STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman SCOTT RUDDER
District 8 (Atlantic, Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Restricts certain former DEP employees from employment with a permit applicant for one year after termination of DEP employment.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning post-employment restrictions for certain employees of the DEP, and supplementing Title 13 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. No employee of the Department of Environmental Protection with responsibility for evaluating or approving permit applications may accept employment with any applicant for a permit issued by the department, or any person issued a permit by the department, for a period of one year after termination of employment with the department.
b. No person employed by the department with responsibility for evaluating or approving permit applications may represent any person or party other than the State before or against the department for a period of one year after termination of his employment with the department.
c. As used in this section, "permit" means any permit, registration or license issued by the Department of Environmental Protection establishing the regulatory and management requirements for an ongoing regulated activity as authorized by federal law or the following State enactments: R.S.12:5-1 et seq.; P.L.1975, c.232 (C.13:1D-29 et seq.); the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.); section 17 of P.L.1975, c.326 (C.13:1E-26); the "Comprehensive Regulated Medical Waste Management Act," P.L.1989, c.34 (C.13:1E-48.1 et al.); P.L.1989, c.151 (C.13:1E-99.21a et al.); the "New Jersey Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act," P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.11 et al.); the "Pesticide Control Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et seq.); the "Industrial Site Recovery Act," P.L.1983, c.330 (C.13:1K-6 et seq.); the "Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act," P.L.1985, c.403 (C.13:1K-19 et seq.); "The Wetlands Act of 1970," P.L.1970, c.272 (C.13:9A-1 et seq.); the "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act," P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et seq.); the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.); the "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act," P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-1 et seq.); the "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)," P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.); the "Water Supply Management Act," P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et seq.); P.L.1947, c.377 (C.58:4A-5 et seq.); the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.); P.L.1986, c.102 (C.58:10A-21 et seq.); the "Safe Drinking Water Act," P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.); the "Flood Hazard Area Control Act," P.L.1962, c.19 (C.58:16A-50 et seq.).
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill would prohibit an employee of the Department of Environmental Protection with responsibility for evaluating or approving permit applications from accepting employment with any applicant for a permit issued by the department, or any person issued a permit by the department, for a period of one year after the termination of employment with the department. The bill would also prohibit a person employed by the department with responsibility for evaluating or approving permit applications from representing any person or party other than the State before or against the department for a period of one year after the termination of his employment with the department.