New Jersey A 1452: Allows political subdivisions of State to purchase unused sick leave from officer or employee under certain circumstances; prohibits authorizing special emergency appropriations for unused sick leave purchases.

Bill Text

A1452 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1452 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ

District 33 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Allows political subdivisions of State to purchase 
unused sick leave from officer or employee under certain circumstances; 
prohibits authorizing special emergency appropriations for unused sick leave 
purchases.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning the purchasing of unused sick leave 
and amending and supplementing various parts of the statutory law.

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

���� 1.��� Section 42 of P.L.2007, 
c.92 (C.11A:6-19.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 42.� a.� 
Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a political 
subdivision of the State, or an agency, authority or instrumentality thereof, 
that has adopted the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, shall 
not pay supplemental compensation to any officer or employee for accumulated 
unused sick leave in an amount in excess of $15,000, except that an officer or 
employee who:

���� (1)� on the effective date of 
P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.), or upon the expiration of a collective 
negotiations agreement or contract of employment applicable to that officer or 
employee in effect on that date has accrued supplemental compensation based 
upon accumulated unused sick leave shall, upon retirement, be eligible to 
receive for any unused leave not more than the amount so accumulated or not 
more than $15,000, whichever is greater; or

���� (2)� becomes an officer or 
employee after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) and has 
previously accrued supplemental compensation based upon accumulated unused sick 
leave shall, upon retirement, be eligible to receive for any unused leave not 
more than the amount so previously accumulated or not more than $15,000, 
whichever is greater. 

���� b.��� Supplemental 
compensation shall be payable only at the time of retirement from a 
State-administered or locally-administered retirement system based on the leave 
credited on the date of retirement. 

���� c.��� Notwithstanding any 
law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, and regardless of whether an 
officer�s or employee�s accumulated unused sick leave is compensable pursuant 
to subsection a. of this section, on or after the effective date of P.L.��� , 
c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), or upon the 
expiration of a collective negotiations agreement or contract of employment 
applicable to that officer or employee in effect on that date, a political 
subdivision of the State, or an agency, authority, or instrumentality thereof, which 
has adopted the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, may 
purchase accumulated unused sick leave from an officer or employee subject to 
the following limitations:

���� (1)� the dollar value of 
accumulated unused sick leave upon purchase shall be based on the pensionable 
compensation of the officer or employee on the date of purchase;

���� (2)� the amount paid to the 
officer or employee shall not exceed 60 percent of the dollar value of the 
accumulated unused leave on the date of purchase; 

���� (3)� in any year, a 
political subdivision of the State, or an agency, authority, or instrumentality 
thereof shall not purchase from an officer or employee more than 120 hours of 
accumulated unused sick leave; and

���� (4)� no purchase of 
accumulated unused sick leave shall result in an officer or employee having 
less than 800 hours of accumulated unused sick leave.� 

���� d.��� On or after the 
effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature 
as this bill), or upon the expiration of a collective negotiations agreement or 
contract of employment applicable to that officer or employee in effect on that 
date, the purchase of accumulated unused sick leave from an officer or employee 
shall be solely discretionary and shall not be subject to collective 
negotiation.

���� e.��� As used in this 
section[, 
"officer] 
:

���� "Officer or 
employee" means an elected official; or a person appointed by the Governor 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, or appointed by the Governor to 
serve at the pleasure of the Governor only during his or her term of office; or 
a person appointed by an elected public official or elected governing body of a 
political subdivision of the State, with 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 th