LETTER OF NEW JERSEY STATE FIREMEN’S MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
Permit us to bring to your attention that the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York in the year 1938 adopted as part of the Constitution of the State of New York a provision forbidding the impairment or diminution of benefits accorded by legally existing statutory pension or retirement systems of the State of New York. See Article V, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of New York, adopted by Constitutional Convention of 1938 and approved by vote of the people November 8th, 1938.
We respectfully submit that the public employees of New Jersey and of its political subdivisions who are members of existing statutory pension or retirement systems, are entitled to equal consideration at the hands of the people of New Jersey as that which was accorded to the public employees of New York.
We, therefore, respectfully submit and urge your advocacy for inclusion of the following section in the proposed Constitution of New Jersey:
“Membership in any statutory pension or retirement system of the State of New Jersey or of any political subdivision thereof, shall be a contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired.”
We feel that the above provision is fair and equitable in all respects and constitutes the consideration to which the public employees in this State are justly deserving.
Respectfully yours,New Jersey State Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association Joseph H. McNamara, President
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