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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:16A-3.10

  • 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
3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this supplementary act, a policeman or fireman who is eligible pursuant to paragraph (1) or paragraph (8) of subsection a. of that section to become a member of PFRS and who transfers membership from PERS to PFRS may receive full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service credit if:

(1) the act of which this act is a supplement is adopted by the legal voters of the municipality or the fire district as provided in section 10 of P.L.1945, c.148 (C. 43:16A-26); or

(2) the member agrees to pay the full cost of the accrued liability for the transferred PERS service credit in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of credit for military service under P.L.1991, c.153.

b. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this supplementary act, any person who is eligible pursuant to paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) or (7) of subsection a. of that section to become a member of PFRS and who transfers membership from PERS to PFRS may receive full credit toward benefits under PFRS for the transferred PERS service credit if the member agrees to pay the full cost of the accrued liability for the transferred PERS service credit in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of credit for military service under P.L.1991, c.153.

L.1993,c.247,s.3.