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A1660
ASSEMBLY, No. 1660
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MITCHELLE DRULIS
District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
���� Permits representative of National Association of
County Veteran Service Officers to take leave of absence with pay to attend
State or national conventions.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning the National Association of County Veteran
Service Officers and leave of absence for State or national conventions and
amending R.S.38:23-2.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� R.S. 38:23-2 is amended to read as follows:
���� 38:23-2.� The head of every public department
and of every court of this State, every superintendent or foreman on the public
works of this State, the heads of the county offices of the several counties
and the head of every department, bureau and office in the government of the
various municipalities, shall give a leave of absence with pay to every person
in the service of the State, county or municipality who is a duly authorized
representative of the Grand Army of the Republic, United Spanish-American War
Veterans, Disabled American Veterans, Disabled American Veterans' Auxiliary,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ladies Auxiliaries of Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Ladies Auxiliary, Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., American Gold Star
Mothers, Indian War Veterans, American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary,
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Ladies Auxiliary, Department of New
Jersey, Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Catholic War Veterans of the United
States, Ladies Auxiliary of New Jersey State Department, Catholic War Veterans,
The 369th Veterans Association, Incorporated, Women's Overseas Service League,
American Veterans of World War Two, Korea and Vietnam, and AMVETS Ladies
Auxiliary, Reserve Officers Association of the United States, Marine Corps
League of the United States, Army and Navy Legion of Valor, the Twenty-ninth
Division Association, Council of State Employees, War Veteran Public Employees
Association, New Jersey Civil Service Association, Blind Veterans Association
of New Jersey, Army and Air National Guard Association of New Jersey, The
National Guard Association of the United States, The United States Coast Guard
Auxiliary, Navy League, Veterans of World War I of the United States of
America, Polish Legion of American Veterans, Polish Legion of American
Veterans, Ladies Auxiliary, the Italian American War Veterans of the United
States, Incorporated, the Ladies Auxiliary, Italian American War Veterans of
the United States, Incorporated, the New Jersey Firemen's Association, the New
Jersey State Exempt Firemen's Association
, the National Association of
County Veteran Service Officers
and the Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated, to
attend any State or national convention of such organization.
���� A certificate of attendance to the State
convention or encampment shall, upon request, be submitted by the
representative so attending.
���� Leave of absence shall be for a period inclusive
of the duration of the convention with a reasonable time allowed for time to
travel to and from the convention.� No person shall be entitled to a total of
more than five days' leave of absence with pay each calendar year for the
purpose of attending, as authorized representative, the State or national
convention of one or more of the above enumerated organizations.� The leaves of
absence authorized hereunder shall not be cumulative and any unused leaves shall
be canceled at the end of any given year.�
(cf: P.L.1993, c.79, s.1).
���� 2. This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill will permit a
representative of the National Association of County Veteran Service Officers
(NACVSO) to take a leave of absence with pay in order to attend a State or
national convention.