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NJ Rev Stat § 37:2-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Marriages and Married Persons|Section 37:2-41 - Application of article.

37:2-41 Application of article.  37:2-41. Application of article.  This article shall apply to premarital agreements executed on and after its effective date.  This article as amended by P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.) shall apply to pre-civil union agreements executed on and after the effective date of P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.). L.1988, c.99; amended 2006, c.103, s.36.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:16-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:16-1 - Removal of veterans from office or position

38:16-1. Removal of veterans from office or position  38:16-1. No person now holding any employment, position or office under the government of this State, or the government of any county or municipality, including any person employed by a school board or board of education, or who may hereafter be appointed to any such employment, office or position, whose term of employment, office or position is not now fixed by law, and receiving a salary from such State, county or municipality, including any person employed by a school board or board of education, who has served as a soldier, sailor, marine or nurse, in any war of the United States, or in the New Jersey State militia during the period of the World War, or who served as a member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, and has been honorably discharged from the service of the United States or from such militia, or from such merchant marine service, prior to or during such employment in or occupancy of such position or office, shall be removed from such employment, position or office, except for good cause shown after a fair and impartial hearing, but such person shall hold his employment, position or office during good behavior, and shall not be removed for political reasons.  For the purposes of this section no term of office, position or employment of any person shall be deemed to be fixed by law or coterminous with that of the employing or appointing board or body by reason of the fact that such person was or is appointed or employed by a noncontinuous board or body; provided, however, that in no event is it intended that this act shall apply to appointments made for a fixed or stated period of time.  Amended 1942,c.83; 1991,c.389,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:16-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:16-2 - Charges preferred; hearing

38:16-2. Charges preferred; hearing  Before any person mentioned in section 38:16-1 of this title shall be dismissed from any position or office mentioned in such section, charges shall be preferred against him, a copy of which shall be served upon him and a time set for the hearing of same. The person so accused shall have the right to be represented by counsel, and may produce witnesses and testimony in his own behalf.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:16-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:16-3 - Abolition of office to terminate employment prohibited

38:16-3. Abolition of office to terminate employment prohibited  No governing body of any state department, or of any county, municipality or school district, shall abolish any position or office held by a person mentioned in section 38:16-1 of this title or change the title of such position, office or employment or reduce the emoluments thereof for the purpose of terminating the service of such person.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:16-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:16-4 - Guaranteed employment until after a hearing

38:16-4. Guaranteed employment until after a hearing  1. No person now holding any employment, position or office under a commission, elected or appointed by the governing bodies of two or more municipalities, which, by legislative authority, have entered into an agreement for the election or appointment of such commission, whose term of employment, office or position is not now fixed by law, who has served as a soldier, sailor, marine or nurse, in any war of the United States, or who served as a member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, and has been honorably discharged from the service of the United States, prior to such employment in or occupancy of such position or office, shall be removed from such employment, position or office, except for good cause shown after a fair and impartial hearing, but such person shall hold his employment, position or office during good behavior, and shall not be removed for political reasons.  For the purposes of this section no term of office, position or employment of any person shall be deemed to be fixed by law or coterminous with that of the employing or appointing board or body by reason of the fact that such person was or is appointed or employed by a noncontinuous board or body.  L.1944,c.249,s.1; amended 1991,c.389,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:16-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:16-5 - Position or office of certain war veterans not to be abolished to terminate service

38:16-5. Position or office of certain war veterans not to be abolished to terminate service  No such commission shall abolish any position or office held by a person mentioned in paragraph one of this act, or change the title of such position, office or employment, or reduce the emoluments thereof for the purpose of terminating the service of such person. L.1944, c. 249, p. 813, s. 2, eff. April 24, 1944.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:16-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:16-6 - Policemen, firemen, and motor vehicle inspectors; time spent in armed forces

38:16-6. Policemen, firemen, and motor vehicle inspectors; time spent in armed forces  Any time spent by any member of a police or fire department of any municipality or county of this State or by any State motor vehicle inspector in the armed forces of the United States during the present war shall be counted as time spent in the active service of the police or fire department of such municipality or county or of the State Department of Motor Vehicles, and any such policeman, fireman or motor vehicle inspector shall be entitled to be advanced in grade and to all increased pay that he might have received had he not entered the service of the United States but remained in active service in such police or fire department or State Department of Motor Vehicles. L.1944, c. 86, p. 183, s. 1, eff. April 10, 1944.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-1 - Interment of indigent veterans.

