New Jersey § 43:13-37
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 43:13-37, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43:13-37.
The words “town employee” or “employee” as used in this act 1 shall mean and include all employees and officers now or hereafter in service of
any town in counties of the first class of this State having a population of not less
than forty thousand nor more than forty-one thousand according to the census of one
thousand nine hundred and thirty, and of any town board, body or commission maintained
directly or indirectly, wholly or partially, out of town funds, whose term of office
or position is not fixed or limited by law, not including casual or transient laborers
unless such labor work is recognized as a permanent appointment by such pension fund
commission, it being the intent to exclude casual or transient labor from the operation
of this act. The words “town employee” or “employee” shall not be held to include office holders
elected by the voters of the town nor shall it include any member of any police department
or fire department whose salary or compensation is paid directly or indirectly, wholly
or partially, out of the town funds. All other persons, except the casual or transient laborers hereinabove referred
to, officers elected by the voters of the town and police and fire officers, now in
the service of the town, not included in the foregoing provisions, shall have the
privilege, in their discretion, to participate in the benefits of this act by written
notice to the said pension fund commission, which notice shall be delivered within
thirty days after the organization of said commission. All persons, except the casual or transient laborers hereinabove referred to, officers
elected by the voters of the town and police and fire officers, hereafter entering
the service of the town, not included in the foregoing provision, shall participate
in the benefits of this act. The pension fund commission, in addition to the powers herein conferred, shall have
power to determine what persons are included in the meaning of this act. 1
N.J.S.A. §§ 43:13-37.1 to 43:13-37.18.
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