2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 40a - Municipalities And Counties
Section 40A:14-116 - Special Compensation For Permanently Disabled Members Or Officers; Conditions

NJ Rev Stat § 40A:14-116 (2016) What's This?

40A:14-116. Special compensation for permanently disabled members or officers; conditions
If a member or officer of a county police department or force is permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of his duties and the chief or authority in charge of such police department or force shall recommend that special compensation be granted and a physician, appointed by the board of chosen freeholders of the county, shall certify as to the probable permanency of such disability, the board of chosen freeholders of the county, by resolution, in their discretion, may provide for special compensation to said disabled member or officer and the amount thereof and manner of payment, either in a lump sum or by an annual allowance during such disability, but such special compensation, plus any pension paid and any award for workmen's compensation shall not exceed the salary payable at the time of the sustaining of the injuries. The board of chosen freeholders of the county shall include appropriate budget items and provide for the payment of such special compensation.

L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.


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