New Jersey § 43:3c-9
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 43:3c-9, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43:3c-9.
a. Upon the termination of the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, the Public Employees'
Retirement System, the Judicial Retirement System, the Police and Firemen's Retirement
System, the State Police Retirement System, the Prison Officers' Pension Fund, the Consolidated Police and Firemen's Fund, the Alternate Benefit Program, or the Defined Contribution Retirement Program, or upon complete discontinuance of contributions to any of the retirement systems,
the rights of all members of such retirement system to benefits accrued to the date
of such termination or discontinuance, to the extent then funded, are non-forfeitable. b. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the form and timing
of all distributions from the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, the Public Employees'
Retirement System, the Judicial Retirement System, the Police and Firemen's Retirement
System, the State Police Retirement System, the Prison Officers' Pension Fund, the Consolidated Police and Firemen's Fund, the Alternate Benefit Program, or the Defined Contribution Retirement Program, to a member, or to the beneficiary of a member if the member dies before the member's
entire interest has been distributed, shall conform to the required distribution provisions
of section 401(a)(9) of the federal Internal Revenue Code 1 and the regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury under
that Code section, including the incidental death benefit requirements of section 401(a)(9)(G) of the federal Internal Revenue Code . In addition, in no event shall payments under any of the retirement systems commence
to be paid to a member later than the member's required beginning date, without regard
to whether the member has filed application therefor. For this purpose, a member's required beginning date is the April 1 of the calendar
year following the later of (1) the calendar year in which the member attains age
70 1/2 or (2) the calendar year in which the member retires. The actuarial adjustment described in section 401(a)(9)(C)(iii) of the federal Internal Revenue Code shall not apply. 1
26 U.S.C.A. § 401.
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