N.J. Stat. tit. 40A, ch. 14
N.J. Stat. tit. 40A, ch. 14
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section14-1. County fire marshal; appointment; salary.section14-1.1. Creation of arson investigation unit.section14-2. County fire marshal; powers and duties.section14-3. Acting county fire marshalsection14-6. County fire marshal's powers not to conflictsection14-7. Creation and establishment of fire departments and forcessection14-7.1. Arson investigation unitsection14-9. General qualifications of members; temporary appointments; absences from duty.section14-9.1. Requirement of residency in municipality; prohibitionsection14-9.2. Municipalities wherein civil service operative; residency requirementssection14-9.4. Promotions; preference to residentsection14-9.6. Municipalities without civil service; promotions; preference to residentsection14-9.7. Continuance in service; persons appointed under repealed acts; non-observance of residency requirementssection14-9.8. Residency in state; requirement for employmentsection14-9.9. Appointments to municipal fire department, force of certain firefighters.section14-10.1. Residence requirements for persons discharged or released from the military servicesection14-10.1a. Fire departments; priority of eligibility for initial appointment; preference, certain.section14-12. Age requirements for memberssection14-12.1. Fire signal system repairman or lineman; appointment to uniformed firefighting positionsection14-12.2. Rights and benefits of appointeessection14-12.3. Membership in retirement systemsection14-12.4. Appointment of firefighters under certain circumstances.section14-13. Appointment of temporary members and officers; termination of temporary employmentsection14-14. Delay in qualifying because of military servicesection14-15. Temporary vacancy due to military servicesection14-16. Leaves of absence with pay to certain members and officerssection14-16.1. Policy addressing job-related issues of pregnant members of paid or part-time fire departments.section14-17. Indeterminate terms of officesection14-18. Minimum salary for firemen in municipalities located in counties other than of the first or second classsection14-19. Suspension and removal of members and officerssection14-19.1. Definitions relative to certain firefighter retirement procedures for certain injured firefighters.section14-20. Hearingssection14-21. Suspension pending hearing; commencement of hearingsection14-22. Review of disciplinary conviction, arbitration in non-civil service municipality by member, officer of fire department.section14-23. Judicially determined illegal suspension or dismissal; member or officer entitled to recover salary; provisosection14-24. Chaplains.section14-25. Decrease of force for reasons of economysection14-26. Emergency assistance for fire and police protection from other municipality; payment; rights in event of casualty or deathsection14-27. Special compensation for permanently disabled members or officerssection14-28. Defense for members or officers in any action or legal proceeding arising out of or incidental to performance of dutiessection14-28.1. Applicability of "45-day" rule for violation of internal rules to paid members of fire departments.section14-29. Promotion of members and officers in certain municipalitiessection14-30. Removal from fire hazards of tangible personal property; custody; arrest of offenderssection14-31. Transfer of a fire patrol to a municipalitysection14-32. Use of fire fighting equipment by training organizationssection14-33. Municipality may contribute money for general purposes of incorporated volunteer fire departmentsection14-34. Municipal appropriations to fire companies.section14-35. Fire protection from adjoining municipalitysection14-36. Compensation for losses sustained by volunteer firemensection14-37. Volunteer firefighters' life insurance.section14-38. Board of commissioners may continue insurance for volunteer firemensection14-39. Other compensation not to affect eligibility to receive insurance benefitssection14-41. Conversion of volunteer to paid fire department; referendumsection14-42. Appointment of volunteer firemen or other persons to paid positionssection14-43. Appointment of volunteer firemen or other persons to newly established paid fire departmentsection14-44. Appointment of volunteer firemen or other persons to a part-paid fire departmentsection14-45. Service credits and conditions upon appointments to paid or part-paid fire departmentssection14-46. Two-platoon system in certain municipalities having a paid fire department and forcesection14-47. Two-platoon system for fire department in certain municipalities; establishment; referendumsection14-48. Two-platoon system for fire department in cities of the first class; emergency service; compensatory time offsection14-49. Fifty-six hour week for members and officers; referendumsection14-50. Certain emergency service and compensationsection14-51. Emergency service; compensatory time offsection14-52. Schedule of hours of actual dutysection14-53. Traffic regulations in fire areassection14-54. Firemen in the performance of their duties to have powers of police officerssection14-54.1. Authority at scene of fire of fire official in charge of