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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.10 Procedures for reemployment program for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.10, Procedures for reemployment program for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters. A municipality, county, or fire district interested in making an appointment pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.9 (hereafter "program") may contact the Chairperson Full text with 3 recorded amendm

Selection and Appointment · Eligible Lists

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

This is an annotated mirror, not the official publication. Verify against the Civil Service Commission before relying on it.

In plain language

Getting on the list is on you. The Commission compiles lists of people eligible under the reemployment program at 4A:4-3.9, and a person who wants to be on one contacts Commission staff to apply; for terminated civilian Federal firefighters, placement depends on length of service in that job. A municipality, county or fire district interested in hiring asks the Chairperson or designee for the list, then verifies and certifies the eligibility of whoever it selects. Municipalities and fire districts give first preference to their own residents and second preference to county residents living elsewhere; counties give first preference to county residents. An appointment under the program outranks open competitive, promotional and regular reemployment lists, but cannot be made at all where a special reemployment list exists for that title in that jurisdiction. It is made without regard to seniority, age or veteran status, carries no working test period, and cannot go above an entry level title without Commission approval. The person appointed begins accruing seniority from the new appointment, keeps no superior rank held before, and is not removed from the special reemployment list they came from.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.10. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) A municipality, county, or fire district interested in making an appointment pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.9 (hereafter "program") may contact the Chairperson or designee for a list of persons compiled as follows: #

1. Those persons laid off or demoted as provided in the program from a law enforcement title to a non-law enforcement title in the case of service with a police department; #

2. Those persons laid off or demoted as provided in the program from a firefighter title to a non-firefighter title in the case of service with a fire department in a municipality or a fire district; or #

3. Those persons terminated as a civilian Federal firefighter as provided in the program. #

(b) A person who would like to be placed on a list of persons as indicated in (a) above may contact Civil Service Commission staff to apply for inclusion on a list. #

1. Placement on a list of persons terminated as a civilian Federal firefighter as provided in the program shall be determined based on the person's length of service as a civilian Federal firefighter. #

(c) In selecting a person from the list, the municipality, county, or fire district shall verify and certify to the Chairperson or designee, the eligibility of the person for appointment pursuant to this program. #

1. A municipality or fire district interested in making an appointment under this program shall give first preference in making an appointment to residents of the municipality and second preference to residents of the county not residing in the municipality. #

2. A county interested in making an appointment under N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.9(a) shall give first preference in making an appointment to residents of the county. #

(d) An appointment made under this program: #

1. Shall be reported to the Civil Service Commission; #

2. Shall have priority over open competitive and promotional eligible lists and regular reemployment lists, but no such appointment shall be made if a special reemployment list exists for the title in the municipality, county or fire district interested in making the appointment; #

3. Shall be made without regard to seniority, age, veteran's status or the municipality, county or fire district from which a person was laid off or demoted; #

4. Shall not be subject to a working test period; and #

5. Shall not be made to a title other than an entry level title without Civil Service Commission approval. #

(e) A person appointed under this program: #

1. May not be appointed a second time under this program unless the person is again laid off or demoted for reasons of economy, efficiency or other related reasons; #

2. Shall begin to accrue seniority as of the effective date of the new appointment; #

3. Shall not retain any superior rank held in the municipality, county or fire district from which the person was laid off or demoted; and #

4. Shall not be removed from the special reemployment list for the jurisdiction from which the person was laid off. #

Amendment history

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

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.142
    49 N.J.R. 492(a); 49 N.J.R. 2239(a)
  2. AmendedR.1998 d.519
    30 N.J.R. 2327(a); 30 N.J.R. 3938(a)
  3. New ruleR.1996 d.471
    28 N.J.R. 3208(a); 28 N.J.R. 4423(a)

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