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NJ Rev Stat § 40A:13-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:13-22 - Resolution defining permanent boundary; agreement fixing line; filing and recording agreement

40A:13-22. Resolution defining permanent boundary; agreement fixing line; filing and recording agreement  The governing bodies of the counties and the governing bodies of the municipalities concerned, or the governing bodies of the municipalities alone concerned, shall each adopt an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, defining and consenting to the establishment of the same permanent boundary line, describing the line therein so that it can be recognized notwithstanding changes in the location of the center line of the stream, and authorizing the officials designated as the chief executive officers of the governing bodies of the respective counties and the chief executive officers of the municipalities concerned or the chief executive officers of the municipalities concerned, as the case may be, to execute for and on behalf of the respective counties and municipalities or of the respective municipalities concerned an agreement setting forth the dividing line as so fixed. The agreement shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State. L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:13-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:13-23 - Time of establishment of line; effect

40A:13-23. Time of establishment of line; effect  The line so ascertained shall be the boundary and line of division between the counties and the municipalities, or the municipalities, concerned from the time of the filing of the agreement in the office of the Secretary of State but the filing of the agreement shall not in any manner affect the boundaries or lines of lands belonging to any person or the jurisdiction and powers of the Division of Water Policy and Supply in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development over the waters of said stream. L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:13-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:13-25 - Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1938 saved from repeal

40A:13-25. Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1938 saved from repeal  Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1938 (C. 40:18-4.1) is saved from repeal. (This act alters, changes and fixes the boundary lines of the counties of Camden, Atlantic and Gloucester.) L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:13-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:13-26 - Chapter 244 of the Laws of 1939 saved from repeal

40A:13-26. Chapter 244 of the Laws of 1939 saved from repeal  Chapter 244 of the Laws of 1939 (C. 40:18-4.2 and C. 40:18-4.3) is saved from repeal. (This act annexes to the borough of Matawan, in the county of Monmouth, a part of the township of Madison, in the county of Middlesex, and changes the boundaries between said counties to give effect thereto.) L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:13-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:13-27 - Chapter 253 of the Laws of 1950 saved from repeal

40A:13-27. Chapter 253 of the Laws of 1950 saved from repeal  Chapter 253 of the Laws of 1950 is saved from repeal. (This act alters, changes and fixes the boundary line at the Piney Hollow-Winslow Road, between the counties of Gloucester and Camden.) L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:13-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:13-28 - Chapter 132 of the Laws of 1958 saved from repeal

40A:13-28. Chapter 132 of the Laws of 1958 saved from repeal  Chapter 132 of the Laws of 1958 is saved from repeal. (This act annexes to the township of Millburn, in the county of Essex, a part of the township of Springfield, in the county of Union, and changes the boundaries between said counties to give effect thereto.) L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:13-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:13-29 - Chapter 203 of the Laws of 1965 saved from repeal

40A:13-29. Chapter 203 of the Laws of 1965 saved from repeal  Chapter 203 of the Laws of 1965 is saved from repeal. (This act resettles a part of the boundary between the counties of Hunterdon and Somerset.) L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:13-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:13-30 - Statutes repealed

40A:13-30. Statutes repealed  The following sections, chapters and acts, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, are hereby repealed: Revised Statutes Sections: R.S. 40:18-5 to 40:18-22 inclusive; R.S. 40:43-67 to 40:43-73 inclusive. Pamphlet Laws: P.L. 1956, c. 199 (C. 40:7A-1 to C. 40:7A-3 inclusive). L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-1 - County fire marshal; appointment; salary.

40A:14-1 County fire marshal; appointment; salary.  40A:14-1. County fire marshal; appointment; salary. The board of chosen freeholders of any county, by resolution, may create the office of county fire marshal and such assistant fire marshals as deemed necessary and appoint a person or persons to hold such office on a permanent, full-time basis or on a part-time basis for a term of three years commencing January 15, except that the first appointee's term of office shall terminate on January 15 following his appointment. The board of chosen freeholders shall fix the amount of the annual salary of the county fire marshal and the assistant fire marshals, if any.  Any permanent, full-time county fire marshal and any such assistant fire marshal given approval by the board of chosen freeholders to engage in activities provided in N.J.S.40A:14-2b.(8) shall be enrolled as members in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey,P.L. 1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.),as long as the person or persons holding such office meet all other requirements for membership. Any current fire marshals and assistant county fire marshals engaged in activities provided in N.J.S.40A:14-2b.(8) at the time that this amendment takes effect shall be exempt from any age requirement for enrollment in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey. Any permanent, full-time county fire marshal and assistant fire marshal given approval by the board of chosen freeholders on or after October 1, 2001 to engage in activities provided in N.J.S.40A:14-2b.(8) shall be enrolled as a member in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System effective upon the date when such approval by the board of chosen freeholders was given. The cost of enrollment of a full-time county fire marshal or assistant fire marshal in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be the responsibility of the State. L.1971, c.197, s.1; amended 1991, c.60; 2005, c.366, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-1.1 - Creation of arson investigation unit.

