43:13-37.8 - Retirement on half pay; dependents after death
43:13-37.8. Retirement on half pay; dependents after death
Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, any town employee who shall have served or who shall hereafter have served in the employ of such town continuously or in the aggregate for a period of twenty years, and who shall have attained the age of sixty years, shall, upon his application, be retired on half pay. In the event that such town employee shall have retired and pensioned under the provisions of this act and shall have continued to pay into said pension fund or have deducted for the benefits of such pension fund the full amount of his percentage based on the amount of his pension after his retirement and until his death, then, in such event and subject to the limitation hereinafter provided, an amount equal to one-half of the salary or compensation received by such town employees at the time of his retirement shall be paid each year to the dependent widow, dependent children under the age of sixteen years or dependent parent or parents, as the case may be.
L.1943, c. 189, p. 526, s. 8.