New Jersey Statutes 43:3C-3. Reemployment in elected public office; option for benefits
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 43:3C-3
- 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
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a former member of any pension fund or retirement system, contributory or noncontributory, established under any law of this or any other state, who has been granted a pension or retirement allowance for any cause other than vesting or deferred retirement, becomes employed again in an elected public office which makes him eligible to be a member of the same or any other pension fund or retirement system established under any law of this State, such person shall have the option to choose either to be reenrolled in the same fund or system or enrolled in such other pension fund or retirement system or to continue to receive said pension or retirement allowance and any death benefit as a result of his former membership irrespective of his position as an elected public officer.
L.1977, c.171, s.1; amended 1989,c.320,s.1.