Bill Text: NJ A4408 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes compensation program for State and juvenile corrections officers and parole officers injured while performing official duties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-11-18 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A4408 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A4408-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4408

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 18, 2013

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  CHARLES MAINOR

District 31 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes compensation program for State and juvenile corrections officers and parole officers injured while performing official duties.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on November 18, 2013, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning certain injured corrections and parole officers and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes. 

 

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

 

     1.    Any State corrections officer, juvenile corrections officer, or juvenile detention officer who, in the course of performing his official duties, suffers bodily injury as the result of a riot or assault by the inmates or detainees under his custody or charge shall continue to receive full wages until the officer begins receiving compensation for that injury under R.S.34:15-1 et seq.

     In addition to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., the injured officer shall receive regular supplemental payments from his employer in an amount that is sufficient, when added to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., to equal the net wage of the injured officer at the time of the injury.  The supplemental payment authorized under this ¹[paragraph] section¹ shall continue so long as the injured officer remains a State corrections officer, juvenile corrections officer, or juvenile detention officer and continues to be compensated under R.S.34:15-1 et seq.

     The fringe benefits afforded an injured officer under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, contract, or statute shall not be negated nor impaired in any way and shall remain in full force and effect during the time that officer is receiving supplement payments pursuant to this section.

 

     2.    Any parole officer who, while in the course of performing his official duties, suffers bodily injury as the result of an assault by an adult or juvenile parolee under his supervision shall continue to receive full wages until the parole officer begins receiving compensation for that injury under R.S.34:15-1 et seq.

     In addition to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., the injured officer shall receive regular supplemental payments from his employer in an amount that is sufficient, when added to the compensation received under R.S.34:15-1 et seq., to equal the net wage of the injured officer at the time of the injury.  The supplemental payment authorized under this ¹[paragraph] section¹ shall continue so long as the injured officer remains a parole officer and continues to be compensated under R.S.34:15-1 et seq.

     The fringe benefits afforded an injured officer under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, contract, or statute shall not be negated nor impaired in any way and shall remain in full force and effect during the time that officer is receiving supplement payments pursuant to this section.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month following enactment.