43:15A-100.1. Supplementary "special" retirement allowance to certain retired law enforcement officers
4. a. Should a law enforcement officer member retire after having established 25 years of creditable service, the member shall receive, in addition to the service retirement allowance provided in section 4 of P.L.1955, c.257 (C.43:15A-100), a supplementary "special" retirement allowance equal to 5% of the member's final compensation or such lesser amount as will, if added to the member's service retirement allowance, provide a total retirement allowance of 70% of the member's final compensation.
b. The supplementary "special" retirement allowance provided under subsection a. of this section shall be payable to any former member of the retirement system who, prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2001, c.4, retired as a law enforcement officer member of the retirement system after having established 25 years of creditable service. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed either to require a reduction in the retirement allowance payable to any retirant or to provide for the payment of any adjustment in such an allowance with respect to any period of time prior to the first day of the month following that effective date.
L.2001,c.4,s.4.