Title 52, Title 52: STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

52:11-20.4. Repeals 13. The following acts or parts thereof are repealed: (a) Chapter 171, P.L.1950; (b) Chapter 11, P.L.1952; (c) Chapter 305, P.L.1953; and (d) Section 22 of chapter 254, P.L.1954. L.1964, c. 20, s. 13, supplementing Laws 1954, Chapter 254.

52:11-3. Officers and employees of house of assembly and their compensation The officers and employees of the house of assembly, except the presiding officer, shall be those named herein, and no others, who shall severally receive the annual compensation specified herein, which c…

52:11-4. Record of attendance; deduction from compensation for absences The sergeant at arms of each house of the legislature shall keep a record of the attendance at each session of either house of all of its officers and employees whose compensation is fixed by sections 52:11-2…

52:11-42. Effective date This act shall take effect July 1, 1955. L.1954, c. 267, p. 983, s. 11.

52:11-5. One-half compensation payable in advance of session; balance at close of session The officers and employees of the senate and house of assembly, whose compensation is fixed by sections 52:11-2 and 52:11-3 of this title, may draw from the treasury, at the opening of the r…

52:11-5.1 Legislator's district office, prohibition against employment of relatives. 1. No member of the Legislature shall gainfully employ his or her relative in any position in the legislative office that the member maintains in his or her legislative district. If members of th…

52:11-5.2 Legislators, enrollment in health care benefits, election, limitations. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a member of the Legislature who elects health benefits coverage based on service in the Legislature shall not enroll as the primar…

52:11-5.3 Annual salary for certain executive directors. 3. a. The annual salary of the executive director of each full time legislative staff operating under the direction of the Senate President, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Minority Leaders of each House of the…

52:11-54. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Legislative Services Law of 1978." L.1979, c. 8, s. 1.

52:11-55. Legislative Services Commission, Office of Legislative Services There is established in the Legislative Branch of the State Government, to aid and assist the Legislature in performing its functions, an agency of the Legislature, to be known as the "Office of Legislative…

52:11-56. Organization and meetings of the commission Organization and meetings of the commission. a. The commission shall meet for the purpose of organization in the month of January of each even-numbered year and shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its members, …

52:11-57. Duties of the commission Duties of the commission. a. It is the duty and responsibility of the commission: (1) To carry on the work of continuous revision of the general and permanent statute law of the State, by causing to be conducted a continuous examination thereof …

52:11-57.1 Preparation of racial and ethnic impact statement for certain proposed legislation. 2. a. The Legislative Services Commission shall direct the Office of Legislative Services to prepare a racial and ethnic community criminal justice and public safety impact statement fo…

52:11-58. Organization of the Office of Legislative Services Organization of the Office of Legislative Services. a. The Office of Legislative Services shall be governed by the commission and shall consist of such subordinate units as the commission shall direct and such officers,…

52:11-59. Executive Director Executive Director. The commission shall appoint an Executive Director to serve as the secretary of the commission and as the chief executive officer of the commission and the Office of Legislative Services, who shall be qualified by training and expe…

52:11-5a Findings, declarations relative to plaques honoring Senator Hutchins F. Inge and Assemblyman Walter Gilbert Alexander. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. In 1966, Dr. Hutchins F. Inge of Newark became the first African-American to serve in the New Jersey Stat…

52:11-5b Display of plaques. 2. Plaques to honor Senator Hutchins F. Inge, New Jersey's first African-American State Senator, and Assemblyman Walter Gilbert Alexander, New Jersey's first African-American Assemblyman, shall be displayed in the State House at Trenton. L.2007, c.64,…

52:11-60. Legislative Counsel Legislative Counsel. The commission shall appoint a Legislative Counsel, who shall be an attorney-at-law of New Jersey experienced in legislative law, drafting legislation, revision of statutes and parliamentary law and procedure. He shall be the chi…

52:11-61 Duties of Legislative Counsel. 8. It shall be the duty of the Legislative Counsel: a. To provide general standards for the office to draft, aid in drafting and redrafting bills, resolutions and amendments thereof, and reviewing the same when drafted elsewhere, proposed f…

52:11-62. State Auditor State Auditor. The office of the State Auditor, as created by the Constitution, is assigned to the Office of Legislative Services. The State Auditor shall continue to be appointed, subject to the statutory qualifications prescribed by R.S. 52:24-2, and sha…

52:11-63. Studies, reports by State Auditor In addition to the duties imposed upon the State Auditor by the Constitution and R.S. 52:24-4 the State Auditor, when requested or directed by the Legislature or the Legislative Services Commission, shall make, or cause to be made by co…

