STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act prohibiting a local government agency from employing certain persons on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality and supplementing P.L.1991, c.29 (C.40A:9-22.1).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A local government agency, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.29 (C.40A:9-22.3), shall not employ any person in a full-time or part-time position while that person is on paid leave from a full-time or part-time position with a local government agency of another county or municipality.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would supplement the “Local Government Ethics Law,” N.J.S.A.40A:9-22.1 et seq., to provide that a local government agency cannot employ any person in a full-time or part-time position while that person is on paid leave from a full-time or part-time position with a local government agency of another county or municipality.