2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 40A - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
Section 40A:14-205 - Final determination of appeal.

40A:14-205 Final determination of appeal.

6. a. If the final determination of the commission affirms the officer's or firefighter's appeal, the officer or firefighter shall be reinstated immediately, be entitled to receive his base salary, be restored all rights and benefits, including those accruable during the period of appeal, and shall, within a timely period prescribed by rule and regulation, be paid any salary moneys withheld by the officer's employing agency or the firefighter's department during the period the officer or firefighter was suspended without pay.

b.If the final determination issued by the commission denies the officer's or firefighter's appeal, the officer or firefighter shall reimburse his employing agency or department for all pay received during the period of the appeal pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-201).

If an officer or firefighter fails to reimburse his employing agency or department for the amounts he received pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-201), the agency or department may have a lien, pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-212), for those amounts on any and all property and income to which the officer or firefighter shall have or may acquire an interest in, including moneys contributed by the officer or firefighter to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.) or any other State retirement system established by law, and all terminal pay, such as compensation for earned sick and vacation leave, to which the officer or firefighter is entitled.

L.2009, c.16, s.6.