[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4035

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MAY 12, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  RAJ MUKHERJI

District 33 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  RONALD S. DANCER

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman  BENJIE E. WIMBERLY

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Freiman

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires gubernatorial appointment of State Agriculture Development Committee executive director.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the Senate on March 20, 2023.

  

An Act concerning the executive director of the State Agriculture Development Committee and supplementing P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-1 et seq.).

 

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

 

     1.    a.  The Governor shall appoint ¹from among three candidates recommended by the State Board of Agriculture¹, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an executive director of the committee, who shall serve as the committee's chief administrative officer.  The executive director shall maintain oversight of administrative operations conducted by the committee, develop an annual budget and a salary and compensation guide for any managerial or other staff positions that are not subject to Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, arrange committee agendas with the approval of the committee's chair, appoint administrative staff, execute contracts on behalf of the committee; and perform any other responsibilities designated to the executive director by the committee.

     b.    The executive director shall serve as a member of the senior executive or unclassified service and may be appointed without regard to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes.  The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor for a term of five years, and shall be eligible for reappointment.  The Governor shall nominate an executive director no later than 12 months after the effective date of this act.  Any vacancy in the office occurring for any reason other than the expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term only in the same manner as the appointment of any subsequent executive director as set forth herein.  ²Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the prior advice and consent of the Senate shall be required in order for any person to serve as the executive director of the committee, and the Governor shall not be authorized to appoint any person to serve as executive director in an acting capacity.²  The executive director shall receive an annual salary to be fixed and established by the Governor.

     c.     The executive director shall not represent any person or party other than the State before or against the committee, or register as a "governmental affairs agent" as defined in section 3 of P.L.1971, c.183 (C.52:13C-20), for a period of two years from the termination of the executive director's employment.

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.