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(Gov. Murphy photo)
NEW JERSEY – Gov. Murphy has vetoed four bills that deal with the New Jersey economy and allow more governmental oversight over his executive authority
(see list of bills below).
Murphy, who also signed three bills into law, vetoed legislation (A-4810/S-441) on Wednesday that lawmakers say was designed to reduce bureaucratic red tape, improve government efficiency and produce savings for taxpayers.
The vetoed legislation would have created a nine-member Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission to evaluate all proposed and adopted regulations, rules and executive orders. The commission would have considered the impact of rules on the economy and determined if their benefits outweighed the burdens placed on business and government, lawmakers say.
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(Gov. Murphy photo)
NEW JERSEY – Gov. Murphy has vetoed four bills that deal with the New Jersey economy and allow more governmental oversight over his executive authority
(see list of bills below).
Murphy, who also signed three bills into law, vetoed legislation (A-4810/S-441) on Wednesday that lawmakers say was designed to reduce bureaucratic red tape, improve government efficiency and produce savings for taxpayers.
The vetoed legislation would have created a nine-member Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission to evaluate all proposed and adopted regulations, rules and executive orders. The commission would have considered the impact of rules on the economy and determined if their benefits outweighed the burdens placed on business and government, lawmakers say.
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New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way
Lawmakers heaped praise on New Jersey’s secretary of state for helping drive a huge response among state residents, despite a raging pandemic, to last year’s U.S. census count.
But they also used a wide-ranging budget hearing Monday to voice concerns about whether Gov. Phil Murphy has set aside enough money to ensure a new early voting law can be implemented statewide without major hiccups.
The Assembly Budget Committee hearing with Secretary of State Tahesha Way and other top Department of State officials was the latest as lawmakers in both houses review a $44.8 billion budget plan that Murphy, a first-term Democrat, has put forward for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Early voting cost dispute could be resolved in two weeks
TRENTON – New Jersey’s gubernatorial and legislative elections are in six months – or less, if you count early voting.
Lawmakers keyed in early voting at a Department of State budget hearing Monday. It’s never been conducted in New Jersey the way it will this year – on machines at locations in every county, for the two weekends and full week in between leading up to the Nov. 2 election.
Assembly members weren’t opposed to the law but were apprehensive about whether the state will be ready to manage and fund it. Under Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget plan, the state will allocate $40 million to early voting over two years, while county election officials have said as much as $77 million is needed.
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