Bill Text: NJ A5112 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-13 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A5112 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A5112-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman NICHOLAS CHIARAVALLOTI
District 31 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act establishing a Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is established a Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault. The purpose of the task force is to further advance the work of the Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165 and monitor the implementation of the recommendations made in its report.
b. The task force shall consist of the following 12 members:
(1) the Secretary of Higher Education, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families, or their designees;
(2) five members appointed by the Governor, including a representative of the State colleges and universities established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a representative of the public research universities, a representative of the county colleges, a representative of the independent colleges and universities, and a representative of the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault; and
(3) four members of the public with demonstrated expertise or interest in issues related to the work of the task force, including at least one individual who is a campus sexual assault survivor. The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the General Assembly shall each appoint one of the public members.
c. To the greatest extent practicable, each appointing authority shall give preference in making appointments under this act to those persons who served on the task force established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165.
d. Appointments to the task force shall be made within 30 days of the effective date of this act. Vacancies in the membership of the task force shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. Members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenditures incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the task force within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the task force for its purposes.
2. The task force shall
organize as soon as practicable following the appointment of its members, but
no later than 60 days after the effective date of this act. The task force
shall choose a chairperson from among its members and shall appoint a secretary
who need not be a member of the task force. The task force shall meet
quarterly, at a minimum.
3. The Office of the Secretary of Higher Education shall provide such stenographic, clerical, and other administrative assistants, and such professional staff as the task force requires to carry out its work. The task force also shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau, commission, or agency as it may require and as may be available for its purposes.
4. It shall be the duty of the task force to further the work of the task force established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165. In particular, the task force shall:
a. study and evaluate emerging issues, policies, and practices concerning campus sexual assault;
b. monitor the response to, and implementation of, the recommendations put forth in the report issued by the task force established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165; and
c. issue new findings and recommendations, as necessary, that supplement the report issued by the task force established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165.
5. The task force shall issue a final report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), no later than two years after the task force organizes.
6. This act shall take effect immediately, and the task force shall expire 30 days after the issuance of its final report.
STATEMENT
The Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault, established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165, is scheduled to release its final report in June of 2017. The task force will expire 30 days after the issuance of its report. This bill establishes a successor Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault. The purpose of the task force established under this bill is to further advance the work of the task force established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165 and monitor the implementation of the recommendations made in its report. In particular, the task force is directed to:
· study and evaluate emerging issues, policies, and practices concerning campus sexual assault;
· monitor the response to, and implementation of, recommendations put forth in the report issued by the task force established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165; and
· issue new findings and recommendations, as necessary, that supplement the report issued by the task force established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165.
The task force will consist of 12 members, and will meet quarterly, at a minimum. To the greatest extent practicable, each appointing authority shall give preference in making appointments to those persons who served on the task force established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.165. The members will include: the Secretary of Higher Education, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families, or their designees; five members appointed by the Governor, including a representative of the State colleges and universities, a representative of the public research universities, a representative of the county colleges, a representative of the independent colleges and universities, and a representative of the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault; and four members of the public with demonstrated expertise or interest in issues related to the work of the task force, including at least one individual who is a campus sexual assault survivor. The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the General Assembly will each appoint one of the public members.
The task force is directed to issue a final report no later than two years after the task force organizes. The report will contain the task force's findings and recommendations concerning campus sexual assault. The task force will expire 30 days after the issuance of its final report.
