Bill Text: NJ A2645 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases membership of State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees; requires membership to include two active and two retired members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-13 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee [A2645 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A2645-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Increases membership of State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees; requires membership to include two active and two retired members.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the membership of the State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees and amending P.L.1965, c.89.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 30 of P.L.1965, c.89 (C.53:5A-30) is amended to read as follows:
30. a. Subject to the provisions of P.L.1955, c.70 (C.52:18A-95 et seq.), the general responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system is hereby vested in the board of trustees.
b. The board shall consist of [five] seven trustees as follows:
(1) Two active [or retired] members of the system who shall be appointed by the Superintendent of State Police, who shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent and until their successors are appointed and one of whom shall be [or shall have been] a commissioned officer of the Division of State Police.
(2) Two retired members of the system who shall be appointed by the Superintendent of State Police, who shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent and until their successors are appointed.
[(2)] (3) Two members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve for a term of office of three years and until their successors are appointed and who shall be private citizens of the State of New Jersey who are neither an officer thereof nor active or retired members of the system. Of the two members initially appointed by the Governor pursuant to P.L.1992, c.125 (C.43:4B-1 et al.), one shall be appointed for a term of two years and one for a term of three years.
[(3)] (4) The State Treasurer ex officio. The Deputy State Treasurer, when designated for that purpose by the State Treasurer, may sit as a member of the board of trustees and when so sitting shall have all the powers and shall perform all the duties vested by this act in the State Treasurer.
c. Each trustee shall, after his appointment, take an oath of office that, so far as it devolves upon him, he will diligently and honestly fulfill his duties as a board member, that he will not knowingly violate or permit to be violated any of the provisions of the law applicable to the retirement system. Such oath shall be subscribed by the member taking it, and certified by the official before whom it is taken, and immediately filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
d. If a vacancy occurs in
the office of a trustee, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the
office was previously
filled.
e. The trustees shall serve without compensation, but they shall be reimbursed by the State for all necessary expenses that they may incur through service on the board. No employee member shall suffer loss of salary through the serving on the board.
f. Except as otherwise herein provided, no member of the board of trustees shall have any direct interest in the gains or profits of any investments of the retirement system; nor shall any member of the board of trustees directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent in any manner use the moneys of the retirement system, except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the board of trustees; nor shall any member of the board of trustees become an endorser or surety, or in any manner an obligor for moneys loaned to or borrowed from the retirement system.
g. Each trustee shall be entitled to one vote in the board. A majority vote of all trustees shall be necessary for any decision by the trustees at any meeting of said board.
h. Subject to the limitations of this act, the board of trustees shall annually establish rules and regulations for the administration of the funds created by this act and for the transactions of its business. Such rules and regulations shall be consistent with those adopted by the other pension funds within the Division of Pensions in order to permit the most economical and uniform administration of all such retirement systems.
i. The actuary of the fund shall be selected by the Retirement Systems Actuary Selection Committee established by P.L.1992, c.125. He shall be the technical adviser of the board on matters regarding the operation of the funds created by the provisions of this act and shall perform such other duties as are required in connection herewith.
j. The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser of the retirement system, except that if the Attorney General determines that a conflict of interest would affect the ability of the Attorney General to represent the board on a matter affecting the retirement system, the board may select and employ legal counsel to advise and represent the board on that matter.
k. The Chief of the Bureau of Police and Fire Funds of the Division of Pensions of the State Department of the Treasury shall be the secretary of the board.
l. The board of trustees shall keep a record of all of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection. The retirement system shall publish annually a report showing the fiscal transactions of the retirement system for the preceding year, the amount of the accumulated cash and securities of the system and the last balance sheet showing the financial condition of the system by means of an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement system.
m. The State Treasurer shall designate a medical board after consultation with the Director of the Division of Pensions, subject to veto by the board of trustees for valid reason. It shall be composed of three physicians. The medical board shall pass on all medical examinations required under the provisions of this act, and shall report in writing to the retirement system its conclusions and recommendations upon all matters referred to it.
n. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1987, c.330).
(cf: P.L.1992, c.125, s.17)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill changes the membership of the State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees by adding two members who will be retired members of the State police. Currently, the Board of Trustees is composed of five members: two active or retired members of the system, appointed by the Superintendent of State Police; two public members appointed by the Governor; and the State Treasurer serving ex officio.
This bill will require the membership to include two active and two retired State troopers who would serve at the pleasure of the Superintendent and until their successors are appointed. This change will increases the total membership of the board from five to seven members.
