Bill Text: NJ A3937 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Allows local government water system employees to reside in all municipalities served by water system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Approved P.L.2019, c.231. [A3937 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A3937-Chaptered.html

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§1-C.40:14B-18.1

§2-C.40:62-104.1

§3-C40:62-135.1

§4-C.40A:31-5.1

 

P.L. 2019, CHAPTER 231, approved August 9, 2019

Assembly, No. 3937 (First Reprint)

 

 

An Act concerning local government water system employees ¹[and] ,¹ supplementing various parts of the statutory law ¹, and amending P.L.1987, c.441¹.

 

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

 

      1.   Any ¹ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive establishing, as may be permitted by law, a residency requirement for employees of a municipal authority operating a water system that serves more than one municipality shall provide that any¹ person employed ¹or to be hired¹ by ¹[a] the¹ municipal authority in relation to the operation of its water system may reside within any municipality served by the water system ¹, and shall further provide that a non-resident of the municipalities served by the water system may be hired if the municipal authority is unable to hire a qualified resident¹.  Any ¹provision of an¹ ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive to the contrary shall be void and have no force or effect.

      ¹Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a municipal authority from employing or hiring a non-resident of the municipalities served by its water system if no residency requirement is established.¹

 

      2.   Any ¹ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive establishing, as may be permitted by law, a residency requirement for employees of a municipality operating a water system that serves more than one municipality shall provide that any¹ person employed ¹or to be hired¹ by ¹[a] the¹ municipality in relation to the operation of its water system may reside within any municipality served by the water system ¹, and shall further provide that a non-resident of the municipalities served by the water system may be hired if the municipality is unable to hire a qualified resident¹.  Any ¹provision of an¹ ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive to the contrary shall be void and have no force or effect.

      ¹Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a municipality from employing or hiring a non-resident of the municipalities served by its water system if no residency requirement is established.¹

 

      3.   Any ¹ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive establishing, as may be permitted by law, a residency requirement for employees of a commission operating a water system that serves more than one municipality shall provide that any¹ person employed ¹or to be hired¹ by ¹[a] the¹ commission may reside within any municipality served by the water system ¹, and shall further provide that a non-resident of the municipalities served by the water system may be hired if the commission is unable to hire a qualified resident¹.  Any ¹provision of an¹ ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive to the contrary shall be void and have no force or effect.

      ¹Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a commission from employing or hiring a non-resident of the municipalities served by its water system if no residency requirement is established.¹

 

      4.   Any ¹ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive establishing, as may be permitted by law, a residency requirement for employees of a local unit operating a water system that serves more than one municipality shall provide that any¹ person employed ¹or to be hired¹ by ¹[a] the¹ local unit in relation to the operation of its water system may reside within any municipality served by the water system ¹, and shall further provide that a non-resident of the municipalities served by the water system may be hired if the local unit is unable to hire a qualified resident¹.  Any ¹provision of an¹ ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive to the contrary shall be void and have no force or effect.

      ¹Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a local unit from employing or hiring a non-resident of the municipalities served by its water system if no residency requirement is established.¹

 

      ¹5   Section 1 of P.L.1987, c.441 (C.40A:9-1.15) is amended to read as follows:

      1.   Any municipal ordinance which requires that employees of a municipal water works be municipal residents shall include a provision which permits the municipality to hire a non-resident if the municipality is unable to hire a qualified resident.  If the municipal water works serves more than one municipality, the ordinance shall comply with the provisions of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).¹

(cf: P.L.1987, c.441, s.1)

 

     ¹[5.]  6.¹    This act shall take effect immediately.

                                

 

     Allows local government water system employees to reside in all municipalities served by water system.