Bill Text: NJ A6009 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Permits exemption from civil service examination requirement for entry-level law enforcement officers, sheriff's officers, and State and county correctional police officers; permits hiring or appointment of such officers under certain conditions, and makes appropriation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-10 - Substituted by S3672 (3R) [A6009 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A6009-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 6009
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Permits exemption from civil service examination requirement for entry-level law enforcement officers, sheriff's officers, and county correctional police officers; permits hiring of such officers under certain conditions.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly State and Local Government Committee on December 9, 2021, with amendments.
An Act concerning civil service 1[law enforcement]1 examination requirement for 1entry-level law enforcement officers, sheriff's officers, and1 county correctional police officers, and amending P.L.2021, c.7.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2021, c.7 (C.11A:4-1.3) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. The Civil Service Commission shall exempt from the requirement to take an examination for an entry-level law enforcement 1officer1 position1, entry-level sherrif's officer position,1 or entry-level county correctional police officer position a person who 1[has]1 successfully 1[completed] completes1 a full Basic Course for Police Officers training course 1or a full Basic Course for Correction Officers training course1 at a school approved and authorized by the New Jersey Police Training commission 1within nine months from the date of hire as a provisional entry-level officer under the provisions of this section.
(1) Any person employed under the provisions of this section shall enroll in a training course approved by the New Jersey Police Training Commission, and such person shall be entitled to a leave of absence with pay during the period of the training course.
(2) Upon successful completion of the training course, any person employed under the provisions of this section shall be promoted from a provisional entry-level law enforcement police officer, provisional entry-level sherrif's officer, or provisional entry-level county correctional police officer to an entry-level law enforcement officer, entry-level sheriff's officer, or entry-level county correctional police officer, as appropriate1.
b. 1[The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations and establish administrative processes that are reasonable, necessary, and consistent with the provisions of this act.] (Deleted by amendment, P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill)1
c. 1(1)1 A municipal or county police department may hire a person, exempt from the requirement to take an examination for an entry-level law enforcement 1officer1 position pursuant to subsection a. of this section, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the governing body authorizing such hiring by the police department and the adoption of a conflict of interest and nepotism policy.
1(2) A county sherrif's department may hire a person, exempt from the requirement to take an examination for an entry-level sheriff's officer position pursuant to subsection a. of this section, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the governing body authorizing such hiring by the sheriff's department and the adoption of a conflict of interest and nepotism policy.
(3) A county correctional facility may hire a person, exempt from the requirement to take an examination for an entry-level county correctional police officer position pursuant to subsection a. of this section, upon adoption of an ordinance or a resolution by the governing body authorizing such hiring by the county correctional facility and the adoption of a conflict of interest and nepotism policy.1
d. 1[A county correctional facility may hire a person, exempt from the requirement to take an examination for an entry-level county correctional police officer position pursuant to subsection a. of this section, upon adoption of a resolution by the governing body authorizing such hiring by the correctional facility and the adoption of a conflict of interest and nepotism policy.] A municipal or county police department, county sheriff's department, or county correctional facility shall not utilize the provisions of this section to circumvent the intergovernmental transfer process regulations established by the Civil Service Commission requiring written authorization from the departing authority.
e. The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations and establish administrative processes that are reasonable, necessary, and consistent with the provisions of this section.1
(cf: P.L.2021, c.7, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect six months following enactment, except the Civil Service Commission may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
