SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3529

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 16, 2021

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 3529.

      This bill provides that a member of the State Police Retirement System (SPRS) may be eligible for an accidental disability retirement allowance if the member becomes permanently and totally disabled because a preexisting and asymptomatic condition that the member had previously that is later rendered symptomatic as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during and as a result of the performance of regular or assigned duties.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill will result in an indeterminate increase in State contributions to the State Police Retirement System (SPRS).  The Office of Legislative Services cannot estimate the impact because the number of SPRS members who would qualify under this bill is not known.