ASSEMBLY STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2660

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 1, 1997

      The Assembly State Government Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2660.

      This bill amends a provision of the law establishing the Council on Local Mandates that requires employees and members of the Council to be enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). Under the bill, no person who has been granted a retirement allowance by any New Jersey public pension fund prior to commencing service as a employee or member of the council shall be eligible on the basis of that service for enrollment or membership in that retirement system.