2018 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 18A - EDUCATION
Chapter 66
Section 18a:66-97 - Board of trustees, membership, terms, vacancies.

Section: 18A:66-97: Board of trustees, membership, terms, vacancies.

18A:66-97. Until the effective date of P.L.2005, c.328, any pension fund created or to be created as provided in this article shall be under the control and management of the board of seven trustees, no more than three of whom shall be employees of the same board of education. The two trustees of the board added pursuant to this act, P.L.2001, c.454, shall be retirees of the pension fund elected by the retirees of the pension fund, and each such member shall serve for a term of two years. The first board selected as provided in section 18A:66-96 shall serve until the month of January following the incorporation of such association. At such time four members of the association shall be elected as trustees, in place of the four first selected, by a majority vote of the members of the association as follows: one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, and one for the term of four years, who shall serve for the respective terms for which they are each chosen. Thereafter in the month of January of each year a member shall be chosen for a full term of four years to serve in place of the trustee whose term shall have expired.

After the effective date of P.L.2005, c.328, any pension fund created as provided in this article shall be under the control and management of the board of seven trustees, at least one of whom shall be an active member until the last active member of the fund retires and one of whom shall be a retiree. The remaining trustees may be either active members or retirees as the number of each may be determined by the bylaws of the board of trustees prior to an election. Commencing with the first January following the enactment of this act, P.L.2005, c.328, and continuing each January thereafter, two individuals shall be elected as trustees in the place of two sitting trustees by a majority vote, for a term of three years. Active member trustees shall be elected by a majority vote of the active members of the association, and retiree trustees shall be elected by a majority vote of the retirees of the pension fund. The transition in trustee terms and the number of trustees elected shall be accomplished as determined by the board.

In any election for a trustee in which there is only one candidate for a position, a vote of retirees or active members shall not be held and the candidate shall be designated a trustee by a majority vote of the sitting board of trustees.

Any vacancy occurring among the board of trustees or in the office of chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, treasurer, or other officers of such corporation shall be filled in the manner provided in bylaws, and in the absence of such provision shall be filled by the board of trustees.

L.1967, c.271; amended 1983, c.216, s.1; 2001, c.454, s.1; 2005, c.328, s.1.