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NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-81.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-81.2 - Qualifications for appointment to paid position.

40A:14-81.2 Qualifications for appointment to paid position.  2. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall be appointed to a paid position authorized pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1979, c.453 (C.40A:14-81.1) unless that person: a. Is a citizen of the United States; b. Is eligible for acceptance in the Public Employees' Retirement System of New Jersey or in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey; c. Is able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently; d. Is of good moral character; e. 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 fire district the applicant's name, address, fingerprints and written consent for a criminal history record background check to be performed. The appointing body of the fire district 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 law, rules and regulations. The applicant shall bear the cost of 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 fire district 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 fire district, when authorized to do so, may employ such officers and other personnel for the paid or part-paid fire department and force as temporary employees in emergencies or for a specified part of the year, as needed.  L.1979, c.453, s.2; amended 2009, c.18, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-81.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-81.3 - Supervisory authority

40A:14-81.3. Supervisory authority  Supervisory authority over personnel of a fire district may be exercised by the commissioners of the fire district or delegated, by resolution, to any commissioner or any employee or employees thereof. L.1979, c. 453, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-81.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-81.4 - Employees and volunteer firemen; reimbursement for expenses and losses

40A:14-81.4. Employees and volunteer firemen; reimbursement for expenses and losses  Any employees of a fire district and any volunteer firemen having membership in a volunteer fire company within the fire district may be reimbursed within the limitations of amounts appropriated therefor in the annual district budget for expenses and losses actually incurred in the performance of their duties. L.1979, c. 453, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-81.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-81.5 - Travel expenses; advances

40A:14-81.5. Travel expenses; advances  The governing body of any fire district may, by resolution, provide for and authorize payment of advances to officers and employees of the fire district toward their expenses for authorized official travel and expenses incident thereto. The resolution shall provide for the verification and adjustment of the expenses and advances and the repayment of any excess advance by means of a detailed bill of items or demand and certification or affidavit in the same form as required by a local unit pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:5-6 which shall be submitted within 10 days after the completion of the travel for which an advance was made. L.1983, c. 475, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-82 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-82 - Limitation of average hours of duty for uniformed members of fire district fire departments

40A:14-82. Limitation of average hours of duty for uniformed members of fire district fire departments  The board of commissioners of a fire district having a uniformed paid or part-paid fire department, by resolution, may adopt a schedule of hours of actual duty for the members of such district fire department based upon an average of 56 hours per week in any 6-week cycle, but in cases of emergency the official in charge shall have authority to retain any uniformed member on duty during the period of the emergency and in any such case and within 12 months thereafter such member shall be given hours off from the average 56 hours per week in any 6-week cycle to compensate him for the extra hours served by him during such emergency. Any such resolution shall be inoperative unless and until it shall have been submitted to and adopted by the legal voters within said fire district at the annual election held for commissioners of the board, or at a special election for such purpose. The resolution shall be submitted as a public question in the manner prescribed by law, by resolution of said board, or by filing with the clerk of the board of fire commissioners of such district a petition for such submission, signed by at least 20% of the legal voters who voted in the next preceding annual election for members of the board of fire commissioners. The question shall be submitted substantially as follows: "Insert the name and number of the fire district and state the question as to whether the fire department of the district shall be maintained in such manner as to provide that no uniformed member thereof shall be required to remain on duty in excess of 56 hours per week in any 6-week cycle except in cases of emergency." If a majority of the legal voters voting on such question vote in favor of the adoption, the resolution on and after January 1 following such election shall become operative. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-83 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-83 - Leasing space in building of fire district

40A:14-83. Leasing space in building of fire district  The board of fire commissioners of a fire district may lease at a nominal rental space in any of its buildings to the municipality in which the district is located. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-85 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-85 - Acquisition of property, equipment by fire district.

40A:14-85 Acquisition of property, equipment by fire district.  40A:14-85. The board of commissioners of a fire district may purchase a firehouse, fire engines, apparatus, or other appliances for the extinguishment of fires and acquire lands or buildings or erect buildings for the housing of such equipment, or other buildings, including but not limited to, administrative, communications, or training buildings, or buildings for the maintenance of fire apparatus, at a cost not exceeding $60,000.00 or 2% of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district, whichever amount is larger. The money may be raised by a bond issue, or through the creation of any other debt or liability, including, but not limited to, through a lease-purchase agreement. Any such bond issue, debt, or liability shall be authorized by a resolution of the commissioners specifying the amount and the purpose thereof. The resolution shall be inoperative unless and until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the legal voters within said fire district at the annual election held for the election of commissioners and appropriation of money for fire extinguishing purposes, or at a special election for such purpose. The resolution shall be written or printed and the election shall be upon notice stating the time and place. If said election is to be the annual one, the notices shall be posted by the clerk of the board of fire commissioners in 10 public places, at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The board of commissioners and the clerk, in their or his discretion, may advertise the election in a newspaper, published in the fire district, if any, otherwise in a newspaper published in the county of said district and circulating in such district. When a special election is specified notices shall be posted in 10 public places, at least 21 days prior to the date of election, and the clerk of said board shall advertise said notice in such a newspaper at least twice prior to the election date. amended 2017, c.206, s.21.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-85.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-85.1 - Appropriations by fire districts