supervision or direction of operationssection14-55. Definitions relating to fire departments and exempt firemen.section14-56. Exempt fireman certificate; eligibility.section14-57. Verified list of nonexempt members to be filed with municipal clerksection14-58. Members of volunteer fire company on disbandment entitled to exempt fireman certificatessection14-59. Issuance of exempt fireman certificates.section14-60. Tenure of exempt firemen in office, position or employment of State, county, municipality, school board or board of education; removal upon charges after hearingsection14-61. Exempt firemen entitled to certain rights, privileges or benefitssection14-62. Tenure of exempt fireman in office, position or employment of intermunicipal commissionssection14-63. Office or position held by an exempt fireman not to be abolished or changed or emoluments reduced to terminate servicessection14-64. Tenure in office held by an exempt firemansection14-65. Office not to be abolished for economy reasons or otherwise to terminate services of an exempt fireman having tenure; exceptionssection14-67. Intermunicipal fire departments and forcessection14-68. Contracts with volunteer fire companies; member holding public office.section14-70. Fire district designation; procedure; election of commissioners.section14-70.1. Establishment of a volunteer fire company within a fire district; contract with volunteer fire company outside fire districtsection14-70.2. Fire district to maintain Internet website, webpage; contents.section14-71. Nominating petitions.section14-72. Fire district elections.section14-72.1. Moving date of election for fire district; revision of boundary lines.section14-72.2. Rules, regulations.section14-73. Form of ballot.section14-74. Elections; notice; publication; eligibility of voters.section14-75. Use of voting machines.section14-76. Polls, hours.section14-77. Manner of conducting elections.section14-78. Appropriations, other matters to be voted upon, form of question.section14-78.1. Fire district budget; time of introduction; public hearing; noticesection14-78.2. Adoption of fire district budget, hearing.section14-78.3. Amendments; hearing; noticesection14-78.4. Adoption of budget; time; advertisement.section14-78.5. Adoption of budget amendments.section14-78.6. Fire district budget to provide separate sections.section14-78.7. Separate items in operating appropriations sectionsection14-78.8. Separate items in fire district budgetsection14-78.9. Transfer of appropriations between items.section14-78.10. Reserve item transferssection14-78.11. Emergency appropriationssection14-78.12. 3% limitsection14-78.13. Emergency appropriation resolutionsection14-78.14. Deferred chargesection14-78.15. Financing of emergency appropriationsection14-78.16. Fiscal yearsection14-78.17. Temporary budgetsection14-79. Tax assessment; tax due.section14-80. Borrowing money in anticipation of revenuesection14-81. Board of fire commissioners; general powerssection14-81.1. Fire districts; paid positions; establishment; resolution; procedure for passage; publicationsection14-81.2. Qualifications for appointment to paid position.section14-81.3. Supervisory authoritysection14-81.4. Employees and volunteer firemen; reimbursement for expenses and lossessection14-81.5. Travel expenses; advancessection14-82. Limitation of average hours of duty for uniformed members of fire district fire departmentssection14-83. Leasing space in building of fire districtsection14-84. Revenue for the district, purposes, limitations; meetings.section14-85. Acquisition of property, equipment by fire district.section14-85.1. Appropriations by fire districtssection14-86. Voting on bond issue of fire district; issuance and salesection14-86.1. Fire district bonds; bond anticipation notessection14-87. Payments of interest and principal; inclusion in budget; borrowing to paysection14-88. Compensation for members of boards of fire commissionerssection14-89. Fire district treasurer, custodian of money; bond; annual auditsection14-90. Enlargement of fire district.section14-90.1. Consolidation of fire districts by two or more municipalities.section14-90.2. Consolidation of fire districts within municipality.section14-91. Dissolution of fire districtsection14-92. Cancellation of taxes or refunds on dissolution of fire districtsection14-93. Illegally created fire district; abatements or refundssection14-94. Formation of new municipalities; abolition of fire district; apportionment of assets and liabilitiessection14-95. Establishment of Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary.section14-96. Membership requirements for Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary.section14-97. Insurance coverage for members.section14-98. Rules, regulations governing the Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary.section14-100. Section 40:47-51 of the Revised Statutes saved from repealsection14-105.1. Volunteer firemen's songsection14-106. County police; establishmentsection14-106a. 45-day filing deadlinesection14-106.1. First or second class counties; grant of general authority by ordinance or resolutionsection14-106.2. Training for officers; necessitysection14-106.3. Inapplicability to county park police department or