Removes requirement for promulgation by Governor of national census.
This bill removes a requirement that New Jersey's Governor formally promulgate (file with the Secretary of State) the national census. The change is necessary because census data is now available online directly from the Census Bureau, making the formal filing procedure obsolete. The bill updates various state laws to refer to "receipt by the Governor of the official federal decennial census" instead of "promulgation" when referencing census data. This affects how census data is used for reapportioning school boards, adjusting municipal ward boundaries, and other government processes that rely on census information. The bill makes a procedural update to align state law with current census data accessibility practices.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
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Sterley Stanley
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