ASSEMBLY, No. 2963
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman P. CHRISTOPHER TULLY
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman LISA SWAIN
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Jimenez
SYNOPSIS
Allows member of Board of Public Utilities to serve in unsalaried State government office.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the General Assembly on February 24, 2020.
An Act concerning membership on the Board of Public Utilities, and amending R.S.48:2-8.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.48:2-8 is amended to read as follows:
48:2-8. No member or employee of the board shall have any official or professional relation or connection with, or hold any stock or securities in, any public utility as herein defined, operating within this State, or hold any other office of profit or trust under the government of this State or of the United States ; except that a member may 1[be appointed pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-4), and may serve, as a public member of the board of directors established thereby] hold an office under the government of this State for which the member does not receive a salary1.
(cf: P.L.1973, c.294, s.3)
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive to January 1, 2020.