systemsection14-106.4. Appointment of sexual violence liaison officer by county police department.section14-107. General powers of county policesection14-107.1. Employee benefits of county law enforcement officer in lawful exercise of statewide police powerssection14-108. Hours of service for uniformed members and officers; referendumsection14-109. Doorman and mechanic have rank of patrolmansection14-110. Minimum salary for county and county park policemen in counties other than of the first and second classsection14-111. Promotion of members and officers in certain casessection14-112. Appearance as witness; no loss in compensationsection14-113. Leaves of absence with pay to certain members and officerssection14-114. Delay in qualifying because of military servicesection14-115. Decrease of force for reasons of economysection14-116. Special compensation for permanently disabled members or officers; conditionssection14-117. Defense for members or officers in any action or legal proceeding arising out of or incidental to performance of dutiessection14-118. Police force; creation and establishment; regulation; members; chief of police; powers and dutiessection14-118.1. Municipal police vehicles to be equipped with mobile video recording system.section14-118.2. Rules, regulations.section14-118.3. Use of body worn camera by law enforcement officers.section14-118.4. Promulgation, revision of guidelines, directives.section14-118.5. Body worn cameras, recordings, regulations concerning usage; terms defined.section14-118.6. Appointment of sexual violence liaison officer by municipal police department.section14-122. General qualifications of members of police department and force; temporary appointments; absences from dutysection14-122.1. Requirement of residency in municipality; prohibitionsection14-122.2. Municipalities wherein civil service laws operative; residency requirementssection14-122.4. Promotions; preference to residentsection14-122.6. Promotions; preference to residentssection14-122.7. Continuance in service; persons appointed under repealed acts; non-observance of residency requirementssection14-122.8. Residency in state; requirement for employmentsection14-123.1. Residence requirements for persons discharged or released from the military servicesection14-123.1a. Police departments; priority of eligibility for initial appointment; preference, certain.section14-127. Age requirementssection14-127.1. Reappointment of certain law enforcement officers.section14-127.2. Other qualificationssection14-127.3. Rate of pension contributionssection14-128. Indeterminate term of officesection14-129. Promotion of members and officers in certain municipalitiessection14-130. Promotion of members and officers in certain casessection14-131. Minimum salary for policemen in municipalities located in counties other than of the first or second classsection14-132. Hours of service for uniformed members and officers; referendumsection14-133. Days of employment and days off; emergencysection14-134. Certain emergencies; compensationsection14-135. Appearance as witness; no loss in compensationsection14-136. Leave of absence without pay; retention of pension and retirement benefitssection14-137. Leaves of absence with pay to certain members and officerssection14-137.1. Policemen or firemen; accrued vacation pay; payment upon death or retirementsection14-138. Delay in qualifying because of military servicesection14-139. Clerkssection14-140. Drivers and attendants of police vehicles; other personnelsection14-141. Chaplainssection14-142. Municipal prison keeperssection14-143. Decrease of force for reasons of economysection14-144. Temporary appointmentssection14-145. Appointment of temporary members and officers; general qualifications; termination of employmentsection14-146.1. Security officerssection14-146.2. Current housing guards, patrolmensection14-146.2a. New appointeessection14-146.3. Police powerssection14-146.4. Retirement system membershipsection14-146.6. Identification card, badge or other identifying insignia; special law enforcement officers; differentiation from regular policesection14-146.7. Violations; penaltysection14-146.8. Short titlesection14-146.9. Definitions.section14-146.10. Special law enforcement officers.section14-146.11. Training; classifications.section14-146.12. Uniformssection14-146.13. Feessection14-146.14. Special law enforcement officers, appointment, terms, regulations.section14-146.15. Powers.section14-146.16. Limitation on hours.section14-146.17. Limitations on number, categories.section14-146.18. Residency requirement.section14-146.19. Establishment of housing authority police force by certain municipalities.section14-146.20. Requirements for appointment as housing authority police officer.section14-146.21. Training requirements for housing authority police officer.section14-146.22. Wearing of nameplate, metallic shield; exception.section14-146.23. Immunity from tort liability; benefits.section14-147. Removal, suspension of police officersection14-148. Hearingssection14-149. Suspension pending hearing; commencement of hearingsection14-149.1. Suspension of officer charged with offensesection14-149.2. Reinstatement and recovery of withheld paysection14-149.3. Reimbursement of