43:6A-12.Ā  Disability retirement
Whenever the Supreme Court shall certify to the Governor, any member who shall have served as a judge of the several courts, may be retired for disability if the member has become physically or otherwise incapacitated for full and efficient service to the State in his judicial capacity.Ā  The GovernorĀ  shall thereupon refer the disability claim to three physicians of skill andĀ  repute in their profession and residents of this State who shall examine theĀ  member and report to the Governor as to his physical or other disability andĀ  whether in all reasonable probability, if they find the disability existent, itĀ  will continue permanently and does and will continue to prevent the member fromĀ  giving full and efficient service in the performance of his judicial duties. If the report confirms the existence of the disability, and if the GovernorĀ  approves the report, the member shall be retired not less than 1 month nextĀ  following the date of filing of an application with the retirement system, andĀ  he shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of an annuity whichĀ  is the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions together with regular interest, and a pension which, when added to the member's annuity, will provideĀ  a retirement allowance during the remainder of his life in an amount equal to three-fourths of his final salary.

L.1973, c. 140, s. 12, eff. May 22, 1973.Ā  Amended by L.1973, c. 304, s. 3, eff. Dec. 7, 1973;Ā  L.1981, c. 470, s. 6, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.