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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-72.2 - Rules, regulations.

40A:14-72.2 Rules, regulations.
23. The Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Division of Elections in the Department of State, as appropriate, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act, P.L.2017, c.206 (C.40A:14-72.1 et al.).
L.2017, c.206, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-73 - Form of ballot.

40A:14-73 Form of ballot.
40A:14-73. a. For an election held at a time other than at the time of the general election, the following requirements shall apply:
The ballots shall be written or printed on opaque paper, uniform in size and quality.
Each ballot shall have at the top, a coupon, at least one inch wide extending across the ballot above a perforated line. The coupons shall be numbered consecutively. The coupon shall contain the following statements: "To be torn off by the Judge of Election" and "Fold to this line." Below the perforated line shall be printed or written, "Fire district election ballot," then the official designation of the fire district and polling place and date of the election. It shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the municipal clerk, or the clerk of the board of fire commissioners, as the case may be. The heading shall be set apart from the body of the ballot by a marked-off space. In said space, the voters shall be instructed how to indicate their choice of candidates and the number to be voted upon as follows: "To vote for any person whose name appears on this ballot mark a cross (X), plus (+) or check (?) in ink or pencil in the place or square at the left of the name of such person." Underneath these instructions shall be directions as to the number of candidates to be voted for and the name of each qualified candidate, without grouping, to be placed according to the alphabetical order of their surnames.
The ballot shall be substantially as follows:
No............
To be torn off by the Judge of Election.
Fold to this line.
.................................................................
FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION BALLOT
Fire District No. 1
Township of Webster, Warren County
Date.............
Polling District No. 1 John Henry Doe,
Unexcelled Fire House. Clerk.
To vote for any person whose name appears on this ballot mark a cross (X), plus (+) or check (?) mark with ink or pencil in the place or square at the left of the name of such person.
For membership to Board of Fire Commissioners--
Full Term. Vote for Two.
[ ] Rutherford B. Fallon.
[ ] William F. Seibel.
[ ] James A. Stephens.
[ ] Thomas Templeton.
[ ]
[ ]
For membership to Board of Fire Commissioners--
Unexpired One-Year Term. Vote for One.
[ ] Francis R. Loori.
[ ] Arthur H. Patterson.
[ ]
using as much of the form as may be applicable to the current fire district election and extending the same to provide for cases not herein specified.
b. For an election held at the time of the general election, the ballot shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.
amended 1994, c.77, s.20; 2017, c.206, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-74 - Elections; notice; publication; eligibility of voters.

40A:14-74 Elections; notice; publication; eligibility of voters.
40A:14-74. For an election held at the time of the general election or at a time other than at the time of the general election, the voter registration procedures set forth in R.S.19:31-1 et seq. shall apply.
amended 1973, c.25, s.2; 2017, c.206, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-75 - Use of voting machines.

40A:14-75 Use of voting machines.
40A:14-75. For an election held at a time other than at the time of the general election, the superintendent of elections of any county having a superintendent of elections or the county board of elections of any county not having a superintendent of elections, may upon application of the board of commissioners of any fire district, loan or rent to said board, one or more voting machines owned by the county, for a period of time which does not conflict with any State, county, municipal or school district election, for the purpose of conducting a fire district election as required by law. The loan or rental of a voting machine or machines for this purpose shall be upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the board of chosen freeholders of the county.
In any case in which voting machines are made available for such purpose, the use thereof for any fire district election shall be held as provided herein.
amended 2017, c.206, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-76 - Polls, hours.

40A:14-76 Polls, hours.
40A:14-76. For an election held at a time other than at the time of the general election, upon petition of 25 or more voters, filed with the clerk of the board at least 20 days prior to the date of any election, after the first election, the board of fire commissioners, by resolution, may divide the fire district into 2 or more polling places.
The polls for any election held at a time other than at the time of the general election shall be opened between the hours of 2:00 and 9:00 P.M., but the board may designate a later closing hour on the same day. The board shall furnish the necessary books for the entries of the names and addresses of the voters in such election.
amended 2017, c.206, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-77 - Manner of conducting elections.

40A:14-77 Manner of conducting elections.
40A:14-77. For an election held at a time other than at the time of the general election, before the opening of the polls, a public proclamation shall be made by the chairman of the board or the clerk or his or their representative as to the purpose of the voting. Two tellers for each polling place shall be appointed by the chairman or clerk and thereupon the polls shall be opened and the balloting shall continue without recess until the closing of the polls. Immediately after the close of the polls the clerk and tellers shall forthwith canvass the vote and certify the results. The clerk shall publicly announce the results.
amended 2017, c.206, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78 - Appropriations, other matters to be voted upon, form of question.