40A:14-85.1. Appropriations by fire districts  Any fire district may appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for the purchase of first aid, ambulance, rescue or other emergency vehicles, equipment, supplies and materials for use by duly incorporated first aid, emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad associations rendering service generally throughout the fire district.  L. 1986, c. 120, s. 2, eff. Oct. 8, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-86 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-86 - Voting on bond issue of fire district; issuance and sale

40A:14-86. Voting on bond issue of fire district; issuance and sale  The legal voters, at any election held for the purpose of raising money by issuance of bonds, shall vote by ballot on the question. The election shall be conducted in the same manner as other fire district elections. If a majority of the legal voters voting on the question favor the issuance of such bonds the board of fire commissioners shall be authorized to issue them. Said bonds shall be serial bonds issued in the corporate name of the fire district, in the authorized amount, not exceeding in the aggregate $60,000.00 or 2% of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of the district, whichever amount is larger. They shall be in the amounts and payable at the time directed, with interest at any rate of interest that the fire commissioners may approve and which shall be payable semi-annually. The bonds shall not be issued for longer than a 30-year period. They shall be signed by the manual or facsimile signature of the chairman of the board of fire commissioners and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the clerk, and may be attested by a registrar or authenticating agent. The bonds shall be coupon bonds or registered bonds and shall be issued at such price or prices, not less than par, as the board of fire commissioners shall determine. The bonds shall be sold at public or private sale for the best obtainable price. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1983, c. 381, s. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-86.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-86.1 - Fire district bonds; bond anticipation notes

40A:14-86.1. Fire district bonds; bond anticipation notes  The board of commissioners of a fire district, following the authorization by voters of the issuance of bonds pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:14-86, may by resolution borrow money and issue negotiable notes in anticipation of the bond issue. Any note shall be designated a "bond anticipation note" and shall contain a recital that it is issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds. Such notes may be issued for a period not to exceed 1 year, and may be renewed from time to time not to exceed 1 year; but all such notes, including renewals, shall mature and be paid not later than the third anniversary of the date of the original notes; provided, however, that no notes shall be renewed beyond the first anniversary date of the original notes unless an amount of such notes, at least equal to the first legally payable installment of the bonds in anticipation of which the notes are issued is paid and retired on or before the second anniversary date, and if the notes are renewed beyond the second anniversary date of the original notes, a like amount is paid or retired on or before the third anniversary date from funds other than the proceeds of obligations; except that the notes shall mature and be paid not later than the first day of the fifth month following the close of the third fiscal year next following the date of the original notes, provided that, in addition to amounts paid and retired pursuant to this section, an amount of such notes equal to not less than the first legally payable installment of the bonds in anticipation of which the notes are issued has been paid and retired not later than the end of the third fiscal year from funds other than the proceeds of obligations. The period of usefulness as defined in N.J.S. 40A:2-22 of any purpose for which bonds are issued shall include the period during which notes issued in anticipation of such bonds are outstanding, including all renewals thereof. Funds derived from the issuance of fire district bonds may be used to redeem notes issued in anticipation of the bond issue. L.1981, c. 188, s. 1, eff. June 25, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-87 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-87 - Payments of interest and principal; inclusion in budget; borrowing to pay

40A:14-87. Payments of interest and principal; inclusion in budget; borrowing to pay  Whenever bonds have been duly issued the board of fire commissioners shall annually include in the budget of the fire district under the section for capital appropriations, the amount required to meet the interest payments and pay the bonds maturing in the ensuing year, together with interest thereon. The board of fire commissioners shall cause the principal and interest on said bonds to be paid as they become due. If no funds are currently available to pay the maturing bonds or interest, the board of fire commissioners may borrow money and execute evidences of indebtedness for the purpose of making such payments in the same manner as in other cases of borrowing. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1979, c. 453, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-88 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-88 - Compensation for members of boards of fire commissioners

40A:14-88. Compensation for members of boards of fire commissioners  The secretary and treasurer shall be members of the board and their appointments shall be for terms of one year. Each member of the board of fire commissioners shall receive as compensation such amounts as the board shall fix subject to review by the governing body wherein the fire district is located. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-89 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-89 - Fire district treasurer, custodian of money; bond; annual audit

40A:14-89. Fire district treasurer, custodian of money; bond; annual audit  The treasurer of the fire district shall be the custodian and disbursing officer of the moneys of the said district. Moneys shall be disbursed by warrants signed by a majority of the board. The treasurer shall be bonded by a surety company, authorized to do business in New Jersey, in such an amount as the board shall prescribe. The board of fire commissioners shall cause his records to be audited at least once a year, within 30 days after expiration of the fiscal year and such audit shall be reported to the board at the next regular meeting, following. Within 10 days thereafter the clerk of the board of fire commissioners shall advertise such audit at least twice in a newspaper circulating in said district. The expense of the bond and audit shall be borne by the district. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-90 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-90 - Enlargement of fire district.

