Bill Text: NJ S2792 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain counties and municipalities to accept electronic mail and text messages as an appropriate response to any law enforcement and firefighter civil service examination application follow-up.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-03 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S2792 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-S2792-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2792

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED AUGUST 3, 2020

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JOSEPH P. CRYAN

District 20 (Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires certain counties and municipalities to accept electronic mail and text messages as an appropriate response to any law enforcement and firefighter civil service examination application follow-up.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning the law enforcement and firefighter civil service examination application and supplementing Title 11A of the New Jersey Statues.

 

     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 county or municipality operating under the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statues, which established a police department pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-106 or N.J.S.40A:14-118, or a fire district or fire department pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-9.9 or N.J.S.40A:14-70, shall accept electronic mail and text messages as an appropriate response to any follow-up communication concerning the civil service law enforcement or firefighter examination application.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires any county or municipality which established a police department, fire district, or fire department that operates under the provisions of Title 11A (Civil Service) of the New Jersey Statues to accept electronic mail and text messages as an appropriate response to any follow-up communication concerning the civil service law enforcement or firefighter examination application.