43:17-8. Transfer of money, etc. to new associations
273 words·~1 min read·
/nj/title-43/chapter-17/43-17-8A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
If any such association forfeits its charter, or the charter is repealed or expires by limitation or the association is dissolved, or if a person has in possession or charge any moneys derived from any source for the relief of needy or disabled firefighters, or any balance thereof, property purchased therewith or securities in which the same may have been invested, or if any person is indebted for the loan or deposit of such moneys, other than the duly incorporated firemen's relief associations allowed by this article, or the treasurers thereof, then, the moneys, accounts payable, property or securities shall be delivered to the Treasurer of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association to be held in trust for needy firefighters or their families.
If a new firemen's relief association is legally organized and incorporated or reincorporated in such municipality or fire district, there shall forthwith be paid over, assigned and conveyed to the new corporation, any money, accounts payable, property and securities remaining in the possession or charge of the Treasurer of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association in trust for the former local association or corporation, or of any person, for its use or otherwise, or any money, property or securities to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity, derived as aforesaid.
An account shall be given therewith of all moneys theretofore had and received from such sources and of the disposition thereof. All such moneys expended by it or them, other than for the benefit of needy or disabled firefighters or their families, shall also be paid over to the new corporation on demand.
Amended 1996, c.151, s.6.