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NJ S998

NJ S998
Requires State to reimburse counties for portion of holiday pay to county employees performing State services on certain holidays.


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Introduced
01/31/2022
In Committee
01/31/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/08/2024

Introduced Session

2022-2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill would require the State to reimburse counties for holiday pay provided to county employees performing a service in aid of State government on certain holidays. Under this bill, a county would compensate a county employee required to work on a county holiday with holiday pay at a rate representing no more than one and one-half times the employee's hourly rate of base salary. The county would provide the holiday pay to its employee in the current fiscal year. In the next fiscal year, the State would reimburse the county for the portion of the holiday pay that exceeds the base salary of the county employee. The county would be eligible for reimbursement if the county employee performed a service in furtherance of a State government service on a day that the county recognizes as a paid holiday, but the State does not recognize as a paid holiday. Counties may list reimbursements provided for in this bill as anticipated revenue in the next year's budget, available for expenditure by the county as and when received in cash during the fiscal year.

AI Summary

This bill would require the State to reimburse counties for holiday pay provided to county employees who perform a service in aid of State government on certain county holidays. Under this bill, counties would compensate their employees who are required to work on a county holiday at a rate of up to one and a half times their base salary. The counties would then be eligible to apply to the Division of Local Government Services for reimbursement from the State for the portion of the holiday pay that exceeds the employees' base salaries, as long as the employees were performing a State service on a day that the county recognizes as a paid holiday but the State does not. The counties can also include the anticipated State reimbursements as revenue in their budgets for the following fiscal year.

Committee Categories

Housing and Urban Affairs

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee (on 01/31/2022)

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