New Jersey S 2407: "Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.

Bill Text

S2407 

SENATE, No. 2407 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes local government business administrators 
eligible for memberships in PERS; provides for transfer of business 
administrators from participation in Defined Contribution Retirement Program to 
membership in PERS.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the membership of business administrators in 
the Public Employees� Retirement System and amending P.L.2007, c.92 and 
supplementing P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L.2007, 
c.92 (C.43:15C-2) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� a.� The following 
persons shall be eligible and shall participate in the Defined Contribution 
Retirement Program:

���� (1)�� A person who commences 
service on or after the effective date of this section of P.L.2007, c.92 
(C.43:15C-1 et al.) in an elective public office of this State or of a 
political subdivision thereof, except that it shall not include a person who 
holds elective public office on the effective date of this section and is 
enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System while that person continues 
to hold that elective public office or, for an elected official specified in 
section 5 of P.L.2017, c.344 (C.43:15A-7.5), another elective public office, 
without a break in service.� Service in the Legislature shall be considered a 
single elective public office.

���� (2)�� A person who commences 
service on or after the effective date of this section in an employment, office 
or position of the State or of a political subdivision thereof, or an agency, 
board, commission, authority or instrumentality of the State or of a subdivision, 
pursuant to an appointment by the Governor that requires the advice and consent 
of the Senate, or pursuant to an appointment by the Governor to serve at the 
pleasure of the Governor only during his or her term of office.� This paragraph 
shall not be deemed to include a person otherwise eligible for membership in 
the State Police Retirement System or the Judicial Retirement System.� This 
paragraph shall not include Workers' Compensation Judges of the Division of 
Workers' Compensation in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

���� (3)�� A person who commences 
service on or after the effective date of this section in an employment, office 
or position in a political subdivision of the State, or an agency, board, 
commission, authority or instrumentality of a subdivision, pursuant to an appointment 
by an elected public official or elected governing body, that requires the 
specific consent or approval of the elected governing body of the political 
subdivision that is substantially similar in nature to the advice and consent 
of the Senate for appointments by the Governor of the State as that similarity 
is determined by the elected governing body and set forth in an adopted 
ordinance or resolution, pursuant to guidelines or policy that shall be 
established by the Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs 
or the Department of Education, as appropriate to the elected governing body.� 
This paragraph shall not be deemed to include a person otherwise eligible for 
membership in the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund or the Police and Firemen's 
Retirement System, or a person who is employed or appointed in the regular or 
normal course of employment or appointment procedures and consented to or 
approved in a general or routine manner appropriate for and followed by the 
political subdivision, or the agency, board, commission, authority or 
instrumentality of a subdivision, or a person who commences service on or 
after the effective date of P.L. , c. � 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill) upon employment or appointment as 
a business administrator, as defined in section 2 of P.L.��� , c.�� (pending 
before the Legislature as this bill), or a person who holds a professional 
license or certificate to perform and is performing as a certified health 
officer, tax assessor, tax collector, municipal planner, chief financial 
officer, registered municipal clerk, construction code official, licensed uniform 
subcode inspector, qualified purchasing agent, or certified public works 
manager.

���� (4)�� A person who is granted 
a pension or retirement allowance under any pension fund or retirement system 
established under the laws of this State and elects to participate pursuant to 
section 1 of P.L.1977, c.171 (C.43:3C-3) upon being elected to public office.

���� (5)�� A member of the 
Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund, Police and Firemen's Retirement System, 
State Police Retirement System, or the Public Employees' Retirement System