Bill Text: NJ A2580 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits counties and municipalities to withdraw from civil service system by ordinance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-22 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee [A2580 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A2580-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 2580

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 22, 2010

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  PAUL D. MORIARTY

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman  JOHN J. BURZICHELLI

District 3 (Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits counties and municipalities to withdraw from civil service system by ordinance.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  


An Act permitting counties and municipalities to rescind the adoption of civil service by ordinance and supplementing Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    The governing body of a county or municipality operating under the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes may rescind the adoption of Title 11A by ordinance; provided, however, that an employee with permanent status in a title on the date rescission takes effect shall retain all career service rights as long as the employee remains in that title.

 

     2.    If the governing body of a county or municipality rescinds the adoption of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes by ordinance, the ordinance shall be certified by the clerk of the county or municipality to the New Jersey Civil Service Commission.  The rescission shall take effect six months following passage of the ordinance.  The commission shall promulgate regulations providing for the orderly transition in the personnel system of the county or municipality during that six-month period.  If a governing body rejects an ordinance to rescind the adoption of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, a new vote by the governing body on an ordinance shall not be held on the question for a period of at least five years following the rejection of rescission.

 

     3.    A county or municipality which rescinds the adoption of the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes shall not be permitted to readopt the provisions of that title for a period of at least five years from the effective date of the rescission and shall be permitted to readopt the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes only once.  A readoption of the provisions of Title 11A, pursuant to this section, shall be conducted in the same manner provided for the adoption thereof contained in N.J.S.11A:9-1 et seq. 

 

     4.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill permits counties and municipalities to withdraw from the civil service system.  It provides that the governing body of a county or municipality operating under the provisions of Title 11A (Civil Service) of the New Jersey Statutes may rescind the adoption of Title 11A by ordinance; provided, however, that an employee with permanent status in a title on the date rescission takes effect will retain all career service rights as long as the employee remains in that title. 

     If the governing body of a county or municipality rescinds the adoption of Title 11A by ordinance, the rescission will take effect six months following the passage of the ordinance.  The New Jersey Civil Service Commission will promulgate regulations providing for the orderly transition in the personnel system of the county or municipality during that six-month period. 

     If a governing body rejects an ordinance to rescind the adoption of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, a new vote by the governing body on an ordinance will not be held on the question for a period of at least five years following the rejection of rescission.

     A county or municipality which rescinds the adoption of the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes will not be permitted to readopt the provisions of that title for a period of at least five years from the effective date of the rescission and will be permitted to readopt the provisions of Title 11A only once. 

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