An Act concerning shift overlap in State correctional facilities, supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes, and appropriating $13 million.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
C.30:1B-6.19 Shift overlap, State correctional facilities, information dissemination.
1. In addition to the duties of the commissioner set forth in section 6 of P.L.1976, c.98 (C.30:1B-6), the commissioner shall institute in each State correctional facility a shift overlap of 10 minutes for the purpose of information dissemination between correctional police officers beginning and ending their shifts.
2. There shall be appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Corrections $13,000,000 for the purpose of implementing the shift overlap required pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2023, c.196 (C.30:1B-6.19), which shall be distributed to Department of Corrections correctional police officers, sergeants, and lieutenants, to be paid at the applicable overtime rate at time and one-half.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month after enactment.
Approved December 21, 2023.