New Jersey S 4151: Appropriates $60,940,361 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.

Bill Text

S4151 1R 

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 4151 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 11, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JOSEPH P. CRYAN

District 20 (Union)

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Johnson and Singer

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes Class Three special law enforcement 
officers to provide security in places of religious worship; makes certain 
clarifications concerning their use in nonpublic schools. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations 
Committee on June 24, 2026, with amendments.

�� 

An Act 
concerning Class Three special law enforcement officers and amending P.L.1985, 
c.439.

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

���� 1.��� Section 4 of P.L.1985, 
c.439 (C.40A:14-146.11) is amended to read as follows:� 

���� 4.��� a.� A person shall not 
commence the duties of a special law enforcement officer unless the person has 
successfully completed a training course approved by the commission and a 
special law enforcement officer shall not be issued a firearm unless the officer 
has successfully completed the basic firearms course approved by the commission 
for permanent, regularly appointed police and annual requalification 
examinations as required by subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1985, c.439 
(C.40A:14-146.14).� There shall be three classifications for special police 
officers.� The commission shall prescribe by rule or regulation the training 
standards to be established for each classification.� Training may be in a 
commission approved academy or in any other training program which the 
commission may determine appropriate.� The classifications shall be based upon 
the duties to be performed by the special law enforcement officer as follows:� 

���� (1)�� Class One.� Officers of 
this class shall be authorized to perform routine traffic detail, spectator 
control, and similar duties. If authorized by ordinance or resolution, as 
appropriate, Class One officers shall have the power to issue summonses for 
disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons offenses, violations of 
municipal ordinances, and violations of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes. The 
use of a firearm by an officer of this class shall be strictly prohibited and a 
Class One officer shall not be assigned any duties which may require the 
carrying or use of a firearm.� 

���� (2)�� Class Two.� Officers of 
this class shall be authorized to exercise full powers and duties similar to 
those of a permanent, regularly appointed full-time police officer.� The use of 
a firearm by an officer of this class may be authorized only after the officer 
has been fully certified as successfully completing training as prescribed by 
the commission.� 

���� (3)�� Class Three.� (a)� 
Officers of this class shall be authorized to exercise full powers and duties 
similar to those of a permanent, regularly appointed full-time police officer 
while providing security at a public or nonpublic school or a county college on 
the school or college premises during hours when the public or nonpublic school 
or county college is normally in session or when it is occupied by public or 
nonpublic school or county college students or their teachers or professors.� 
While on duty in the jurisdiction of employment, an officer may respond to 
offenses or emergencies off school or college grounds if they occur in the 
officer's presence while traveling to a school facility or county college, but 
an officer shall not otherwise be dispatched or dedicated to any assignment off 
school or college property.

���� A school district which 
procures the services of Class Three special law enforcement officers to 
provide security at public schools in the district also shall procure these 
services for nonpublic schools in the district.� 1A 
nonpublic school may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a 
municipality or local unit outside the municipality where the nonpublic school 
is located for security services.1� 
The school district shall be responsible for compensating the local unit for 
the security services rendered by a Class Three officer in public and nonpublic 
schools.

���� (b)�� Officers of this 
class shall be authorized to exercise full powers and duties similar to those 
of a permanent, regularly appointed full-time police officer while providing 
security at a church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or any other building used by 
a congregation as a place of religious worship.

���� The use of a firearm by an 
officer of this class shall be authorized pursuant to the provisions of 
subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.14).� An officer of 
this class shall not be authorized to carry a firearm while off duty unless the 
officer complies with the requirements set forth in subsection l. of 
N.J.S.2C:39-6 authorizing a retired law enforcement officer to carry a handgu