Bill Text: NJ A1379 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits all locally elected officials from receiving retroactive salary increases as of December 1, 2018.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A1379 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A1379-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JAMEL C. HOLLEY
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits all locally elected officials from receiving retroactive salary increases as of December 1, 2018.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the salaries of locally elected officials and supplementing Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The salary of a local elected official shall not be subject to any retroactive increase.
b. Any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive contrary to the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall be void and have no force or effect.
c. As used in this section:
"Local elected official" means any official of a local government whose office is regularly filled at an election by the voters.
"Local government" means a county, municipality, school district, or any other political subdivision of the State.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive to December 1, 2018.
STATEMENT
This bill would prohibit all local elected officials from receiving retroactive salary increases. This bill would apply to elected officials of counties, municipalities, school districts, and any other political subdivision of the State. The bill would be retroactive to December 1, 2018.
