STATEMENT TO

[Fourth Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1836

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senator LYNCH)

ADOPTED: JUNE 27, 1996

      Assembly No. 1836 (4R), the "Law Enforcement Officers' Protection Act," amends and supplements parts of statutory law to clarify and codify certain law enforcement officer powers, protections, privileges and rights.

      The bill clarifies that in certain disciplinary matters, law enforcement officers employed by municipalities that have not adopted the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes (Civil Service) shall be afforded procedural protections substantially equivalent to those accorded under Title 11A and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. This Senate amendment eliminates that provision.