Sponsored by:
Senator STEPHEN M. SWEENEY
District 3 (Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester)
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators S.Kean, Whelan, Ciesla, Buono and Weinberg
SYNOPSIS
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ and Rutgers University.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act conferring civil service status on police officers employed by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Rutgers, the State University and supplementing P.L.1970, c.102 (C.18A:64G-1 et seq.) and P.L.1967, c.271, (C.18A:65-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Police officers employed in the Department of Public Safety of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey shall be in the career service and subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes. Any such police officer who has been employed for at least one year prior to the effective date of P.L. ,c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall have permanent career status with seniority awarded from the date of appointment.
2. Police officers employed in the Division of Public Safety of Rutgers, the State University shall be in the career service and subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statues. Any such public officer who has been employed for at least one year prior to the effective date of P.L. ,c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall have permanent career status with seniority awarded from the date of appointment.
3. This act shall take effect on the 90th day after the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that police officers employed in the Department of Public Safety of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey or the Division of Public Safety of Rutgers, the State University will be in the career service of the civil service and subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes. It also provides that any police officer who has been so employed for at least one year prior to the bill’s effective date shall have permanent career status with seniority awarded from the date of appointment.