New Jersey Statutes 40A:10-38.12. Immunity of commissioners; nonliability of State
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:10-38.12
- local unit: means a county or municipality. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
- 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
- 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
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.