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NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-65 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-65 - Deductions; contributions; credits

43:16A-65. Deductions; contributions; credits  The transferred employees thereby affected shall be members of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System 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. Such transferred employees shall have the same contribution obligation and enjoy the same rights and benefits of all other members of the system except as provided by this 1975 amendatory and supplementary act. Any credit for public service which had been established in the Public Employees' Retirement System or a county pension fund by the transferred employee shall be established in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System. Upon the transfer of membership to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System under the provisions of this 1975 amendatory and supplementary act, the rate of contribution of such member shall be determined by the rates payable by other members, except that the number of years of credited service in the former pension fund shall be deducted from the member's current age in order to fix the age upon which the rate of contribution is based. All outstanding obligations such as loans, purchases, and other arrearages shall be met by the transferred employees as previously scheduled for payment to the Public Employees' Retirement System or a county pension fund. L.1973, c. 156, s. 6, eff. June 1, 1973. Amended by L.1975, c. 303, s. 3, eff. Feb. 2, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-66 - Group life insurance benefits for employee over 55

43:16A-66. Group life insurance benefits for employee over 55  a. Any person becoming a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of this 1975 amendatory and supplementary act shall not be allowed any of the group life insurance benefits if on the date he files an application for enrollment he is 55 or more years of age, unless he furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability and on the effective date of membership is actively at work and performing all his regular duties at his customary place of employment. The effective date of coverage for such benefits shall be the first day of the month which immediately follows the date when such evidence is determined to be satisfactory. b. Such evidence of insurability will not be required of any person becoming a member upon transfer from the Public Employees' Retirement System or a county pension fund, if the transferring employee was covered by such benefits in the latter system at the time of the transfer. If such transferring employee was not covered by such benefits at the time of the transfer, he may be allowed the benefits under the group life insurance policy or policies subject to the provisions of subsection a. of this section; provided, however, that any such employee must furnish satisfactory evidence of insurability under the provisions of subsection a. of this section, if he had been unable or failed to give such evidence as a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System or a county pension fund. L.1973, c. 156, s. 7, eff. June 1, 1973. Amended by L.1975, c. 303, s. 4, eff. Feb. 2, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-67 - Liability of employer; computation; contributions

43:16A-67. Liability of employer; computation; contributions  The actuary of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System shall calculate the liability of the employer of employees becoming members of the system under this act in the same manner as is specified in the case of other employers where the Police and Firemen's Retirement System is adopted, taking into account the value of moneys remitted by the pension fund. In the event that the value of such money so remitted is less than the total which is required by the Police and Firemen's Retirement System to provide the transferred member with credit for his public service, the liability of the employer shall include an amount equal to the difference between these two values. Upon certification by the actuary of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System the employer shall make such contributions as are required in order to meet the financial obligations in the same manner and within the same period of time as is specified in the case of other employers where the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey is adopted. L.1973, c. 156, s. 8, eff. June 1, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:16A-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:16A-68 - Transmittal of information by chief fiscal officer.

43:16A-68 Transmittal of information by chief fiscal officer.  9. The chief fiscal officer of the employer shall transmit to the retirement system such information as the system shall require in order for the board of trustees to comply with the provisions of this act. L.1973, c.156, s.9; amended 2018, c.55, s.34.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-1 - Incorporation

43:17-1. Incorporation  43:17-1. In any municipality or fire district in this State in which there is organized for doing public fire duty, including nonprofit corporations or associations incorporated pursuant to N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq., one or more fire engine, hook and ladder, hose or supply companies or any fire association, fire department or board of firewardens, which is under the supervision or control of a municipal governing body, or board of fire commissioners, the chief or there being no chief, the next highest ranking officer, and the president, if any, of such fire association or department, and all members of any board of firewardens, or board of trustees of such fire association or department, and all firefighters belonging to such fire engine, hook and ladder, hose, or supply company or companies, of such municipality or fire district, may associate themselves and become incorporated under and by the name of "the firemen's relief association," or any other name which shall indicate the object of such association, using the name of the municipality or fire district in which the association may be located. Amended 1996, c.151, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-2 - Incorporation certificate; filing; powers.

43:17-2 Incorporation certificate; filing; powers.  43:17-2. The president and secretary of the corporation, when elected as hereinafter provided, shall forthwith sign a certificate and cause it to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which the corporation is located and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The certificate, or a copy thereof, duly certified by the county clerk or the Secretary of State, shall be evidence in all courts and places. The certificate shall state the election of the representatives authorized to organize the corporation, the election by such representatives of a board of officers and a board of trustees, giving their names and official designations, the corporate name assumed, the location of the corporation and a reference to this article. In case of a reincorporation under this article, the certificate shall, instead thereof, state the former incorporation, the date thereof, the names and official designations of the officers of the corporation and a reference to this article. Upon the recording and filing of the certificate the persons so associating shall be a corporation, under and by the name aforesaid and shall have perpetual succession and continuance, except as hereinafter provided, and be capable of suing and being sued, and may make and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and may receive, take, hold and convey, and invest and reinvest in personal property and may enter into, execute and enforce any contracts or agreements relating to, touching or concerning the objects of such corporation, and they and their successors, and all who shall associate themselves together with them, shall, as such corporation, be entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges, benefits, advantages and immunities which now are or hereafter may be conferred upon corporations generally, under any law of this State. Amended 1996, c.151, s.2; 2005, c.39, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-3 - Objects of association.

