Bill Text: NJ S439 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes from two to four number of consecutive general elections where more than 750 votes or less than 250 votes may be cast before election district is redrawn.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S439 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S439-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator NICHOLAS J. SACCO
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Changes from two to four number of consecutive general elections where more than 750 votes or less than 250 votes may be cast before election district is redrawn.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning election districts and amending P.L.1976, c.83.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 4 of P.L.1976, c.83 (C.19:4-13) is amended to read as follows:
4. When in any [two] four consecutive general elections in an election district more than 750 or less than 250 votes shall have been cast, the county board shall readjust the boundary lines of such election district and other election districts necessary to effect changes so that none of the election districts affected shall have more than 750 registered voters, and for this purpose shall have power to consolidate any number of districts and subdivide the same.
(cf: P.L.1976, c.83, s.4)
2. This act shall take effect immediately
STATEMENT
This bill changes, from two to four, the number of consecutive general elections in an election district at which no more than 750 votes or less than 250 votes may be cast before the election district is redrawn, so that the district and any other affected district has no more than 750 registered voters.
