SENATE ECONOMIC GROWTH COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
[First Reprint]
ASSEMBLY, No. 5067
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: FEBRUARY 10, 2025
The Senate Economic Growth Committee reports favorably and
with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 5067 (1R).
As amended and reported, this bill requires each appointing
authority of the Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preservation Commission
to appoint one alternate member to serve in the absence or disability of
the regular members appointed thereby. Each alternate member is to
be appointed to serve a term of five years and may participate in the
commission’s proceedings, and in any discussions related thereto, but
is authorized to vote only in the absence or disability of a regular
member who has been appointed by the same appointing authority.
The bill further specifies that a commission vote may not be
delayed for the purpose of enabling a regular voting member to vote,
instead of an alternate member appointed pursuant to the bill.
As amended and reported by the committee, Assembly Bill No.
5067 (1R) is identical to Senate Bill No. 3918, which was also
amended and reported by the committee on this date.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS :
The committee amended the bill to:
(1) clarify that the “total authorized membership” of the
commission includes the regular members, provided that in the
absence or disability of a regular member, an alternate member
authorized to vote in that regular member’s stead is to be counted
within the total authorized membership in the regular member’s stead
for the duration of the regular member’s absence or disability; and
(2) incorporate other technical and clarifying changes.