§ 43:13-44 — Pension fund; exemption from taxation and process

For the purpose of paying the pensions a fund shall be created in each village where this article takes effect, as follows: a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary to a municipal employee or officer benefited by this article five per centum (5%) of the amount thereof and if any employee or officer hereafter enters the service of the municipality after reaching the age of thirty-five years, such percentage shall be increased to such an amount as the pension commission determines to correspond to the risk arising by the age of such employee. b. The village shall raise by taxation and pay into the fund yearly an amount equal to seven per centum (7%) of the total salaries paid to the employees or officers who shall benefit by this article, and may raise by taxation and pay into the fund yearly such additional amount or amounts as, upon the recommendation of the pension commission of the municipality, the governing body shall determine to be necessary to maintain the fund. c. There shall be added all fines imposed upon any such employee or officer, all moneys given or donated to the fund, all moneys deducted from the salary of such employee or officer because of absence or loss of time and one-half of all rewards paid for any purpose to such employees or officers. If there shall not be sufficient money in the fund so created, the governing body of such village shall include in any tax levy a sum sufficient to meet the requirements of the fund for the time being. All pensions granted under this article shall be exempt from any State or municipal tax, levy and sale, garnishment or attachment or any other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable. Amended by L.1945, c. 213, p. 712, s. 1.