43:17-24. Assistance applications
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All applications for assistance shall be referred to the trustees for their investigation and approval or disapproval. The trustees shall report their findings and recommendations to the board of representatives which may adopt or approve the same, or make its own determination in accordance with the provisions of R.S.43:17-35 and the rules and regulations adopted by the Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
No person shall be given assistance if the cause of the need or the reason for the disability or the nature or cause of the injury or sickness is not in the opinion of the board of representatives such as to entitle the applicant to assistance, or if the applicant is deemed financially unworthy of assistance.
Amended 1996, c.151, s.21.