Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-95

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
40A:14-95. In any municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county in this State maintaining a fire department, or where there shall exist one or more incorporated fire companies affording fire protection to the municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county with membership serving under the jurisdiction of and with the consent of the municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county, it shall be lawful for the governing body of the municipality, board of commissioners of the fire district, regional authority, or county board of chosen freeholders to provide, by ordinance or resolution, for the establishment of an auxiliary to any fire department or company to be known as the Junior Firefighters’ Auxiliary.

amended 2020, c.126, s.1.