Bill Text: NJ S2049 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires chairs of certain ward political party committees to have same rights and responsibilities as chairs of municipal political party committees; specifies certain cities not required to have municipal chairs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-08-10 - Absolute Veto, Received in the Senate [S2049 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2049-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator RONALD L. RICE
District 28 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires chairs of certain ward political party committees to have same rights and responsibilities as chairs of municipal political party committees; specifies certain cities not required to have municipal chairs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning certain ward committees of a political party, and supplementing chapter 5 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Whenever a city of the first class with a population of 270,000 or more, according to the most recent federal decennial census, is divided into wards pursuant to the "Municipal Ward Law," P.L.1981, c.496 (C.40:44-9 et seq.), the chair of each ward committee of a political party of that city shall have the same rights and responsibilities as the chair of a municipal committee of a political party as provided for in R.S.19:5-2 and section 22 of P.L.1983, c.579 (C.19:5-2.1). Such a city shall not be required to have a chair for a municipal committee of a political party in that city.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that whenever a city of the first class with a population of 270,000 or more is divided into wards, pursuant to the "Municipal Ward Law," the chair of each ward committee of a political party of that city is to have the same rights and responsibilities as the chair of a municipal committee of a political party as provided for in current law.
The bill also provides that such a city would not be required to have a chair for a municipal committee of a political party in that city.
