Bill Text: NJ A816 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that civil service make-up examinations not include the same questions as the original examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A816 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A816-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANGELICA M. JIMENEZ
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that civil service make-up examinations not include the same questions as the original examination.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning civil service make-up examinations and supplementing Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a make-up examination shall be administered, to the extent possible, under the same conditions as the original examination but shall not include the same questions as the original examination.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that civil service make-up examinations must be administered, to the extent possible, under the same conditions as the original examination but must not include the same questions as the original examination.
At present, the Department of Personnel does give the same examination, with the same questions, when administering a make-up examination. This practice encourages cheating and, thus, can give an unfair advantage to those persons who take the make-up examination as opposed to those persons who took the original examination.
This issue is now pending before the New Jersey Supreme Court since there is no explicit legislative prohibition against this practice.
