Sponsored by:
Assemblyman P. CHRISTOPHER TULLY
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Extends Civil Service Commission employment eligible lists during State of Emergency and Public Health Emergency related to COVID-19 pandemic.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act extending Civil Service Commission eligible lists for the duration of the State of Emergency and Public Health Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.11A:4-6, or any other rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Civil Service Commission shall extend the duration of an eligible list for civil service employment with the State, counties, and municipalities for the extent of the Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by the Governor under Executive Order No. 103 (2020), or any extension thereof.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Under current law, the Civil Service Commission sets the duration of an eligible list, which is not more than three years from the date of its establishment, except that it may be extended by the commission for good cause and even then, a list will not have a duration of more than four years. This bill will extend the eligible lists for employment with the State, counties, and municipalities for the duration of the Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by the Governor under Executive Order No. 103 (2020), any extension thereof.
This bill applies to open competitive, promotional, and regular reemployment lists. Current law provides that special reemployment, police reemployment, and fire reemployment lists have unlimited duration.