STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman VINCENT PRIETO
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman ANGELICA M. JIMENEZ
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Coughlin and Chiaravalloti
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts to take all steps to ensure adequate security for students when school is open as a polling place and provides that school district costs shall be deducted from the itemized list of expenses submitted by the county board of elections.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning school safety and supplementing Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. If a polling place is located in a public school, the school district shall take all steps to ensure adequate security for the protection of the students when the school is open as a polling place.
b. Any expenses incurred by a school district in carrying out the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall be deducted from the itemized list of costs, charges and expenses submitted to the district by the county board of elections pursuant to P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-12). Any expenses incurred by a school district which exceed the amount of the itemized list of costs, charges and expenses submitted by the county board of elections shall be deducted from the itemized list submitted by the county board of elections to the district in the subsequent year.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires that, if a polling place is located in a public school, the school district take all steps to ensure adequate security for the protection of the students when the school is open as a polling place. The bill also provides that any expenses incurred by a school district in carrying out the bill's provisions will be deducted from the bill which is submitted to the school district by the county board of elections for the costs incurred by the county board in conducting certain school elections in the district. Under existing law, section 12 of P.L.1995, c.278, school districts are required to reimburse the county board of elections for costs associated with the operation of any school election held at a time other than the general election. Under this bill, the costs incurred by the school district in providing additional security will be deducted from the county board of election's bill.