ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2464

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: DECEMBER 5, 1996

 

      The Assembly Local Government Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2464.

      Assembly Bill No. 2464 removes the requirement under current law that a police officer previously terminated for reasons of economy must satisfactorily complete a working test period in a State law enforcement title or in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, or satisfactorily complete a comparable, documented probationary period in a law enforcement title in a county or municipality which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, in order to be appointed to a county or municipal police department. The bill also permits the appointing governing body to transfer the seniority, seniority-related privileges and rank a law enforcement officer possessed with the employer who terminated the officer's employment for reasons of economy to the new law enforcement position.

      The effect of this bill would be to permit any affected officer to be appointed to a position by a county or municipal police department, whether or not the working test period or probationary period, as appropriate, has been completed, and to permit, at the discretion of the appointing governing body, an affected officer to retain his or her seniority, seniority-related privileges and rank earned at the previous position.