ACR 13 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Proposes constitutional amendment removing gubernatorial appointment of certain municipal court judges.

ACR 13 proposes a constitutional amendment to change how certain municipal court judges are appointed. It would remove the requirement that the Governor nominate and the Senate confirm judges for courts serving multiple municipalities (like joint or central municipal courts), instead allowing the Legislature to establish a new appointment process through regular law. This change would not affect judges in courts limited to a single municipality, which are currently appointed locally. The amendment would give the Legislature the option to keep the current Governor/Senate process or create a different method, such as county or municipal selection. If approved, it would shift appointment authority from the executive branch to the Legislature for these specific courts.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
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