40A:14-1.1 Creation of arson investigation unit.  2. a. The board of freeholders of any county which has created the office of county fire marshal, other than a county in which a county arson investigation unit has been established in the county prosecutor's office, may by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, create an arson investigation unit within the office of county fire marshal and provide for the maintenance, regulation and control thereof. The arson investigation unit, subject to the approval and supervision of the county prosecutor or, if the Attorney General has exercised jurisdiction in the matter, the Attorney General, shall be responsible for conducting investigations of arson, suspicious fires or explosions in those municipalities within the county that have not created an arson investigation unit pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1981, c.409 (C.40A:14-7.1). b. Before any county fire marshal or assistant fire marshal shall be assigned to an arson investigation unit, that person shall have successfully completed an appropriate course of training approved by the Police Training Commission and an arson investigation training course approved by the Department of Law and Public Safety.  c. Any county fire marshal or assistant fire marshal who is assigned to an arson investigation unit pursuant to this section shall attend and successfully complete in-service training programs for certified arson investigators as required by the Division of Criminal Justice.  d. Any county fire marshal or assistant fire marshal who is assigned to an arson investigation unit pursuant to this section shall have the same powers and authority of a police officer within the municipality while engaging in the actual performance of arson investigation duties. L.1999,c.351,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-3 - Acting county fire marshal

40A:14-3. Acting county fire marshal  In the event that a county fire marshal shall become incapacitated or otherwise disabled, the board of chosen freeholders of the county may appoint an acting fire marshal to hold such office during the period of such incapacity or disability. The acting fire marshal shall exercise all the powers of the fire marshal and shall serve without any additional compensation for his service. The said board of chosen freeholders may pay the county fire marshal his usual salary during his incapacity or disability. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-6 - County fire marshal's powers not to conflict

40A:14-6. County fire marshal's powers not to conflict  The powers, functions and duties of a county fire marshal shall not be deemed to conflict with the ordinances of any municipality relating to the removal of fire hazards nor shall a county fire marshal have any powers or jurisdiction for the prevention, extinguishing, investigation or reporting of fire in the forests, brush lands, wild lands or woodlands in the State delegated by law to the Department of Conservation and Economic Development. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-7 - Creation and establishment of fire departments and forces

40A:14-7. Creation and establishment of fire departments and forces  The governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may create and establish a paid or part-paid fire department and force and provide for the maintenance, regulation and control thereof, and except as otherwise provided by law, appoint such members, officers and personnel as shall be deemed necessary, determine their terms of office, fix their compensation and prescribe their powers, functions and duties and adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the government of the department and force and for the discipline of its members. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-7.1 - Arson investigation unit

40A:14-7.1. Arson investigation unit  a. The governing body of any municipality which has established a paid or part-paid fire department or force may, by ordinance, create an arson investigation unit within the fire department or force and provide for the maintenance, regulation and control thereof. The arson investigation unit shall be responsible for conducting investigations of arson, suspicious fires or explosions within the municipality.  b. Only full-time, paid members of a paid or part-paid fire department or force may be assigned to an arson investigation unit created pursuant to this section. Before any member shall be assigned to an arson investigation unit, he shall have successfully completed an appropriate course of training approved by the Police Training Commission and an arson investigation training course approved by the Department of Law and Public Safety.  c. Any member of a fire department or force who is assigned to an arson investigation unit pursuant to this section shall attend and successfully complete in-service training programs as required by the Division of Criminal Justice.  d. Any full-time, paid member of a fire department or force who is assigned full-time or part-time to an arson investigation unit pursuant to this section shall have the same powers and authority of police officers within the municipality while engaged in the actual performance of arson investigation duties.  e. No more than one member of a fire department of a municipality having a population of 50,000 or less according to the latest federal decennial census may be assigned to an arson investigation unit on a part-time basis.  L. 1981, c. 409, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1982. Amended by L. 1983, c. 82, s. 1, eff. March 2, 1983; L. 1985, c. 150, s. 2, eff. April 25, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-9 - General qualifications of members; temporary appointments; absences from duty.

