43:15A-74.Ā  Extension of act to employees of county, board of education or municipality not previously under state employees' retirement system; referendum;Ā  prior service Except as otherwise provided in the case of public employee veterans or in subsection b. of section 75 of this act, this act shall not become effective inĀ  any county, board of education or municipality which has not previously beenĀ  covered by the formerĀ  "State Employees' Retirement System" until its governing body shall, by resolution, have directed that the question of adoption by that county, board of education or municipality shall be submitted to the qualified voters thereof at a general election and a majority of the voters voting on the question at such election shall have voted in favor of itsĀ  adoption.Ā  This act shall be effective without referendum in any county, boardĀ  of education or municipality in which chapter 15 of Title 43 of the RevisedĀ  Statutes has been adopted.Ā  Any employee of any such county, board of educationĀ  or municipality who prior to July 1, 1955, has filed an application coveringĀ  service rendered to such county, board of education or municipality prior toĀ  the date upon which chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes becameĀ  effective therein shall be entitled to prior service covering such service.

L.1954, c. 84, p. 521, s. 74.Ā  Amended by L.1954, c. 244, p. 901, s. 13; L.1966, c. 71, s. 5;Ā  L.1966, c. 217, s. 19;Ā  L.1977, c. 389, s. 1, eff. Feb. 23, 1978.
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