New Jersey Statutes Appendix - Former Title 11 Civil Service 11 § 9-2.1

Notwithstanding any provisions of law relating to required residence for State employees in Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, the appointing authority of any State correctional facility located in a county with a population of more than 135,000 but less than 175,000 inhabitants, according to the 1990 federal decennial census, shall appoint to positions of employment with the facility residents of the county in which the facility is located and residents of any adjoining county with a population of less than 100,000, according to the 1990 federal decennial census, and shall give first preference in appointments to positions of employment to residents of the municipality in which the facility is located and second preference in appointments to positions of employment (1) to residents of the county in which the facility is located;  (2), in the case of any such State correctional facility in operation on the effective date of P.L.1995, c. 197, to residents of any adjoining county of the sixth class having a population of less than 100,000, according to the 1990 federal decennial census;  and (3), in the case of any such State correctional facility which becomes operational after the effective date of P.L.1995, c. 197, to residents of any adjoining county of the third class having a population of less than 70,000, according to the 1990 federal decennial census, provided that: