| US Code - US Statute

53:5A-3. Definitions relative to State Police Retirement System. 3. As used in this act: a. ~Aggregate contributions~ means the sum of all the amounts, deducted from the salary of a member or contributed by him or on his behalf, standing to the credit of his individual account in the Annuity Savings Fund. Interest credited on contributions to the former ~State Police Retirement and Benevolent Fund~ shall be included in a member@s aggregate contributions. b. ~Annuity~ means payments for life derived from the aggregate contributions of a member. c. ~Annuity reserve~ means the present value of all payments to be made on account of any annuity or benefit in lieu of an annuity, computed upon the basis of such mortality tables recommended by the actuary as the board of trustees adopts and regular interest. d. ~Beneficiary~ means any person entitled to receive any benefit pursuant to the provisions of this act by reason of the death of a member or retirant. e. ~Board of trustees~ or ~board~ means the board provided for in section 30 of this act. f. ~Child~ means a deceased member@s or retirant@s unmarried child either (a) under the age of 18 or (b) of any age who, at the time of the member@s or retirant@s death, is disabled because of mental retardation or physical incapacity, is unable to do any substantial, gainful work because of the impairment and his impairment has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as affirmed by the medical board. g. ~Creditable service~ means service rendered for which credit is allowed on the basis of contributions made by the member or the State. h. ~Parent~ means the parent of a member who was receiving at least one-half of his support from the member in the 12-month period immediately preceding the member@s death or the accident which was the direct cause of the member@s death. The dependency of such a parent will be considered terminated by marriage of the parent subsequent to the death of the member. i. ~Final compensation~ means the average compensation received by the member in the last 12 months of creditable service preceding his retirement or death. Such term includes the value of the member@s maintenance allowance for this same period. j. Final salary~ means the average salary received by the member in the last 12 months of creditable service preceding his retirement or death. Such term shall not include the value of the member@s maintenance allowance. k. ~Fiscal year~ means any year commencing with July 1 and ending with June 30 next following. l. ~Medical board~ means the board of physicians provided for in section 30 of this act. m. ~Member~ means any full-time, commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer or trooper of the Division of State Police of the Department of Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey enrolled in the retirement system established by this act. n. ~Pension~ means payment for life derived from contributions by the State. o. ~Pension reserve~ means the present value of all payments to be made on account of any pension or benefit in lieu of any pension computed on the basis of such mortality tables recommended by the actuary as shall be adopted by the board of trustees and regular interest. p. ~Regular interest~ means interest as determined by the State Treasurer, after consultation with the Directors of the Divisions of Investment and Pensions, the board of trustees and the actuary. It shall bear a reasonable relationship to the percentage rate of earnings on investments based on the market value of the assets but shall not exceed the assumed percentage rate of increase applied to salaries plus 3%, provided however that the board of trustees shall not set the average percentage rate of increase applied to salaries below 6%. q. ~Retirant~ means any former member receiving a retirement allowance as provided by this act. r. ~Retirement allowance~ means the pension plus the annuity. s. ~State Police Retirement System of New Jersey,~ herein also referred to as the ~retirement system~ or ~system,~ is the corporate name of the arrangement for the payment of retirement allowances and of the benefits under the provisions of this act including the several funds placed under said system. By that name, all of its business shall be transacted, its funds invested, warrants for moneys drawn, and payments made and all of its cash and securities and other property held. All assets held in the name of the former ~State Police Retirement and Benevolent Fund~ shall be transferred to the retirement system established by this act. t. ~Surviving spouse~ means the person to whom a member or a retirant was married, or a domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3), on the date of the death of the member or retirant. The dependency of such a surviving spouse will be considered terminated by the marriage of, or establishment of a domestic partnership by, the surviving spouse subsequent to the member@s or the retirant@s death, except that in the event of the payment of accidental death benefits, pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-14), the dependency of such a surviving spouse or domestic partner will not be considered terminated by the marriage of, or establishment of a domestic partnership by, the surviving spouse subsequent to the member@s death. u. ~Compensation~ for purposes of computing pension contributions means the base salary, for services as a member as defined in this act, which is in accordance with established salary policies of the State for all employees in the same position but shall not include individual salary adjustments which are granted primarily in anticipation of the member@s retirement or additional remuneration for performing temporary duties beyond the regular workday or shift. L.1965,c.89,s.3; amended 1968, c.47, s.1; 1970, c.57, s.12; 1971, c.181, s.3; 1975, c.211; 1985, c.355, s.1; 1992, c.41, s.27; 1992, c.125, s.16; 2003, c.181, s.3; 2003, c.246, s.46.

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