Bill Text: NJ S4430 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-06-08 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee [S4430 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2026-S4430-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 4430

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 8, 2026

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act prohibiting a local government agency from employing certain persons on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality and supplementing P.L.1991, c.29 (C.40A:9-22.1).

 

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

 

     1.    A local government agency, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.29 (C.40A:9-22.3), shall not employ any person in a full-time or part-time position while that person is on paid leave from a full-time or part-time position with a local government agency of another county or municipality.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

      This bill supplements the "Local Government Ethics Law," P.L.1991, c.29 (C.40A:9-22.1 et seq.), to provide that a local government agency cannot employ any person in a full-time or part-time position while that person is on paid leave from a full-time or part-time position with a local government agency of another county or municipality.