Bill Text: NJ S1560 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires hiring preference for veterans seeking position with State Police.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-30 - Substituted by A1510 [S1560 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1560-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1560

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 27, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  ANTHONY R. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires hiring preference for veterans seeking position with State Police.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 19, 2014, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning hiring ¹[preferences] preference¹ for veterans and amending R.S.53:1-9.

 

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

 

     1.    R.S.53:1-9 is amended to read as follows:

     53:1-9.        No person shall be appointed a member of the State Police unless he shall be a citizen of the United States between the ages of 21 and 35 years, preferably a resident of this State, of good health and good moral character. No one shall be appointed who has not applied for and taken an examination conducted by the Division of State Police, and established to the satisfaction of the superintendent, evidence of his mental and physical fitness and ability to perform the duties of a member of the State Police.

     Preference in appointment shall be provided to all qualified applicants who are veterans, as defined in N.J.S.11A:5-1.

     The superintendent shall, with the approval of the Governor, arrange for the examination and enlistment of applicants.

(cf: P.L.1958, c.74, s.1)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.