N.J. Stat. § 11A:3-2.2: Certain transfers, appointments prohibited

2. No title shall be transferred from the State unclassified service or the senior executive service to the noncompetitive division of the career service and no individual serving in a title in the State unclassified service or the senior executive service shall be transferred to or appointed to the noncompetitive division of the career service during the six-month period immediately preceding the termination of the Governor's four-year term. A transfer or appointment which violates the provisions of this section is void.

L.1993,c.371,s.2.