Bill Text: NJ S2939 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes membership of, and election process for, NJSPCA board of trustees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-18 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee [S2939 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2939-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator MICHAEL J. DOHERTY
District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Changes membership of, and election process for, NJSPCA board of trustees.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the board of trustees of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and amending P.L.2005, c.372.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.2005, c.372 (C.4:22-11.2) is amended to read as follows:
2. a. (1) The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is continued as a [parent] corporation for the purposes of [coordinating the functions of county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and of] (a) promoting the interests of, protecting and caring for, and doing any and all things to benefit or that tend to benefit animals, and (b) working with the county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals to accomplish the purposes set forth in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph .
(2) The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of [15 persons, of whom 12 shall be members of the society elected by the membership thereof and three shall be persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each trustee shall serve a term of six years, except as provided otherwise pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection. Of the 12 elected trustees, at least one shall also be a member of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the northern part of the State, at least one shall also be a member of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the central part of the State, and at least one shall also be a member of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the southern part of the State.
For the purposes of this paragraph: "northern" means the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, or Union; "central" means the counties of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, or Warren; and "southern" means the counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, or Salem.
(2) Notwithstanding any
provision of paragraph (1) of this subsection to the contrary, every trustee on
the board governing the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals on the day before the date of enactment of P.L.2005, c.372 (C.4:22-11.1
et al.) shall complete the remainder of the trustee's respective assigned term
on the board created pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection] one member of the New
Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals elected annually by the
membership thereof, one member from each chartered county society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals elected annually by the membership of the
respective county society, and three persons appointed by the Governor with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The trustees appointed by the Governor shall
each serve a term of six years. All members of the board of trustees shall
have full voting power. The board of trustees shall elect officers of the
board annually by majority vote of the full membership of the board.
(3) No county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that is not in existence on the date of enactment of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill) may elect a member of that county society to sit on the board of trustees of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals until one full year has elapsed since the date upon which a charter is granted to the county society .
b. The board of trustees of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shall prepare an annual report concerning the law enforcement activity of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the county societies, and shall submit the report for each calendar year by June 1 of the next following calendar year to the Attorney General and , pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, and shall make the report available to the public upon request.
c. The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shall submit quarterly to the Attorney General statistical information concerning its law enforcement activity during that period, on a form developed in conjunction with the Attorney General.
(cf: P.L.2005, c.372, s.2)
2. (New section) All members of the board of trustees of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, except those appointed by the Governor, serving on the date of enactment of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall resign from the board on or before a date or dates determined by the Attorney General. If a trustee does not resign by the date so designated, the person nevertheless shall no longer be deemed to be a trustee as of that date unless the person is elected to that position as provided pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2005, c.372 (C.4:22-11.2) as amended by section 1 of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would change the membership of, and election process for, the board of trustees of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NJSPCA).
The bill provides that the board would consist of one member of the NJSPCA elected annually by the membership thereof, one member from each chartered county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals elected annually by the membership of the respective county society, and three persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The trustees appointed by the Governor would each serve a term of six years. All members of the board of trustees would have full voting power. The board of trustees would elect officers of the board annually by majority vote of the full membership of the board.
The bill also would provide that no county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that is not in existence on the date of enactment of the bill into law may elect a member of that county society to sit on the NJSPCA board of trustees until one full year has elapsed since the date upon which a charter is granted to the county society.
Finally, the bill would provide that all members of the NJSPCA board of trustees, except those appointed by the Governor, serving on the date of enactment of this bill into law must resign from the board on or before a date or dates determined by the Attorney General. If a trustee does not resign by the date so designated, the bill would provide that the person nevertheless would no longer be deemed to be a trustee as of that date unless the person is elected to that position as provided pursuant to the bill.
