SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1118

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: OCTOBER 3, 1996

      The Senate State Government Committee reports favorably Assembly, No. 1118(1R).

      This bill requires that each legislative agent or lobbyist shall annually provide each member of the Legislature, legislative staff, the Governor, the Governor's staff, or an officer or staff member of the Executive Branch who receives a benefit required to be disclosed in the agent or lobbyist's annual financial report to the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) under the "Legislative Activities Disclosure Act of 1971" with a full written and certified report of the benefit, including a description of the benefit, the amount of the benefit, the date it was provided and to whom it was paid. The reports would be transmitted to the recipients of the benefits no later than February 1 of each year and cover benefits provided in the immediately preceding calendar year.