40A:14-206 Payment status during appeal of termination. 7. a. An officer or firefighter appealing a final determination terminating his employment to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, shall not be entitled to the payment of any base salary under the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-201) during the pendency of that appeal. b. If the employing agency or department appeals a final determination rendered by the Civil Service Commission to the Appellate Division, the officer or firefighter shall continue to receive his base salary during the pendency of that appeal. If the court affirms the employing agency's or department's termination, the officer or firefighter shall reimburse his employing agency or department for all base salary received under the provisions of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-200 et al.). If an officer or firefighter fails to reimburse his employing agency or department for the amounts so received, the agency or department may have a lien, pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-212), for those amounts on any and all property and income to which the officer or firefighter shall have or may acquire an interest rsuant to the provisions of section 13 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-212), for those amounts on any and all property and income to which the officer or firefighter shall have or may acquire an interest in, including moneys contributed by the officer or firefighter to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.) or any other State retirement system established by law, and all terminal pay, such as compensation for earned sick and vacation leave, to which the officer or firefighter is entitled. L.2009, c.16, s.7.
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