ASSEMBLY SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 4180

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 13, 2022

      The Assembly Special Committee on Infrastructure and Natural Resources reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4180.

      This bill eliminates the following commissions, committees, councils, boards, and task forces:

      1)   Gloucester County Tunnel Commission, created by R.S.32:13A-4 (C.32:13A-4);

      2)   Employment Security Council, created by section 17 of P.L.1948, c.446 (C.34:1A-17);

      3)   State Beach Erosion Commission, created by P.L.1949, c.14 (C.52:9J-1 et seq.);

      4)   Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission, created by P.L.1952, c.194 (C.32:22-1 et seq.);

      5)   State Apprenticeship Council, created by P.L.1953, c.198 (C.34:1A-36 et seq.);

      6)   Tri-State Regional Planning Commission, created by P.L.1965, c.12 (C.32:22B-1 et seq.);

      7)   Continuing Care Advisory Council, created by section 28 of P.L.1986, c.103 (C.52:27D-357);

      8)   New Jersey Boarding Home Advisory Council, created by P.L.1986, c.205 (C.30:1A-4 et seq.);

      9)   Community Financial Services Advisory Board, created by section 3 of P.L.1991, c.294 (C.17:16Q-3);

      10)  New Jersey Council of Economic Advisors, created by P.L.1993, c.149 (C.52:9H-34 et seq.);

      11)  Parole Advisory Board, created by P.L.1997, c.215 (C.30:4-123.47a et seq.);

      12)  Automobile Insurance Territorial Rating Plan Advisory Commission, created by section 28 of P.L.1998, c.21 (C.17:29A-50);

      13)  Public Officers Salary Review Commission, created by section 13 of P.L.1999, c.380 (C.52:14-15.115);

      14)  Internet Registry Advisory Council, created by section 7 of P.L.2001, c.167 (C.2C:7-18);

      15)  Advisory Committee on Alternatively Accredited Medical School Clinical Clerkships, created by section 1 of P.L.2003, c.133 (C.18A:64H-9);

      16)  New Jersey Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, created by section 2 of P.L.2005, c.70 (C.34:11-56a4.7);

      17)  Wholesale Drug Distribution Advisory Council, created by section 23 of P.L.2005, c.206 (C.24:6B-32);

      18)  Forest Health Advisory Council, created by P.L.2007, c.44 (C.13:1L-26 et seq.);

      19)  Joint Committee on Housing Affordability, created by P.L.2007, c.55 (C.52:9RR-1 et seq.);

      20)  New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission, created by section 5 of P.L.2007, c.330 (C.26:1A-136);

      21)  Prisoner Reentry Commission, created by section 10 of P.L.2009, c.329 (C.30:4-6.2);

      22)  Police and Fire Public Interest Arbitration Impact Task Force, created by section 3 of P.L.2010, c.105 (C.34:13A-16.8); and

      23)  Study Commission on Violence, created by P.L.2013, c.109 (C.52:17B-239 et seq.).

      These entities are either inactive or failed to submit their required reports in a timely manner.  The bill also removes any mention of these entities in other statutes.

      In addition, the following entities are repealed by amending current statutes:

      1)   Advisory Council on Disability Benefits;

      2)   Disadvantaged Youth Employment Opportunities Council;

      3)   Meadowlands Transportation Planning Board;

      4)   New Jersey Heritage Tourism Task Force; and

      5)   Right to Know Advisory Council.