43:15A-143 - Membership in Workers Compensation Judges Part; service dates
43:15A-143 Membership in Workers Compensation Judges Part; service dates.
2.Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, workers compensation judges shall be members of the Workers Compensation Judges Part, established pursuant to this act, P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-142 et seq.), of the Public Employees' Retirement System, established pursuant to P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), if enrolled in the part prior to the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) and shall be subject to the same membership and benefit provisions as State employees, except as provided by P.L.2001, c.259. Membership in the retirement system shall be a condition of employment for service as a judge of compensation for a judge enrolled in the part prior to the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.).
A workers compensation judge who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) shall not be a member of the Workers Compensation Judges Part and the provisions of P.L.2001, c.259 (C.43:15A-142 et seq.) shall not apply to such judge or the judge's survivors.
L.2001, c.259, s.2; amended 2007, c.92, s.22.