[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 547

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED JANUARY 29, 1996

By Senator BASSANO

An Act prohibiting residency requirements for linemen and dispatchers employed by paid or part paid fire departments and forces and amending P.L.1972, c.3.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. Section 1 of P.L.1972, c.3 (C.40A:14-9.1) is amended to read as follows:

    1. No municipality shall pass any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order or directive, making residency therein a condition of employment for the purpose of original appointment, continued employment, promotion, or for any other purpose for any member of a paid fire department and force or paid member of a part-paid fire department and force, ¹[including persons employed by a paid or part paid fire department and force as linemen or dispatchers,]¹ and any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order or directive in existence on the effective date of this act or passed hereafter shall be void and have no force or effect. ¹For the purposes of this section, individuals employed by a paid or part paid fire department and force as linemen or dispatchers, in a municipality which has a population greater than 260,000 and is located in a county of the first class, shall be deemed to be members of the paid fire department and force or paid members of a part-paid fire department and force, as appropriate.¹

(cf: P.L.1972, c.3, s.1)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Prohibits residency requirement for linemen and dispatchers employed by paid or part paid fire department and force.