Bill Text: NJ S1847 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes members of county boards of taxation ineligible for membership in State-administered retirement system or for health care benefits coverage under plan for public employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-10 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S1847 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S1847-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JENNIFER BECK
District 12 (Mercer and Monmouth)
Senator KEVIN J. O'TOOLE
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Oroho, Cardinale and Doherty
SYNOPSIS
Makes members of county boards of taxation ineligible for membership in State-administered retirement system or for health care benefits coverage under plan for public employees.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning members of the county boards of taxation and amending R.S.54:3-6.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.54:3-6 is amended to read as follows:
R.S.54:3-6. The salaries of the members of the several boards shall be paid biweekly in a biweekly amount by the State Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. Each biweekly payment shall be made at a time fixed by the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, but not later than the tenth working day following the biweekly period for which the salary is due. Salaries shall not be less than the amounts that follow: In counties having a population of more than 500,000, an annual salary of $20,125; in counties having at least 275,000 and not more than 500,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $18,250; in counties having at least 200,000 and less than 275,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $17,625; in counties having at least 150,000 and less than 200,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $17,000; except as hereinafter provided, in counties having between 75,000 and 150,000 inhabitants an annual salary of $16,375; except as hereinafter provided, in counties having not more than 75,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $15,750; in counties bordering upon the Atlantic ocean, and having not less than 50,000 nor more than 150,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $17,000.
The president of each county board shall, in addition to the above, receive the further sum of $2,000.00 per annum. For the purposes of this section, "population" means the most recent official population count of each county of this State as reported by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Office of Demographic and Economic Analysis.
The members of the several boards who are appointed or reappointed after the effective date of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall not be eligible, as a result of such service, for enrollment in any State-administered retirement system or for coverage under any plan or program providing health care benefits to public officers and employees.
(cf: P.L.1999, c.380, s.14)
2. This act shall take effect 90 days after enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill would make members of the county boards of taxation, who are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate pursuant to N.J.S.A.54:3-1 et seq., ineligible for enrollment in any State-administered retirement system. Currently, these members are enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) or the Defined Contribution Retirement System (DCRP). In addition, this bill would make these members ineligible for coverage under any plan or program providing health care benefits to public officers and employees. This bill would be applicable to members who are appointed or reappointed after the bill's effective date, which is 90 days after enactment.
