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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-23.4 - Paid health benefits for certain local government retirees.

40A:10-23.4 Paid health benefits for certain local government retirees.
1. An employer that has established a health insurance plan covering employees in and retirants from the service of the employer, and their dependents, may assume the entire cost of health benefits coverage during retirement for any retiree, and the retiree's dependents, if (1) the retiree retired after 25 years or more of service credit in a State or locally administered retirement system and a period of service of up to 25 years with the employer at the time of retirement and (2) the employer paid the entire cost of such coverage for the retiree prior to June 26, 1995, the effective date of P.L.1995, c.136.
L.1999,c.431,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-23.5 - Establishment of cafeteria plan for health benefits by local unit.

40A:10-23.5 Establishment of cafeteria plan for health benefits by local unit.
45. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a local unit of government, or an agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality thereof, may establish as an employer a cafeteria plan for its employees pursuant to section 125 of the federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. s.125, and shall establish such a plan for medical or dental expenses not covered by a health benefits plan. The plan shall provide for a reduction in an employee's salary, through payroll deductions or otherwise, in exchange for payment by the employer of medical or dental expenses not covered by a health benefits plan, and may provide for a reduction in an employee's salary, through payroll deductions or otherwise, in exchange for payment by the employer of dependent care expenses as provided in section 129 of the code, 26 U.S.C. s.129, and such other benefits as are consistent with section 125 which are included under the plan. The amount of any reduction in an employee's salary for the purpose of contributing to the plan shall continue to be treated as regular compensation for all other purposes, including the calculation of pension contributions and the amount of any retirement allowance, but, to the extent permitted by the federal Internal Revenue Code, shall not be included in the computation of federal taxes withheld from the employee's salary.
L.2007, c.62, s.45; amended 2011, c.78, s.52.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-24 - Summary of coverage cost to be furnished employer

40A:10-24. Summary of coverage cost to be furnished employer
In the event an insurance company issues a group insurance policy to an employer which includes two or more of the coverages authorized hereby, the insurance company shall at the end of each policy year furnish to the employer a summary of the cost of each such coverage.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-25 - Filing copy of contract with State Employees Health Benefit Commission; report to Governor and Legislature

40A:10-25. Filing copy of contract with State Employees Health Benefit Commission; report to Governor and Legislature
It shall be the duty of the executive officer of any employer who enters into a contract pursuant to this subarticle to file a copy thereof with the State Employees Health Benefits Commission. The commission shall prepare and file periodically, and not less than every 2 years, a report to the Governor and the Legislature as to the contracts being entered into by employers and shall make such recommendations concerning the contracts and the coverage thereunder as it deems appropriate to achieve uniformity of coverage and benefits for employees throughout the State.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-26 - Group life insurance plans

40A:10-26. Group life insurance plans
In addition to the insurance required pursuant to chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, the governing body of a municipality, in which an incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad renders services throughout the municipality whose members have or shall form themselves into a group or groups for the purpose of obtaining a group life insurance plan with any insurance company authorized to do business in New Jersey, may appropriate moneys to defray the cost of such insurance and pay the premiums therefor.
A municipality shall not undertake the cost of any policy of group life insurance where the amount payable upon the death of each assured exceeds the amount of $10,000.00.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-27 - Other group insurance plans

40A:10-27. Other group insurance plans
In addition to the insurance required pursuant to the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes and the coverage provided in N.J.S. 40A:10-26, the governing body of a municipality, in which an incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad or squads exist rendering service generally throughout the municipality, may:
a. Effect and maintain group accidental death and dismemberment, hospitalization, medical, surgical, major medical expenses, or health and accident insurance with any insurance company authorized to do business in New Jersey, or with a nonprofit hospital service or medical service corporation with respect to the benefits which they are authorized to provide, which is determined to be necessary or desirable for the protection, safety and welfare of the members of an incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad;
b. Effect and maintain a contract or contracts to provide drug prescription or other health care benefits which are determined to be necessary or desirable for the protection, safety and welfare of the members of an incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad;
c. In the discretion of the governing body of the municipality, appropriate and pay all or any portion of the cost of such insurance or contract or both.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-28 - Eligibility

40A:10-28. Eligibility
A member of any incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad shall not be ineligible to receive any of the benefits under N.J.S. 40A:10-26 and 40A:10-27 because he may otherwise receive any form of compensation or salary from the municipality.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-29 - Group life insurance plans.

