New Jersey § 18a:66-71
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 18a:66-71, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18a:66-71.
a. A retiree of the system who meets the definition of a veteran pursuant to this
act, or the surviving spouse of a retiree, shall be eligible to receive the special
veterans' retirement allowance pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-71 in lieu of the retirement allowance that a retiree, or the surviving spouse of a
retiree, is receiving on the effective date of this act. b. The provisions of section 7 of P.L.1969, c. 169 ( C. 43:3B-8 ) shall not apply to the benefit increase that results from this 1991 amendatory and
supplementary act, and the annual cost of living adjustment received by widows and
widowers under P.L.1958, c. 143 ( C. 43:3B-1 et seq. ) shall be calculated as of the date of retirement of a retiree of the system. The State shall pay the additional costs arising from any increase in the cost of
living adjustment received by a retiree of the system who meets the definition of
a veteran as a result of this act or the surviving spouse of a retiree. c. No retiree of the system who meets the definition of a veteran pursuant to this
act, or the surviving spouse of a retiree, shall be granted a retroactive payment
based upon the difference between the retirement allowance that the retiree of the
system, or the surviving spouse of the retiree, would have received if that retiree
of the system had met the definition of a veteran on the date of retirement and the
retirement allowance that the retiree of the system, or the surviving spouse of the
retiree, has received from the date of retirement to the effective date of this act.
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