Bill Text: NJ A3937 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended
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-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Murphy
SYNOPSIS
Allows local government water system employees to reside in all municipalities served by water system.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the Senate on February 21, 2019.
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.