40A:14-78 Appropriations, other matters to be voted upon, form of question.
40A:14-78. a. Any appropriation or other matter to be voted upon at an election held at a time other than at the time of the general election shall be in the form of a question, placed upon the ballot immediately following the names of the candidates for members of the board of fire commissioners, in substantially the following form:
YES. (Question to be voted on)
NO.
The voter shall indicate his approval or opposition by making a cross (X), plus (+) or check (?) mark in ink or pencil in the appropriate square.
b. Any appropriation or other matter to be voted upon at an election held at the time of the general election shall be in the form of a question placed upon the ballot in accordance with the requirements of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.
amended 1994, c.77, s.21; 2017, c.206, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.1 - Fire district budget; time of introduction; public hearing; notice

40A:14-78.1. Fire district budget; time of introduction; public hearing; notice
The fire commissioners of any fire district shall introduce and approve the annual budget not later than 60 days prior to the annual election held pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:14-72. The budget shall be introduced in writing at a meeting of the fire commissioners. Approval thereof shall constitute a first reading which may be by title, and the fire commissioners shall at that time fix the time and place for the holding of a public hearing upon the budget. Notice of the date, time, place and purpose of such public hearing, and of the time and place at which a copy of the approved budget shall be available to each person requesting it during the week preceding such public hearing, shall be advertised at least 10 days prior to such hearing in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the fire district.
L.1979, c. 453, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.2 - Adoption of fire district budget, hearing.

40A:14-78.2 Adoption of fire district budget, hearing.
6. No fire district budget shall be adopted until a public hearing has been held thereon and taxpayers of the district and all persons having an interest therein shall have been given an opportunity to present objections.
The public hearing shall be held not less than 28 days after approval of the budget.
The public hearing shall be held at the time and place specified in the notice, but may be adjourned from time to time until the hearing is closed.
The budget shall be read at the public hearing in full, or it may be read by its title, if:
a. At least 1 week prior to the date of the hearing, a complete copy of the approved budget shall have been posted in such public place as notices are usually posted in the district, and is made available to each person requesting a copy during said week and during the public hearing; and,
b. The fire commissioners shall, by resolution passed by not less than a majority of the full membership, determine that the budget shall be read by its title and declare that the conditions set forth in subsection a. of this section have been met.
After closing the hearing, the fire commissioners may, by a vote of not less than a majority of the full membership, adopt the budget by title without amendments, or may approve amendments as provided in section 7 of P.L.1979, c.453 (C.40A:14-78.3).
L.1979, c.453, s.6; amended 2017, c.206, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.3 - Amendments; hearing; notice

40A:14-78.3. Amendments; hearing; notice
The fire commissioners may amend the budget during or after the public hearing. All amendments shall be read in full.
No amendment shall be effective until the taxpayers of the district and all persons having an interest therein shall have been granted a public hearing thereon, if such amendment shall:
a. Add a new item of operating appropriations in an amount in excess of 1% of the total amount of operating appropriations as stated in the approved budget;
b. Increase or decrease any item of operating appropriations by more than 10%; or,
c. Increase the amount to be raised by taxes by more than 5%.
Notice of hearing on any amendment shall be advertised at least 3 days before the date set therefor. Such amendment shall be read in full at such hearing and before adoption.
L.1979, c. 453, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.4 - Adoption of budget; time; advertisement.

40A:14-78.4 Adoption of budget; time; advertisement.
8. The fire district budget shall be adopted, by a vote of a majority of the full membership of the fire commissioners, not later than 25 days prior to the third Saturday in February. The adopted budget shall be advertised after adoption. The advertisement shall contain a copy of the budget and shall be published at least once in a newspaper circulating in the fire district at least 7 days prior to the third Saturday in February.
L.1979, c.453, s.8; amended 2017, c.206, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.5 - Adoption of budget amendments.

