Bill Text: NJ A4543 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires civil service commission to notify a certified eligible by certified mail and via electronic mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-11-15 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [A4543 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A4543-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires civil service commission to notify a certified eligible by certified mail and via electronic mail.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning civil service certification and amending N.J.S.11A:4-4.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.11A:4-4 is amended to read as follows:
11A:4-4. Eligible lists and certifications. 1. The commission shall provide for:
a. The establishment and cancellation of eligible lists;
b. The certification of an eligible list to positions in other appropriate titles; and
c. The consolidation of eligible lists which may include, but is not limited to, the combining of names of eligibles by scores.
2. Upon the issuance of a certification, the commission shall notify, or authorize the notification of, each certified eligible whose name appears on the eligible list by certified mail and via electronic mail at the last known address. "Last known address" means the postal address or electronic mailing address provided by the certified eligible on the application, or the postal address or electronic mailing address provided by the certified eligible in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.
(cf: P.L.2008, c.29, s.33)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the civil service commission to notify a certified eligible by certified mail and via electronic mail.
Currently, after an eligibility list is issued, an appointing authority will contact the Civil Service Commission when there is a need to fill a vacancy. At that time, the Civil Service Commission will issue a certification and mail each eligible person a notice of certification. If an eligible person does not respond to the notice of certification within five business days, the eligible person is removed from the eligible list and will no longer receive certifications issued from that list.
Under the bill, the Civil
Service Commission is required to send the notice of certification by certified
mail and via electronic mail to the last known address. Mailing the notice by
certified mail will provide the commission with a mailing receipt and
electronic verification that the notice was delivered or that a delivery
attempt was made. "Last known address" means the postal address or
electronic mailing address provided by the eligible person on the application, or the postal address or electronic mailing address provided by the eligible person in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.
