CHAPTER 36

 

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:

 

Connection with public utilities or government office.

     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.

 

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

 

     Approved June 11, 2020.