43:15A-143 - Membership in Workers Compensation Judges Part; service dates
43:15A-143 Membership in Workers Compensation Judges Part; service dates.
2.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, workers compensation judges shall be members of the Workers Compensation Judges Part, established pursuant to this act, P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-142 et seq.), of the Public Employees' Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), if enrolled in the part prior to the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) and shall be subject to the same membership and benefit provisions as State employees, except as provided by P.L.2001, c.259. Membership in the retirement system shall be a condition of employment for service as a judge of compensation for a judge enrolled in the part prior to the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.).
A workers compensation judge who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) shall not be a member of the Workers Compensation Judges Part and the provisions of P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-142 et seq.) shall not apply to such judge or the judge's survivors.
L.2001, c.259, s.2; amended 2007, c.92, s.22.
2.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, workers compensation judges shall be members of the Workers Compensation Judges Part, established pursuant to this act, P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-142 et seq.), of the Public Employees' Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), if enrolled in the part prior to the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) and shall be subject to the same membership and benefit provisions as State employees, except as provided by P.L.2001, c.259. Membership in the retirement system shall be a condition of employment for service as a judge of compensation for a judge enrolled in the part prior to the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.).
A workers compensation judge who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) shall not be a member of the Workers Compensation Judges Part and the provisions of P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-142 et seq.) shall not apply to such judge or the judge's survivors.
L.2001, c.259, s.2; amended 2007, c.92, s.22.