40A:10-29 Group life insurance plans.
40A:10-29. In addition to the insurance required under chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, a municipality maintaining a volunteer fire department, or in which there are one or more incorporated volunteer fire companies whose members have or shall form themselves into a group or groups for the purpose of obtaining a group life insurance plan with any insurance company authorized to do business in New Jersey, may appropriate moneys to defray the cost of such insurance and pay the premiums therefor.
A municipality shall not undertake the cost nor pay the premiums on any policy of group life insurance where the amount payable upon the death of each assured exceeds the amount of $25,000.
Amended 2007, c.220, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-30 - Other group insurance plans

40A:10-30. Other group insurance plans
In addition to the insurance required pursuant to the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes and the coverage provided in N.J.S. 40A:10-29, a municipality maintaining a volunteer fire department or in which there are one or more incorporated volunteer fire companies may:
a. Effect and maintain group accidental death and dismemberment, hospitalization, medical, surgical, major medical expenses, or health and accident insurance with any insurance company authorized to do business in New Jersey, or with a nonprofit hospital service or medical service corporation with respect to the benefits which they are authorized to provide, which is determined to be necessary or desirable for the protection, safety and welfare of the members of the volunteer fire department or the members of the incorporated volunteer fire companies;
b. Effect and maintain a contract or contracts to provide drug prescription or other health care benefits which is determined to be necessary or desirable for the protection, safety and welfare of the members of the volunteer fire department or members of an incorporated volunteer fire company;
c. In the discretion of the governing body of the municipality, appropriate and pay all or any portion of the costs of such insurance or contract or both.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-31 - Eligibility

40A:10-31. Eligibility
A volunteer fireman shall not be ineligible to receive any of the benefits under N.J.S. 40A:10-29 and 40A:10-30 because he may otherwise receive any form of compensation or salary from the municipality.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-32 - Coverage for members of Junior Firemen's Auxiliary

40A:10-32. Coverage for members of Junior Firemen's Auxiliary
A municipality may provide members of a Junior Firemen's Auxiliary established as an auxiliary to a volunteer fire department or to an incorporated volunteer fire company with the same coverage as provided for the regular volunteer firemen of the municipality under N.J.S. 40A:10-29 and 40A:10-30.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-33 - Group life insurance

40A:10-33. Group life insurance
The governing body of a municipality may appropriate moneys to defray the cost of group life insurance contracts and pay the premiums thereon for auxiliary police volunteers authorized to render public service generally throughout the municipality.
A municipality shall not undertake the cost of any contract of group life insurance contract where the amount payable upon the death of each assured exceeds the amount of $10,000.00.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-34 - Eligibility

40A:10-34. Eligibility
An auxiliary police volunteer shall not be ineligible to receive any of the benefits under N.J.S. 40A:10-33 because he may otherwise receive any form of compensation or salary from the municipality.
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-34.1 - Contract; coverage.

