Bill > A1949

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This bill establishes the "New Jersey Pilot Program Review Board" to oversee implementation and evaluation of State pilot programs. Under the bill, the "New Jersey Pilot Program Review Board" is established in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury. The board will be independent of any supervision or control by the Department of the Treasury except as expressly authorized under the bill. The board will consist of nine members as follows: (1) five members will be appointed by the Governor, of whom one will serve as chairperson; (2) one member will be appointed by the President of the Senate; (3) one member will be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; (4) one member will be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly; and (5) one member will be appointed by the Minority Leader of the General Assembly. Members of the board are required to have knowledge, expertise, and practice in at least four of the following areas: accounting and auditing, State, county, or municipal government, economic analysis, governmental finance and fiscal management, program evaluation, cost benefits analysis, and quantitative and qualitative research methods. Members of the board will serve for a term of four years, except that of the appointments first made to the board by the Governor, two of the appointments will serve for a term of two years, and except that the appointments first made by the minority leaders in each House will be for a term of two years. The term of each member will be deemed to commence on July 1 of the calendar year of the appointment and will expire on June 30 of the second or fourth calendar year thereafter, as the case may be for the first or subsequent appointments. The board is required to: (1) review all pilot programs periodically and not more than a year after the completion of the pilot program to measure the degree to which the pilot program is achieving its desired goals and outcomes and the overall effectiveness of the pilot program; (2) evaluate each pilot program using the objective performance measures established and developed by the implementing department division, or other agency of State government; (3) solicit both written and oral comments on the impact of a certain pilot program from the public, and to consider the views expressed by those parties in any report; and (4) provide a written report after each review of a pilot program to the Governor and the Legislature, in which the board shall provide recommendations on whether or not the pilot program is being properly implemented and meeting the programs intended goals and outcomes, and, if so, whether the program should be expanded Statewide and to a permanent status. The Department of the Treasury will provide primary staff support to the board and each department, office, division, or agency of the State is required to cooperate with the board and furnish it with such information, personnel, or assistance as may be necessary for the board to discharge its duties.

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Robert Karabinchak (D)*,  Shanique Speight (D)*,  Yvonne Lopez (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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