43:17-3 Objects of association.  43:17-3. a. The object of associations incorporated under this article shall be to establish, provide for and maintain a fund for the relief, support or burial of: (1) needy firefighters and their families; (2) any persons and the families of any persons who are injured or die in the course of doing public fire duty, or who may become needy or disabled or die as the result of doing such duty or be prevented by the injury or by illness arising from doing such duty, from attending to their usual occupation or calling; and (3) the families of any persons doing public fire duty who die as the result of an act of terrorism committed against the United States of America while such persons were serving as federal, State or local law enforcement officers. b. In addition to any other benefits provided, the associations incorporated under this article which provide line of duty death benefits also shall provide these benefits to the families of any qualified persons who die under the circumstances set forth in paragraph (3) of subsection a. of this section. c. The relief, support or burial benefit shall be granted in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. L.1996, c.51, s.3; amended 2004, c.99.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-4 - Reorganization, reincorporation of associations existing prior to March 25, 1885

43:17-4. Reorganization, reincorporation of associations existing prior to March 25, 1885  43:17-4. Any association organized prior to March twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, for the purposes intended by this article, whether incorporated or not, shall be reorganized and incorporated or reincorporated under this article, except corporations which have been created or continued by special act of the legislature. A corporation incorporated by special act may, if it sees fit, be reorganized and reincorporated under this article. In case of incorporation or reincorporation, the president and secretary shall sign, record and file a certificate as provided in R.S.43:17-2. Thereupon the association or corporation shall be a corporation under this article and shall have all the powers and privileges conferred by this article on corporations formed under it, and no other powers or privileges. A corporation reorganized and reincorporated under this article shall succeed to and be seized of all the right, title and interest in any property belonging to it under its former organization. The representatives, trustees and other officers of any association or corporation reorganized and incorporated or reincorporated under this article, shall continue to serve as such until the election following the reorganization, and until their successors are respectively elected, and not thereafter, and the membership thereof shall be subject to the same conditions and have the same rights as provided in R.S.43:17-9. If any such association or corporation shall not have been reorganized and incorporated or reincorporated under this article within one year after March twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, it shall be deemed to have forfeited its charter. Amended 1996, c.151, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-5 - Certificate of incorporation of certain associations

43:17-5. Certificate of incorporation of certain associations  In case of the reorganization and incorporation under this article of a firemen's relief association not incorporated before March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the certificate of incorporation shall state the original organization of the association, the date thereof, the fact that the association has never been incorporated, the names and official designations of the officers of the association and a reference to this article. The certificate shall be signed by the president and secretary of the association and recorded and filed as provided in section 43:17-2 of this title. Any certificate made, recorded and filed prior to March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, in the above manner and form shall be as valid as if made, recorded and filed in compliance herewith.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-6 - Corrected certificates of incorporation or reincorporation

43:17-6. Corrected certificates of incorporation or reincorporation  If an error has been or may hereafter be made in the certificate of incorporation or reincorporation of a firemen's relief association, the president and secretary of the association may sign, record and file a corrected certificate. Upon the recording and filing thereof in the manner provided in section 43:17-2 of this title, the association shall be deemed to have been duly incorporated or reincorporated, as the case may be from the time of the filing in the secretary of state's office of the original defective certificate. A corrected certificate made, recorded and filed prior to March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, in the above manner and form, shall be as valid as if made, recorded and filed in compliance herewith.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-7 - Number of associations, limited; municipal consolidation

43:17-7. Number of associations, limited; municipal consolidation  43:17-7. There shall not be organized in any municipality or fire district having a fire department, company or association more than one relief association under this article. In any municipality or fire district where there is more than one association on the effective date of this act, those associations may continue to operate provided they comply with the provisions of R.S.43:17-1 et seq. and the rules and regulations adopted by the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. In case of the consolidation of any two or more municipalities or fire districts, all relief associations then existing in the municipalities or fire districts shall consolidate by the formation of a new association under this article. Upon its formation, the relief associations so consolidated shall transfer their funds and members to the new association, whereupon the relief associations so consolidated shall dissolve, in accordance with this article. Amended 1996, c.151, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-8 - Transfer of money, etc. to new associations

