New Jersey S 2651: Regulates smoking in casinos and casino simulcasting facilities.

Bill Text

S2651 

SENATE, No. 2651 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator VIN GOPAL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Diegnan

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits certain substitute teachers to enroll in 
TPAF.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning eligibility for enrollment in the Teachers� 
Pension and Annuity Fund, and amending N.J.S.18A:66-2.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� N.J.S.18A:66-2 is 
amended to read as follows:

���� 18A:66-2. As used in this 
article:

���� a.���� "Accumulated 
deductions" means the sum of all the amounts, deducted from the 
compensation of a member or contributed by or in behalf of the member, 
including interest credited to January 1, 1956, standing to the credit of the 
member's individual account in the annuity savings fund.

���� b.��� "Annuity" 
means payments for life derived from the accumulated deductions of a member as 
provided in this article.

���� c.���� "Beneficiary" 
means any person receiving a retirement allowance or other benefit as provided 
in this article.

���� d.� (1)� 
"Compensation" means the contractual salary, for services as a 
teacher as defined in this article, which is in accordance with established 
salary policies of the member's employer for all employees in the same position 
but shall not include individual salary adjustments which are granted primarily 
in anticipation of the member's retirement or additional remuneration for 
performing temporary or extracurricular duties beyond the regular school day or 
the regular school year.

���� (2)�� In the case of a person 
who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after July 1, 2007, 
"compensation" means the amount of the contractual salary equivalent 
to the annual maximum wage contribution base for Social Security, pursuant to the 
Federal Insurance Contributions Act, for services as a teacher as defined in 
this article, which is in accordance with established salary policies of the 
member's employer for all employees in the same position but shall not include 
individual salary adjustments which are granted primarily in anticipation of 
the member's retirement or additional remuneration for performing temporary or 
extracurricular duties beyond the regular school day or the regular school 
year. This paragraph shall not apply to a person who at the time of enrollment 
in the retirement system on or after July 1, 2007 transfers service credit from 
another State-administered retirement system pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-15.1, but 
shall apply to a former member of the retirement system who has been granted a 
retirement allowance and is reenrolled in the retirement system on or after 
July 1, 2007 pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-53.2 after becoming employed again in a 
position that makes the person eligible to be a member of the retirement 
system.

���� For the period of July 1, 2009 
through June 30, 2011, "contractual salary" for State employees shall 
include wage increases under a collective negotiations agreement 
notwithstanding that, by amendment to that collective negotiations agreement, the 
effective date of the contractual increase has been deferred.� For the purpose 
of this paragraph, "State employee" means an employee in the 
Executive Branch of State government of New Jersey.

���� e.���� "Employer" 
means the State, the board of education or any educational institution or 
agency of or within the State by which a teacher is paid.

���� f. (1) "Final 
compensation" means the average annual compensation for which 
contributions are made for the three years of creditable service in New Jersey 
immediately preceding the member's retirement or death, or it shall mean the 
average annual compensation for New Jersey service for which contributions are 
made during any three fiscal years of his or her membership providing the 
largest possible benefit to the member or the member's beneficiary.

���� (2)�� In the case of a person 
who becomes a member of the retirement system on or after the effective date of 
P.L.2010, c.1, "final compensation" means the average annual 
compensation for which contributions are made for the five years of creditable service 
in New Jersey immediately preceding the member's retirement or death, or it 
shall mean the average annual compensation for New Jersey service for which 
contributions are made during any five fiscal years of his or her membership 
providing the largest possible benefit to the member or the member's 
beneficiary.

���� g.��� "Fiscal year" 
means any year commencing with July 1, and ending with June 30, next following.

���� h.��� "Pension" 
means payments for life derived from appropriations made by the State or 
employers to the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund.

���� i.���� "Annuity 
reserve" means the present va