Bill Text: NJ S1218 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Adds two members to NJ Commission on American Indian Affairs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-08 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S1218 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S1218-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator LORETTA WEINBERG
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Adds two members to NJ Commission on American Indian Affairs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs, and amending P.L.1995, c.295.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1995, c.295 (C.52:16A-53) is amended to read as follows:
1. There is established in the Department of State the New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs. The commission shall consist of [nine] 11 members: the Secretary of State, serving ex officio, and [eight] 10 public members, not more than [four] five of whom shall be from the same political party. Two of the public members shall be members of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Indians, to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Confederation of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Tribes and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two of the public members shall be members of the Ramapough Mountain Indians, to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Ramapough Mountain Indians and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two of the public members shall be members of the Powhatan Renape Nation, to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Powhatan Renape Nation and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two of the public members shall be members of the Ani Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band, to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Ani Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two of the public members shall be members of the Intertribal People, to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Intertribal People and with the advice and consent of the Senate. "Intertribal People" means American Indians who reside in New Jersey and are not members of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Indians, the Ramapough Mountain Indians, [or] the Powhatan Renape Nation, or the Ani Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band, but are enrolled members of another tribe recognized by another state or the federal government.
(cf: P.L.2001, c.417, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would expand the membership of the New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs to include two members of the Ani Tsalagi Onaselagi Northeastern Band.
