52:18A-249 Limitation on hires in judicial branch to replace retirees.
3. The number of employees hired after the effective date of P.L.2008, c.21 in the judicial branch of State government to fill the vacancies created directly or indirectly because eligible employees retired to receive additional retirement benefits pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2008, c.21 shall not exceed, in total for the judicial branch, 10 percent of the total number of employees who retired pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2008, c.21, including the employees for whom the effective date of retirement was delayed pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.2008, c.21. A vacancy created directly shall mean a vacancy in the position held by the retiring employee at the time of retirement. A vacancy created indirectly shall mean a vacancy in a position created directly or indirectly by promotion or transfer to fill a vacancy in a position caused by the retiring employee.
L.2008, c.21, s.3.