Bill Text: NJ S3481 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires candidate receiving public matching funds to adopt policy prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-14 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S3481 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S3481-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires candidate receiving public matching funds to adopt policy prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the adoption of a policy prohibiting discrimination in the workplace by a candidate receiving public funding and amending P.L.1974, c.26.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 8 of P.L.1974, c.26 (C.19:44A-33) is amended to read as follows:
8. a. The campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer of any qualified candidate for nomination for election to the office of Governor in a primary election upon application to the commission shall promptly receive in behalf of the qualified candidate from the fund for election campaign expenses, but not prior to January 1 of the year of the election, moneys in an amount equal to twice the amount of no more than $1,500.00 of each contribution deposited in the qualified candidate's primary election bank account described in section 7 of P.L.1974, c.26 (C.19:44A-32), except that no payment shall be made from the fund to any candidate for the first $50,000.00 deposited in the qualified candidate's bank account. The maximum amount which any qualified candidate for nomination for election to the office of Governor in a primary election may receive from the fund for election campaign expenses shall not exceed $1,350,000. Applications for payments and payments under this subsection following the date on which a candidate is determined to be a qualified candidate shall be made only on the basis of no less than $12,500.00 of such contributions.
b. The campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer of any qualified candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in a general election upon application to the commission shall promptly receive in behalf of such qualified candidates from the fund for election campaign expenses, but not prior to the primary election, moneys in an amount equal to twice the amount of no more than $1,500.00 of each contribution deposited in such qualified candidates' bank account described in section 7 of P.L.1974, c.26 (C.19:44A-32), except that no payment shall be made from the fund to any candidates for the first $50,000.00 deposited in such qualified candidates' bank account.
The maximum amount which any qualified candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in a general election may receive from the fund for election campaign expenses shall not exceed $3,300,000. Applications for payments and payments under this subsection following the date on which joint candidates are determined to be qualified candidates shall be made only on the basis of no less than $12,500.00 of such contributions.
c. Payment pursuant to this section shall not be made unless the candidate committee of such qualified candidate or candidates has adopted a policy prohibiting discrimination in the workplace identical in nature to that adopted by the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action, established pursuant to N.J.S.11A:7-2.
(cf: P.L.2009, c.66, s.21)
2. This act shall take effect January 1 of the year next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a candidate for election to the office of Governor in a primary election and candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in a general election who receive public matching funds to adopt a policy prohibiting discrimination in the workplace identical in nature to the policy adopted by the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action.
