Permits service credit in Prosecutors Part of PERS for judicial clerk service; increases salary of Presiding Judge of Appellate Division and county prosecutor; permits retired judges to collect pension while serving as county prosecutor.

This bill (A 1977) modifies retirement benefits and salaries for New Jersey prosecutors and judges. It allows county prosecutors to count judicial clerk service (as a law clerk to a judge) toward retirement credits in the state retirement system without additional cost, and increases the annual salary for county prosecutors to $204,166.50 starting January 1, 2024. It also raises the salary of the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division to $218,545.82 and permits retired judges to receive their pension while serving as county prosecutor. The bill is pending before the Assembly State and Local Government Committee.