N.J.A.C. 4A:5-2.3 Veterans and disabled veterans preference in the noncompetitive division
N.J.A.C. 4A:5-2.3, Veterans and disabled veterans preference in the noncompetitive division. making appointments in the noncompetitive division, preference shall be given among qualified applicants to disabled veterans, then veterans. Full text with 2 citing decisions.
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
One sentence, with no list mechanics in it. In the noncompetitive division, preference among qualified applicants goes to disabled veterans first, then to veterans. The wording repays attention: the preference operates among qualified applicants, not by reordering an eligible list the way it does on the open competitive side. Timing is set apart from the list rules as well. For initial employment in the noncompetitive division, and for promotion out of it into the competitive division, the preference takes effect on the date of the Adjutant General's determination rather than by reference to a list issuance date.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:5-2.3. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.
In making appointments in the noncompetitive division, preference shall be given among qualified applicants to disabled veterans, then veterans.
How this rule has been applied
2 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:5-2.3. 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.
Civil Service Commission final determinations (2)
- In re Kelly, Laborer 1, Salem Cnty., CSC Docket Nos. 2019-28122019 N.J. CSC LEXIS 779Docket 2019-2812
- In re Potter, Jr. Program Specialist Trainee, Dep't of Children & Families, CSC Docket No. 2016-12142017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 280Docket 2016-1214