Bill Text: NJ A1845 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Reduces age for membership in New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-01-25 - Withdrawn from Consideration [A1845 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1845-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris)
SYNOPSIS
Reduces age for membership in New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning membership in the New Jersey State Firemen's Association and amending R.S.43:17-9.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.43:17-9 is amended to read as follows:
43:17-9. The membership of such corporation shall consist, without any formal election thereto, of the officers and members of such fire engine, hook and ladder, hose and supply company or companies, fire association or fire department, or board of firewardens, as shall be under the supervision or control of the governing board or body of the municipality or fire district and who, at the time of their becoming eligible for membership in the New Jersey State Firemen's Association, shall be not less than [18] 14 years of age and who were not more than 45 years of age at the time of joining the fire engine, hook and ladder, hose and supply company or companies, fire association or fire department, or board of firewardens and shall furnish evidence of good health in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as the executive committee of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association shall from time to time establish; the officers and members of any nonprofit corporations and associations incorporated pursuant to N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq.; and the officers and members of any association therein of exempt firemen. The whole body of the membership of such corporation shall have the same rights therein as the charter members thereof.
(cf: P.L.1998, c.90, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would reduce the minimum age of eligibility for membership in the New Jersey State Firemen's Association to 14 years old. Under current law, a person must be at least 18 years old to be a member. This age reduction would make members of a Junior Firemen's Auxiliary eligible for death benefits granted by the association.
Any municipality or fire district with a volunteer fire department may establish a Junior Firemen's Auxiliary. To be a member of a Junior Firemen's Auxiliary, a person must be between 14 and 21 years of age. Under the bill, the age of membership for the association would parallel that of the age of membership for a Junior Firemen's Auxiliary.
