43:13-41 - Payments to dependents of employee or officer who served five years or more - New Jersey Statutes

43:13-41.  Payments to dependents of employee or officer who served five years or more
    If a municipal employee or officer, who was not previously retired or pensioned, who has paid into the fund the full amount of his annual assessments  or contributions and who shall have served in the municipal employ for five  years, shall die from causes other than injuries or illness received or  incurred in the performance of his duties, twenty per cent of the pension which  would have been paid if he had served in the village for twenty-five years  shall be paid to the surviving widow, husband, minor children or dependent  parents, as the case may be.  For each additional year of such service  thereafter the proportionate amount of the pension to be so paid shall be  increased to the extent of four per cent over and above such twenty per cent  per annum for each additional year of service up to and including twenty-five  years.