Bill Text: NJ A2211 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides abstention does not count towards remaining members in vote to fill certain municipal vacancies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A2211 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-A2211-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2211

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  BARBARA MCCANN STAMATO

District 31 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides abstention does not count towards remaining members in vote to fill certain municipal vacancies.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning the vote required to fill certain municipal vacancies and amending N.J.S.40A:16-6 and N.J.S.40A:16-7.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  N.J.S.40A:16-6 is amended to read as follows:

     N.J.S.40A:16-6.  An appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor shall be by a majority vote of the entire membership of the governing body.  Those members who abstain from a vote pursuant to this section shall not be counted toward the remaining members of the governing body, and a majority shall be determined by those voting in favor or in opposition to a nominee to fill the vacancy.

(cf: N.J.S.40A:16-6)

 

     2.  N.J.S.40A:16-7 is amended to read as follows:

     N.J.S.40A:16-7.  An appointment to fill a vacancy in the membership of a governing body shall be by a majority vote of the remaining members of the governing body.  Those members who abstain from a vote pursuant to this section shall not be counted toward the remaining members of the governing body, and a majority shall be determined by those voting in favor or in opposition to a nominee to fill the vacancy.

(cf: N.J.S.40A:16-7)

 

     3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     Under the provisions of this bill a member of a municipal governing body who abstains from voting to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor or on the governing body would not be counted as a remaining member of the governing body, and a majority would be determined by those voting in favor or in opposition to a nominee to fill the vacancy.