40A:14-9.4 - Promotions; preference to resident - New Jersey Statutes

40A:14-9.4.  Promotions;  preference to resident
    In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes  is operative, promotions to positions on the paid or part-paid fire department  and force shall be based upon merit as determined by suitable promotion tests  for such positions, provided however that a resident shall be appointed rather  than a nonresident thereof in any instance in which the resident and  nonresident achieved the same final average score in such test. The preference  granted by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect the  preferences granted to veterans pursuant to chapter 27 of Title 11 of the  Revised Statutes or any other provision of law.

     L.1972, c. 3, s. 4, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.