Bill Text: NJ S3977 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires disclosure by applicants for State employment of previous or ongoing criminal investigations.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-11-18 - Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading [S3977 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S3977-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator LORETTA WEINBERG
District 37 (Bergen)
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Ruiz
SYNOPSIS
Requires disclosure by applicants for State employment of previous or ongoing criminal investigations.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee on November 18, 2019, with amendments.
An Act concerning the hiring of State employees 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. The commission shall create a form to be 1[included] issued1, in a manner consistent with P.L.2014, c.32 (C.34:6B-11 et seq.), 1[with every application] to every applicant1 for public employment in the classified, unclassified, and senior executive service of State government 1who has received a first interview1. The form shall inquire of the applicant whether the applicant is or has ever been the subject of an investigation by any law enforcement agency in this State for the commission of a crime under Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes; whether the investigation concerns or concerned an accusation levied by another employee of the State agency to which the applicant is applying; whether the applicant was arrested, charged, indicted, or convicted pursuant to such investigation; and the result of any subsequent appellate filings concerning the applicant in relation thereto. The form shall further inquire whether the applicant has ever been arrested, charged, indicted, or convicted under N.J.S.2C:14-2 or N.J.S.2C:14-3.
For purposes of this section, "law enforcement agency" means a county or municipal police department or force, a county corrections department, a county sheriff's office, the police department of a State agency, the State Department of Corrections, and the State Police. "State agency" means any of the principal departments in the Executive Branch of the State Government, and any division, board, bureau, office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by such department, and any independent State authority, commission, instrumentality or agency.
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day following enactment.
