{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-43-17-36","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 43:17-36","heading":"Paid firemen participating in relief association organized by volunteers","body":"When, in any municipality where there is a volunteer department doing public  fire duty, which has a relief association organized by it and acting under this  article, there is thereafter organized therein a paid fire department, the  members who compose the paid fire department shall, without any election  thereto, become members of and beneficiaries in the relief association, and  shall take part in its control and management together with the former members  thereof in such manner and form and to such an extent by representatives and  trustees as may be agreed upon mutually by and between the members of the  volunteer and the paid department, and on failure to reach an agreement within  a reasonable time, then under such general rules and regulations as shall be  made and adopted therefor by the executive committee of the New Jersey State  Firemen's Association, which body may make, adopt and enforce such general  rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for such purposes and may  preserve the funds and carry out the purposes of the relief associations.","path":["TITLE 43 PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT \t\t\tCOMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"060a60274ba5ca92d1a1259de606f9694ada02fa437065217171e639d3371ef0","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-43-17-35","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-43-17-37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}