Bill Text: NJ S2807 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires hiring preference for veterans seeking position with State Police.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-16 - Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading [S2807 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S2807-Introduced.html
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 introduced.
An Act concerning hiring preference 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.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the State Police to provide a hiring preference to veterans. Specifically, under the provisions of this bill, all qualified applicants who are veterans would be given a hiring preference for a position with the State Police.
