New Jersey Statutes 52:13H-1. Findings, declarations relative to State-imposed mandates
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:13H-1
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. at the November 1995 general election, the people of this State approved an amendment to the New Jersey Constitution providing that, in certain cases, new statutes and new administrative rules and regulations promulgated by State agencies shall not impose unfunded mandates on counties, municipalities or school districts;
b. the purpose of this constitutional provision is to prevent the State government from requiring units of local government to implement additional or expanded activities without providing funding for those activities;
c. the long-standing, prior practice of State-imposed, unfunded mandates has contributed to the rise in local property taxes which has increasingly burdened New Jersey’s property owners;
d. the constitutional amendment also directs the Legislature to create a Council on Local Mandates to resolve disputes regarding whether a law or a rule or regulation, covered by the amendment, constitutes an unfunded State mandate; and
e. it is, therefore, the purpose of this act to effectuate the will of the people of this State and to fulfill the Legislature’s responsibility to establish the Council on Local Mandates.
L.1996,c.24,s.1.