New Jersey Statutes Title 43. Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation 43 § 6A-14.1

a. Any judge who is required to be a member of the retirement system and who is receiving a retirement allowance or pension from a retirement system established pursuant to any other law of this State may elect to terminate his retirement status in such other system by filing a proper form waiving all of his rights and privileges in such other system or he may elect to continue the receipt of his retirement allowance or pension by filing a proper form with the Judicial Retirement System expressing his final and irrevocable intention not to enroll as a member of the Judicial Retirement System. Such waivers must be filed within 90 days from the date of his appointment.

b. The judge who elects to enroll in the Judicial Retirement System after having received benefits from a retirement system established pursuant to another law of this State shall be entitled to receive the value of his contributions, without interest, to such other retirement system reduced by the value of any benefits received from such retirement system.

c. The judge who elects to enroll in the Judicial Retirement System shall be eligible for all the benefits of the system and receive credit for all public service which would otherwise be credited to the account of any other member.