New Jersey § 40a:14-31
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 40a:14-31, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40a:14-31.
In any municipality wherein there is a fire patrol or protective association organized
pursuant to the provisions of chapter 9, 1 Title 15 of the Revised Statutes, such fire patrol or protective association upon
its discontinuance may grant or donate to the said municipality their lands, buildings,
apparatus and equipment or any part thereof. Upon acquisition the municipality may operate same as part of the fire department. In the event of a gift and acceptance thereof by the municipality any or all of
the personnel of such fire patrol or protective association may be employed by the
municipality but they shall not be entitled to tenure or benefits established as a
municipal or department pension or retirement system unless they are qualified in
accordance with the provisions specified in the law governing such pension or retirement
system. Upon the acquisition of any or all of the lands, buildings, apparatus and equipment
of such fire patrol or protective association and the employment of any or all of
the personnel thereof, the governing body of said municipality, by ordinance, may
create and regulate a subdivision in its fire department to be known as the salvage
company. The governing body of the municipality may provide for the employment of such personnel
but only in the divisions or bureaus of the fire department. The governing body of the municipality, if they shall deem it necessary, may assign
any member of the fire department to the salvage company but said member shall retain
his then existing status and rights as a member of the fire department. 1
Chapter 9 of Title 15 repealed by L.1973, c. 50, § 1.
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