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No. 14 -214 Date of Adoption 16, 2014
OPPOSING SENATE BILL S -264
WHEREAS, Senate Bill S -264, released by the Senate and General Assembly of the
State of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, S -264, concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers,
specifically this bill would create a rebuttable presumption that if, in the course of
employment, a public safety worker is exposed to a carcinogen or pathogen, that any
subsequent injury, disability, chronic or corollary illness or death is compensable ruder
workers' compensation; and
WHEREAS, S -264 in its current form is the most expensive bill of its type in the country
and needlessly subsidized the Federal Government at the expense of the New Jersey
taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey League of Municipalities strongly opposes S -264 as
released and has requested that all of its members to go on record similarly opposing the
same.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Cormcil of the Borough
of Carteret, County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, as follows:
1. That the Borough of Carteret hereby opposes Senate Bill S -264 and
recommends creation of a study commission to examine the issue
outside of workers' compensation.
2. That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the New Jersey League
of Municipalities, Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund,
the New Jersey First Aid Council and Senator Joseph Vitale,
Assemblyman Craig Coughlin and Assemblyman John Wisniewski.
Adopted this 6` day of November, 2014
and certified as a true copy of the
original on November 7, 2014.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, MMC
Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
COUNCILMAN
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X - In dicate Vote AB Absent NV - Not Voting XOR -Indicates Vote io Overrule Veto
Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council
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