40A:10-34.1 Contract; coverage.
1. Any municipality or county, or agency thereof, hereinafter referred to as employers, may enter into contracts of group legal insurance with any insurer authorized, pursuant to P.L.1981, c.160 (C.17:46C-1 et seq.), to engage in the business of legal insurance in this State or may contract with a duly recognized prepaid legal services plan with respect to the benefits which they are authorized to provide. Such contract or contracts shall provide such coverage for the employees of such employer and may include their dependents. "Dependents" shall include an employee's spouse and the employee's unmarried children, including stepchildren and legally adopted children, and, at the option of the employer and the carrier, children placed by the Division of Youth and Family Services in the Department of Children and Families, under the age of 19 who live with the employee in a regular parent-child relationship, and may also include, at the option of the employer and the carrier, other unmarried children of the employee under the age of 23 who are dependent upon the employee for support and maintenance. A spouse or child enlisting or inducted into military service shall not be considered a dependent during such military service.
Elected officials may be considered, at the option of the employer, to be "employees" for the purposes hereof, but "employees" shall not otherwise include persons employed on a short-term, seasonal, intermittent or emergency basis, persons compensated on a fee basis, or persons whose compensation from the public employer is limited to reimbursement of necessary expenses actually incurred in the discharge of their duties.
The contract shall include provisions to prevent duplication of benefits and shall condition the eligibility of any employee for coverage upon satisfying a waiting period stated in the contract.
The coverage of any employee, and of his dependents, if any, shall cease upon the discontinuance of his employment or upon cessation of active full-time employment in the classes eligible for coverage, subject to such provision as may be made in any contract by his employer for limited continuance of coverage during disability, part-time employment, leave of absence other than leave for military service or layoff, or for continuance of coverage after retirement.
L.1983, c.191, s.1; amended 2004, c.130, s.113; 2006, c.47, s.185.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-34.2 - Premiums or charges; employee contribution; retired employees

40A:10-34.2. Premiums or charges; employee contribution; retired employees
Any employer entering into such a contract is authorized to pay part or all of the premiums or charges for such contracts and may appropriate out of its general funds any money necessary to pay such premiums or charges or portions thereof. The contribution required of any employee toward the cost of such coverage may be deducted from the pay, salary or other compensation of such employee upon an authorization in writing made to the appropriate disbursing officer.
The continuance of coverage after retirement of any employee may be provided at such rates and under the conditions as shall be prescribed in the contract, subject, however, to the requirements hereinafter set forth in this section. The contribution required of any retired employee toward the cost of such coverage may be paid by him to his former employer or in such other manner as the employer shall direct.
Retired employees may be required to pay for the entire cost of coverage for themselves and their dependents at rates which are determined based upon the reasonable expected use of retired persons.
L.1983, c. 191, s. 2, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-34.3 - Retired employees with 25 years or more service; premiums

40A:10-34.3. Retired employees with 25 years or more service; premiums
In providing for the continuance of coverage after retirement of employees and their dependents as authorized by section 2 of this act and notwithstanding any of the provisions of section 2 to the contrary, the employer may assume the entire cost of such coverage and pay all the premiums for employees who have retired after 25 years' or more service with the employer, including the premiums on their dependents, if any, under such uniform conditions as the governing body shall prescribe.
L.1983, c. 191, s. 3, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-35 - Statutes repealed

40A:10-35. Statutes repealed
The following sections, chapters and acts, together with all amendments and supplements thereto are hereby repealed:
Chapters 26 and 51 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes;
N.J.S. 40A:9-13 to 40A:9-16 inclusive;
N.J.S. 40A:14-40;
P.L.1965, c. 174 (C. 40:48-9.5 to C. 40:48-9.9 inclusive);
P.L.1971, c. 421 (C. 40A:9-14.1);
P.L.1975, c. 238 (C. 40A:14-146.5).
L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-36 - Joint insurance fund; definitions.

