Handelson v. Board of Trustees

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MORTON I. GREENBERG, J.A.D.

N.J.S.A. 43:15A-11 provides that an employee in permanent public employment enrolled within the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) may receive credit for prior temporary service by making contributions to PERS, provided that the temporary employment results without interruption in perma*225nent employment. The statute, however, requires the employee to agree within one year of becoming a member of PERS to make contributions covering the period of temporary service in order to receive credit for this temporary service. The…