Excludes certain unemployment compensation recipients from paying civil service open competitive examination application and appeal fees.

A1794

ASSEMBLY, No. 1794

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Excludes certain unemployment compensation recipients
from paying civil service open competitive examination application and appeal
fees.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

concerning certain unemployment compensation
recipients and certain civil service application fees, and amending P.L.1992,
c.197.�

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 1 of P.L.1992,
c.197 (C.11A:4-1.1) is amended to read as follows:�

���� 1.� a.� Except as provided in
subsection b. of this section concerning law enforcement officer and
firefighter examinations, the commission shall establish a $25 fee for each
application for an open competitive or promotional examination and a $15 fee for
each application for an open competitive or promotional examination by a
veteran.� Persons receiving public assistance benefits pursuant to P.L.1947,
c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.), P.L.1973, c.256 (C.44:7-85 et seq.), or P.L.1997,
c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.)
, persons receiving unemployment compensation
benefits pursuant to R.S.43:21-1 et seq., or unemployed persons whose
unemployment compensation benefits terminated within the previous six months,

shall not be required to pay this fee if they apply for an open competitive
examination.� Receipts derived from application fees established by this
subsection shall be appropriated to the commission.� On or after July 1, 2015,
and every five years thereafter, the chairperson of the commission shall review
the $25 fee established by this subsection and may modify the fee, provided,
however, that the fee, along with the $15 fee, shall not exceed the cost of
developing, procuring, and administering the examination.

���� b.��� The commission shall
establish a fee for each application for an open competitive or promotional
examination for a law enforcement officer or firefighter title.� The fee shall
not exceed the cost of developing, procuring and administering the examination.�
Persons receiving public assistance benefits pursuant to P.L.1947, c.156
(C.44:8-107 et seq.), P.L.1973, c.256 (C.44:7-85 et seq.), or P.L.1997, c.38
(C.44:10-55 et seq.),
persons receiving unemployment compensation benefits
pursuant to R.S.43:21-1 et seq., or unemployed persons whose unemployment
compensation benefits terminated within the previous six months,
shall not
be required to pay this fee if they apply for an open competitive examination.�
Receipts derived from application fees established by this subsection shall be
appropriated to the commission for use in developing, procuring and
administering law enforcement officer and firefighter examinations.

���� c.���� In addition to the fees
established in subsections a. and b. of this section, the commission shall
establish a $15 fee for each application for an open competitive or promotional
examination for a position in State service.� Persons receiving public assistance
benefits pursuant to P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.), P.L.1973, c.256
(C.44:7-85 et seq.), or P.L.1997, c.38 (C.44:10-55 et seq.)
, persons
receiving unemployment compensation benefits pursuant to R.S.43:21-1 et seq.,
or unemployed persons whose unemployment compensation benefits terminated
within the previous six months,
shall not be required to pay this fee if
they apply for an open competitive examination.� Receipts derived from the
application fee established pursuant to this subsection shall be appropriated
annually to the commission for the costs of the displaced workers pool
program.� This fee shall not be assessed and collected unless the commission
implements a displaced workers pool program.� If the displaced workers pool
program is terminated at any time by the commission, the assessment and
collection of this additional fee shall also be terminated.

���� d.��� The commission shall
establish a $20 fee for each appeal filed under the provisions of subsection a.
or b. of N.J.S.11A:2-6, subsection e. of N.J.S.11A:4-1, N.J.S.11A:8-4, and the
rules promulgated thereunder.� Persons who are receiving public assistance
benefits pursuant to P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.), P.L.1973, c.256
(C.44:7-85 et seq.), or P.L.1997, c.38

(C.44:10-55 et seq.),
persons receiving unemployment
compensation benefits pursuant to R.S.43:21-1 et seq., unemployed persons whose
unemployment compensation benefits terminated within the previous six months,

or persons who are veterans, shall not be required to pay this fee.

(cf: P.L.2010, c.26, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.�

STATEMENT

���� This purpose of this bill is
to exclude persons receiving unemployment compensation benefits, or unemployed
persons whose unemployment compensation benefits terminate within the previous
six months, from having to pay the application fee to take a civil service open
competitive examination, or the fee to file an appeal under the provisions of
the statute.