40A:10-36 Joint insurance fund; definitions.
1. a. The governing body of any local unit, including any contracting unit as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2), may by resolution agree to join together with any other local unit or units to establish a joint insurance fund for the purpose of insuring against liability, property damage, and workers' compensation as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, insuring against loss or theft of moneys or securities, providing blanket bond coverage of certain county or municipal officers and employees for faithful performance and discharge of their duties as provided under section 1 of P.L.1967, c.283 (C.40A:5-34.1), insuring against bodily injury and property damage claims arising from environmental impairment liability and legal representation therefor to the extent that such coverages, as approved by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, are provided by the purchase of insurance and no risk is retained by the fund, providing contributory or non-contributory group health insurance or group term life insurance, or both, to employees or their dependents or both, through self insurance, the purchase of commercial insurance or reinsurance, or any combination thereof, and insuring against any loss from liability associated with sick leave payment for service connected disability as provided by N.J.S.18A:30-2.1, and may appropriate such moneys as are required therefor. The maximum risk to be retained for group term life insurance by a joint insurance fund on a self-insured basis shall not exceed a face amount of $5,000 per covered employee or dependent or more if approved by the Commissioners of Banking and Insurance and Community Affairs. As used in this subsection: (1) "life insurance" means life insurance as defined pursuant to N.J.S.17B:17-3; (2) "health insurance" means health insurance as defined pursuant to N.J.S.17B:17-4 or service benefits as provided by health service corporations, hospital service corporations or medical service corporations authorized to do business in this State; and (3) "dependent" means dependent as defined pursuant to N.J.S.40A:10-16.
b. The governing body of any local unit, including any contracting unit as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2), may by resolution agree to join together with any other local unit or units to establish a joint insurance fund for the sole purpose of insuring against bodily injury and property damage claims arising from environmental impairment liability and legal representation therefor to the extent and for coverages approved by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
L.1983,c.372,s.1; amended 1989, c.253, s.1; 1990, c.120; 1993, c.269, s.13; 1995, c.356, s.5;1996, c.4, s.2; 1999, c.434, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-36.1 - "Local unit" for purposes of C.40A:10-36 et seq.

40A:10-36.1 "Local unit" for purposes of C.40A:10-36 et seq.
11. For the purposes of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.), "local unit" shall be deemed to include boards of education which join together with municipalities pursuant to P.L.1992, c.51 (C.40A:10-52 et al.).
L.1992, c.51, s.11; amended 2007, c.18, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-36.2 - Establishment of joint insurance revolving fund, use of appropriated moneys

40A:10-36.2. Establishment of joint insurance revolving fund, use of appropriated moneys
12. The governing body of any local unit that has established a joint insurance fund may by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, establish a joint insurance revolving fund into which may be deposited any refunds paid to the local unit by the joint insurance fund to be dedicated for the payment of liabilities to the fund in future years. In no event shall amounts deposited in a joint insurance revolving fund exceed the annual amount contributed by the local unit to the joint insurance fund during the prior year.
Moneys appropriated from the joint insurance revolving fund shall be used by the local unit to cover losses attributable to claims being paid by the joint insurance fund in future years which exceed contributions paid into the joint insurance fund by the local unit.
L.1996,c.113,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-36.3 - Definitions relative to non-profit housing entities and joint insurance funds.

40A:10-36.3 Definitions relative to non-profit housing entities and joint insurance funds.
1. a. For the purposes of P.L.2004, c.146 (C.40A:10-36.3) a "non-profit housing entity" means an organization that provides housing meeting the low and moderate income limits established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, if that organization is organized as a not-for-profit entity or as a limited partnership, in a low or moderate income housing project that has as its general partner a not-for-profit entity that has as its primary purpose the construction, rehabilitation or management of housing projects for occupancy by persons of low and moderate income.
b. A non-profit housing entity shall be deemed a local unit for the purposes of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.) if it chooses to establish or join a joint insurance fund, pursuant to P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.), that is comprised of either non-profit housing entities or housing authorities or a combination thereof. Such joint insurance funds shall not have as its members local units that are municipalities, counties, boards of education, or fire districts.
c. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a joint insurance fund established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.) that includes non-profit housing entities as members shall not join together with other local units, as otherwise provided in section 1 of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36), for the purpose of providing contributory or non-contributory group health insurance or group term life insurance, or both, to employees or their dependents or both.
d. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a joint insurance fund established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.) that includes non-profit housing entities as members may participate in joint insurance funds:
(1) where the membership is exclusively comprised of other joint insurance funds and whose purpose is to provide excess levels of coverage;
(2) where the membership is exclusively comprised of other joint insurance funds and whose purpose is to accept the transfer of residual claims liabilities; or
(3) whose purpose is to provide environmental impairment liability insurance.
e. A joint insurance fund that has as its members non-profit housing entities shall operate pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.).
L.2004,c.146.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-37 - Insurance fund commissioners; appointment, terms, compensation

