Bill Text: NJ AR1 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Organizes the General Assembly for the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Legislature and amends Assembly Rule 10:1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-01-12 - Filed with Secretary of State [AR1 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-AR1-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman VINCENT PRIETO
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Organizes the General Assembly for the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Legislature and amends Assembly Rule 10:1.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Assembly Resolution organizing the General Assembly for the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Legislature.
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. That the Clerk of the General Assembly be directed to inform the Senate that the General Assembly has organized, its Speaker being the Honorable Vincent Prieto of Hudson County, its Speaker pro tempore, Jerry Green of Union County, and its Clerk, Dana M. Burley of Camden County, for the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Legislature, and has proceeded to business.
2. That the Speaker be and is hereby authorized to appoint such assistants as the Speaker may deem necessary.
3. That the working staff of the General Assembly shall be at all times subject to the direction of the Speaker and the Clerk, who shall have authority to designate to any member of the staff such duties as may be required.
4. That unless otherwise ordered the regular hours of meetings of the General Assembly will be on days and at times to be announced to the members, the news media and the public by the Speaker.
5. That no floor passes be issued by any officer or member of the General Assembly other than the Speaker, with the further provision that the privilege of the floor may be extended by a resolution duly adopted.
6. That in the absence of the Clerk, such other officers or employees as directed by the Speaker shall perform all duties imposed by law and the Rules of the General Assembly upon the Clerk.
7. That the Bill Drafting Manual prepared and revised from time to time by the Office of Legislative Services, be adopted as the official manual of practice and procedure of the General Assembly governing the form of bills to be introduced in the General Assembly and governing the conduct of the preliminary examination of bills proposed for introduction in the General Assembly required by the Rules of the General Assembly. A copy of the revised manual shall be provided to the Clerk.
That in order to carry out the aforementioned practice and procedure, the Legislative Counsel and such deputies and assistants as he shall assign be designated as counsel to conduct said preliminary examination of bills proposed for introduction and amendments adopted in the General Assembly under the general supervision of the Legislative Counsel.
8. That each member of the General Assembly be authorized to retain up to six aides at a total compensation per member as authorized by law, except the Speaker may authorize more than six aides.
9. That the Rules of the General Assembly for the Two Hundred and Sixteenth Legislature be adopted as the Rules of the General Assembly for the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Legislature with the following changes:
· Rule 10:1 is amended to read as follows:
10:1 Committees and Membership.
The following Standing Reference, Administrative and Joint Committees shall be appointed by the Speaker at the commencement of each annual session. The number of members of the General Assembly on each committee is indicated by the number following the name of the committee.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY STANDING
REFERENCE COMMITTEES
1. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee - 5
2. Appropriations Committee - [9] 11
3. Budget Committee - [12] 13
4. Commerce and Economic Development Committee - [10] 12
5. Consumer Affairs Committee - 5
6. Education Committee - [10] 11
7. Environment and Solid Waste Committee - 6
8. Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee - [12] 13
9. Health and Senior Services Committee - [12] 13
10. Higher Education Committee - [8] 9
11. Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee - [5] 6
12. Housing and Community Development Committee - 6
13. Human Services Committee - 6
14. Judiciary Committee - [6] 7
15. Labor Committee - 9
16. Law and Public Safety Committee - 8
17. Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee - 6
18. Regulated Professions Committee - 9
19. Regulatory Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee - 5
20. State and Local Government Committee - 5
21. Telecommunications and Utilities Committee - [7] 8
22. Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee - 7
23. Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee - [12] 13
24. Women and Children Committee - 6
GENERAL ASSEMBLY STANDING
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES
1. Intergovernmental Relations Committee - 5
GENERAL ASSEMBLY JOINT COMMITTEES
1. Budget Oversight Committee - 3
2. Housing Affordability Committee - 5
3. Public Schools Committee - 7
4. State Library Committee - 4
10. That His Excellency the Governor be informed that the General Assembly has organized for the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Legislature, its Speaker being the Honorable Vincent Prieto of Hudson County, its Speaker pro tempore being Jerry Green of Union County, and its Clerk being Dana M. Burley of Camden County, and is now ready to proceed to business and to receive any communications he may forward.
11. That due to the fact that BettyLou DeCroce, a member from District 26, Jerry Green, a member from District 22, and Michael Patrick Carroll, a member from District 25, have been unable to appear in person at the organization of the General Assembly for the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Legislature to be sworn as members, and there being no contest or question as to their elections, the Speaker, or a member of the General Assembly named by him, is authorized to administer the oath of office and allegiance in the usual form to BettyLou DeCroce, Jerry Green, and Michael Patrick Carroll at mutually agreeable locations within the State of New Jersey, and that the oaths when administered as herein authorized shall be accepted and received by this House as the oaths of office and allegiance of BettyLou DeCroce, Jerry Green, and Michael Patrick Carroll.
12. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This Assembly Resolution organizes the General Assembly for the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Legislature and amends Assembly Rule 10:1.
