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We Need Your Support

Dear Representative:

Congratulations on a victorious election. As one of your constituents, I am writing to ask you sponsor or co-sponsor this list of bills on the 2012 legislative agenda. I am a member of the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey (PFANJ), affiliated with 300,000 members of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF). My family and I support dedicated public safety professionals and legislation that protects them. This list of bills will help to provide the much needed support that firefighters deserve.

IN THE ASSEMBLY:

A198 - Designates September 11 each year "September 11 Remembrance Day" in New Jersey
Sponsor - Wayne P. DeAngelo

A743 - Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees.
Sponsors - Peter J. Barnes III and Gordon M. Johnson

A1196 - "Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Sponsors - Linda Stender, Joseph V. Egan, Patrick J. Diegnan, Thomas P. Giblin, Connie Wagner

A1399 - Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in the line of duty.
Sponsor - Gilbert L. Wilson

A1560 - Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Sponsors - John S. Wisniewski, Louis D. Greenwald, Linda Stender, Herb Conaway, Peter J. Barnes III, Ruben J. Ramos Jr., Thomas P. Giblin, Vincent Prieto

IN THE SENATE:

S512 - Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in the line of duty.
Sponsors - Donald Norcross, Fred H. Madden Jr., Loretta Weinberg, Christopher Bateman

S656 - Establishes "New Jersey Fire and EMS Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline.
Sponsors - Fred H. Madden Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Anthony R. Bucco

In closing, thank you in advance for your consideration. Your work in the legislature is vital to us as fire fighters; and as voting citizens we will support you with our vote.