Bill Text: NJ A2866 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Excludes certain unemployment compensation recipients from paying civil service open competitive examination application and appeal fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A2866 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A2866-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 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.
An Act concerning certain unemployment compensation recipients and certain civil service application fees, and amending P.L.1992, c.197.
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.
