STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman VINCENT J. POLISTINA
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman JOHN F. AMODEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
SYNOPSIS
Limits appointment or employment of members of Legislature for two years after completion of legislative service.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act imposing a restriction on the appointment or employment of former members of the Legislature and supplementing P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D‑12 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A member of the Legislature shall not be eligible to hold, for twenty four months following the termination of service in the Legislature, an office or position: in a principal department in the Executive Branch of State Government; with a division, board, bureau, office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by a principal department; with an independent State authority, commission, instrumentality or agency; or with an interstate agency to which New Jersey is a party.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The bill will bar a former member of the Legislature, for a period of two years after leaving that office, from holding an office or position: in a principal department in the Executive Branch of State Government; with a division, board, bureau, office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by a principal department; with an independent State authority, commission, instrumentality or agency; or with an interstate agency to which New Jersey is a party.