Bill Text: NJ A3217 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts experienced firefighters from certain requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-22 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee [A3217 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A3217-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 3217

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 22, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Exempts experienced firefighters from certain requirements.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning firefighters and supplementing Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    A fire department or force, whether paid, part-paid, or volunteer, shall not prohibit a firefighter who has five or more years of experience in fire suppression, firefighting, or fire rescue from engaging in fire suppression, firefighting, or fire rescue solely on the grounds that the firefighter is uncertified or does not meet a requirement that is not imposed pursuant to statute, rule, or regulation.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill exempts experienced firefighters from certain requirements.  Specifically, under the provisions of this bill, a fire department, whether paid, part-paid, or volunteer, is not to prohibit a firefighter who has five or more years of experience in fire suppression, firefighting, or fire rescue from engaging in these activities solely on the basis that the firefighter is uncertified or does not meet any requirement that is not imposed pursuant to statute, rule, or regulation.