40A:10-37. Insurance fund commissioners; appointment, terms, compensation
2. Upon the establishment of a joint insurance fund, the officer or body of each local unit having the power to make appointments for the unit shall appoint one member of the governing body or employee of the local unit to represent that local unit as insurance fund commissioner. Each local unit may also appoint an alternate insurance fund commissioner who shall be a member of the governing body or employee of the local unit. Commissioners and alternates who are members of the governing body shall hold office for two years or for the remainder of their terms of office as members of the governing body, whichever shall be less, and until their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified. Commissioners and alternates who are employees of the local unit shall hold office at the pleasure of the appointing officer or body. In the event that the number of local units represented is an even number, an additional commissioner shall be annually selected by the participating local units on a rotating basis. If the total number of member local units exceeds seven, the commissioners shall annually meet to select not more than seven commissioners to serve as the executive committee of the fund. The commissioners may also select not more than seven commissioners to serve as alternates on the executive committee. The executive committee shall exercise the full power and authority of the commission. Vacancies on the executive committee shall be filled by election of the entire board. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, except that the commissioners may vote to pay themselves a fee for attending commission meetings not to exceed $150 per meeting and the commissioners may vote to pay commissioners who serve on an executive committee a fee for attending executive committee meetings not to exceed $150 per meeting. Any vacancy in the office of insurance fund commissioner or alternate, caused by any reason other than expiration of term as a member of the local unit governing body, shall be filled by the appointing authority in the manner generally prescribed by law. The commission shall annually elect a chairman and a secretary.
In the case of a joint insurance fund established for the purposes of providing environmental liability coverage pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36), each member of that joint insurance fund shall have proportional voting based upon the current year's assessment.
L.1983,c.372,s.2; amended 1989,c.253,s.2; 1993,c.269,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.1 - Commissioners; additional powers, environmental insurance

40A:10-38.1. Commissioners; additional powers, environmental insurance
1. In addition to the powers and authority granted to commissioners pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-38), the commissioners of a joint insurance fund established pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36) shall have the power: a. to adopt and use a corporate seal; b. to sue and be sued; and c. to bond or to borrow funds and incur indebtedness by other means, including letters of credit, for the purpose of providing environmental impairment liability insurance, and to provide for and secure the payment of bonds and indebtedness, except that the total aggregate amount of any such bonds, borrowings and letters of credit outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $10,000,000. Bonds shall be sold by a joint insurance fund pursuant to the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq., but shall not be subject to the debt limitation set forth in N.J.S.40A:2-6.
L.1993,c.269,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.2 - Definitions

40A:10-38.2. Definitions
2. As used in this act:
a. "Bond" means bonds and other obligations, such as letters of credit, authorized and issued by a joint insurance fund.
b. "Bond resolution" means a resolution adopted by a joint insurance fund describing the bonds to be authorized and issued and the bonds or indebtedness to be funded or refunded.
c. "Joint insurance fund" or "fund" means a joint insurance fund created pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36).
L.1993,c.269,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.3 - Bylaws, plan of risk management; filing proof of approval

40A:10-38.3. Bylaws, plan of risk management; filing proof of approval
3. A copy of the proof of approval of the bylaws and plan of risk management issued by the Commissioner of Insurance pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-41) shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, and the Commissioner of Insurance. Upon proof of such filing, the joint insurance fund therein referred to shall, in any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract or obligation or act of the joint insurance fund, be conclusively deemed to have been lawfully and properly created, organized and established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under this act. Copies of the filing, duly certified by the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding and shall be conclusive evidence of due and proper filing thereof.
L.1993,c.269,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.4 - Issuance of bonds; adoption of bond resolution

