Sponsored by:
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Makes supplemental appropriation of $650,000 to New Jersey Division of State Police for trooper recruitment and retention.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, P.L.2023, c.74.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, there is appropriated from the General Fund the following amount for the purposes specified:
66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice
12 Law Enforcement
1200 Division of State Police
DIRECT STATE SERVICES
06-1200 Division of State Police .......................................... $650,000
Total Direct State Services appropriation,
Law Enforcement ................................................ $650,000
Direct State Services:
06 Special Purpose,.......................................... ($650,000)
Division of State Police - Recruitment and Retention
The $650,000 supplemental appropriation for the Division of State Police - Recruitment and Retention shall be dedicated to troopers at Step 9 of the base salary of the existing Collective Negotiations Agreement between the State of New Jersey and the State Troopers Fraternal Association and shall be distributed in amounts pursuant to the authority granted to the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission as provided for in Title 4A of the New Jersey Administrative Code.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This supplemental
appropriation provides $650,000 to the Division of State Police for the purpose
of augmenting State Trooper salaries to assist the division with recruitment
and retention.
The Division of State Police - Retention supplemental appropriation is to be dedicated to State Troopers at Step 9 of the base salary of the existing Collective Negotiations Agreement between the State of New Jersey and the State Troopers Fraternal Association. This supplemental appropriation should be distributed in amounts pursuant to the authority granted to the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission as provided for in Title 4A of the New Jersey Administrative Code.