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A1055
ASSEMBLY, No. 1055
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman DiMaio
SYNOPSIS
���� Expands Division of State Police rank and grade
titles.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
��
An Act
concerning the Division of State Police personnel and
amending P.L.1950, c.154.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� Section 3 of P.L.1950,
c.154 (C.53:1-5.2) is amended to read as follows:
���� 3.�
a.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the
[
rank
and grade of any member of the State Police may be changed from time to time,
and the
]
number of
Division of State Police
personnel
may be
increased, by
the
[
superintendent
]
Superintendent
of State Police where
[
such
]
a
change
or increase is necessary for the efficient operation of the Division of State
Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety
[
; provided, the action of the
said superintendent in making any such change or increase, shall be approved by
the head of said department.� No such change or increase shall be made unless
it can be effected within the limitations of the appropriations for the said division
]
.
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b. The superintendent may
change the rank and grade of any trooper, detective, first line supervisor,
mid-level manager, or executive-level personnel of the division for the
efficient operation of the division.
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c. The superintendent may
change command staff positions holding the rank of major and lieutenant colonel
for the efficient operation of the division; provided, the action of the
superintendent in making any personnel change shall be approved by the Attorney
General.
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d. No change shall be made
to personnel staffing unless it can be effected within the limitations of the
appropriations for the division.
(cf: P.L.1950, c.154, s.3)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill expands on certain Division
of State Police titles that may change in rank and grade upon the approval of
the Attorney General.
���� Currently, the Superintendent
of the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety may change
or increase the rank and grade of any member or increase the number of
personnel for the efficient operation of the division.� These changes are to be
approved by the Attorney General and budgeted within the limitations of the divisions�
appropriations.
���� This bill specifies the titles
in which the superintendent may change or increase ranks and grades and which
changes require the approval of the Attorney General.
���� Specifically, the bill permits
that the superintendent may change the ranks and grades of any trooper,
detective, first-line supervisor, mid-level manager, or executive-level
personnel for the efficient operation of the division without the approval of
the Attorney General.
���� Further, the bill provides
that the superintendent may only make changes to command staff positions
holding the rank of major and lieutenant colonel upon the approval of the
Attorney General.
���� The bill requires that any
personnel changes should be achieved within the limitations of the division�s
appropriations, consistent with current law.