40A:10-38.4. Issuance of bonds; adoption of bond resolution
4. a. For the purpose of raising funds to establish an environmental impairment liability insurance pool or for the purpose of funding or refunding a bond or other indebtedness, including a letter of credit in connection with environmental impairment liability insurance, a joint insurance fund shall have the power to authorize and issue or provide for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this act. No funds so raised shall be used for administrative expenses of the joint insurance fund. For such purpose, a joint insurance fund shall adopt a bond resolution which shall (1) describe the bonds to be authorized and issued and the bonds or indebtedness to be funded or refunded, if any; (2) state the cost or estimated cost of the project, if any; and (3) provide for the issuance of the bonds in accordance with section 5 of this act.
b. No bond resolution shall be adopted by a joint insurance fund pursuant to subsection a. of this section unless member local units representing at least two-thirds of the joint insurance fund's current annual assessments have approved the proposed bond resolution by resolution or ordinance of each approving member local unit, which resolution or ordinance has been duly certified by the appropriate officer of the local unit and filed with the secretary of the joint insurance fund.
c. Any debt incurred by a joint insurance fund pursuant to P.L.1993, c.269 (C.40A:10-38.1 et al.) shall be subject to the oversight provisions of sections 6, 7 and 8 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-6 through 40A:5A-8).
L.1993,c.269,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.5 - Bonds

40A:10-38.5. Bonds
5. Upon adoption of a bond resolution, a joint insurance fund shall have the power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds for the purpose of raising funds to establish an environmental impairment liability insurance pool or funding or refunding any bonds or other indebtedness, including a letter of credit. A bond shall be authorized by the bond resolution and may be issued in one or more series. A bond shall bear the date provided in the resolution and shall mature on a date not exceeding 20 years from the date on the bond. A bond shall bear interest at a rate within the maximum rate, be in the denomination and the form, carry the conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the bond resolution may provide.
L.1993,c.269,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.7 - Bond resolution adoption; publication

40A:10-38.7. Bond resolution adoption; publication
7. A joint insurance fund shall cause a copy of a bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the offices of the clerks of the local units which are members of the fund and shall thereupon cause to be published in a newspaper published or circulating in the jurisdiction of the member local units a notice stating the fact and date of the adoption, the places where the bond resolution has been filed for public inspection, and the date of the first publication. The notice also shall state that any action or proceeding of any kind in any court questioning the validity or proper authorization of a bond provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenant, agreement or contract provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of the notice. If after the notice is published, no action or proceeding questioning the validity or proper authorization of a bond provided for by the bond resolution referred to in the notice, or the validity of a covenant, agreement or contract provided for by the bond resolution is commenced within 20 days after the first publication of the notice, then all member local units of the fund, their residents, and all other persons shall be forever barred from commencing an action or proceeding in a court or from pleading a defense to an action or proceeding, questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the joint insurance fund, or the validity or proper authorization of the bonds, or the validity of a covenant, agreement or contract, and the fund shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly created and established and to be authorized to transact business and exercise powers as a joint insurance fund under this act, and the bond, covenant, agreement or contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be a valid and binding obligation in accordance with its terms and tenor.
L.1993,c.269,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.8 - Negotiability of bonds

40A:10-38.8. Negotiability of bonds
8. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of the negotiable instruments law of the State, and each holder of a bond, or of any coupon appurtenant thereto, by accepting the bond or coupon shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that the bond or coupon is and shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of the negotiable instruments law.
L.1993,c.269,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.11 - Appointment of receiver

