ASSEMBLY, No. 3361
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
ASSEMBLY, No. 3361
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes county and municipal consumer affairs directors to conduct administrative hearings, assess civil and other penalties, and issue cease and desist orders.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee on October 18, 2010, with amendments.
An Act concerning county and municipal consumer affairs offices, amending P.L.1975, c.376.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.1975, c.376 (C.40:23-6.48) is amended to read as follows:
2. Offices created hereunder shall have the following powers:
a. Those powers granted to the Attorney General by P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) and all supplements thereto, which he may from time to time by rule or regulation delegate to them; provided, however, that the following powers shall not be delegable: the power to promulgate substantive regulations as authorized by P.L.1960, c.39, s.4 (C.56:8-4); [the power to conduct administrative hearings and other powers connected therewith as authorized by P.L.1967, c.97, s.1 (C.56:8-3.1) and by P.L.1971, c.247, s.s.3 through 6, inclusive (C.56:8-15 through 56:8-18);] and the power to grant immunity as authorized by P.L.1960, c.39, s.7 (C.56:8-7).
b. Such other powers not inconsistent with the provisions of this act or any other act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder which may from time to time be assigned to such offices by the governing body of the county or municipality which created them.
c. The power to conduct administrative hearings and other powers connected therewith as authorized by P.L.1967, c.97, s.1 (C.56:8-3.1) and by P.L.1971, c.247, s.s.3 through 6, inclusive (C.56:8-15 through 56:8-18). 1Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to authorize a county or municipal office of consumer affairs created pursuant to P.L.1975, c.376 (C.40:23-6.47 et seq.) to conduct administrative hearings or other powers beyond the scope of matters pertaining to unlawful practices pursuant to P.L.1960, c. 39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).1
(cf: P.L.1975, c.376, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month following enactment.