52:14-15.1b Qualified transportation fringe benefits, payroll deductions.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the State Treasurer, on behalf of the State, and the governing body of an independent State authority, board, commission, corporation, agency or organization may offer as an employer to an employee the option for a reduction in the employee's salary, through payroll deductions or otherwise, in exchange for the payment by the employer of a qualified transportation fringe benefit, as defined in, and otherwise consistent with the provisions and limits of, section 132 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s.132. The amount of any reduction in an employee's salary for the purpose of contributing to the payment of the qualified transportation fringe benefit shall continue to be treated as regular compensation for all other purposes, including the calculation of pension contributions and the amount of any retirement allowance, but, to the extent permitted by the federal Internal Revenue Code, shall not be included in the computation of federal taxes withheld from the employee's salary.
L.2001,c.162,s.1.