40A:14-27 - Special compensation for permanently disabled members or officers
40A:14-27.Ā Special compensation for permanently disabled members or officers
If a member or officer of the paid or part-paid fire department or force isĀ permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of hisĀ duties and the chief or official in charge of such fire department or forceĀ shall recommend that special compensation be granted and a physician appointedĀ by the governing body of said municipality shall certify as to the probableĀ permanency of such disability, the governing body of the municipality in theirĀ discretion, by ordinance, may provide for special compensation to said disabledĀ member or officer designating the amount thereof and manner of payment, eitherĀ in a lump sum or by an annual allowance, but such special compensation plus anyĀ pension paid and any award for workmen's compensation shall not exceed theĀ salary payable at the time of the sustaining of the injuries.Ā The governingĀ body of said municipality shall include appropriate budget items and provideĀ for the payment of such special compensation.
L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
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If a member or officer of the paid or part-paid fire department or force isĀ permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of hisĀ duties and the chief or official in charge of such fire department or forceĀ shall recommend that special compensation be granted and a physician appointedĀ by the governing body of said municipality shall certify as to the probableĀ permanency of such disability, the governing body of the municipality in theirĀ discretion, by ordinance, may provide for special compensation to said disabledĀ member or officer designating the amount thereof and manner of payment, eitherĀ in a lump sum or by an annual allowance, but such special compensation plus anyĀ pension paid and any award for workmen's compensation shall not exceed theĀ salary payable at the time of the sustaining of the injuries.Ā The governingĀ body of said municipality shall include appropriate budget items and provideĀ for the payment of such special compensation.
L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
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