New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-62. Tenure of exempt fireman in office, position or employment of intermunicipal commissions
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-62
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Whenever any person possessing an exempt fireman certificate holds an office, position or employment under a commission elected or appointed by the governing bodies of 2 or more municipalities, whose term of such office, position or employment is not fixed by law, the said person shall hold his office, position or employment during good behavior and shall not be removed therefrom for political reasons but only for good cause after a fair and impartial hearing.
No such commission shall abolish, change the title or reduce the emoluments of any office, position or employment held by an exempt fireman for the purpose of terminating his said service.
For the herein purposes no term of office, position or employment of any such person shall be deemed to be fixed by law or coterminous with that of a noncontinuous appointing or employing board or body.
L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.