Bill Text: NJ A3214 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Special legislation to permit appointment of Christian Kant to Toms River Police Department and enrollment in PFRS.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-15 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee [A3214 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A3214-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN
District 10 (Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Special legislation to permit appointment of Christian Kant to Toms River Police Department and enrollment in PFRS.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act authorizing the Township of Toms River in the County of Ocean to appoint Christian Kant to the Toms River Police Department and authorizing his enrollment in PFRS.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1948, c.199 (C.1:6-10 et seq.), under which a petition for a special law has been filed with the Legislature, the Township of Toms River in the County of Ocean is authorized to make permanent the appointment of Christian Kant to the Township of Toms River Police Department notwithstanding that his age is greater than the maximum age for appointment thereto set forth in N.J.S.40A:14-127.
2. The Board of Trustees of the Police and Fireman's Retirement System of New Jersey shall accept as a member of the retirement system any person otherwise eligible for membership, appointed pursuant to this act; provided there is paid into the retirement system, in a manner which the board shall prescribe, the contribution deemed due and payable from the date of original appointment.
3. This act shall take effect upon due adoption of an ordinance of
the Township of Toms River for the purpose of adopting same.
STATEMENT
This bill is special legislation to permit the Township of Toms River in Ocean County to appoint Christian Kant to its police department although his age is greater than the maximum age allowed under N.J.S.40A:14-127.
The bill also would require the Board of Trustees of the Police and Fireman's Retirement System of New Jersey to accept Mr. Kant into the retirement system provided he pays into the system the contribution due and payable from the date of his original appointment. The bill would take effect upon its adoption by ordinance of the Township of Toms River.
Mr. Kant has been employed by the Toms River Police Department for over two years. The chief of that department, Mitchell A. Little, views Mr. Kant as a valuable asset to the organization and supports Mr. Kant's continued employment with the department and his enrollment in the Police and Fireman's Retirement System. Mr. Kant also is a decorated veteran of "Operation Iraqi Freedom."
