40A:14-9.4 - Promotions;Ā preference to resident
40A:14-9.4.Ā Promotions;Ā preference to resident
In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised StatutesĀ is operative, promotions to positions on the paid or part-paid fire departmentĀ and force shall be based upon merit as determined by suitable promotion testsĀ for such positions, provided however that a resident shall be appointed ratherĀ than a nonresident thereof in any instance in which the resident andĀ nonresident achieved the same final average score in such test. The preferenceĀ granted by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect theĀ preferences granted to veterans pursuant to chapter 27 of Title 11 of theĀ Revised Statutes or any other provision of law.
L.1972, c. 3, s. 4, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised StatutesĀ is operative, promotions to positions on the paid or part-paid fire departmentĀ and force shall be based upon merit as determined by suitable promotion testsĀ for such positions, provided however that a resident shall be appointed ratherĀ than a nonresident thereof in any instance in which the resident andĀ nonresident achieved the same final average score in such test. The preferenceĀ granted by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect theĀ preferences granted to veterans pursuant to chapter 27 of Title 11 of theĀ Revised Statutes or any other provision of law.
L.1972, c. 3, s. 4, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.