Bill Text: NJ S2181 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows intergovernmental transfer of law enforcement officer without consent of sending jurisdiction if officer completed two or more consecutive years of employment and consent was refused previously.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-16 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S2181 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-S2181-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT M. GORDON
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Allows intergovernmental transfer of law enforcement officer without consent of sending jurisdiction if officer completed two or more consecutive years of employment and consent was refused previously.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the civil service intergovernmental transfer program for law enforcement officers and amending P.L.2006, c.77.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2006, c.77 (C.11A:2-28) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. The commission shall provide, by regulation, for intergovernmental transfers by law enforcement officers, including county sheriff and corrections officers, as part of the commission's intergovernmental transfer program. These law enforcement officers, county sheriff and corrections officers shall be granted all privileges under the intergovernmental transfer program, including the option to waive all accumulated sick leave and seniority rights.
b. The waiver of accumulated sick leave and seniority rights shall require the consent in writing of the receiving jurisdiction, the affected employee, and the commission.
c. The sending jurisdiction shall not pay supplemental compensation for accumulated sick leave to any law enforcement officer, county sheriff or corrections officer, approved for an intergovernmental transfer and shall certify, to the receiving jurisdiction and the commission, that no supplemental compensation was paid.
d. A lateral transfer of a law enforcement officer shall occur without the consent of the sending jurisdiction if (1) the officer has completed two or more consecutive years of employment with the sending jurisdiction, excluding time on disability leave or leave of absence but including leave due to injury on duty, and (2) the sending jurisdiction previously refused to consent to the lateral transfer.
(cf: P.L.2008, c.29, s.19)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The Intergovernmental Transfer Program within New Jersey's civil service allows eligible State and local government employees with permanent civil service status to transfer between State and local employment jurisdictions while maintaining their permanent status. Current regulations require the consent of the transferring employee, the sending jurisdiction, the receiving jurisdiction, and the Civil Service Commission.
This bill amends the statute that requires the commission to provide, by regulation, for intergovernmental transfers by law enforcement officers, including county sheriff and corrections officers, as part of the commission's intergovernmental transfer program. The bill provides that a lateral transfer of a law enforcement officer will occur without the consent of the sending jurisdiction if (1) the officer has completed two or more consecutive years of employment with the sending jurisdiction, excluding time on disability leave or leave of absence but including leave due to injury on duty, and (2) the sending jurisdiction previously refused to consent to the lateral transfer.
