Bill Text: NJ A3484 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits appointment of certain EMT's laid off for reasons of economy to vacant paid positions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-19 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A3484 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A3484-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3484

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 15, 2010

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  RALPH R. CAPUTO

District 28 (Essex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits appointment of certain EMTs laid off for reasons of economy to vacant paid positions.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on May 19, 2011, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning certain emergency medical technicians and supplementing Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the appointing authority of a municipality which employs emergency medical technicians may appoint as a member thereof any person who:

     (1)   was employed as a emergency medical technician by any municipality;

     (2)   has satisfactorily completed a working test period in an emergency medical technician title in a municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes or satisfactorily completed a comparable, documented probationary period in an emergency medical technician title in a municipality which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service;

     (3)   was, for reasons of economy, terminated as an emergency medical technician within 60 months prior to the appointment; and

     (4)   was, at the time of termination in good standing with the municipal employer.

     b.    A municipality may employ such a person notwithstanding that:

     (1)   Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes is operative in that municipality;

     (2)   the municipality has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of persons eligible for such appointments; and

     (3)   the appointed person is not on any eligible list.  A municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, may not employ such a person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the emergency medical technician title to be filled.

     c.     If a municipality determines to appoint a person pursuant to the provisions of this act, it shall give first priority in making such appointments to residents of the municipality and second priority to residents of the county not residing in the municipality.

     ¹d.   The seniority, seniority-related privileges and, if applicable, promotion title above the entry level title that an emergency medical technician possessed with the employer who terminated the emergency medical technician's employment for reasons of economy shall not be transferable to a new position when the emergency medical technician is appointed to a position pursuant to the provisions of this section.¹

     2.    a. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the appointing authority of a municipality which employs emergency medical technicians may ¹[appoint] reappoint¹ as a member thereof any person who:

     (1)   did not hold a permanent appointment, but, in the case of a municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, was fulfilling a working test period in an emergency medical technician title ¹in that municipality¹ or, in the case of a municipality which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, was serving a probationary period in an emergency medical technician title;

     (2)   was, for reasons of economy, terminated as an emergency medical technician within 60 months prior to the appointment; and

     (3)   was, at the time of termination, in good standing.

     b.    A municipality may ¹[employ] reemploy¹ such a person notwithstanding that:

     (1)   Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes is operative in that municipality;

     (2)   the municipality has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of persons eligible for such appointments; and

     (3)   the appointed person is not on any eligible list.  A municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, may not ¹[employ] reemploy¹ such a person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the emergency medical technician title to be filled.

     c.     If a municipality determines to ¹[appoint] reappoint¹ a person pursuant to the provisions of this act, it shall give first priority in making such appointments to residents of the municipality and second priority to residents of the county not residing in the municipality.

     d.    An emergency medical technician ¹[appointed] reappointed¹ pursuant to this section shall complete any probationary or working test period not completed at the time of his termination for reasons of economy.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.