38:17-1 Interment of indigent veterans.  38:17-1. The board of chosen freeholders in each of the counties shall designate a proper authority, other than that designated by law for the care of paupers and the custody of criminals, who shall cause to be interred the bodies of all honorably discharged veterans of the United States Armed Forces, including the bodies of all honorably discharged members of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and have been declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, who die without leaving means sufficient to defray funeral expenses. The expense of such funeral shall not exceed in any case the sum of $1,250 for burial or cremation. amended 1945, c.302; 1947, c.175, s.1; 1951, c.136; 1967, c.160; 1991, c.389, s.11; 2013, c.238, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-2 - Appointment, supervisor of veterans' interment

38:17-2. Appointment, supervisor of veterans' interment  38:17-2. The board of chosen freeholders in each of the counties shall appoint a suitable person who shall be a resident of the county, as supervisor of veterans' interment; provided, that in making such appointment an honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine who served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States during any war in which the United States has been engaged, or an honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, shall be appointed. The supervisor of veterans' interment shall be paid such annual salary as may be fixed by the board of chosen freeholders of each county. The salary shall be paid in semimonthly installments by the county treasurer. Where any person has served as a superintendent of soldiers' burials or supervisor of veterans' interment, or as either or both, in any county for a period in the aggregate of two or more years prior to September 1, 1949, such superintendent of soldiers' burials or supervisor of veterans' interment shall be deemed to be a suitable person and may be appointed by the board of chosen freeholders as a supervisor of veterans' interment without any competitive examination.  Amended 1942,c.196; 1946,c.229; 1947,c.237; 1948,c.166; 1950,c.150; 1991,c.389,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-2.1 - Identification of indigent deceased person; determination of veteran status.

38:17-2.1 Identification of indigent deceased person; determination of veteran status.  2. The county medical examiner, or a designee, shall be responsible for the positive identification of an unidentified indigent deceased person. The supervisor of veterans' interment or county medical examiner, as appropriate, shall contact the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs upon receipt of an unclaimed indigent deceased person to ascertain whether or not that person was a veteran. The supervisor of veterans' interment or county medical examiner, as appropriate, shall be notified upon determination of the veteran status of the person. If the person was a veteran, the supervisor of veterans' interment or county medical examiner, as appropriate, shall cause burial or cremation to occur within 72 hours of notification of veteran status. L.2013, c.238, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-3 - Restriction as to interment; headstone.

38:17-3 Restriction as to interment; headstone.  38:17-3. Any interment provided for by sections 38:17-1 to 38:17-8 of this title shall not be made in any cemetery or plot used exclusively for the burial of pauper dead, but may be made in a county veterans' cemetery or, if appropriate, the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans' Memorial Cemetery. The graves of any such deceased veterans may be marked by a headstone containing the name of the deceased and, if possible, the organization to which he belonged or in which he served. Such headstone shall be of such design and materials as shall be approved by the governor, adjutant general and quartermaster general. amended 2013, c.238, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-4 - Liability for expenses of burial, cremation; exemptions.

