Bill Text: NJ A298 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Authorizes counties and municipalities to adopt regulations limiting political contributions by contractors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee [A298 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A298-Introduced.html

---

ASSEMBLY, No. 298

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  DAVID C. RUSSO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes counties and municipalities to adopt regulations limiting political contributions by contractors.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act authorizing counties and municipalities to impose limits on political contributions by contractors and supplementing P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-1 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  Counties and municipalities are hereby authorized to enact regulations limiting the awarding of public contracts to persons or business entities that have made political contributions and limiting the political contributions contractors could make during the term of a contract, of the county's or municipality's own design which exceed the parameters of sections 1 through 12 of P.L.2004, c.   (C.   ) (Senate, No. 2 of 2004 enacted on June 16, 2004).

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill authorizes counties and municipalities to enact regulations limiting the awarding of public contracts to persons or business entities that have made political contributions and limiting the political contributions contractors could make during the term of a contract, of the county's or municipality's own design which exceed the parameters of the recently P.L.2004, c.        (C.       ) (Senate, No. 2 of 2004 enacted on June 16, 2004).  Without this authorization the new law would preempt such regulations that seek to address local contracting reform, thus rendering the existing local ordinances on this matter void.  Also, this bill would preserve the citizen's right to enact strong reform by initiative and referendum at the local government level.