N.J. Admin. Code § 17:2-8.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 17:2-8.2 - P.L. 2021, c. 226

(a)N.J.S.A. 43:15A-156 closed the Prosecutors Part of PERS to new members as of May 21, 2010. On September 24, 2021, the Prosecutors Part of PERS was reopened and requires prosecutors to be enrolled in the PERS with the same membership and benefit provisions as State employees, except as provided at P.L. 2001, c. 366. Membership in the retirement system shall be a condition of employment for service as a prosecutor.

1. For members employed as prosecutors on September 24, 2021, any service credit that has been established in the PERS prior to September 24, 2021, shall be established in the Prosecutors Part of PERS without further assessment of cost to the prosecutor; provided, however, any service credit that has been established in the PERS or the Judicial Retirement System (JRS) not deferred pursuant to section 1 at P.L. 2019, c. 287 (N.J.S.A. 43:6A-11.1) by a member of the retirement system in any position prior to service as a county prosecutor, nominated and appointed pursuant to Article VII, Section II, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, shall be established in the Prosecutors Part of PERS without further assessment of cost to the prosecutor.

2. Any county prosecutor, or acting county prosecutor, enrolled in the DCRP as a county prosecutor, or acting county prosecutor, shall be eligible for service credit in the Prosecutors Part of PERS, except that the county prosecutor, or acting county prosecutor, shall first pay the amount equivalent to that amount contributed pursuant to section 3 at P.L. 2007, c. 92 (N.J.S.A. 43:15C-3) during each fiscal year of membership in the DCRP to be credited.

3. All outstanding obligations, such as loans, purchases, and other arrearage, shall be satisfied by a prosecutor as previously scheduled for payment to the Public Employees' Retirement System.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:2-8.2

Repealed by R.2007 d.382, effective 12/17/2007.
See: 39 N.J.R. 1642(a), 39 N.J.R. 5367(a).
Section was "Criteria for determining eligibility for enrollment for employees of the Department of Law and Public Safety".

Adopted by 55 N.J.R. 749(a), effective 4/17/2023