Section 43:10-1.1 - Ineligible laborer made eligible by amendment to law; option to become member; procedureAny county laborer now employed in any such county, who, prior to the adoption of this act, was ineligible to the benefits of the law to which this act is an amendment and supplement but who is made eligible to such benefits by this act may decline to be bound by the provisions of said law or may within six months after this act becomes effective become a member of the fund established under said law:
(1) by payment into the fund, in such manner as shall be determined by the pension commission, of all arrears, with interest, as the pension commission shall determine to be due in order to give such employees the same standing as a member of said fund as all other members who joined said pension fund when the law providing for such fund became effective, in which case the maximum rate of interest shall not exceed the average rate of earnings of the investments of said fund and the maximum length of time for the payment of arrears shall be five years from the date of the application to join the fund, or(2) upon written application in which case the regular deductions from the salary of such employees shall commence upon the filing of such written application and he shall be entitled to the same benefits as a new employee then joining the fund would receive.L.1939, c.394, p.939, s.2.