Legislative Schedule
Monday, May 12

 
ASSEMBLY
10:00am Judiciary
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities

2:00pm Agriculture and Natural Resources
Education
Environment and Solid Waste
Homeland Security and State Preparedness
Human Services

 Trenton Highlights

> Two measures sponsored by Senator Loretta Weinberg, which would work to help increase transparency and accountability in government were approved today by the Senate State Government Committee.

• One bill, S103, would amend the "Local Government Ethics Law," to require local government officials to turn in financial disclosure forms within 30 days of taking office. Under current law, all local government officials have until April 30 to submit their disclosure forms. Certain municipalities hold their elections in May, which means that the winners of these elections could avoid having to file the disclosure forms for several months, Senator Weinberg said.
  
  A second bill, S115, would require lobbyists to disclose the details of all government contracts to the State Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). ELEC would then be required to post the information on its website, to make it accessible to the public.
  

> As municipalities consider sharing services in order to operate more efficiently, Assembly Republican Conference Leader Peter Biondi introduced legislation that would require the state's Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to list documents detailing shared service agreements between local governments on its website. The bill prescribes that the website be reviewed and updated monthly. Bill A2621 would require the DCA to include such items as feasibility studies that examine the viability of shared services between towns; analysis that examines the effectiveness of a shared service agreement; copies of any ordinances or resolutions proposing the formation of a municipal shared service commission; and copies of consolidation questions given to voters in municipalities where shared services are under consideration.

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 Public Affairs Events  

> NJBIA
Meet the Decision Makers: Energy
Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Twp.
Friday, May 16, 2008
7:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Meet NJ Board of Public Utilities Commissioner Joseph Fiordaliso, Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee Chairman Upendra Chivukula, Assemblywoman Marcia Karrow, and other members of the Senate and Assembly energy-related committees at this special breakfast briefing.
Find out what the State plans to do about:
   -  Governor's Energy Master Plan
   -  Rising energy prices
   -  Energy policy and regulation
   -  Regulation of greenhouse gases
Contact Stacy Wichner at 609-393-7707, ext. 213.

>New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
Labor and Employment Law Seminar
May 21, 2008
8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Hyatt Morristown at Headquarters Plaza

>New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
BRADLEY ABELOW
Chief of Staff
Governor Jon S. Corzine
May 27, 2008
Forsgate Country Club
Monroe, NJ
(Registration and Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Remarks, 9 a.m.; Adjournment, 10 a.m.)
Topics to be Discussed:
Latest with Financial Restructuring and Debt Reduction • Transportation Funding • Economic Policies
Fiscal 2009 Budget Debate • Health Care Reform • Energy Master Plan • Other Initiatives