Bill Text: NJ A1391 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Decreases BPU membership from five to three members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee [A1391 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1391-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman MICHAEL PATRICK CARROLL
District 25 (Morris)
Assemblyman SAMUEL D. THOMPSON
District 13 (Middlesex and Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Polistina, Wolfe, Assemblywomen Coyle, McHose, Assemblymen Chiusano, Webber, O'Scanlon and Assemblywoman Casagrande
SYNOPSIS
Decreases BPU membership from five to three members.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the membership of the Board of Public Utilities and amending R.S.48:2-1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.48:2-1 is amended to read as follows:
48:2-1. a. The Board of Public Utilities, named pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 001-1994, effective on July 4, 1994, and allocated in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury pursuant to that plan, is continued and is designated as the Board of Public Utilities or the "board."
b. The board shall consist of [five] three citizens of this State who shall devote their entire time to the duties of the board and shall not engage in any occupation, profession or other gainful employment.
c. Members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of six years. The terms of office of the members of the board shall continue until their successors are appointed and qualified. No person shall act as a member of the board until that person's appointment has been confirmed by the Senate. Not more than [three] two of the members of the board shall be members of the same political party. All vacancies, except through the expiration of term, shall be filled for the unexpired term only.
(cf: P.L.2001, c.132, s.1)
2. (New section) No later than the 30th day following the effective date of this act, the Governor shall, as necessary, designate up to two members of the Board of Public Utilities whose membership shall terminate for purposes of implementing the reduction in the full membership of the board pursuant to the amendatory provisions of section 1 of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill). Such termination shall become effective on that 30th day.
3. This act shall take effect immediately, but section 1 shall be inoperative until the 30th day following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill would decrease the membership of the Board of Public Utilities ("board") from five to three citizen members and reduce from three to two the maximum number of members who may be of the same political party. No later than the 30th day following the effective date of the bill, the Governor is to, as necessary, designate up to two members of the board whose membership is to terminate for purposes of implementing the reduction in the full membership of the board pursuant to the amendatory provisions of section 1 of the bill. Such termination is to become effective on that 30th day.
