SENATE, No. 1931

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED MARCH 20, 1997

By Senator MATHEUSSEN

An Act concerning the granting of tenure to full-time municipal court administrators and amending P.L.1975, c.39.

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

    1. Section 1 of P.L.1975, c.39(C. 2A:8-13.3) is amended to read as follows:

    1. Any person holding office, position or employment as full-time [clerk] certified administrator of a municipal court who has held such office, position or employment continuously for [10] five years or more shall hold and continue to hold said office, position or employment during good behavior and shall not be removed therefrom for political or other reasons except for good cause, upon written charges and after a public, fair and impartial hearing; provided, however, that each governing body in the case of a municipal court established for two or more municipalities, has passed a resolution or resolutions by a majority vote of the members thereof approving and authorizing the tenure of office herein provided.

(cf : P.L.1975, c. 39)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    Presently municipal court administrators achieve tenure in office after ten years of service. This bill would reduce the service requirement for tenure for municipal court administrators to five years.

Reduces continuous service requirement for tenure of municipal court administrators to five years.