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A2385 • 2026

Eliminates five-year residency requirement for employees of NJ Racing Commission.

Eliminates five-year residency requirement for employees of NJ Racing Commission.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Moen, William F., Jr.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Eliminates five-year residency requirement for employees of NJ Racing Commission.

Eliminates five-year residency requirement for employees of NJ Racing Commission.

What This Bill Does

  • Eliminates five-year residency requirement for employees of NJ Racing Commission.
  • Topic: Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee

Official Summary Text

Eliminates five-year residency requirement for employees of NJ Racing Commission.
Topic:
Tourism, Gaming and the Arts
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2385

ASSEMBLY, No. 2385

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Eliminates five-year residency requirement for
employees of NJ Racing Commission.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning the requirements for New Jersey
Racing Commission employees and amending P.L.1940, c.17.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 4 of P.L.1940,
c.17 (C.5:5-25) is amended to read as follows:

���� 4.��� The commissioners shall
receive no salaries but shall be allowed reasonable expenses incurred in the
performance of their official duties in an amount not exceeding $5,000.00 per
annum in the case of the chairman, and $3,500.00 per annum in the case of each
of the other commissioners.� The commission shall appoint an executive director
of racing who shall be charged with the responsibility of administering all
commission activities.� The executive director of racing shall be appointed by
the commission to serve at its pleasure and shall receive such compensation as
the commission shall determine.� The commission may also employ a chief
inspector and such other assistant secretaries, and inspectors, clerks,
stenographers, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this act, all of whom shall
[
have
been actual residents of the State of New Jersey for at least 5 years and shall
]
serve during
the pleasure of the commission and receive such compensation and perform such
duties as the commission may determine; provided, however, that no person shall
be employed by the commission or hold any office or position under the
commission who holds an official relation to any association or corporation
engaged in or conducting horse racing or who holds stock or bonds therein, or
who has any pecuniary interest therein.� The provisions of Title 11, Revised
Statutes, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall be
construed to extend to all of the offices, positions and employments mentioned
in this section with the exception of the following:� commissioners, executive
director, assistant secretaries, chief inspector, assistant inspectors, and all
special and part-time employees.

(cf: P.L.1974, c.181, s.4)

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� Current law provides that
employees of the New Jersey Racing Commission must have been residents of the
State for a minimum of five years prior to employment.� This bill eliminates
this requirement for New Jersey Racing Commission employees.