43:13-22.15c.Ā  Payment in full of assessments for arrears and interest priorĀ  to retirement of member for disability No employee member of the retirement system shall be retired on pension except as hereinafter provided until he shall have paid in full the amount of all assessments for arrears and interest thereon.Ā  The amount of any assessmentĀ  for arrears and interest thereon remaining unpaid upon a member's death orĀ  retirement for permanent or total disability shall be deducted from the amountsĀ  first allowable by way of pension prior to any payment by way of pension to aĀ  widow, widower, minor child, dependent parent or member retired for permanentĀ  or total disability.

L.1957, c. 189, p. 688, s. 4.Ā  Amended by L.1979, c. 281, s. 3, eff. Jan. 8, 1980.
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