Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ROY FREIMAN
District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)
Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK
District 18 (Middlesex)
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Drulis
SYNOPSIS
Changes classification of State Investigators in civil service.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended on January 12, 2026 by the General Assembly pursuant to the Governor's recommendations.
An Act changing the classification of State Investigators in the civil service and amending P.L.1977, c.275.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1977, c.275 (C.52:17B-100.1) is amended to read as follows:
1. There is hereby created in the Division of Criminal Justice, the office or position of State Investigator which shall be [in the unclassified service of] 1[a classified title within] in the career service of1 the civil service. The Attorney General may appoint such number of suitable persons to serve as State investigators, [to serve at his pleasure and subject to removal by him,] as are necessary to assist in the detection, apprehension, arrest and conviction of offenders against the law. Persons so appointed shall possess all the powers and rights and be subject to all the obligations of police officers, constables and special deputy sheriffs, in criminal matters. The Division of Criminal Justice and the Civil Service Commission shall convert the titles of all employees in the position of State Investigator on the effective date of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill) from the unclassified to the 1[classified] career1 service.
(cf: P.L.1977, c.275, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.