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Introduced Session

Under the New Jersey Constitution and statutory law, certain public offices must be filled by nomination and appointment of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. These positions include county prosecutors as the head of county prosecutor offices; See, N.J. Const. (1947) Art. VII, Sec. 2, par. 1. This bill provides that no person, including a pending nominee for the position, shall serve in an acting capacity as a county prosecutor for a period of more than one year. When the name of a person serving in an acting capacity as a county prosecutor is not submitted in nomination to the Senate prior to the end of that one year, the person serving in an acting capacity shall vacate that position at the end of the one year period. The bill further provides that, when any person is serving in an acting capacity as a county prosecutor on the effective date of the bill, and the Governor has not submitted that person's name in nomination to the Senate to serve in that capacity on a permanent basis, the Governor shall nominate that person within 30 days of that effective date, or at the next Senate session, whichever is sooner, or the person shall vacate that position.

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Tony Bucco (R)*,  Kristin Corrado (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee (on 11/12/2021)