Title 40A, Title 40A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40A:10-12. Payment of workers' compensation A local unit may provide for the payment of workers' compensation under the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes (Labor and Workmen's Compensation, R.S. 34:15-1, et seq.) by: a. The creation of a workers' compens…

40A:10-12.1. "Local unit" for purposes of Article 4, chapter 10 of Title 40A 10. For the purposes of Article 4 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-12 et seq.), "local unit" shall be deemed to include boards of education which join together with mun…

40A:10-13. Workers' compensation insurance fund The governing body of a local unit may create and appropriate money for a fund to be designated and known as "The Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund." The money so appropriated shall be deposited in the name of the local unit in a…

40A:10-14. Annual appropriation to fund The governing body of a local unit may annually appropriate to the fund such money as it may determine to be necessary for the purpose set forth in the preceding section. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.

40A:10-15. Discontinuance of fund The governing body of a local unit may determine to discontinue the fund, in which case the balance thereof shall become part of the surplus revenue of the local unit. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.

40A:10-16 Definitions. 40A:10-16. As used in this subarticle: a. "Dependents" means an employee's spouse and the employee's unmarried children, including stepchildren, legally adopted children, and, at the option of the employer and the carrier, children placed by the Division of…

40A:10-17. Contracts for group insurance, individual retirement annuity programs or individual retirement accounts Any local unit or agency thereof, herein referred to as employers, may: a. Enter into contracts of group life, accidental death and dismemberment, hospitalization, d…

40A:10-17.1 County, municipal, contracting unit employee permitted to waive healthcare coverage. 37. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a county, municipality or any contracting unit as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2) which enter…

40A:10-18. Exclusions from coverage The contract shall exclude from eligibility: a. Employees and dependents, active or retired, who are otherwise eligible for coverage but who, although they meet the age eligibility requirement of the Federal Medicare Program, are not covered by…

40A:10-19. Limitations, exclusions, exceptions to be contained in contract Any contract or contracts permitted under this subarticle shall contain limitations, exclusions or exceptions so as to avoid duplication of benefits or services otherwise available pursuant to accidental d…

40A:10-2. Providing insurance for certain volunteer organizations A municipality maintaining a volunteer fire department, or in which there are one or more incorporated volunteer fire companies affording fire protection in the municipality, or in which there exist one or more inc…

40A:10-20. Discontinuance of coverage; exception The coverage of any employee, and of his dependents, if any, shall cease upon the discontinuance of his employment or upon cessation of active full-time employment in the classes eligible for coverage subject to such provision as m…

40A:10-21 Payment of premiums; deduction of employee contributions. 40A:10-21. a. Any employer entering into a contract pursuant to this subarticle is hereby authorized to pay part or all of the premiums or charges for the contracts and may appropriate out of its general funds an…

40A:10-21.1 Contributions of employees of local unit, agency toward health care benefits. 42. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, public employees, as specified herein, of a local unit or agency thereof, herein referred to as an employer, shall con…

40A:10-21.2 Negotiations for next collective agreement. 79. A public employer and employees who are in negotiations for the next collective negotiation agreement to be executed after the employees in that unit have reached full implementation of the premium share set forth in sec…

40A:10-22. Continuance of coverage after retirement The continuance of coverage after retirement of any employee may be provided at rates and under the conditions as shall be prescribed in the contract subject, however, to the requirements set forth in N.J.S. 40A:10-23. The contr…

40A:10-23 Payments of premiums after retirement. 40A:10-23. a. Retired employees shall be required to pay for the entire cost of coverage for themselves and their dependents at rates which are deemed to be adequate to cover the benefits, as affected by Medicare, of the retired em…

40A:10-23.1. Payments by county of second class for benefits for certain retirees 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.40A:10-23 or any other law to the contrary, a county of the second class which has entered into contracts of group hospitalization, medical, surgical, majo…

40A:10-23.2. Liability of certain townships for health benefits for certain retirees 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.40A:10-23 or any other law to the contrary, a township having a population of at least 90,000 according to the latest federal decennial census and locat…

40A:10-23.3. Payment of health benefit premiums for certain local government retirees 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.40A:10-23 to the contrary, an employer which pays the premiums for health benefits for retirees pursuant to that section and which has adopted or adopt…

40A:10-23.4 Paid health benefits for certain local government retirees. 1. An employer that has established a health insurance plan covering employees in and retirants from the service of the employer, and their dependents, may assume the entire cost of health benefits coverage d…

40A:10-23.5 Establishment of cafeteria plan for health benefits by local unit. 45. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a local unit of government, or an agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality thereof, may establish as an employer a ca…

40A:10-24. Summary of coverage cost to be furnished employer In the event an insurance company issues a group insurance policy to an employer which includes two or more of the coverages authorized hereby, the insurance company shall at the end of each policy year furnish to the e…

40A:10-25. Filing copy of contract with State Employees Health Benefit Commission; report to Governor and Legislature It shall be the duty of the executive officer of any employer who enters into a contract pursuant to this subarticle to file a copy thereof with the State Employe…

