New Jersey A 789: Allows eligible landscape operators to make certain purchases of certain materials and supplies without payment of sales and use tax.

Bill Text

A789 

ASSEMBLY, No. 789 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DAVID BAILEY, JR.

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes streamlined hiring process pilot program 
to permit certain counties and municipalities to appoint persons in Civil 
Service.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act establishing a hiring process pilot program for 
certain counties and municipalities in the Civil Service.

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Civil Service 
Commission shall establish a two-year pilot program that permits counties and 
municipalities to appoint persons through a streamlined hiring process for 
certain positions in the Civil Service, as further provided in this section.� The 
purpose of the pilot program shall be to streamline the hiring process for 
certain positions and to reduce the timeframe between the request to fill a 
vacancy and the hiring of a qualified candidate.� 

���� b.��� The Chair of the Civil 
Service Commission shall establish the scope of the pilot program and the 
policies and procedures for the selection of counties and municipalities 
eligible to participate in the pilot program.� In selecting the counties and 
municipalities to participate in the pilot program, the chair shall consider 
the needs of the county or municipality, as appropriate.� 

���� c.���� Participation by any 
eligible county or municipality in the pilot program shall be voluntary.� A 
county or municipality that wants to participate shall submit an application to 
the Civil Service Commission in such form as required by the commission.� The 
county or municipality, as part of the application, shall include information 
on their hiring needs, including the number of positions and the rate of 
turnover in the positions, and such other information as required by the 
commission.� 

���� d.��� The commission shall 
select counties and municipalities in the northern, central, and southern 
regions of the State; a cross section of urban, suburban, and rural areas; a 
cross section of counties and cities of various classes; and a diverse 
representation of forms of government.� 

���� e.���� Under 
the pilot program, the chair shall establish the positions, policies, and 
procedures for the counties and municipalities participating in the pilot 
program to appoint persons through the streamlined hiring process.� Such 
policies and procedures may include, but may not be limited to, permitting the 
counties and municipalities to post the vacancy to be filled and to administer 
the examination with the approval of the commission.� 

���� The commission shall create 
the examinations.� After administration of the examination by the county or 
municipality, as appropriate, the examination shall immediately be submitted to 
the commission for review and completion of the certification process.� 

���� f.���� Upon completion of the 
certification process, the county or municipality, as appropriate, shall be 
permitted to hire a qualified candidate.� The county or municipality, as 
appropriate, with the written authorization of the Chair of the Civil Service 
Commission, or a designee, shall sign a waiver designed and authorized by the 
commission exempting the candidate from the civil service hiring process.� 

���� g.��� Upon accepting the 
appointment, the candidate shall satisfactorily complete the working test 
period to be considered by the commission as qualified for the position and to 
have civil service status. 

���� h.��� The commission shall not 
require the county or municipality, as appropriate, to replace the candidate 
hired through the streamlined process established by this section, upon the 
issuance of a subsequent certified eligible list.� This provision shall apply 
regardless of whether or not the candidate is listed on the certified eligible 
list.� 

���� i.���� As used in this 
section:

���� �Municipality� means and includes 
cities, towns, townships, villages, and boroughs.� 

���� j.���� The Civil Service 
Commission shall, in accordance with the �Administrative Procedure Act,� 
P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations as necessary 
to implement the provisions of this act.

���� k.��� Two years following the 
establishment of the pilot program, the commission shall submit a report to the 
Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 
(C.52:14-19.1).� The report shall contain information on the implementation of 
the pilot program and the recommendations of the commission on the advisability 
of continuing, expanding, or modifying the program.� 

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment, except 
that the Civil Service Commission may take any a