40A:14-9 General qualifications of members; temporary appointments; absences from duty.  40A:14-9. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall be appointed as a member of the paid or as a paid member of a part-paid fire department and force, unless he: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is sound in body and of good health sufficient to satisfy the board of trustees of the police and firemen's retirement system of New Jersey as to his eligibility for membership in the retirement system; (3) has a high school diploma or an equivalency certificate and is able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently; (4) is of good moral character; and (5) has not been convicted of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude. For the purposes of this section, each applicant shall submit to the appointing body of the municipality, the applicant's name, address, fingerprints and written consent for a criminal history record background check to be performed. The appointing body of the municipality is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation consistent with applicable State and federal laws, rules and regulations. The applicant shall bear the cost for the criminal history record background check, including all costs of administering and processing the check. The Division of State Police shall promptly notify the appointing body of the municipality in the event a current employee or prospective applicant, who was the subject of a criminal history record background check pursuant to this section, is arrested for a crime or offense in this State after the date the background check was performed. The appointing body, officer or officers of the municipality when authorized so to do, may employ such officers and other personnel for said paid or part-paid fire department and force as temporary employees in emergencies, or for certain specified parts of the year, as needed. Except as otherwise provided by law, any permanent paid member or officer of such paid or part-paid fire department and force, who is absent from duty without just cause or leave of absence, for a continuous period of 5 days, shall cease to be a member of such paid or part-paid fire department. L.1971, c.197, s.1; amended 1971, c.443, s.1; 1981, c.19, s.1; 2003, c.199, s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-9.1 - Requirement of residency in municipality; prohibition

40A:14-9.1. Requirement of residency in municipality; prohibition  No municipality shall pass any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order or directive, making residency therein a condition of employment for the purpose of original appointment, continued employment, promotion, or for any other purpose for any member of a paid fire department and force or paid member of a part-paid fire department and force, and any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order or directive in existence on the effective date of this act or passed hereafter shall be void and have no force or effect. L.1972, c. 3, s. 1, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-9.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-9.2 - Municipalities wherein civil service operative; residency requirements

40A:14-9.2. Municipalities wherein civil service operative; residency requirements  In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is operative, applicants for appointment to the paid fire department and force or as paid members of the part-paid fire department and force who are not residents of the municipality shall be eligible for appointment thereto notwithstanding the provision of any statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation to the contrary. L.1972, c. 3, s. 2, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-9.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-9.4 - Promotions; preference to resident

40A:14-9.4. Promotions; preference to resident  In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is operative, promotions to positions on the paid or part-paid fire department and force shall be based upon merit as determined by suitable promotion tests for such positions, provided however that a resident shall be appointed rather than a nonresident thereof in any instance in which the resident and nonresident achieved the same final average score in such test. The preference granted by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect the preferences granted to veterans pursuant to chapter 27 of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes or any other provision of law. L.1972, c. 3, s. 4, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-9.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-9.6 - Municipalities without civil service; promotions; preference to resident

40A:14-9.6. Municipalities without civil service; promotions; preference to resident  In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is not in operation but wherein promotions to positions on the paid or part-paid fire department and force are based upon merit as determined by suitable promotion tests for such positions, a resident shall be appointed rather than a nonresident thereof in any instance in which the resident and nonresident achieved the same final average score in such test. The preference granted by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect the preferences granted to veterans pursuant to any other provision of law. L.1972, c. 3, s. 6, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-9.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-9.7 - Continuance in service; persons appointed under repealed acts; non-observance of residency requirements

40A:14-9.7. Continuance in service; persons appointed under repealed acts; non-observance of residency requirements  Any person serving as a member of a paid fire department and force or paid member of a part-paid fire department and force pursuant to the provisions of any act repealed by this act shall continue to serve in such position and need not comply with any residency requirement which may have been a condition of his continued employment thereunder. L.1972, c. 3, s. 7, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-9.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-9.8 - Residency in state; requirement for employment

40A:14-9.8. Residency in state; requirement for employment  Every member of a paid fire department and force and every paid member of a part-paid fire department and force shall be a resident of the State of New Jersey while serving in such position. Members appointed after the effective date of this act shall be residents of New Jersey at the time of their appointment and thereafter unless otherwise provided herein. L.1972, c. 3, s. 10, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-9.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-9.9 - Appointments to municipal fire department, force of certain firefighters.

40A:14-9.9 Appointments to municipal fire department, force of certain firefighters.  2. a. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the appointing authority of a municipality which, pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-7, has established and maintains a paid or part-paid fire department and force may appoint as a member or officer of the municipal fire department and force any person who: (1) was serving as an officer or member in good standing in any paid or part-paid municipal fire department and force; (2) satisfactorily completed a working test period in a firefighter title in a municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes or satisfactorily completed a comparable, documented probationary period in a firefighter title in a municipality which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service; and (3) was, for reasons of economy, terminated as a firefighter within 60 months prior to the appointment. b. A municipality may employ such a person notwithstanding that: (1) Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes is operative in that municipality; (2) the municipality has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of persons eligible for such appointments; and (3) the appointed person is not on any eligible list. A municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, may not employ such a person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the firefighter title to be filled. c. If a municipality determines to appoint a person pursuant to the provisions of this act, it shall give first priority in making such appointments to residents of the municipality and second priority to residents of the county not residing in the municipality. d. The seniority, seniority-related privileges and rank a firefighter possessed with the employer who terminated the firefighter's employment for reasons of economy shall not be transferable to a new position when the firefighter is appointed to a firefighter position pursuant to the provisions of this section. L.1993, c.187, s.2; amended 2010, c.43, s.1.