40A:14-122.6.Ā  Promotions;Ā  preference to residents
In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised StatutesĀ  is not in operation but wherein promotions to positions on the policeĀ  department and force are based upon merit as determined by suitable promotionĀ  tests for such positions, a resident shall be appointed rather than aĀ  nonresident thereof in any instance in which the resident and nonresident achieved the same final average score in such test.Ā  The preference granted by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect the preferences grantedĀ  to veterans pursuant to any other provision of law.

L.1972, c. 3, s. 16, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
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