N.J.S. § 43:16-4 Pension to Dependents For Loss of Life While On Duty

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 194.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 43:16-4

(a) Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death of...

(b) The changes in benefits provided by subsection (a) of this section shall apply only to pensions granted after April 1, 1967; provided, however, that any pension in an amount less than $4,500.00 per annum presently being paid or to be paid in the future, pursuant to R.S. 43:16-4, to a widow of a policeman or fireman who lost his life while on duty, shall be increased to $4,500.00 per annum.

(c) The State shall pay the additional pension costs arising from the increase from ½ to 70% in the proportion of a member's average salary payable as a pension to that member's surviving spouse pursuant to the provisions of this section of this 1987 amendatory and supplementary act.

Cite as N.J.S. § 43:16-4

History: Amended by L.1944, c.253, s.4; 1946, c.284, s.3; 1948, c.313, s.2; 1948, c.449; 1960, c.108, s.1; 1964, c.222, s.2; 1964, c.242, s.4; 1965, c.100, s.2; 1966, c.307, s.2; 1968, c.334; 1974, c.110, s.2; 1987, c.128, s.2.