municipality of salary received during suspension by police officer if found guiltysection14-150. Review of disciplinary conviction, arbitration in non-civil service municipality by member, officer of police department.section14-151. Judicially determined illegal suspension or dismissal; member or officer entitled to recover salary; provisosection14-152. Members and officers shall have powers of peace officers.section14-152.1. Municipal police officer; power of arrest for crime committed in his presence anywhere within statesection14-152.2. Immunity from tort liability; provision of benefits for police, law enforcement officer exercising Statewide police powers; exemptions; terms definedsection14-153. Records and badges of awards to members and officerssection14-154. Special compensation for permanently disabled members or officers; conditionssection14-155. Legal expenses of police officerssection14-156. Police assistance in other municipality; payment; rights in event of casualty or deathsection14-156.1. Mutual police, fire aid in emergency, agreements between municipalities; interstate authoritysection14-156.2. Members of police, fire department, volunteer fire company; powers, authority, immunitysection14-156.3. Injury or death benefitssection14-156.4. Suspension of acts to provide emergency assistance; declaration of civilian defense and disaster control emergencysection14-157. Public auction of propertysection14-158. Special joint municipal police forcesection14-159. Chapter 151 of the laws of 1958 saved from repealsection14-159.1. Chapter 303 of the laws of 1969 saved from repealsection14-160. Section 40:47-12 of the Revised Statutes saved from repealsection14-161. Chapter 188 of the laws of 1959 saved from repealsection14-162. Chapter 56 of the laws of 1962 saved from repealsection14-163. Chapter 187 of the laws of 1964 saved from repealsection14-164. Chapter 288 of the laws of 1966 saved from repealsection14-172. Section 40:174-148 of the Revised Statutes saved from repealsection14-176. Statutes repealedsection14-177. Attendance at State, national convention of certain organizations.section14-178. Liability for training costs; terms defined.section14-178.1. Liability for certain costs for training certain law enforcement personnel; definitions.section14-179. Base salaries of police chief, deputy chiefsection14-180. Appointment of certain county, municipal, sheriff's law enforcement officers.section14-180.1. Appointment of certain municipal police officers.section14-180.2. Appointment of certain county correctional police officers.section14-180.3. Title changes in career service.section14-181. Adoption of guidelines for internal affairs by law enforcement agency.section14-181.1. Definitions regarding motor vehicle, traffic violations.section14-181.2. Police ticket quota for motor vehicle violations prohibited; permitted use of statistics.section14-182. Federal firefighters, certain; appointment.section14-183. Short title.section14-184. Definitions relative to retirement benefits for certain municipal emergency services volunteers.section14-185. Establishment, termination of length of service award program, referendum.section14-186. Length of service award programs, defined contribution programs.section14-187. Abolishment, amendment of length of service award program, special vote.section14-188. Provision of length of service award program not required; program requirementssection14-189. Award subject to contribution requirements.section14-190. Maintenance of records.section14-191. Annual certification list.section14-192. Review of annual certification list.section14-193. Existing programs deemed valid; conditions for continuation.section14-194. Regulations.section14-194.1. Additional penalties, finessection14-195. County law enforcement crisis intervention services program.section14-196. Availability of program.section14-197. Provision of debriefing, counseling services.section14-198. County crisis intervention services advisory council.section14-199. Immunities, benefits of search, rescue teams.section14-200. Definitions relative to suspension, termination of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters.section14-201. Law enforcement officer, firefighter, suspension, termination, final determination, payment status.section14-202. Hearing on complaint, charges, final disposition, appeal.section14-203. Recommendation of administrative law judge, payment status.section14-204. Submission of decision to Civil Service Commission.section14-205. Final determination of appeal.section14-206. Payment status during appeal of termination.section14-207. Establishment of Law Enforcement and Firefighter Unit.section14-208. Rules, regulations.section14-209. Suspension, termination not subject to Title 11A, payment status.section14-210. Appeal to arbitration, final determination, payment status.section14-211. Rules, regulations promulgated by Public Employment Relations Commission.section14-212. Reimbursement to employing agency.section14-213. Short title.section14-214. Employment protection for volunteer emergency responder.section14-215. Appointment of EMTs by municipality.section14-216. Reappointment of EMTs by municipality.
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