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P.L. 2020, CHAPTER 36, approved June 11, 2020

Senate, No. 1990

An Act concerning membership on the Board of Public Utilities, and amending R.S.48:2-8.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.    R.S.48:2-8 is amended to read as follows:

     48:2-8.    No member or employee of the board shall have any official or professional relation or connection with, or hold any stock or securities in, any public utility as herein defined, operating within this State, or hold any other office of profit or trust under the government of this State or of the United States; except that a member may hold an office under the government of this State for which the member does not receive a salary.

(cf: P.L1973, c.294, s.3)

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive to January 1, 2020.

STATEMENT

     This bill allows a member of the Board of Public Utilities to hold an office under the government of this State for which the member does not receive a salary.

     Allows member of Board of Public Utilities to serve in unsalaried State government office.