Bill > S3614

Introduced Session

This bill requires members of a board, commission, committee, task force, and other similar entity that is created in a principal Executive Branch department of the New Jersey State government to be paid a stipend for work as a member of the specific entity. The stipend is to be paid each month in which a meeting is held by the specific entity and is attended by the member. A stipend is not to be paid where the law already provides for a salary, stipend, or remuneration that is in excess of the amount of the stipend set by the head of each department or the head of any other State entity in accordance with this bill. A stipend will still be paid to a member who receives a stipend or remuneration that is less than the amount set in this bill, in such additional amount as will provide together with the stipend paid the amount of the stipend set. This bill excludes from its provisions those members of boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and other similar entities who already receive a stipend or other remuneration from the State. Under the bill, each stipend is to be in an amount that is at least $300 but not more than to $1,500 as set by the head of each department or other State entity. The head of each department or the head of any other State entity, as appropriate within which a board, commission, committee, task force, or similar entity is allocated shall set, for each calendar year, the specific amount of the stipend that will be paid to the members of a board, commission, committee, task force, or similar entity. Additionally, the head of each department or other State entity that oversees a board, commission, committee, task force, or similar entity is to transmit a report to the Governor and Legislature containing the dollar amount of the stipend to be disbursed to the specific board, commission, committee, task force, or similar entity.

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Nick Scutari (D)*, 

Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee (on 05/13/2021)