2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers
Section 52:27D-126.1 - Fire prevention subcode officials; appointment; qualifications; removal

52:27D-126.1. Fire prevention subcode officials; appointment; qualifications; removal

a. In any municipality the body or official, or the successor of said body or official, which appointed the persons serving as fire prevention officials on the effective date of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.) shall appoint the person to serve in each position for a fire prevention subcode official which a municipality creates; provided that any person who has served in the same municipality for at least 6 months as a fire inspection officer on the effective date of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.) shall be deemed to qualify as a fire prevention subcode official. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any fire prevention subcode official is subject to any qualification requirements established by the commissioner pursuant to section 8 of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217.

b. Whenever a municipality creates full-time or part-time fire prevention subcode official positions, it shall order the body or official or successor or designee of said body or official which appointed the persons serving as fire prevention officials in the municipality on the effective date of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.) to appoint the necessary number of full-time or part-time fire prevention subcode officials pursuant to subsection 1 a. of this act. Except as provided in subsections a., b., and d. of this section, fire prevention subcode officials are subject to the administration and enforcement jurisdiction of municipal construction officials provided under the State Uniform Construction Code, P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.).

c. Notwithstanding any experience requirements in section 8 of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217, a fire prevention subcode official appointed pursuant to said section and to this act shall have had at least 3 years experience as a fire prevention or firefighting official.

d. A fire prevention subcode official may be removed from office by the body or official or the successor or designee of said body or official which appointed such official.

L.1975, c. 317, s. 1.

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