Bill Text: NJ S1583 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits distribution to students of literature that promotes, favors, or opposes candidacy of any candidate for election at any general, municipal, or school election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-13 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S1583 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-S1583-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 1583

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 13, 2020

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits distribution to students of literature that promotes, favors, or opposes candidacy of any candidate for election at any general, municipal, or school election.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

 

An Act concerning the distribution of campaign literature to students and amending N.J.S.18A:42-4. 

 

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

 

1.      N.J.S.18A:42-4 is amended to read as follows:

     18A:42-4.   No literature which in any manner and in any part thereof promotes, favors or opposes the candidacy of any candidate for election at any [annual] general, municipal, or school election, or the adoption of any bond issue, proposal, or any public question submitted at any general, municipal or school election shall be given to any public school pupil in any public school building or on the grounds thereof for the purpose of having such pupil take the same to his home or distribute it to any person outside of said building or grounds, nor shall any pupil be requested or directed by any official or employee of the public schools to engage in any activity which tends to promote, favor or oppose any such candidacy, bond issue, proposal, or public question.  The board of education of each school district shall prescribe necessary rules to carry out the purposes of this section.

(cf: N.J.S.18A:42-4)

 

2.      This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     Current law prohibits the distribution to students of literature that promotes, favors, or opposes the candidacy of any candidate for election at any annual school election or the adoption of any bond issue, proposal, or any public question submitted at any general, municipal, or school election.  This bill amends the law to extend the prohibition to the distribution to students of literature regarding the candidacy of any candidate of any general, municipal, or school election.