40A:14-78.5 Adoption of budget amendments.
9. a. If at an election held on the third Saturday in February pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-72 the question of either (1) pursuant to subsection e. of N.J.S.40A:14-72,determining the amount of money to be raised for the ensuing year and, if applicable, whether to exceed the property tax levy cap, established pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.45); or (2) pursuant to subsection f. of N.J.S.40A:14-72, whether to exceed the property tax levy cap, established pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.45), is voted affirmatively upon by a majority of the legal voters voting in the election, the budget shall be considered finally adopted, and the board of fire commissioners shall certify the amount to be raised by taxation to support the district budget to the assessor of the municipality, pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-79.
b. If at an election held on the third Saturday in February the question of either (1) pursuant to subsection e. of N.J.S.40A:14-72, determining the amount of money to be raised for the ensuing year and, if applicable, the question of whether to exceed the property tax levy cap established pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.45); or (2) pursuant to subsection f. of N.J.S.40A:14-72, whether to exceed the property tax levy cap, established pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.45), is voted negatively upon by a majority of the legal voters voting in the election, the governing body of the municipality in which the fire district is located shall, by resolution of a majority of its full membership, within 30 days after the annual election and after a public hearing for which the legal voters of the fire district shall be given 5 days' advertised notice, and at which any interested person shall be heard, fix an annual budget for the fire district. The amount of each appropriation section of the budget so fixed shall not exceed the amount for each as previously voted upon at the annual election, except the appropriation for debt service which shall be included in the amount that is required to be paid. The governing body shall certify the amount to be raised by taxation to support the district budget as set forth in the final budget, to the assessor of the municipality, pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-79.
c. Following the final approval of a budget by the board of fire commissioners or the voters, as applicable, the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs may approve a budget amendment to provide for the anticipation of revenue from a public or private funding source which was not known at the time the budget was approved, and the appropriation thereof, provided the amount of the appropriation does not exceed the amount of the revenue received.
L.1979, c.453, s.9; amended 1982, c.174; 2011, c.153; 2017, c.206, s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.6 - Fire district budget to provide separate sections.

40A:14-78.6 Fire district budget to provide separate sections.
10. The fire district budget shall provide for separate sections for:
a. Operating appropriations:
(1) Current operating expenses;
(2) Amounts necessary to fund any deficit from the preceding budget year; and
(3) Length of service award program.
b. Capital appropriations: Amounts necessary in the current budget year to fund or meet obligations incurred for capital purposes pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-84, N.J.S.40A:14-85 and N.J.S.40A:14-87, itemized according to purpose.
c. Total appropriations: The sum of a. and b. above.
L.1979,c.453,s.10; amended 1997, c.388, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.7 - Separate items in operating appropriations section

40A:14-78.7. Separate items in operating appropriations section
The operating appropriations section of the fire district budget shall set forth separate items for administration, operation and maintenance of each office or agency of the fire district. Each paid position established pursuant to this act shall be set forth along with the compensation to be paid therefor. The total amount to be appropriated for the purposes set forth in section 4 of this act shall be stated separately.
L.1979, c. 453, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.8 - Separate items in fire district budget

40A:14-78.8. Separate items in fire district budget
The fire district budget shall provide for separate items for:
a. Surplus, which shall not exceed the amount of surplus held in cash or quick assets at the beginning of the budget year;
b. Miscellaneous revenues, which shall be such amounts as may reasonably be expected to be realized in cash during the budget year from known and regular sources, or from sources reasonably capable of anticipating, including amounts expected to be received from municipalities appropriating money for fire district purposes, but not including revenues from taxes to be levied to support the district budget; and,
c. Amount to be raised by taxation to support the district budget, which shall be the amount to be certified to the assessor of the municipality to be assessed against the taxable property in the district pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:14-79. Such amount shall be equal to the amount of the total appropriations set forth in the budget minus the total amount of surplus and miscellaneous revenues set forth in the budget.
L.1979, c. 453, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.9 - Transfer of appropriations between items.

40A:14-78.9 Transfer of appropriations between items.
5. a. Whenever it shall become necessary during the last two months of the fiscal year to expend amounts in excess of those appropriations specified in the various line items of the operating appropriations section of the annual budget and there shall be excess appropriations in other line items of the operating appropriations section, the board of fire commissioners of the fire district may, by resolution setting forth the facts, adopted by not less than 2/3 vote of the full membership thereof, transfer the amount of the excess to those appropriations deemed to be insufficient.
b. No transfers may be made under this section from appropriations for:
(1) Contingent expenses,
(2) Deferred charges,
(3) Cash deficit of preceding year,
(4) Down payments,
(5) Capital improvements,
(6) Interest and redemption charges,
(7) Length of service award program.
L.1985,c.288,s.5; amended 1997, c.388, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.10 - Reserve item transfers

