Sponsored by:
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Assemblywoman ALIXON COLLAZOS-GILL
District 27 (Essex and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the membership of certain State entities and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the majority of the members present at a meeting of a professional board, committee or other entity designated in section 1 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.1), including at a meeting with one member in attendance if that member is the chair of the entity, shall constitute a quorum for the sole purpose of processing applications for licensure that do not require legal review due to adverse information in any statutorily-required criminal history record background check if, after a 90-day period, the entity is:
(1) unable to achieve a quorum due to vacancies in the membership of the entity; or
(2) only able to achieve a quorum if every current member of the entity is present for each meeting.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill updates current law by establishing that a quorum exists for the sole purpose of processing applications for licensure with majority of the members present at a meeting of a professional board, committee or other entity, overseen by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety or other State agency. This includes a meeting with one member in attendance if that member is the chair of the entity. This quorum standard is applicable to applications that do not require legal review due to adverse information in any statutorily-required criminal history record background check and if after a 90-day period, the entity is: (1) unable to achieve a quorum due to vacancies in the membership of the entity; or (2) only able to achieve a quorum if every current member of the entity is present for each meeting.