38:17-4 Liability for expenses of burial, cremation; exemptions.  38:17-4. The expense of the burial or cremation and headstone shall be borne and paid by the county in which the deceased shall be resident at the time of death, up to a cost of $250. The State shall provide additional funds for such expenses, if necessary, through an annual appropriation and subject to the availability of funds. The total cost shall not exceed $1,250 for burial or cremation. If in any county there is located a home or other institution for the use, care, shelter and maintenance of such veterans not supported by the county, such county shall not be liable for the burial or cremation expenses and headstones of the deceased, unless the deceased was a bona fide resident of such county at the time of his admission to such home or institution, but the county in which he was resident at the time of his admission to such home or institution shall defray, bear and pay the cost of such burial or cremation and headstones. amended 2013, c.238, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-5 - Payment of expense; tax levy

38:17-5. Payment of expense; tax levy  The board of chosen freeholders of the several counties shall annually place in the tax levy a sum sufficient for the purposes aforesaid.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-6 - Graves to be in proper condition; headstone; tax levy

38:17-6. Graves to be in proper condition; headstone; tax levy  If the graves of such veterans mentioned in section 38:17-1 of this title, in any of the counties, shall be in a state of dilapidation or decay, or shall not be marked with headstones, or any county shall not own burial lots in which the bodies of such veterans may be interred, and the board of chosen freeholders shall not have sufficient funds to pay for the burial of such veterans who have died, then such board may place in the tax levy a sum sufficient to repair and place such graves in a decent condition, to place suitable headstones thereon, and to purchase burial lots and pay the cost of interments as provided herein.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-7 - Board may issue bonds to raise funds

38:17-7. Board may issue bonds to raise funds  If in the judgment of any board of chosen freeholders the amount required for the purposes mentioned in section 38:17-6 of this Title, if placed in the tax levy for one fiscal year, would be too burdensome on the taxpayers of such county, such board may issue bonds to raise the funds to accomplish the purposes aforesaid. Amended by L.1939, c. 24, p. 38, s. 1, eff. March 25, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-8 - Issuance and sale of bonds; limitation on amount

38:17-8. Issuance and sale of bonds; limitation on amount  The bonds mentioned in section 38:17-7 of this Title shall be issued and sold in accordance with Title 40, chapter one, of the Revised Statutes. No board shall issue bonds in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, for the purposes aforesaid. Amended by L.1939, c. 24, p. 39, s. 2, eff. March 25, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-9 - Graves to be decorated--expense; tax levy

38:17-9. Graves to be decorated--expense; tax levy  The supervisor of veterans' interment shall annually, on the thirtieth day of May known as Memorial Day or as near to such day as possible decorate, or cause to be decorated with suitable flags the graves in which are interred the bodies of deceased veterans of any war. The expense of carrying out the provisions of this section shall be borne and paid by the county in which such "veterans" are buried. The board of freeholders of the several counties shall annually place in the tax levy a sum sufficient for the purposes herein mentioned. Amended by L.1946, c. 230, p. 840, s. 1, eff. May 1, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-10 - Municipality may maintain burial place for revolutionary soldiers

38:17-10. Municipality may maintain burial place for revolutionary soldiers  The governing body of any municipality may appropriate money for the purpose of maintaining cemetery or burial grounds within the municipality in which the remains of at least ten soldiers of the revolutionary war shall have been interred for a period of at least one hundred years. Such cemetery or burial ground shall not be owned or controlled by any person or corporation deriving a profit from the use thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-11 - Municipality may share expense for care of burial place

38:17-11. Municipality may share expense for care of burial place  The governing body of any such municipality may enter into an agreement with any duly incorporated patriotic, historic or civic society or association for the purpose of co-operating with such society or association or a branch or chapter thereof, for the maintenance and care of such cemetery or burial ground, and to share in the expense thereof to the extent of not exceeding the amount appropriated by the municipality for such purpose. No agreement on the part of any municipality shall be for a term exceeding one year at a time.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:17-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:17-12 - Registration of veterans' graves; distribution of registration records

