STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER
District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Webber and Inganamort
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 supplements 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