New Jersey Statutes Title 43. Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation 43 § 10-18.64a

a. “Retirant” means any former employee included in the membership of the pension fund established under the act to which this act is a supplement, who has retired from such employment, and as a result of such employment has or shall have received a pension from the pension fund for no less than 24 months.

b. “Beneficiary” means any person who, as a result of the death of an active or retired member has or shall have received a pension or a minimum pension pursuant to sections 1 and 13 of P.L.1948, c. 310 (C. 43:10-18.50 and 43:10-18.62) for no less than 24 months. In the case of any beneficiary, the 24 month period shall include the period in which the retirant was entitled to receive his pension.

c. “Benefit year” means:

d. “Calendar year” means the 12-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

e. “Index” means the annual average over a 12-month period, beginning September 1, and ending August 31, of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor (1967=100). Should the reference base of said index be changed, the index used to determine the Consumer Price Index as defined herein will be the index converted to the new base by standard statistical methods. The annual average index so calculated shall be the index for the calendar year in which the 12-month period ends.

f. “Benefit year index” shall be the index of the benefit year.