Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ National Guard or reserve component called to active federal military service who met fire department maximum age requirement at closing date of civil service examination.

A1877

ASSEMBLY, No. 1877

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER

District 28 (Essex and Union)

Assemblyman ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Murphy

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ
National Guard or reserve component called to active federal military service
who met fire department maximum age requirement at closing date of civil
service examination.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act

concerning placement of certain members of the
military on civil service active open competitive employment lists and amending
P.L.2012, c.49.

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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.2012,
c.49 (C.11A:5-6.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� a.� Any member of the
New Jersey National Guard or of the Reserve Component of the United States
Armed Forces placed on an active open competitive employment list who is called
to active federal military service prior to the expiration of the list shall,
within twelve months from the date of the expiration of that list, submit to
the Civil Service Commission sufficient proof of military service and an
application to be placed on an active open competitive employment list for the
same title and jurisdiction, provided that the same test mode was used or test
modes were reconciled, as the list the person was on immediately prior to being
called to active federal military service, for prospective appointment only,
based upon the score obtained on the original list, after disabled veterans and
veterans as provided in chapter 5 of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes.� The
person shall meet all current eligibility requirements at the time of
application for placement on a list for the same title and jurisdiction. �The
applicant shall be able to request placement on a maximum of two consecutive
lists.� If the first list that the applicant is placed on expires in less than
12 months, then the applicant shall be placed on a second list, if requested,
if the placement can occur within 12 months after the filing of the
application, otherwise the applicant shall be placed on only one list.� The
Civil Service Commission shall develop regulations for reconciling test modes,
for the best interest of the applicant, in order to enable the placement of the
applicant on the list.� No fee shall be charged by the Civil Service Commission
to the applicant for placement on the list or for placement on the first of two
lists, as appropriate.

���� b.��� Upon returning from
military leave, if the person receives status as a veteran as defined in
N.J.S.11A:5-1, he or she shall receive veteran status for the purposes of
subsection a. of this section if a list is generated after the person is
granted veteran status.

���� c.���� Any person meeting the
requirements of subsection a. of this section who met the maximum age
requirement for appointment as a member or officer of the police department or
force in a municipality established by N.J.S.40A:14-127 at the announced
closing date of the civil service examination from which the first list of
eligibles is or was compiled shall be deemed to have met that maximum age
requirement on the date on which the person's name is placed on a subsequent
eligible list pursuant to subsection a. of this section.�

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d.��� Any person meeting
the requirements of subsection a. of this section who met the maximum age
requirement for appointment as a member of the fire department in a
municipality established by N.J.S.40A:14-12 or 40A:14-42 through 40A:14-44, as
appropriate, at the announced closing date of the civil service examination
from which the first list of eligibles is or was compiled shall be deemed to
have met that maximum age requirement on the date on which the person�s name is
placed on a subsequent eligible list pursuant to subsection a. of this section.�

(cf: P.L.2017, c.54, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

����� This bill provides that any member of the New Jersey
National Guard or of a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who
is placed on a civil service active open competitive employment list, and who
is called to active federal military service prior to the expiration of the
list, would be deemed to have met that maximum age requirement on the date on
which the person�s name is placed on a subsequent eligible list if the person
met the maximum age requirement for appointment as a member of the fire
department in a municipality at the announced closing date of the civil service
examination from which the first list of eligibles is or was compiled.� This
same provision already applies to members and officers of the police
department.