43:15A-98. Law enforcement officers within Division of Motor Vehicles; membership in System; waiver of credits
(a) Any person holding a permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer within the Division of Motor Vehicles on February 1, 1956 shall be a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System as of said date notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of the act to which this act is a supplement. Any member of the Public Employees' Retirement System who held a permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer on February 1, 1956 may within 90 days after May 22, 1956 or after first becoming a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System, whichever is later, waive his privilege of obtaining credit as a law enforcement officer.
(b) Any person who was enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System after February 1, 1956 and prior to January 1, 1960, who was required to be enrolled as a law enforcement officer member and who did not have the right to waive credit as a law enforcement officer may within 90 days after January 1, 1960 waive his privilege of obtaining credit as a law enforcement officer.
(c) Any person who becomes eligible for credit as a law enforcement officer on or after January 1, 1960 may elect to obtain such credit within 90 days after first becoming eligible therefor.
(d) Any person eligible for credit as a law enforcement officer who waives or elects not to obtain such credit shall thereafter be treated in all respects as a nonlaw enforcement officer member of the retirement system, except with regard to compulsory retirement as provided in section 3 of this act.
L.1955, c. 257, p. 941, s. 2. Amended by L.1956, c. 55, p. 107, s. 1; L.1959, c. 170, p. 700, s. 2.
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