[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Haddon 7-13-1982 by Ord. No. 732. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and cited as the
"Nonuniformed Employee Educational Incentive Ordinance of the Township
of Haddon in the County of Camden and State of New Jersey."
It is expressly stated by the Township of Haddon,
County of Camden and State of New Jersey, that the Township hereby
encourages its employees to pursue formal education in job-related
areas to better serve the needs of the citizens of such township.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An institution of higher learning accredited by the New Jersey
State Department of Education.
Equivalent to semester hour or semester hours, as the case
may be.
Equivalent to that designation as used by the particular
accredited institution with respect to any credit hour offered by
such institution.
Any full-time employee of Haddon Township, provided that
this chapter shall not apply to any member of the police force of
the Township of Haddon, who shall be subject to the provisions of
the Police Educational Incentive Ordinance.
[1]A claim or attempted claim for payment due hereunder based
upon a fact known to be false, and each such claim or attempted claim
shall constitute a separate and distinct "false claim."
That grade established by the particular accredited institution
with regard to any credit hour offered by such institution.
A.
Each employee shall receive, in addition to all other
payments and allowances provided by law, the sum of $1 per credit
hour per month for each month after the school term during which such
member was enrolled in a job-related college course. The payments
shall be made at the end of the semester period for the course or
courses as completed, but payments shall be made only on account of
a credit hour in which an employee has obtained a passing grade, or
if there shall be no passing grade, such payments shall be made only
on account of a credit hour successfully completed.
B.
Any employee who is entitled to payment as provided
above shall make a claim for payment and supply such information in
such claim as may be reasonably required by the Director of Revenue
and Finance of the Township of Haddon and shall produce proof adequate
to the Director of Revenue and Finance of the Township of Haddon concerning
the passing grade in each credit hour or the successful completion
of each credit hour for which payment is claimed.
C.
No payment shall be made to an employee for a passing
grade in any credit hour or any credit hour successfully completed
while not an employee until such employee shall obtain passing grades
in or successfully complete 64 credit hours or the then-current equivalent
of an associate degree. Upon receiving the then-current equivalent
of an associate degree or obtaining passing grades in or successfully
completing 64 credit hours, the employee shall receive all sums to
which such employee is entitled hereunder, together with all sums
which such employee would have been entitled to had such employee
been employed at the time the passing grade was obtained in any credit
hour or at the time any credit hour was successfully completed.
A.
It shall be unlawful to make a false claim or assist in making a false claim for payment as provided in any subsection of § 25-4 above.
B.
Any person, persons, unincorporated association or corporation, or otherwise, who shall make a false claim or assist in making a false claim for payment as provided in any subsection of § 25-4 above shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge before whom such conviction shall be had.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
This chapter may be amended as provided by law.
Incentive payments as provided by § 25-4 above shall be made for courses in which an employee has received a passing grade anytime after January 1, 1980, or if there shall be no passing grade, such payments shall be made on account of credit hours successfully completed anytime after January 1, 1980.