40A:14-78.10. Reserve item transfers
a. If, during the first two months of any fiscal year, the amount of any appropriation reserve in any line item of the operating appropriations section of the budget for the immediately preceding fiscal year is insufficient to pay the claims authorized or incurred during the preceding year, and there shall be an excess in any appropriation reserve in another line item of the operating appropriations section, the board of fire commissioners of any fire district may, by resolution adopted by not less than a 2/3 vote of the full membership thereof, transfer the amount of the excess to the appropriation reserve deemed to be insufficient or for which no reserve was provided.
b. No transfers may be made under this section from appropriation reserves for:
(1) Contingent expenses,
(2) Down payments,
(3) Capital improvements.
L. 1985, c. 288, s. 6, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.11 - Emergency appropriations

40A:14-78.11. Emergency appropriations
A fire district may make emergency appropriations, after the adoption of a budget approved by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 313 (C. 40A:5A-1 et seq.), for a purpose which is not foreseen at the time of the adoption thereof, or for which adequate provision was not made therein. This appropriation shall be made only to meet a pressing need for public expenditure to protect or promote the public health, safety, morals or welfare.
L. 1985, c. 288, s. 7, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.12 - 3% limit

40A:14-78.12. 3% limit
An emergency appropriation, together with all prior emergency appropriations made during the same year, shall not exceed 3% of the total of current operating appropriations made in the budget adopted for that year.
L. 1985, c. 288, s. 8, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.13 - Emergency appropriation resolution

40A:14-78.13. Emergency appropriation resolution
Emergency appropriations shall be made as follows:
a. The board of fire commissioners of any fire district shall, by resolution adopted by not less than 2/3 of its full membership, declare that an emergency exists requiring a supplementary appropriation.
b. The resolution shall be in the form and content to be prescribed by the municipal governing body and shall set out the nature of the emergency in full.
c. A copy of the resolution shall be filed immediately with the governing body.
d. The resolution shall not take effect until the municipal governing body shall by a vote of not less than 2/3 of its full membership approve the emergency appropriation and certify its approval to the fire district.
L. 1985, c. 288, s. 9, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.14 - Deferred charge

40A:14-78.14. Deferred charge
The total amount of all emergency appropriations shall be provided in full by the fire district as a deferred charge in the budget of the next succeeding fiscal year. In the event that the budget is not approved by the voters, that deferred charge shall remain in the budget for the fire district to be adopted by the municipal governing body pursuant to the law.
L. 1985, c. 288, s. 10, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.15 - Financing of emergency appropriation

40A:14-78.15. Financing of emergency appropriation
A fire district may finance any emergency appropriation from the district's available surplus funds, or may borrow money for a period of time not in excess of one year and execute the necessary evidences of indebtedness.
L. 1985, c. 288, s. 11, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.16 - Fiscal year

40A:14-78.16. Fiscal year
Commencing January 1, 1986 all fire district fiscal years shall begin on January 1 and end December 31. Any fire district with a fiscal year commencing at any time during 1985, but ending subsequent to December 31, 1985, shall adopt a budget pursuant to law which ends December 31, 1985, notwithstanding that such requirement results in a fiscal year of less than 12 full calendar months of duration. Any budget heretofore adopted for a fiscal year commencing at any time during 1985 but ending subsequent to December 31, 1985 shall be amended such that the fiscal year to which it pertains shall terminate on December 31, 1985, notwithstanding that such action results in a fiscal year of less than 12 full calendar months.
L. 1985, c. 288, s. 12, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-78.17 - Temporary budget

40A:14-78.17. Temporary budget
A fire district may and, if any contracts, commitments or payments are to be made prior to the adoption of the budget, shall, by resolution adopted prior to January 15, adopt a temporary budget to make appropriations to provide for the period between the beginning of the fiscal year and the adoption of the budget.
The total of the appropriations so made shall not exceed 14% of the total of the appropriations made for all purposes in the budget for the preceding fiscal year, excluding, in both instances, appropriations made for interest and debt redemption charges and capital improvements.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent or relieve the fire district from making appropriations for all interest and debt redemption charges maturing during the fiscal year, at any time prior to the date of the adoption of the budget.
L. 1985, c. 288, s. 13, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-79 - Tax assessment; tax due.

40A:14-79 Tax assessment; tax due.
40A:14-79. Upon proper certification pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1979, c.453 (C.40A:14-78.5), the assessor of the municipality in which the fire district is situate shall assess the amount to be raised by taxation to support the district budget against the taxable property therein, in the same manner as municipal taxes are assessed and the said amount shall be assessed, levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes.
For the purposes of this section:
"District tax due" or "tax due" means the amount so assessed less the district's proportionate share of the property taxes no longer owed by the municipality pursuant to the blue acres property tax exemption established by subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2013, c.261 (C.54:4-3.3g) and less any applicable credit established by subsection e. of section 1 of P.L.2013, c.261 (C.54:4-3.3g).
The collector or treasurer of the municipality in which said district is situate shall pay over all district tax due to the treasurer or custodian of funds of said fire district as follows: on or before April 1, an amount equaling 21.25% of all tax due; on or before July 1, an amount equaling 22.5% of all tax due; on or before October 1, an amount equaling 25% of all tax due; and on or before December 31, an amount equaling the difference between the total of all tax due, and the total of the quarterly amounts of such moneys previously paid over to the fire district. These moneys are to be held and expended for the purpose of providing and maintaining means for extinguishing fires in such district.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the municipal governing body may authorize, in the cash management plan adopted by it pursuant to N.J.S.40A:5-14, a schedule of payments of fire district tax due by which an amount greater than required on any of the first three payment dates cited herein may be paid over. The municipal governing body and board of fire commissioners may, by concurrent resolution, adopt a schedule of payments of fire district tax due by which an amount less than required on any of the first three payment dates cited herein may be paid over. Such resolution shall be included in the cash management plan adopted by the municipal governing body pursuant to N.J.S.40A:5-14.
The commissioners may also pay back, or cause to be paid back to such municipality, any funds or any part thereof paid to the treasurer or custodian of funds of such fire district by the collector or treasurer of the municipality, representing taxes levied for fire district purposes but not actually collected in cash by said collector or treasurer.
amended 1979, c.453, s.14; 1985, c.288, s.4; 2013, c.261, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-80 - Borrowing money in anticipation of revenue

40A:14-80. Borrowing money in anticipation of revenue
The commissioners of any fire district, by resolution, may borrow after March 1 and before December 31 following, a sum not to exceed the amount appropriated at the preceding annual election held in the district, for current expenses and necessary repairs to fire apparatus and fire houses within the district, less any sums received from the collector of taxes or municipal treasurer on account of such appropriation. They may execute evidences of such indebtedness and pay the amount so borrowed, together with interest thereon, at a rate not exceeding 5% per annum.
L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-81 - Board of fire commissioners; general powers

40A:14-81. Board of fire commissioners; general powers
The commissioners of a fire district shall have the powers, duties and functions within said district to the same extent as in the case of municipalities, relating to the prevention and extinguishment of fires and the regulation of fire hazards.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to affect the powers, duties and functions of the State Department of Environmental Protection pertaining to forest fire services.
L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:14-81.1 - Fire districts; paid positions; establishment; resolution; procedure for passage; publication

40A:14-81.1. Fire districts; paid positions; establishment; resolution; procedure for passage; publication
a. The commissioners of any fire district may, by resolution, establish paid positions within the fire department, or for the fire district, as such position shall be determined by the commissioners to be required for the purposes of the fire district. The commissioners shall, by resolution, appoint persons to, determine the terms of, fix the compensation for, and prescribe the powers, functions and duties of all paid positions so established. For the purposes of this section, a paid position shall mean any position for which any compensation is provided by the fire district other than reimbursement for expenses and losses actually incurred in the performance of duties.
b. Every resolution proposed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, after being introduced and having passed a first reading, which may be by title, shall be published in full at least once in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the fire district, together with a notice of the introduction thereof and the time and place when and where it will be considered for final passage. Such publication shall appear at least 1 week prior to the time fixed for further consideration for final passage.
c. At the time and place stated in the publication, or at any time and place to which the meeting for the further consideration of the resolution shall from time to time be adjourned, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the resolution. The opportunity to be heard shall include the right to ask pertinent questions concerning the resolution by any resident of the fire district or by any other person affected by the resolution. Final passage of the resolution shall be at least 10 days after the first reading.
d. Upon the opening of the hearing, the resolution shall be given a second reading, which may be by title, and may thereafter be passed with or without amendment, or rejected. At least 1 week prior to second reading, a copy of the resolution shall be posted in such public place as notices are usually posted in the district, and copies shall be made available to each person requesting a copy during said week and during the hearing. No amendment to such resolution shall be adopted, unless such amendment is presented in written form to the fire commissioners and copies made available to each person requesting a copy at the meeting at which the amendment is considered.
e. Upon passage, every such resolution, or the title, together with a notice of the date of passage or approval, or both, shall be published at least once in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the fire district.
L.1979, c. 453, s. 1.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.