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This joint resolution establishes the "New Jersey Domestic Violence and Legal Access Task Force" for the purpose of studying the nature, extent and consequences of unmet legal needs of State residents in domestic violence matters. The task force established under the bill is to be comprised of have 16 members. The task force is required to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature within 18 months of its organization. The membership of the commission consists of: (1) two public members appointed by the Governor, one of whom is a representative of a pro bono program organized by a law firm located in the State, and one of whom is a State resident who has been a pro se litigant who has appeared as a plaintiff in a domestic violence matter in the New Jersey State courts; (2) two public members appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the President of the Senate, one of whom is the representative of a non-profit organization dedicated to the services and assistance of victims of domestic violence and one of whom is a State licensed and certified family law attorney; (3) two public members appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the Speaker of the General Assembly, one of whom is a director of a legal clinic program of a law school located in the State and one of whom is a State resident who has been a pro se litigant who has appeared as a defendant in a domestic violence matter in the New Jersey State court; (4) one member appointed by the Chief Justice, who is a retired judge of the Superior Court who had been previously assigned to the Family Division; (5) the Administrative Director of the Courts, or a designee; (6) the Public Defender, or a designee; (7) the Attorney General, or a designee; (8) the dean of Seton Hall University School of Law, or a designee; (9) the co-dean of Rutgers Law School Newark Campus, or a designee; (10) the co-dean of Rutgers Law School Camden Campus, or a designee; (11) the executive director of New Jersey Legal Services, or a designee; (12) A representative of the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence; and (13) A representative of Partners for Women and Justice. The task force is to be co-chaired: one co-chair is the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee, and the other co-chair is to be appointed by the Governor from among the public members, and will serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The task force may meet at the call of the co-chairs, and hold hearings at the places it designates during the sessions or recesses of the Legislature. The presence of nine members of the task force would constitute a quorum.

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Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee (on 04/15/2024)

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