New Jersey-2010-A3484-Introduced

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.

2. 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) 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 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 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

d. An emergency medical technician appointed 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.

STATEMENT

This bill establishes a special reemployment list which would permit municipalities which employ emergency medical technicians (EMT) to hire an EMT who has been laid off for reasons of economy.

Under the provisions of the bill, municipalities with paid EMTs would be permitted to appoint permanent status EMTs who were laid off for reasons of economy to vacant EMT positions.

To be eligible for appointment, a laid off EMT must have successfully completed either a working test period or probationary period in an EMT title and been in good standing at the time of his lay off.

The bill affords laid off EMTs a priority status for reemployment. This priority status is in effect for 60 months.

The bill also permits municipalities that employ EMTs to hire EMTs who have been laid-off for reasons of economy before completing their working test or probation period and granted permanent employment status.

The bill provides that a nonpermanent EMT appointed under this program must complete the remainder of any probationary or field work test period not completed at the time of his termination.

This bill would afford nonpermanent EMTs a priority status for reemployment. This priority status would remain in effect for 60 months following the date of termination. Only EMTs who had permanent status at the time of their layoff would have a higher priority for reappointment.