Excludes salaries and wages for emergency response personnel from municipal appropriations cap.

This bill (A6076) adds salaries and wages for emergency response personnel to New Jersey's existing exceptions for municipal budget spending limits. It directly affects all New Jersey municipalities that must follow the 2.5% annual budget growth cap (or cost-of-living adjustment, whichever is lower). The key mechanism is amending state law to explicitly include police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and ambulance/rescue team members under the "allowable exceptions" list, meaning their pay increases won't count toward the 2.5% cap. This change applies to budgets adopted after the bill's effective date.