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A2140
ASSEMBLY, No. 2140
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires State to reimburse counties for portion of
holiday pay to county employees performing State services on certain holidays.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning county holiday pay, supplementing
chapter 5 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, and amending N.J.S.40A:5-19
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� (New section)� a.� For
the purposes of this section:
���� �County employee� means and
includes all employees and officers in service in any county, and of any county
board, body, or commission maintained out of county funds, including laborers
recognized as permanent laborers, whether paid on an hourly, daily, monthly, or
annual basis.
���� �County holiday� means a paid
holiday granted to county employees by a county, but does not include paid
holidays granted to all State government employees each calendar year pursuant
to section 25 of P.L.2008, c.89 (C.11A:6-24.1).
���� �Division� means the Division
of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs.
���� �Holiday pay� means cash
compensation at a rate representing one and one-half times the employee's
hourly rate of base salary.
���� �State service� means a
service performed by a county employee on behalf of or in support of State
government, which the employee would not be required to perform on paid
holidays granted to all State government employees pursuant to section 25 of
P.L.2008, c.89 (C.11A:6-24.1).
���� b.��� (1)� A county shall
compensate a county employee required to work on a county holiday no more than
holiday pay, as defined in subsection a. of this section.
���� (2)� Each year, a county shall
submit an application to the division for reimbursement of amounts the county
expended over the prior fiscal year for holiday pay attributable to the
performance of State service on county holidays.� The division shall review the
application and, if approved, the State shall reimburse the county for amounts
expended by the county, which exceed the base salary provided to a county
employee if the county employee performed a State service during a county
holiday.
���� c.��� For each local fiscal
year in which the State reimburses a county for a portion of the holiday pay of
a county employee performing a State service, pursuant to subsection b. of this
section, the county shall deduct from its final appropriations for the next
local fiscal year, upon which its permissible county tax levy is calculated, the
amount which the State reimbursed the county for holiday pay.
���� d.��� In the budget of any
county, revenues anticipated during the fiscal year from State reimbursements,
pursuant to subsection b. of this section, may be included in the budget and
shall be labeled as anticipated revenue.� Revenues included in accordance with
this subsection shall be available for expenditure by the county as and when
received in cash during the fiscal year.
���� 2.��� N.J.S.40A:5-19 is
amended to read as follows:
���� 40A:5-19.�
a.
� The
governing body of any local unit may provide by ordinance for the manner� in
which and the time at which salaries, wages or other compensation for� services
shall be paid, and prescribe the form and manner in which checks upon� the
treasury shall be drawn and signed for that purpose.
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b.
��� The local unit
may, by resolution, provide for the bi-weekly payment of the salaries, wages
and compensation of officers and employees, both elective and appointive.
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c.��� A county may submit
an application to the Division of Local Government Services in the Department
of Community Affairs for reimbursement for holiday pay, pursuant to section 1
of P.L.��� , c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), in accordance with procedures
specified by the division.
(cf: N.J.S.40A:5-19)
���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill
would require the State to
reimburse counties for holiday pay provided to county employees performing a
service in aid of State government on certain holidays.� Under this bill, a
county would compensate a county employee required to work on a county holiday
with holiday pay at a rate representing no more than one and one-half times the
employee's hourly rate of base salary.� The county would provide the holiday
pay to its employee in the current fiscal year.� In the next fiscal year, the
State would reimburse the county for the portion of the holiday pay that
exceeds the base salary of the county employee.� The county would be eligible
for reimbursement if the county employee performed a service in furtherance of
a State government service on a day that the county recognizes as a paid
holiday, but the State does not recognize as a paid holiday.� Counties may list
reimbursements provided for in this bill as anticipated revenue in the next
year�s budget, available for expenditure by the county as and when received in
cash during the fiscal year.