40A:10-26. Group life insurance plans In addition to the insurance required pursuant to chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, the governing body of a municipality, in which an incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad renders services throug…

40A:10-27. Other group insurance plans In addition to the insurance required pursuant to the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes and the coverage provided in N.J.S. 40A:10-26, the governing body of a municipality, in which an incorporated volunteer first …

40A:10-28. Eligibility A member of any incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad shall not be ineligible to receive any of the benefits under N.J.S. 40A:10-26 and 40A:10-27 because he may otherwise receive any form of compensation or salary from the m…

40A:10-29 Group life insurance plans. 40A:10-29. In addition to the insurance required under chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, a municipality maintaining a volunteer fire department, or in which there are one or more incorporated volunteer fire companies whose membe…

40A:10-3. Insurance for operators Every local unit, other than one providing insurance coverage under Article 3 of this chapter, shall provide insurance coverage under this article for the operators of all motor vehicles, equipment and apparatus owned by or under its control, or …

40A:10-30. Other group insurance plans In addition to the insurance required pursuant to the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes and the coverage provided in N.J.S. 40A:10-29, a municipality maintaining a volunteer fire department or in which there are on…

40A:10-31. Eligibility A volunteer fireman shall not be ineligible to receive any of the benefits under N.J.S. 40A:10-29 and 40A:10-30 because he may otherwise receive any form of compensation or salary from the municipality. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.

40A:10-32. Coverage for members of Junior Firemen's Auxiliary A municipality may provide members of a Junior Firemen's Auxiliary established as an auxiliary to a volunteer fire department or to an incorporated volunteer fire company with the same coverage as provided for the regu…

40A:10-33. Group life insurance The governing body of a municipality may appropriate moneys to defray the cost of group life insurance contracts and pay the premiums thereon for auxiliary police volunteers authorized to render public service generally throughout the municipality.…

40A:10-34. Eligibility An auxiliary police volunteer shall not be ineligible to receive any of the benefits under N.J.S. 40A:10-33 because he may otherwise receive any form of compensation or salary from the municipality. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.

40A:10-34.1 Contract; coverage. 1. Any municipality or county, or agency thereof, hereinafter referred to as employers, may enter into contracts of group legal insurance with any insurer authorized, pursuant to P.L.1981, c.160 (C.17:46C-1 et seq.), to engage in the business of le…

40A:10-34.2. Premiums or charges; employee contribution; retired employees Any employer entering into such a contract is authorized to pay part or all of the premiums or charges for such contracts and may appropriate out of its general funds any money necessary to pay such premiu…

40A:10-34.3. Retired employees with 25 years or more service; premiums In providing for the continuance of coverage after retirement of employees and their dependents as authorized by section 2 of this act and notwithstanding any of the provisions of section 2 to the contrary, th…

40A:10-35. Statutes repealed The following sections, chapters and acts, together with all amendments and supplements thereto are hereby repealed: Chapters 26 and 51 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes; N.J.S. 40A:9-13 to 40A:9-16 inclusive; N.J.S. 40A:14-40; P.L.1965, c. 174 (C. …

40A:10-36 Joint insurance fund; definitions. 1. a. The governing body of any local unit, including any contracting unit as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2), may by resolution agree to join together with any other local unit or units to establish a joint insura…

40A:10-36.1 "Local unit" for purposes of C.40A:10-36 et seq. 11. For the purposes of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.), "local unit" shall be deemed to include boards of education which join together with municipalities pursuant to P.L.1992, c.51 (C.40A:10-52 et al.). L.1992,…

40A:10-36.2. Establishment of joint insurance revolving fund, use of appropriated moneys 12. The governing body of any local unit that has established a joint insurance fund may by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, establish a joint insurance revolving fund into which may …

40A:10-36.3 Definitions relative to non-profit housing entities and joint insurance funds. 1. a. For the purposes of P.L.2004, c.146 (C.40A:10-36.3) a "non-profit housing entity" means an organization that provides housing meeting the low and moderate income limits established by…

40A:10-37. Insurance fund commissioners; appointment, terms, compensation 2. Upon the establishment of a joint insurance fund, the officer or body of each local unit having the power to make appointments for the unit shall appoint one member of the governing body or employee of t…

40A:10-38 Powers, authority. 3. a. The commissioners of a joint insurance fund shall have the powers and authority granted to commissioners of individual local insurance funds under the provisions of subsections a., b., c., and e. of N.J.S.40A:10-10. b. The commissioners may inve…

40A:10-38.1. Commissioners; additional powers, environmental insurance 1. In addition to the powers and authority granted to commissioners pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-38), the commissioners of a joint insurance fund established pursuant to subsection b. of …

40A:10-38.10. Appointment of trustee, duties, powers, fees 10. a. If the bond resolution of a joint insurance fund authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of bonds provides in substance that the holders of the bonds in the series shall be entitled to the benefits of…