Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A municipality, county, or fire district interested in making an appointment pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.9 (hereafter "program") may contact the Chairperson or designee for a list of persons compiled as follows:
1. Those persons laid off or demoted as provided in the program from a law enforcement title to a non-law enforcement title in the case of service with a police department;
2. Those persons laid off or demoted as provided in the program from a firefighter title to a non-firefighter title in the case of service with a fire department in a municipality or a fire district; or
3. Those persons terminated as a civilian Federal firefighter as provided in the program.
(b) A person who would like to be placed on a list of persons as indicated in (a) above may contact Civil Service Commission staff to apply for inclusion on a list.
1. Placement on a list of persons terminated as a civilian Federal firefighter as provided in the program shall be determined based on the person's length of service as a civilian Federal firefighter.
(c) In selecting a person from the list, the municipality, county, or fire district shall verify and certify to the Chairperson or designee, the eligibility of the person for appointment pursuant to this program.
1. A municipality or fire district interested in making an appointment under this program shall give first preference in making an appointment to residents of the municipality and second preference to residents of the county not residing in the municipality.
2. A county interested in making an appointment under 4A:4-3.9(a) shall give first preference in making an appointment to residents of the county.
(d) An appointment made under this program:
1. Shall be reported to the Civil Service Commission;
2. Shall have priority over open competitive and promotional eligible lists and regular reemployment lists, but no such appointment shall be made if a special reemployment list exists for the title in the municipality, county or fire district interested in making the appointment;
3. Shall be made without regard to seniority, age, veteran's status or the municipality, county or fire district from which a person was laid off or demoted;
4. Shall not be subject to a working test period; and
5. Shall not be made to a title other than an entry level title without Civil Service Commission approval.
(e) A person appointed under this program:
1. May not be appointed a second time under this program unless the person is again laid off or demoted for reasons of economy, efficiency or other related reasons;
2. Shall begin to accrue seniority as of the effective date of the new appointment;
3. Shall not retain any superior rank held in the municipality, county or fire district from which the person was laid off or demoted; and
4. Shall not be removed from the special reemployment list for the jurisdiction from which the person was laid off.
