40A:14-27 - Special compensation for permanently disabled members or officers - New Jersey Statutes

40A:14-27.  Special compensation for permanently disabled members or officers
    If a member or officer of the paid or part-paid fire department or force is  permanently disabled from injuries received while in the performance of his  duties and the chief or official in charge of such fire department or force  shall recommend that special compensation be granted and a physician appointed  by the governing body of said municipality shall certify as to the probable  permanency of such disability, the governing body of the municipality in their  discretion, by ordinance, may provide for special compensation to said disabled  member or officer designating the amount thereof and manner of payment, either  in a lump sum or by an annual allowance, 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 governing  body of said municipality shall include appropriate budget items and provide  for the payment of such special compensation.

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