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N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.6 New titles

N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.6, New titles. The Civil Service Commission may determine that a new title or title series is necessary, when it is found that a new set of functions is assigned to the po Full text with 3 recorded amendments, 3 citing decisions.

Classification, Services, and Compensation · Classification

Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

The request has to argue against itself. An appointing authority asking for a new title must explain in writing not just why the new title is needed but why an existing title cannot be used and why its specification cannot simply be modified, and must name any title the new one would abolish or replace. The Commission creates a title where the positions under review carry a new set of functions that no existing title or series describes properly. Once the need is found, specifications are drafted and, in State service, the title is evaluated for compensation purposes. While that is pending the positions may be labelled Tentative Title, which carries its own salary treatment. Effective dates are mechanical in State service: the pay period beginning after 14 days from when the Commission representative received the request and all requested information, or the date of appointment to the Tentative Title. In local service a Commission representative sets an appropriate date.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.6. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) The Civil Service Commission may determine that a new title or title series is necessary, when it is found that a new set of functions is assigned to the position(s) being reviewed and these new functions are not appropriately described by an existing title or title series. #

(b) Requests for new titles or title series must be submitted in writing by the appointing authority to an appropriate representative of the Civil Service Commission on a designated form. In State service, such requests shall be submitted by the agency representative. The request must include: #

1. A detailed explanation of why the new title is needed and why an existing title cannot be used or specification modified; #

2. Designation of any title to be abolished or replaced; and #

3. Any other information requested by the Commission representative. #

(c) If the Commission representative determines that there is a need for a new title or title series, new job specification(s) will be prepared and in State service the title or series will be evaluated for compensation purposes. #

(d) Pending approval by the appropriate Commission representative of a new title or title series, the designation "Tentative Title" may be used for affected positions. See N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.15 for compensation procedures in State service. #

(e) In State service, appeals from a salary evaluation of a new title will be processed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.3. #

(f) The effective date of the creation of a new title by the appropriate Commission representative will be: #

1. In State service: #

i. The beginning of the pay period immediately after 14 days from the date the appropriate Commission representative receives the new title request and all requested information; #

ii. The date of appointment to the Tentative Title; or #

iii. An appropriate date as established by the Commission representative when a classification review has been initiated by the Commission representative; or #

2. In local service, an appropriate date as established by the Commission representative. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 3 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2019 d.072
    51 N.J.R. 191(b); 51 N.J.R. 1115(a)
  2. AmendedR.2014 d.099
    45 N.J.R. 500(a); 46 N.J.R. 1331(c)
  3. AmendedR.1993 d.424
    25 N.J.R. 1916(a); 25 N.J.R. 4064(a)

How this rule has been applied

3 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.6. The list below is citations to those decisions, not the decisions. We have not written summaries for this section. A citation with no summary is deliberate: we do not paraphrase a decision we have not read. Nothing here is legal advice.

Superior Court (1)
  • In re Changes in the State Classification Plan2019 N.J. Super. LEXIS 1132019
Civil Service Commission final determinations (2)
  • In re Program Support Specialist Trainee, CSC Docket No. 2025-452024 N.J. CSC LEXIS 275Docket 2025-45
  • In re Investigator Trainee, Office of the Chief Med. Ex'r., CSC Docket No. 2021-12492021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 119Docket 2021-1249

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