2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation
Section 43:13-22.62 - Pension commission

43:13-22.62. Pension commission

A pension commission shall be created in every city of the first class, as defined in this act, which shall consist of the following members:

(a) The mayor or other chief executive of such city;

(b) The chief financial officer of such city;

(c) Two city employees of such city who shall be nominated and elected at a meeting of the city employees of such city held on the third Wednesday of December of every second year. Their term of office shall be for 2 years commencing January 1 following their election; and

(d) A citizen of such city who holds no office under such city, who shall be selected by the other 4 members of the commission and shall hold office for the term of 1 year.

In case of vacancy for any cause, the commission may fill such vacancy until the next election.

The commission shall hold its annual meetings on the first business day of January in each year and elect its president, and such other officers as it deems advisable. The commission shall also at such meeting elect a secretary from or outside of the city employees, whose compensation the commission shall have power to fix.

As of the effective date of this act and until such time as the full membership of the pension commission shall be completed in accordance with the provisions of this act, the powers, duties and obligations of the commission, as provided in this act, shall be assumed by the pension commission of the pension fund of the city in existence on said date created under and by virtue of article 2, chapter 13, Title 43, of the Revised Statutes.

L.1964, c. 275, s. 13.