Bill Text: NJ A1539 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires appointee to be removed from civil service eligible list upon appointment to position.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A1539 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A1539-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1539

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  WILLIAM W. SPEARMAN

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires appointee to be removed from civil service eligible list upon appointment to position.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning civil service eligible lists and amending N.J.S.11A:4-5.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    N.J.S.11A:4-5 is amended to read as follows: 

     11A:4-5.  Use of eligible list.  a.  Once the examination process has been initiated due to the appointment of a provisional or an appointing authority's request for a list to fill a vacancy, the affected appointing authority shall be required to make appointments from the list if there is a complete certification, unless otherwise permitted by the commission for valid reason such as fiscal constraints.  If the commission permits an appointing authority to leave a position vacant in the face of a complete list, the commission may order the appointing authority to reimburse the commission for the costs of the selection process.

     b.    If an appointing authority makes an appointment from an eligible list certified by the commission, the commission, upon request by the appointing authority, shall remove the name of the appointee from the list. 

(cf:  P.L.2008, c.29, s.34)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     Under this bill, if an appointing authority makes an appointment from an eligible list certified by the Civil Service Commission, the commission, upon the request of the appointing authority, will remove the name of the person appointed from the list.