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NEW
JERSEY LAW REVISION COMMISSION Overview
of the Commission and its Work
Establishment
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The
New Jersey Law Revision Commission was created in 1985
by the New Jersey Legislature. The Commission was given
the responsibility to review the New Jersey statutes and
to recommend changes to improve and modernize the statutory
law. See P.L.1985, c.498, N.J.S.A.
1:12A-1 et seq.The Commission fulfills this mandate
through annual and periodic reports to the Legislature
containing recommendations for the adoption, repeal and
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Predecessor
Commissions
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The
Commission became operational in 1986; however, the concept
of permanent, institutionalized statutory revision and
codification is not new in New Jersey The first Law Revision
Commission was established in 1925. That commission produced
the Revised Statutes of 1937. The intent of the Legislature
was that the work of revision and codification continue
after the Revised Statutes, so the Law Revision Commission
continued in operation. After 1939, its functions passed
to a number of successor agencies. Most recently, statutory
revision and codification were among the duties of Legislative
Counsel (N.J.S.A. 52:11-61). By 1985, c.498, the
Legislature transferred the functions of statutory revision
and codification to the New Jersey Law Revision Commission.
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How
the Commission Operates
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The
Commission considers suggestions for revision projects
from legislators, the commissioners themselves, staff,
members of the legal community and the public. Once a
project is assigned, staff members commence research and
prepare memoranda on issues to be presented to the commissioners.
Research may include conventional legal research on cases
and statutes, as well as interviews with members of the
legal community, persons in government, or any other parties
who may have information relevant to the particular subject
matter. When preliminary drafting and redrafting is complete,
the commissioners may approve a "tentative report"
for formal circulation to the public for comment. Depending
upon the project, a second or third "tentative report"
may be issued for comment prior to the approval of a "final
report" which is formally submitted to the Legislature.
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Commissioners
and Staff
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The
Commission consists of four appointed attorney members,
the deans of New Jersey's three ABA-approved law schools,
and the chairs of the Judiciary Committees in the State
Senate and State Assembly.
Currently the commissioners are:
- Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr., Chair, Attorney at Law, Morristown, N.J.
- Andrew
O. Bunn, Attorney at Law, Short Hills, N.J.
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Virginia A. Long, Justice, Princeton, N.J
- Louis N. Rainone, Attorney at Law, Middletown, N.J.
- Kimberly Mutcherson, Co-Dean, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden
- David Lopez, Co-Dean, Rutgers University School of Law,
Newark
- Kathleen M. Boozang, Dean,
Seton Hall University School of Law
- Raj Mukherji Chair, Assembly Judiciary Committee
- Nicholas
P. Scutari Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee
Dean Mutcherson is represented by Grace Bertone, Attorney at
Law, Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.; Dean Lopez is represented by Professor Bernard Bell of Rutgers University School of Law, Newark; and Dean Boozang is represented by Professor John K. Cornwell of Seton Hall University School of Law;
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The
Staff includes:
The New Jersey Uniform Law Commissioners are: John M. Cannel, Joseph M. Donegan, Barry H. Evenchick, Stephen M. Orlofsky, and Howard T. Rosen.
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