40A:10-38.11. Appointment of receiver
11. If the bond resolution of a joint insurance fund authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds provides in substance that the holders of the bonds of the series are entitled to the benefits of section 10 of this act and further provides in substance that any trustee appointed pursuant to section 10 of this act or having the powers of such a trustee has the powers provided by this section, then the trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of the series have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the joint insurance fund, and the receiver may enter upon and take possession of all moneys and other property of the joint insurance fund and fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive the assessments and all moneys thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of the bonds relating thereto and perform the duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the joint insurance fund in the same manner as the fund itself might do and under the direction of the court.
L.1993,c.269,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.12 - Immunity of commissioners; nonliability of State

40A:10-38.12 Immunity of commissioners; nonliability of State
12. Neither the commissioners of the joint insurance fund nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds issued by a joint insurance fund pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, either legal, moral or otherwise, nor shall they be in any way a debt or liability of any member local unit of the fund, either legal, moral or otherwise, except as provided by P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.), and nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize any joint insurance fund to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the State or any member local unit.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter or impair the power of the commissioner to suspend or terminate the authority of any joint insurance fund created pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36) or to assume control of the insurance fund as provided under section 9 of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-44) in order to enable a fund to meet its obligations, cover its expected losses or to liquidate, rehabilitate or otherwise modify its affairs.
L.1993,c.269,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.13 - Insurance producers

40A:10-38.13. Insurance producers
15. The bylaws of a joint insurance fund may include procedures to recognize and pay commissions or fees to insurance producers appointed by the fund, if any, or producers appointed by the member local units, if any, to advise the member local units on insurance related matters and to provide other related services to member local units as specified in the bylaws.
The commissioners of a joint insurance fund shall file with the commissioner a description of any producer arrangement plan by which producers, who shall be licensed pursuant to P.L.1987, c.293 (C.17:22A-1 et seq.), represent member local units in their dealings with the joint insurance fund. The description shall include, but not be limited to, copies of all producer contracts, which shall include a description of the producers' obligations, responsibilities and compensation; duration of contracts; and an indication whether the contracts are subject to renewal.
Whenever a joint insurance fund or member local unit employs a producer to perform risk assessment or risk management, the commissioners of the joint insurance fund shall file with the Commissioner of Insurance a copy of the producer contract for review by the commissioner.
L.1993,c.269, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.14 - Joint insurance fund to maintain Internet website; contents.

40A:10-38.14 Joint insurance fund to maintain Internet website; contents.
4. The joint insurance fund shall maintain an Internet website. The purpose of the website shall be to provide increased public access to the joint insurance fund's operations and activities. The following information, if applicable, shall be posted on the joint insurance fund's website:
a. a description of the joint insurance fund's mission and responsibilities;
b. the budget once adopted for the current and immediately prior fiscal years. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C.4:24-20.1 et al.), the budgets of at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website;
c. the most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and the annual independent audit or other similar financial information;
d. the annual independent audit for the most recent fiscal year and the immediately prior fiscal year. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C.4:24-20.1 et al.), the annual audits of at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website;
e. the joint insurance fund's official policy statements, bylaws, risk management plan and cash investment policy plan that are deemed relevant by the commissioners to the interests of the residents within the jurisdiction of the fund members;
f. notice, posted pursuant to the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.), of a meeting of the insurance fund commissioners, setting forth the time, date, location, and agenda of the meeting;
g. the minutes of each meeting of the insurance fund commissioners including all resolutions of the commission and their committees for the current fiscal year. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C.4:24-20.1 et al.), the approved minutes of meetings for at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website;
h. the name, mailing address, electronic mail address, if available, and phone number of every person who exercises day-to-day supervision or management over some or all of the operations of the joint insurance fund; and
i. a list of attorneys, advisors, consultants, and any other person, firm, business, partnership, corporation, or other organization which received any remuneration of $17,500 or more during the preceding fiscal year for any service whatsoever rendered directly to the joint insurance fund. For the purposes of this section, "rendered directly to the joint insurance fund" shall not include claim payments to service providers for services rendered to third party claimants, individual joint insurance fund members, their employees, or eligible dependents arising out of claims made under the benefit plans provided through the joint insurance fund.
L.2011, c.167, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-38.15 - Claims experience information provided by joint insurance fund.