52:11-64. Award of contracts by Office of Legislative Services a. Contracts for consultants' services. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, every contract or agreement for consultants' services to be paid from funds appropriated or otherwise made avail…

52:11-65. Director of Public Information The commission shall appoint a Director of Public Information, who shall by training and experience be well-versed in public information services and legislative and governmental processes. He shall serve at the pleasure of the commission …

52:11-66. Duties of Director of Public Information 13. It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Information to: a. Provide, as requested, information and other related services for the Legislature, its officers, committees, commissions and individual members. b. Operate a n…

52:11-67. Legislative Budget and Finance Officer Legislative Budget and Finance Officer. The commission shall appoint a Legislative Budget and Finance Officer, who by training and experience shall be well-versed in the fields of budget preparation and analysis, revenue projection…

52:11-68. Duties of Legislative Budget and Finance Officer It shall be the duty of the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer to: a. At the request of the Legislature or any member thereof, collect and assemble factual information relating to the fiscal affairs of the State; b. A…

52:11-69. Officers and employees of the office; status a. The commission is authorized to designate those offices and positions in Office of Legislative Services which for the purposes of the Unemployment Compensation law are major nontenured policy making or advisory positions. …

52:11-70. Request for assistance, information or advice, confidential All requests for legal assistance, information or advice and all information received by the Office of Legislative Services in connection with any request for fiscal, budgetary or research service or for the dr…

52:11-71. Forbids lobbying No officer or employee of the office, other than a member of the commission, shall urge or oppose the adoption of any legislation or give any legal opinion to any private individual or corporation or to any public officer, department, instrumentality or…

52:11-72. Reports The commission shall report to the Legislature once each year and at such other times as it may deem advisable and may accompany its report with proposed bills or changes in the Rules of the Senate and General Assembly designed to carry out any of its recommenda…

52:11-73. Personnel transferred; rules continued All of the officers and employees of the Legislative Services Agency and the Office of Fiscal Affairs together with all their functions, powers and duties are transferred to the Office of Legislative Services and the officers and e…

52:11-74. Property transferred All property and equipment, books, files and documents of, or in the custody of the Legislative Services Agency or the Office of Fiscal Affairs are transferred to the Office of Legislative Services. Laws 1979, c. 8, s. 21.

52:11-75. Appropriations transferred All appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to the Legislative Services Agency and the Office of Fiscal Affairs are transferred to the Office of Legislative Services. Laws 1979, c. 8, s. 22.

52:11-76. Powers and duties of Legislative Budget Officer under Appropriations Act Except as otherwise in this act provided all powers and duties imposed upon the Executive Director, Office of Fiscal Affairs, by any other law are transferred to and shall be exercised by the Legis…

52:11-77. Initial members and officers of commission; terms of office The members of the Law Revision and Legislative Services Commission and its chairman and vice chairman in office on the effective date of this act shall constitute the first members and officers of the commissi…

52:11-78 Legislative information available to public, maintained in electronic form. 1. a. The Office of Legislative Services shall make available to the public and maintain in electronic form the following information: (1) the most current available compilation of the official t…

52:11-79 Findings, declarations relative to Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. graduate students in this State who have an interest in government, law, politics and public policy should have an opportunity to l…

52:11-80 Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program. 2. There is established the Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program at the Eagleton Institute of Politics of Rutgers, The State University. Students enrolled in graduate programs of Rutgers Univer…

52:11-81 Selection, assignment of fellows; stipend. 3. Eight fellows shall be selected each year pursuant to section 5 of this act, and shall be assigned to work with the New Jersey Legislature as follows: four Fellows shall be assigned to work in the Office of Legislative Servic…

52:11-82 Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program Advisory Committee. 4. There is established a Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program Advisory Committee, consisting of the following members: the Executive Director of the Office of Legislative Se…

52:11-83 Appointment of director. 5. The Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics of Rutgers University shall appoint the director of the Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program, who shall administer the program and, with the aid of the advisory committee, …

52:11-84 Tuition, fee support; matching appropriations. 6. Rutgers University shall provide tuition and fee support for the fellows for the academic year. The State shall appropriate funds in each fiscal year to finance the stipends provided to fellows pursuant to section 3 of th…

52:11-85 Adoption, maintenance of policy by the Legislature regarding sexual harassment. 1. a. Each House of the Legislature and the Office of Legislative Services shall adopt and maintain a policy that: prohibits sexual harassment by members, officers, and employees of the Legis…