[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2922

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED MAY 5, 1997

 

 

By Assemblyman WEINGARTEN

 

 

An Act concerning paid leave of absence for National Guard duty and amending N.J.S.38A:4-4.

 

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

 

    1. N.J.S.38A:4-4 is amended to read as follows:

    38A:4-4. (a) 1(1)1 All officials and employees of this State or of any board or commission of the State or of any county, school district or municipality who are members of the organized militia of this State 1[or of another state]1 shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties without loss of pay or time on all days during which they shall be engaged in active duty, active duty for training or other duty ordered by the Governor of this State 1[or of another state]1; provided, however, that the leaves of absence for active duty or active duty for training shall not exceed 90 days in the aggregate in any one year.

    1(2) All officials and employees of this State or of any board or commission of the State or of any county, school district or municipality who are members of the organized militia of another state in which employees of such a public employer are entitled to leaves of absence from the duties of their office or employment without loss of pay or time while engaged as a member of the organized militia of this State in active duty, active duty for training or other duty ordered by the Governor of this State shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties without loss of pay or time on all days during which they shall be engaged in such duty as members of the organized militia of that other state, but no such leave of absence shall exceed in duration the period of such leave that would be allowed by the other state or other employer to a person holding corresponding office or employment in that other state for engagement in such duty as a member of the organized militia of this State, or 15 days in the aggregate in any one year, whichever is less.1

    (b) Leave of absence for such military duty shall be in addition to the regular vacation allowed such officers and employees by the State, county or municipal law, ordinance, resolution, or regulation.

(cf: N.J.S.38A:4-4)

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

                             

Provides for paid leave of absence for duty with another state's National Guard in certain cases.