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NJ A3930

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/4/2024

Primary Sponsor

Annette Quijano

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • County prosecutors may purchase service credit in the Prosecutors Part of PERS for time served as a law clerk to a New Jersey Superior Court judge or Supreme Court justice, under the same terms as purchasing previous membership service

  • Establishes a new salary tier of $218,545.82 for the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Division, effective January 1, 2024, with annual CPI adjustments up to 2% through January 2027

  • Increases county prosecutor salaries from $165,000 to $204,166.50 effective January 1, 2024, with annual CPI adjustments up to 2% through January 2027

  • Permits retired judges receiving Judicial Retirement System pensions to serve as county prosecutors while continuing to receive their full pension and prosecutor salary, without enrolling in additional retirement systems

  • Removes county prosecutors from the deferred retirement provisions that previously applied to judges who became prosecutors or Administrative Director of the Courts, allowing judges to collect their pension immediately upon serving as prosecutor

Legislative Description

Permits service credit in Prosecutors Part of PERS for judicial clerk service; increases salary of Presiding Judge of Appellate Division and county prosecutor; permits retired judges to collect pension while serving as county prosecutor.

Substituted by another Bill

Last Action

Substituted by S2470 (1R)

6/28/2024

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/24/2024
State and Local Government3/4/2024

Full Bill Text

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