Bill Text: NJ S4161 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Removes requirement for promulgation by Governor of national census.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-01-12 - Approved P.L.2021, c.369. [S4161 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-S4161-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Removes requirement for promulgation by Governor of national census.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the promulgation by the Governor of the national census and amending various parts of the statutory law.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.52:4-1 is amended to read as follows:
52:4-1. The governor is authorized to [file in the office of the secretary of state a copy of the bulletin issued by the director of the national census or other officer having charge thereof, and showing the population of the state] issue a statement declaring the date on which the Governor received the federal decennial census. The [filing of such bulletin] statement shall be [an official promulgation] deemed determinative of the date on which the Governor received such census[, which shall take effect immediately].
(cf: R.S.52:4-1)
2. Section 5 of P.L.1995, c.425 (C.34:13A-16.2) is amended to read as follows:
5. a. The commission shall promulgate guidelines for determining the comparability of jurisdictions for the purposes of paragraph (2) of subsection g. of section 3 of P.L.1977, c.85 (C.34:13A-16).
b. The commission shall review the guidelines promulgated under this section at least once every four years and may modify or amend them as is deemed necessary; provided, however, that the commission shall review and modify those guidelines in each year in which a federal decennial census [becomes effective pursuant to R.S.52:4-1] is received by the Governor.
(cf: P.L.1995, c.425, s.5)
3. N.J.S.40A:6-2 is amended to read as follows:
40A:6-2. Whenever the classification of any county is changed by reason of increase of population as shown by any future federal decennial census, the change in class shall be deemed to take effect on July 1 following the [promulgation thereof pursuant to R.S. 52:4-1] receipt by the Governor of the federal decennial census.
(cf: P.L.1981, c.462, s.45)
4. N.J.S.40A:6-6 is amended to read as follows:
40A:6-6. A federal decennial census shall [take effect and] be applicable to the classification of all cities within 90 days after its [official promulgation pursuant to R.S. 52:4-1] receipt by the Governor.
(cf: P.L.1981, c.462, s.46)
5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive to July 1, 2021.
STATEMENT
This bill removes the requirement for promulgation by the Governor of the national census.
Under current law, the governor is authorized to file in the office of the Secretary of State a copy of the bulletin issued by the director of the national census. The filing is an official promulgation of the census. This bill removes that requirement.
The director of the national census no longer issues a bulletin regarding the census. The information is now available online directly from the Census Bureau and has already been published online by the Secretary of State. Thus, the Governor has already made this information available and the promulgation requirement is no longer necessary. This bill authorizes the Governor to issue a statement declaring the date on which the census was received.
