Bill Text: NJ A2211 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides abstention does not count towards remaining members in vote to fill certain municipal vacancies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A2211 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A2211-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman BARBARA MCCANN STAMATO
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Provides abstention does not count towards remaining members in vote to fill certain municipal vacancies.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the vote required to fill certain municipal vacancies and amending N.J.S.40A:16-6 and N.J.S.40A:16-7.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.40A:16-6 is amended to read as follows:
N.J.S.40A:16-6. An appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor shall be by a majority vote of the entire membership of the governing body. Those members who abstain from a vote pursuant to this section shall not be counted toward the remaining members of the governing body, and a majority shall be determined by those voting in favor or in opposition to a nominee to fill the vacancy.
(cf: N.J.S.40A:16-6)
2. N.J.S.40A:16-7 is amended to read as follows:
N.J.S.40A:16-7. An appointment to fill a vacancy in the membership of a governing body shall be by a majority vote of the remaining members of the governing body. Those members who abstain from a vote pursuant to this section shall not be counted toward the remaining members of the governing body, and a majority shall be determined by those voting in favor or in opposition to a nominee to fill the vacancy.
(cf: N.J.S.40A:16-7)
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Under the provisions of this bill a member of a municipal governing body who abstains from voting to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor or on the governing body would not be counted as a remaining member of the governing body, and a majority would be determined by those voting in favor or in opposition to a nominee to fill the vacancy.
