SENATE, No. 1990

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 5, 2020

 


 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LORETTA WEINBERG

District 37 (Bergen)

Senator  JOSEPH A. LAGANA

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  GORDON M. JOHNSON

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  P. CHRISTOPHER TULLY

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  LISA SWAIN

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Jimenez

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

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

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

 


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.