In the event of a change or transfer of a Superior Court Judge assigned to the Law Division to another county, division of the Superior Court, or court in the State judicial system, any law secretary or secretary-stenographer then serving such Superior Court Judge who is a member of a county retirement system shall be transferred to the State Employees' Retirement System, with full credit for past service, and the total amount credited to such law secretary or secretary-stenographer by reason of payments theretofore made by the member and by the county, together with interest, shall be transferred by the county to the State Employees' Retirement System. Any member so transferred shall be admitted to the State Employees Retirement System at the rate of deduction applicable to his age at the time of such transfer.
N.J.S. § 43:2-7