SENATE COMMUNITY AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 2658

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 8, 2020

      The Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 2658.

      This bill would clarify that a city council’s investigatory powers over municipal officers and employees is limited to persons who are current officers and employees in the executive branch of the municipality.  This would eliminate any ability of a city council to investigate its own members, or to investigate any former officers or employees of a city administration.