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C. 52:14-15.111
P.L. 1999, Joint Resolution No. 1, approved March 5, 1999
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 49 (Second Reprint)
A Joint Resolution creating the "Public Officers Salary Review
Commission."
Whereas, The Legislature finds and declares that it is necessary to review the salaries of certain public officials to ensure that they are receiving salaries commensurate with their responsibilities and commensurate with the salaries of similar officials in other states; and
Whereas, It is necessary to have salaries which do not overpay public officials while at the same time having salaries which pay them appropriate amounts; and
Whereas, These salary levels need to be thoroughly reviewed before any pay changes are implemented; and
Whereas, It is necessary to develop a consensus and a mechanism to
determine what these salaries should be; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
of New Jersey:
1. There is hereby established a commission to be known as the
"Public Officers Salary Review Commission." The commission shall
consist of seven members: two members appointed by the Governor,
no more than one of whom shall be of the same political party; one
member appointed by the President of the Senate; one member
appointed by the Senate minority leader; one member appointed by
the Speaker of the General Assembly; one member appointed by the
Assembly minority leader; and one member appointed by the Chief
Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. In appointing members to
the commission, the Governor, the President of the Senate, the
Speaker of the General Assembly, the Senate and Assembly minority
leaders, and the Chief Justice shall not appoint members who are in
positions that would be affected by the commission's
recommendations.
2. a. The commission shall review the salaries of the Governor, cabinet officers, members of the Board of Public Utilities, members of the Casino Control Commission, Workers' Compensation judges, members of the Legislature, members of the State Commission of Investigation, Justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Superior Court, judges of the Tax Court 1, administrative law judges1 and county prosecutors and shall propose to the Governor and Legislature recommendations concerning changes in these salaries.
b. In reviewing these salaries, the commission shall consider: the
responsibilities of each office; the number of hours per week required
to perform the responsibilities of each office; comparable positions in
the public and private sectors within and outside of the State; the
current state of the State and national economies; projections of future
economic growth or decline; and projections of future cost of living
increases or decreases.
3. The commission shall organize as soon as possible after the
appointment of its members and shall select a chairperson and a vice
chairperson from among its members. The chairperson shall appoint
a secretary who need not be a member of the commission. Vacancies
in the membership shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointments.
4. Commission members shall serve without compensation. The
commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of
the services of employees of any State, county, or municipal
department, board, bureau, commission or agency as it may require
and as may be made available to it for its purposes. The commission
shall further be entitled to employ stenographic or other clerical
assistance and incur traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it
may deem necessary in order to perform its duties, within the limits
of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for its
purposes.
2[5. Within 30 days after its first meeting, the commission shall
report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the
Legislature.]2
2[6.] 5.2 This joint resolution shall take effect immediately 2[and
shall expire upon the submission of the commission's report]2.
Establishes commission to review salaries of certain public officials.