On January first following the receipt of said notification and certification, the board of trustees of the State Employees' Retirement System shall relinquish jurisdiction over each of the persons so certified and shall cause to be remitted to the board of trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey all accumulated deductions standing to the credit of each of such persons as a member of the former system, together with the pro rata part of the contingent reserve fund applicable to such person's account, and the board of trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey shall assume jurisdiction over such person, and shall enter the respective sums so remitted to it to the credit of such person in the annuity savings fund and to the credit of the pension accumulation fund of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey and thereafter the employees thereby affected shall be deemed to be members of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey and deductions from their salaries and contributions on their behalf shall thereafter be made as required by the act creating such system for members thereof having equivalent creditable service and aggregate contributions.
N.J.S. § 43:16A-48