SENATE, No. 2327

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 11, 1997

 

 

By Senator SCHLUTER

 

 

An Act concerning additional members of boards of chosen freeholders, and amending P.L.1964, c.36.

 

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

 

    1. Section 2 of P.L.1964, c.36 (C.40:20-20a) is amended to read as follows:

    2. In any county in which 2 additional members are to be elected to the board of chosen freeholders as required by [this amendatory and supplementary act] R.S.40:20-20, the terms of office of said additional members shall be 3 years, except that in any county in which the board of chosen freeholders consists of more than three members prior to the addition, of said additional members first to be elected, one shall be for a term of 2 years and one shall be for a term of 3 years and in any county in which the board of chosen freeholders consists of three members prior to the addition, of said additional members first to be elected, one shall be for a term of 1 year and one shall be for a term of 2 years .

(cf: P.L.1964, c.36, s.2)

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill would provide that, in any county in which two additional members are to be elected to a board of chosen freeholders which consists of three members, the terms of office shall be 3 years, except that for the initial term one members shall have a term of 1 year and one member shall have a term of 2 years. The terms of office of additional members to be elected to boards of chosen freeholders consisting of more than three members would remain unaffected by this bill.

                             

 

Establishes terms of office of certain additional freeholders.