Bill Text: NJ A4545 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases from six to eight the number of governors of the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University needed to constitute a quorum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-06 - Substituted by S2945 [A4545 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A4545-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
SYNOPSIS
Increases from six to eight the number of governors of the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University needed to constitute a quorum.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University and amending N.J.S.18A:65-22.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.18A:65-22 is amended to read as follows:
18A:65-22. a. [Six] Eight members of the board of governors shall constitute a quorum.
b. Such number, not less than 12, of the board of trustees as shall be determined by the board, and until so determined, 12 members, shall constitute a quorum.
c. A quorum of a joint meeting of the boards shall be present if [six] eight governors and not less than a majority of the trustees then in office (other than those who are governors), are present.
(cf: N.J.S.18A:65-22)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill increases the number of governors of the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University needed to constitute a quorum from six to eight. Similarly, the bill increases the number of governors necessary for a quorum of a joint meeting of the institution's board of governors and board of trustees. Pursuant to the "New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act," P.L.2012, c.45, the number of governors on the Board of Governors increased from 11 to 15 on July 1, 2013. Consequently, it is also appropriate to increase the number of governors necessary to constitute a quorum of that board.
