Bill Text: NJ A772 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires at least one member of BPU to reside in either Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, or Ocean County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee [A772 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A772-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN
District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen McClellan, Simonsen and S.Kean
SYNOPSIS
Requires at least one member of BPU to reside in either Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, or Ocean County.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning membership of the Board of Public Utilities and amending R.S.48:2-1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.48:2-1 is amended to read as follows:
48:2-1. a. The Board of Public Utilities, named pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 001-1994, effective on July 4, 1994, and allocated in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury pursuant to that plan, is continued and is designated as the Board of Public Utilities or the "board."
b. The board shall consist of five citizens of this State who shall devote their entire time to the duties of the board and shall not engage in any occupation, profession or other gainful employment.
c. Members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of six years. The terms of office of the members of the board shall continue until their successors are appointed and qualified. No person shall act as a member of the board until that person's appointment has been confirmed by the Senate. On or after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), a person shall be appointed to the board only if the appointee, or at least one existing member of the board, resides in either Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, or Ocean County. Not more than three of the members of the board shall be members of the same political party. All vacancies, except through the expiration of term, shall be filled for the unexpired term only.
(cf: P.L.2001, c.132, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires that, after the effective date of the bill, a person is to be appointed to the Board of Public Utilities only if the appointee, or at least one existing member of the board, resides in either Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, or Ocean County.
