Bill Text: NJ A1615 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits member of Legislature from entering into contract with public entity located within member's legislative district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee [A1615 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1615-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.
District 12 (Mercer and Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits member of Legislature from entering into contract with public entity located within member's legislative district.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act prohibiting members of the Legislature from performing certain public contracts and supplementing P.L.1971, c.182.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to any prohibition contained in section 8 of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-19) and notwithstanding any exceptions thereto, no member of the Legislature shall knowingly himself or by his partners or through any corporation which he controls or in which he owns or controls more than 1% of the stock, or by any other person for his use or benefit or on his account, enter into a contract to provide, for profit, any goods or services to, or perform any employment for, any municipal, county, or State government agency, board, bureau, office, authority, district, institution of higher education, or any other government entity or public entity located within the member's legislative district.
2. a. Any contract described in section 1 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) that is entered into by a member of the Legislature and is in effect before the effective date of this act, P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), shall be disclosed, within 60 days after the effective date of this act, in the financial disclosure statement required to be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards by the member pursuant to law, regulation or executive order, or as an addendum to that statement.
b. Any contract entered into before the effective date of this act, P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), shall continue in effect until its expiration but shall not be renewed, except that a member of the Legislature may accept a renewal of a contract if the member's services are necessary to complete a specific project or projects.
c. Any contract or project entered into by a person prior to that person taking the oath of office as a member of the Legislature, shall be disclosed by the member in the financial disclosure statement described in this section, and shall continue in effect until its expiration but shall not be renewed, except that a member of the Legislature may accept a renewal of a contract if the member's services are necessary to complete a specific project or projects.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill supplements the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law," P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12) to prohibit members of the Legislature from entering into contracts to provide, for profit, goods or services to, or perform any employment for, any municipal, county, or State public entity located within their legislative districts. The prohibition under the bill applies to the member, the member's partners, any corporation which the member controls or in which the member owns or controls more than 1% of the stock, and to any other person for the member's benefit. However, any contracts in effect prior to the bill's effective date would be permitted to continue until they expire, but shall not be renewed. Such contracts would be subject to disclosure, within 60 days after the effective date of this bill, in the financial disclosure statement each member of the Legislature is required to file each year with the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards, or as an addendum to that statement.
Furthermore, any contract entered into by a person prior to that person taking the oath of office as a member of the Legislature would also be subject to disclosure by the member in the financial disclosure statement but would continue in effect until expiration.
The bill would permit a member of the Legislature to renew an existing contract only if the member's services are necessary to complete a specific project or projects. This provision is intended to ensure that contracts and projects a member of the Legislature entered into prior to the effective date of the bill, or prior to taking the oath of office, are completed to the benefit of the public entity and the member of the Legislature engaged in the contract or project.
