A 5053 — Permits retired municipal code officials to return to part-time employment after bona fide severance period without reenrollment in PERS.*

A5053 1R2R [First[Second Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No.

GREENWALD District 6 (Burlington and Camden) Assemblyman  ED RODRIGUEZ District 20 (Union)    Co-Sponsored  by:   SYNOPSIS      Permits retired municipal code officials to return to part-time employment after 90-day period without reenrollment in PERS.

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  CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT      As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on June 23, 2026, with amendments.

            1.  Section 27 of P.L.1966, c.217 (C.43:15A-57.2) is amended to read as follows:

          27.  a.  Except as provided in subsections b., c., [and] d., and e.

          Such person shall be re-enrolled in the retirement system and shall contribute thereto at a rate based on his age at the time of re-enrollment.

          Upon subsequent retirement of such member, his former retirement allowance shall be reinstated together with any optional selection, based on his former membership.  In addition, he shall receive an additional retirement allowance based on his subsequent service as a member computed in accordance with applicable provisions of chapter 84 of the laws of 1954;

          b.  b.    The cancellation, re-enrollment, and additional retirement allowance provisions of subsection a.

          c.  c.     The cancellation, reenrollment, and additional retirement allowance provisions of subsection a.

          d.  d.    The cancellation, reenrollment, and additional retirement allowance provisions of subsections a., b., and c.

          e.  e.     Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.) to the contrary, a former member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System who served as a municipal code official and who has been granted a retirement allowance for any cause other than disability, may return to employment as a municipal code official 2with one or more employers2 1within three years after the effective date of P.L.    , c.    (pending before the Legislature as this bill) and shall be eligible to continue employment as provided in this subsection1, without cancelation of the retirement and reenrollment in the system, if:

(1) the return commences no2[no fewer than 90] more than 30 days after the member receives written notification that the retirement is approved by the board, or more than 302 days after the date of retirement 2, whichever is later, if the employment is with a different employer, or 90 days after the date of retirement;retirement if the employment is with the same employer2 ;

and (3) the former member is re-employed as a part-time employee and works no more than 20 hours per week.week 2per employer2 .

          The former member’s retirement shall have been a bona fide retirement and any employment or reemployment under this section shall not be prearranged before retirement.

          This subsection shall be effective if the qualified status of the retirement system under federal law can be maintained upon its application, and such modifications to the system as may be available shall be made to allow for its application.