40A:14-90 Enlargement of fire district.  40A:14-90. Except as provided in a consolidation plan prepared in accordance with P.L.2015, c.279 (C.40A:14-90.1 et al.) the governing body of a municipality having a fire district therein, by ordinance, may enlarge such fire district by extending the boundaries thereof to include additional territory in such municipality but not included in another fire district, or to include additional territory in another municipality not included in another fire district upon adoption of a parallel ordinance. Upon the adoption of any such ordinance and publication thereof as required by law the additional territory shall become part of said fire district. One or more municipalities may adopt an ordinance or parallel ordinances petitioning the Local Finance Board to dissolve a fire district created by extending the boundaries of an existing fire district to include additional territory in another municipality pursuant to this section. Such applications shall be approved by the Local Finance Board pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-20). Nothing contained herein shall affect the terms or tenure of members of the board of fire commissioners or officers or personnel thereof, nor the bonds and obligations, if any, of such fire district. amended 1979, c.381, s.2; 2015, c.279, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-91 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-91 - Dissolution of fire district

40A:14-91. Dissolution of fire district  Upon a written application therefor, of at least 5% of the registered voters or 20 legal voters whichever is the greater the governing body of the municipality, wherein the fire district is located, shall consider the dissolution of the fire district. Upon receipt of such an application the governing body of said municipality shall fix a time and place for a hearing thereon. The municipal clerk shall advertise the notice of hearing in a newspaper circulating in the county wherein the municipality is located at least once and not less than 10 days prior to the meeting. After the hearing the governing body of said municipality shall determine the question of the proposed dissolution. If a resolution be adopted that the fire district be dissolved, any moneys remaining in the fire district treasury shall be disposed of as the said governing body shall direct. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1979, c. 381, s. 3, eff. Feb. 5, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-92 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-92 - Cancellation of taxes or refunds on dissolution of fire district

40A:14-92. Cancellation of taxes or refunds on dissolution of fire district  In any municipality wherein a fire district is dissolved the governing body of the municipality may cancel unpaid tax levies for the fire district or refund fully or proportionately without interest any moneys paid by the taxpayers in said fire district to the collector of the municipality, but the total amount of any such refunds shall not exceed the amount of money on hand for the account of the fire district upon said dissolution. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-93 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-93 - Illegally created fire district; abatements or refunds

40A:14-93. Illegally created fire district; abatements or refunds  Upon a written application therefor, of at least 20 legal voters residing in a fire district, alleging that the fire district was not created in accordance with law, and upon a determination by the governing body that said allegation is fully supported by uncontradicted evidence and that taxes have been assessed on their property, the governing body of the municipality, by resolution, may abate and remit all of such unpaid taxes and authorize refunds of taxes paid to the taxpayers. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-94 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-94 - Formation of new municipalities; abolition of fire district; apportionment of assets and liabilities

40A:14-94. Formation of new municipalities; abolition of fire district; apportionment of assets and liabilities  A fire district shall be deemed abolished when the municipality in which it is located shall be divided and formed into or become part of 2 or more new municipalities. Upon such abolition the governing bodies of the new municipalities and the treasurer or custodian of the funds of said fire district shall meet at a time and place to be designated by the clerk of the new municipality wherein the fire district or greater part thereof is located. The notice of the meeting shall be served personally or by certified mail upon each member of the board of said fire district, not less than 10 days prior to the meeting. At the meeting the property of the fire district shall be apportioned between or among said new municipalities in proportion to the aggregate value of the buildings and contents of such fire district located respectively therein as ascertained from the last assessment for said fire district. A written report of such apportionment, signed by the members of the governing bodies present at said meeting, shall be made. The report shall set forth the current assets and liabilities and the division of the money and property of the fire district. The taxpayers of the respective new municipalities shall be liable to pay their proportion of the debts, if any, of said fire district. Upon the ascertainment of the amount of money to be paid and the property to be distributed and the manner of such payment and distribution to each municipality, the treasurer or custodian of funds of said fire district shall pay and transfer said moneys and property accordingly. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-95 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:14-95 - Establishment of Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary.

40A:14-95 Establishment of Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary.  40A:14-95. In any municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county in this State maintaining a fire department, or where there shall exist one or more incorporated fire companies affording fire protection to the municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county with membership serving under the jurisdiction of and with the consent of the municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county, it shall be lawful for the governing body of the municipality, board of commissioners of the fire district, regional authority, or county board of chosen freeholders to provide, by ordinance or resolution, for the establishment of an auxiliary to any fire department or company to be known as the Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary. amended 2020, c.126, s.1.