New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-178. Liability for training costs; terms defined
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-178
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. Whenever a person who resigned as a member of a county or municipal law enforcement agency is appointed to another county or municipal law enforcement agency, the police department of an educational institution pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C. 18A:6-4.2 et seq.), State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Police Department pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1989, c.291 (C. 27:25-15.1) within 120 days of resignation, and that person, at the time of resignation held a permanent appointment for more than 30 days but less than two years, the county or municipal law enforcement agency, educational institution, or State law enforcement agency appointing the person, or the New Jersey Transit Corporation, is liable to the former county or municipal employer, as appropriate, for one-half of the total certified costs incurred by the former employer in the examination, hiring and training of that person.
c. Upon the appointment of a former member of a county or municipal law enforcement agency, the appointing county or municipal law enforcement agency, educational institution, State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall notify the former employer immediately upon the appointment of a former employee and shall reimburse the former employer within 120 days of the receipt of the certified costs.
d. For the purposes of this act:
“County or municipal law enforcement agency” means and includes, but is not limited to, a county or municipal police department or force, a county corrections department and a county sheriff’s office;
“Examination costs” means and includes, but is not limited to, the costs of all qualifying examinations and the public advertisements for these examinations;
“State law enforcement agency” means and includes, but is not limited to, the police department of a State agency and the State Department of Corrections, but does not include the State Police; and
“Training costs” means the police training course fees and the base salary received while attending the police training course, as required by P.L.1961, c.56 (C. 52:17B-66 et seq.).
L.1987,c.47,s.1; amended 1989, c.40, s.1; 2000, c.106, s.1.