STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman DAVID C. RUSSO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes counties and municipalities to adopt regulations limiting political contributions by contractors.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act authorizing counties and municipalities to impose limits on political contributions by contractors and supplementing P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Counties and municipalities are hereby authorized to enact regulations limiting the awarding of public contracts to persons or business entities that have made political contributions and limiting the political contributions contractors could make during the term of a contract, of the county's or municipality's own design which exceed the parameters of sections 1 through 12 of P.L.2004, c. (C. ) (Senate, No. 2 of 2004 enacted on June 16, 2004).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill authorizes counties and municipalities to enact regulations limiting the awarding of public contracts to persons or business entities that have made political contributions and limiting the political contributions contractors could make during the term of a contract, of the county's or municipality's own design which exceed the parameters of the recently P.L.2004, c. (C. ) (Senate, No. 2 of 2004 enacted on June 16, 2004). Without this authorization the new law would preempt such regulations that seek to address local contracting reform, thus rendering the existing local ordinances on this matter void. Also, this bill would preserve the citizen's right to enact strong reform by initiative and referendum at the local government level.