Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.

A1889

ASSEMBLY, No. 1889

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER

District 28 (Essex and Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen DeAngelo, Rumpf and Assemblywoman Flynn

SYNOPSIS

���� Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans
of America conventions.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act
concerning
certain leaves of absence to attend State or national conventions and amending
R.S.38:23-2.

����
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
[
and
]

,
the
Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated,
and the Vietnam Veterans of America
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 adds the Vietnam
Veterans of America to the list of organizations whose duly authorized
representatives are entitled to receive a leave of absence with pay to attend
State and national conventions under R.S.38:23-2, which applies to persons in the
service of the State, a county, or a municipality.

���� This bill also removes two
defunct organizations from the list.