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A5057
ASSEMBLY, No. 5057
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MAY 14, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
���� Allows certain appointing authorities in Civil
Service to hire from or promote within top five eligible candidates for law
enforcement officer titles.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
allowing certain appointing authorities in the Civil
Service to hire from or promote within the top five eligible candidates for law
enforcement officer titles and amending N.J.S.11A:4-8.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.
� N.J.S.11A:4-8 is amended to read as follows:
���� 11A:4-8.� Certification and appointment.
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a.�
Except as provided under subsection b. of this section, the
commission shall certify
the three eligibles who have received the highest ranking on an open
competitive or promotional list against the first provisional or vacancy. �For
each additional provisional or vacancy against whom a certification is issued
at that time, the commission shall certify the next ranked eligible.� If more
than one eligible has the same score, the tie shall not be broken and they
shall have the same rank.� If three or more eligibles can be certified as the
result of the ranking without resorting to all three highest scores, only those
eligibles shall be so certified.
���� A certification that contains the names of at
least three interested eligibles shall be complete and a regular appointment
shall be made from among those eligibles.� An eligible on an incomplete list
shall be entitled to a provisional appointment if a permanent appointment is
not made.
���� Eligibles on any type of reemployment list shall
be certified and appointed in the order of their ranking and the certification
shall not be considered incomplete.
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b.� With respect to law enforcement officer
titles for positions in a police department of a political subdivision of the
State, the commission shall certify the five eligibles who have received the
highest ranking on an open competitive or promotional list against the first
provisional or vacancy.� For each additional provisional or vacancy against
whom a certification is issued at that time, the commission shall certify the
next ranked eligible.� If more than one eligible has the same score, the tie
shall not be broken and they shall have the same rank.� If five or more
eligibles can be certified as the result of the ranking without resorting to
all five highest scores, only those eligibles shall be so certified.
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A certification that contains the names of at
least five interested eligibles shall be complete and a regular appointment
shall be made from among those eligibles.� An eligible on an incomplete list
shall be entitled to a provisional appointment if a permanent appointment is
not made.
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Eligibles on any type of reemployment list
shall be certified and appointed in the order of their ranking and the
certification shall not
be considered incomplete.
(cf: P.L.2008, c.29, s.36)
���� 2. �This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill amends current law
to allow certain appointing authorities in Civil Service to hire from or
promote within the top five eligible candidates for law enforcement officer
titles.
���� Under current law, appointing
authorities regulated by the Civil Service Commission must follow a �rule of
three.�� This rule requires the authority to choose from one of the top three
eligible candidates from an open competitive or promotional list, taking into
consideration veterans� preference.�
���� This bill amends current law
to allow police departments to choose from one of the top five eligible
candidates from an open competitive or promotional list for law enforcement
titles, taking into consideration veterans� preference.� Under the bill, all other
appointing authorities regulated by the Civil Service Commission are required
to follow the current �rule of three.