40A:10-38.15 Claims experience information provided by joint insurance fund.
2 A joint insurance fund established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.) and subsection e. of section 1 of P.L.1979, c.230 (C.40A:10-6) for the purposes of providing health benefits or health insurance coverage shall provide at no cost to the requestor, and not more than once in a 24-month period, complete claims experience data to a public employer that participates in the joint insurance fund and makes a written request for its claims experience information, including loss reports and large claims data. The joint insurance fund shall provide the information in an electronic and manual format to the participating public employer who has made a written request for its information, within 60 days of the receipt of the written request made by the public employer. Notwithstanding the above, the joint insurance fund shall issue claims experience data only in a manner that complies with the privacy requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub.L.104-191, and related regulations.
L.2013, c.189, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-39 - Bylaws for joint insurance fund

40A:10-39. Bylaws for joint insurance fund
The commissioners shall prepare and, after the approval, by resolution, of the governing body of each participating local governmental unit, shall adopt bylaws for the joint insurance fund. The bylaws shall include, but not be limited to:
a. Procedures for the organization and administration of the joint insurance fund, the insurance fund commission and, if appropriate, the executive board of the fund. The procedures may include the designation of one member local unit to serve as the lead agency to be responsible for the custody and maintenance of the assets of the fund and such other duties as may be assigned by the commissioners of the fund;
b. Procedures for the assessment of members for their contributions to the fund and for the collection of contributions in default;
c. Procedures for the maintenance and administration of appropriate reserves in accordance with sound actuarial principles;
d. Procedures for the purchase of commercial direct insurance or reinsurance, if any;
e. Contingency plans for paying losses in the event that the fund is exhausted;
f. Procedures governing loss adjustment and legal fees;
g. Procedures for the joining of the fund by a non-member local unit;
h. Procedures for the withdrawal from the fund by a local unit;
i. Procedures for the expulsion of a member local unit;
j. Procedures for the termination and liquidation of the joint insurance fund and the payment of its outstanding obligations;
k. Such other procedures and plans as the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance may require by rule and regulation.
L.1983, c. 372, s. 4, eff. Oct. 28, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-40 - Plan of risk management

40A:10-40. Plan of risk management
The commissioners shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a plan of risk management for the joint insurance fund. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:
a. The perils or liability to be insured against;
b. Limits of coverage, whether self-insurance, direct insurance purchased from a commercial carrier, or reinsurance;
c. The amount of risk to be retained by the fund;
d. The amount of reserves to be established;
e. The proposed method of assessing contributions to be paid by each member of the fund;
f. Procedures governing loss adjustment and legal fees;
g. Coverage to be purchased from a commercial insurer, if any;
h. Reinsurance to be purchased, if any, and the amount of premium therefor;
i. Such other procedures and information as the Commissioner of Insurance may require by rule or regulation.
L.1983, c. 372, s. 5, eff. Oct. 28, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40A:10-40.1 - Participation in joint cash management and investment program.

40A:10-40.1 Participation in joint cash management and investment program.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, and in addition to the powers otherwise conferred by law, the commissioners of a joint insurance fund established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.), and the trustees of a joint insurance fund established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.108 (C.18A:18B-1 et seq.) may amend the plan of risk management of their respective funds to participate in a joint cash management and investment program with other joint insurance funds similarly established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.), and P.L.1983, c.108 (C.18A:18B-1 et seq.). The joint insurance funds participating in this program shall jointly file a cash management plan for prior approval by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance and the Commissioner of Community Affairs and shall comply with all provisions of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.) and P.L.1983, c.108 (C.18A:18B-1 et seq.), as appropriate.
L.2018, c.40, s.2.