38:17-12. Registration of veterans' graves; distribution of registration records  The Division of Veterans' Services of the Department of Economic Development shall distribute the registration records, formerly maintained by the State service officer, of veterans' graves in each county to the supervisor of veterans' interment in each county. Such records shall be maintained by such supervisor of veterans' interment in a suitable place therefore designated by the board of chosen freeholders by such county. Each of such supervisor of veterans' interment is hereby charged with the duty of keeping the same up-to-date; of assembling, recording, checking, correcting and filing any and all records, charts or maps concerning the location within his county of the places of burial of veterans of all wars; and of using such forms therefore as the Department of Economic Development may prescribe; to the end that there shall be a complete and uniform record of all graves in New Jersey in which veterans are buried and that such records shall always be kept up-to-date. L.1945, c. 201, p. 695, s. 1. Amended by L.1946, c. 233, p. 844, s. 1, eff. May 1, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:18-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:18-1 - Soldier, time of emergency defined

38:18-1. Soldier, time of emergency defined  38:18-1. As used in this chapter the word "soldier" means and includes any officer, soldier, sailor, marine, airman, nurse or any other person, male or female, regularly enlisted or inducted, who was or shall have been a part of the military or naval forces of the United States, and who took part in any war in which the United States was engaged, or who took part or shall have taken part in the present wars with the governments of Japan, Germany and Italy, or any of them, including any member of the American Merchant Marine who is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, or who served or shall have served in the active military or naval service of the United States in time of emergency as herein defined, and who was a resident of this State at the time he was or shall be commissioned, enlisted, inducted, appointed or mustered into the military or naval service of the United States, and who has been or shall have been given an honorable or ordinary discharge or release therefrom, and continues to be a resident of this State.  As used herein the term "in time of emergency" shall mean and include any time after June 23, 1950, and on or prior to January 31, 1955.  Amended 1945,c.106,s.1; 1946,c.85,s.1; 1951,c.17; 1991,c.389,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:18-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:18-2 - Compensation to blind veterans, spouses

38:18-2. Compensation to blind veterans, spouses  A soldier, who has sustained a total loss of sight as a result of his service during any of the wars mentioned in section 1 of this chapter, shall be paid for the term of his life, and upon his death his surviving spouse shall be paid, provided that the soldier or surviving spouse shall continue as a resident of this State, the sum of $750.00 annually, in monthly payments. Such payments shall be due and payable from the date of discharge or release of the soldier if application therefor shall be made within one year from the date of such discharge or release. If the application shall be made one year from the date of discharge or release of the soldier such payments shall be due and payable from the date of such application. Accrued payments to the date of certification shall be paid in one lump sum.  Amended by L. 1945, c. 106, p. 454, s. 2; L. 1946, c. 85, p. 294, s. 2; L. 1971, c. 329, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971; L. 1985, c. 116, s. 1, eff. April 9, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:18-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:18-3 - Proof of service and disability; certification by adjutant general; payment

38:18-3. Proof of service and disability; certification by adjutant general; payment  Evidence of the service and disability mentioned in this chapter shall be furnished to the Department of Economic Development, which shall examine the same and upon being satisfied that the service was performed and the soldier has been rendered totally blind as a result thereof, shall so certify to the State Comptroller who shall, upon receipt thereof, draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the applicant in a bulk sum for any accrued payments and in the sum of $750.00 annually, which the State Treasurer shall pay out of the money appropriated therefor by the Legislature. Amended by L.1945, c. 106, p. 455, s. 3, L.1946, c. 85, p. 295, s. 3; L.1971, c. 329, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 38:18-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Militia--Soldiers, Sailors and Marines|Section 38:18-4 - Nonresidents

38:18-4. Nonresidents  Any soldier or surviving spouse receiving compensation pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 38:18-1 et seq. and who is required to, and who does, move without the State for reasons of health or employment shall notwithstanding such nonresidence be entitled to continue to receive such compensation. In the event such soldier or surviving spouse becomes entitled to compensation from the state to which he moves pursuant to an act of such state substantially similar to this act and the act to which this act is a supplement, such compensation shall immediately cease, unless such soldier or surviving spouse shall elect to receive such compensation to the exclusion of the compensation of the state to which he moves.  L. 1956, c. 166, p. 659, s. 1, eff. Dec. 3, 1956. Amended by L. 1985, c. 116, s. 2, eff. April 9, 1985.