43:17-8. Transfer of money, etc. to new associations  43:17-8. If any such association forfeits its charter, or the charter is repealed or expires by limitation or the association is dissolved, or if a person has in possession or charge any moneys derived from any source for the relief of needy or disabled firefighters, or any balance thereof, property purchased therewith or securities in which the same may have been invested, or if any person is indebted for the loan or deposit of such moneys, other than the duly incorporated firemen's relief associations allowed by this article, or the treasurers thereof, then, the moneys, accounts payable, property or securities shall be delivered to the Treasurer of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association to be held in trust for needy firefighters or their families. If a new firemen's relief association is legally organized and incorporated or reincorporated in such municipality or fire district, there shall forthwith be paid over, assigned and conveyed to the new corporation, any money, accounts payable, property and securities remaining in the possession or charge of the Treasurer of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association in trust for the former local association or corporation, or of any person, for its use or otherwise, or any money, property or securities to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity, derived as aforesaid. An account shall be given therewith of all moneys theretofore had and received from such sources and of the disposition thereof. All such moneys expended by it or them, other than for the benefit of needy or disabled firefighters or their families, shall also be paid over to the new corporation on demand. Amended 1996, c.151, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-9 - Membership qualifications.

43:17-9 Membership qualifications.  43:17-9 Membership qualifications. 43:17-9. The membership of such corporation shall consist, without any formal election thereto, of the officers and members of such fire engine, hook and ladder, hose and supply company or companies, fire association or fire department, or board of firewardens, as shall be under the supervision or control of the governing board or body of the municipality or fire district and who, at the time of their becoming eligible for membership in the New Jersey State Firemen's Association, shall be not less than 18 years of age and who were not more than 57 years of age at the time of joining the New Jersey State Firemen's Association and shall furnish evidence of good health in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as the executive committee of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association shall from time to time establish; the officers and members of any nonprofit corporations and associations incorporated pursuant to N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq.; and the officers and members of any association therein of exempt firemen. The whole body of the membership of such corporation shall have the same rights therein as the charter members thereof. Amended 1989, c.105; 1996, c.151, s.7; 1998, c.90; 2021, c.123, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-10 - Adoption of constitution, by-laws, rules

43:17-10. Adoption of constitution, by-laws, rules  43:17-10. A corporation, incorporated or reincorporated under this article may, through its representatives, make, adopt and use, and from time to time alter, amend or change, such constitution or by-laws, or both, and such rules for its government, the regulation of its affairs and the disposition and management of its funds and property as seem to the representatives to be proper. The same shall not be inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, or the rules and regulations adopted by the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. Amended 1996, c.151, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-11 - Board of representatives

43:17-11. Board of representatives  43:17-11. On or before the second Monday in December, in every year, each fire engine, hook and ladder, hose or supply company, and the board of trustees of any fire association or department, and any board of firewardens, which is under the supervision or control of any municipal governing body, board of fire commissioners, or nonprofit corporations and associations incorporated pursuant to N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq., and which is organized for and doing public fire duty in any municipality or fire district in this State, shall choose not more than three representatives, and the exempt firemen's association, if any such there be, shall choose not more than three representatives, who, together with the president, if any, of such fire association or department, and the chief, or, if there be no chief, then the next highest ranking officer, shall constitute a board of representatives, and shall have and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties herein committed to them, and shall hold office until their successors be chosen, and until their successors shall meet for the purpose of holding the annual election of officers, as provided in R.S.43:17-12. Amended 1996, c.151, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-12 - Rotation of terms of members of board

43:17-12. Rotation of terms of members of board  43:17-12. If the by-laws of any firemen's relief association provide for the election, by each of the several companies, associations, or boards of which the relief association is comprised, of more than one member of the board of representatives thereof, the firemen's relief association may provide for a rotation in the terms of office of the members of the board of representatives, and at any annual election thereafter, there may be elected one representative for one year, one for two years, and, if deemed desirable, one for three years. Thereafter at each election, one representative shall be elected for the longest term provided for, not exceeding three years, from each company, association, or board comprising the firemen's relief association. Amended 1996, c.151, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 43:17-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 43 - Pensions and Retirement and Unemployment Compensation|Section 43:17-13 - Officers, trustees, election

43:17-13. Officers, trustees, election  43:17-13. The board of representatives shall, on or before the third Monday in December in every year, elect by ballot from among their own number, or out of the whole membership of that association a president, vice president, treasurer and a secretary, who shall be the board of officers of the corporation, and not more than five members of a board of trustees. At the first election after the incorporation or reincorporation, there shall be elected not less than three nor more than fifteen trustees, who shall then be divided by the representatives, by lot, into three classes, of not more than five persons each, those of the first class to hold office for one year, those of the second class to hold office for two years and those of the third class to hold office for three years after the date of their election, so that one class shall go out of office each year, and in each year after the first election not more than five trustees, who shall hold office for three years after the date of their election, shall be elected at the annual election. The trustees may be elected in the same manner and from the same source as the representatives are chosen, in which case they shall be divided by the representatives, by lot, into three classes for the aforesaid terms. When the term of any trustee so elected expires, the successor shall be selected from the same source as that from which the trustee was chosen, and shall hold office for three years after the date of the election. All of the officers and trustees shall hold office until their respective successors are elected. Amended 1996, c.151, s.11.