N.J.S. § 43:1-3.1 Forfeiture of Pension, Retirement Benefit For Conviction of Certain Crimes

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 118.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 43:1-3.1

a. A person who holds or has held any public office, position, or employment, elective or appointive, under the government of this State or any agency or political subdivision thereof, who is convicted of any crime set forth in subsection b. of this section, or of a substantially similar offense under the laws of another state or the United States which would have been such a crime under the laws of this State, which crime or offense involves or touches such office, position or employment, shall forfeit all of the pension or retirement benefit earned as a member of any State or locally-administered pension fund or retirement system in which he participated at the time of the commission of the offense and which covered the office, position or employment involved in the offense. As used in this section, a crime or offense that "involves or touches such office, position or employment" means that the crime or offense was related directly to the person's performance in, or circumstances flowing from, the specific public office or employment held by the person.

b. Subsection a. of this section applies to a conviction of any of the following crimes:

(1) Paragraph (4) of subsection a. of N.J.S. 2C:13-5, criminal coercion;

(2) N.J.S. 2C:20-4, theft by deception, if the amount involved exceeds $10,000;

(3) Subsection d. of N.J.S. 2C:20-5, theft by extortion;

(4) N.J.S. 2C:20-9, theft by failure to make required disposition of property received, if the amount involved exceeds $10,000;

(5) N.J.S. 2C:21-10, commercial bribery;

(6) Section 3 of P.L. 1994, c.121 (C.2C:21-25), money laundering;

(7) section 97 of P.L. 1999, c. 440(C.2C:21-34), false contract payment claims;

(8) N.J.S. 2C:27-2, bribery in official matters;

(9) N.J.S. 2C:27-3, threats and other improper influence in official and political matters;

(10) section 100 of P.L. 1999, c. 440(C.2C:27-9), unlawful official business transaction where interest is involved;

(11) section 5 of P.L. 2003, c. 255(C.2C:27-10), acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior;

(12) section 6 of P.L. 2003, c. 255(C.2C:27-11), offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior;

(13) N.J.S. 2C:28-1, perjury;

(14) N.J.S. 2C:28-5, tampering with witnesses;

(15) N.J.S. 2C:28-7, tampering with public records or information;

(16) N.J.S. 2C:29-4, compounding;