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 allows county prosecutors in New Jersey to earn retirement credit in the Prosecutors Part of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) for time served as a judicial clerk (law clerk to a judge), provided they purchase that credit after taking office. It also increases the salaries for the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division and county prosecutors. Additionally, the bill permits retired judges to collect their pension while serving as a county prosecutor. These changes directly affect county prosecutors, retired judges, and judicial clerks who transition to prosecution roles.