Requires annual disclosure of all public employment held by member of Legislature or member's spouse.

ACR135

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 135

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� AURA K. DUNN

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires annual disclosure of all public employment
held by member of Legislature or member�s spouse.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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A
Concurrent Resolution

amending the
2008-2009 Legislative Code of Ethics, adopted March 17, 2008, concerning the
disclosure of public employment held by members of the Legislature or a
member�s spouse.

����
Be It
Resolved
by the General Assembly of the State
of New Jersey (the Senate concurring):

���� 1.��� Section 2:14 of the
Legislative Code of Ethics is amended to read as follows:

���� 2:14.� a. No later than May 15
of each year, each member of the Senate and General Assembly shall file with
the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards or any successor thereto a
financial disclosure statement, on a form to be prescribed by the Joint Legislative
Committee on Ethical Standards or its successor, with respect to the member's,
the member's spouse's and minor children's sources of income, received from
sources other than the State Legislature, and liabilities, amounts thereof, and
interests, during the preceding calendar year. �
No
later than May 15 of each year, each member of the Senate and General Assembly
shall file with the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards or any
successor thereto a public employment disclosure statement, on a form to be
prescribed by the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards or its
successor, with respect to all public employment held by the member or the
member�s spouse during the preceding calendar year.
�The filing
of
each form
may be in electronic form, including signature. Each member of
the Legislature shall have a continuing obligation to report any termination or
assumption of public employment by the member or the member�s spouse within 30
days, which report shall be an addendum to the
public employment

disclosure statement.

As part of the disclosure
statement, the member shall certify that the member is a resident of the
legislative district for which they were elected to serve in the Legislature.

���� The Joint Legislative
Committee on Ethical Standards shall prescribe the information necessary to
identification of sources. When an amount is required to be reported, it shall
be sufficient to comply with the requirement to disclose whether the amount is
less than $10,000, at least $10,000 but less than $25,000, at least $25,000 but
less than $50,000, or $50,000 or more. The
financial disclosure
statement
shall include an enumeration of:

���� (1) Each of the following
categories of earned income: salaries, bonuses, royalties, fees, commissions
and profit sharing paid to the member, the member's spouse or the member's
minor child as an officer, employee, partner or consultant of a named corporation,
professional association, partnership or sole proprietorship;

���� (2) �Each of the following
categories of unearned income: rents, dividends and other income received by
the member, the member's spouse or minor child from named investments, trusts
and estates;

���� (3) �Fees and honorariums for
personal appearances, speeches or writings received by the member or the
member's spouse from named payers;

���� (4) �Reimbursements or prepaid
expenses for travel, subsistence or facilities provided in kind received by the
member, the member's spouse or minor child from named payers or providers other
than the State, indicating whether the payer or provider is a profit, nonprofit
or governmental entity;

���� (5) �Gifts from named donors
connected to the legislative process received by the member, the member's
spouse or minor child;

���� (6) �The amounts of all
personal liabilities of the member and the member's spouse, except liabilities
which are (a) less than $15,000 and owed to a relative; (b) less than $3,000
and owed to any other person; (c) loans secured by a personal motor vehicle, or
household furniture or appliances; and (d) revolving charge accounts. As used
in this subsection, "relative" means a son, daughter, grandson,
granddaughter, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather,
great-grandmother, brother, sister, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt. Relatives by
adoption, half-blood, marriage or remarriage shall be treated as relatives of
the whole kinship;

���� (7) �The amounts of all
personal liabilities otherwise subject to disclosure, pursuant to paragraph (6)
of this section, of the member and the member's spouse, that have been forgiven
by the creditor within 12 months prior to the statement date. For each forgiven
liability, the name of the creditor to whom such a liability was owed shall be
stated;

���� (8) �The name and address of
all business organizations in which the member or the member's spouse held an
"interest" as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-13);

���� (9) �Any offices,
trusteeships, directorships, or positions of any nature, whether compensated or
uncompensated, held by the member or the member's spouse, with any firm,
corporation, association, partnership or business;

���� (10) �The address and a brief
description, including the county and municipality where located, of all real
property in which the member, the member's spouse or a minor child held an
interest, excluding the address, description, county, or municipality of the
principal or secondary residence of the member, the spouse, or the minor child;
and

���� (11) �The address and a brief
description, including the county and municipality where located, of all real
property from which the member, the member�s spouse, or a minor child derived
income, including any such property where the member, spouse, or minor child
resided for any period of time during the preceding calendar year.

���� b. �The failure of a member of
the Legislature to file a statement as required by this section shall be
reported to the President of the Senate or Speaker of the General Assembly.

���� c. �The Joint Legislative
Committee on Ethical Standards or its successor after review of statements
filed pursuant to this section may by advisory opinion determine that in its
opinion a particular category of income, reimbursements, gifts, real estate holdings
or business interests gives rise to an appearance of conflict with the member's
service as a member of the Legislature.

���� d. �Advisory opinions issued
pursuant to subsection c. shall be public records and shall remain on file for
10 years from the date of issuance.

���� 2.��� The Office of
Legislative Services shall provide technical assistance in carrying out the
amendatory provision of this resolution.

���� 3.��� This resolution shall
take effect immediately and apply to filings of public employment disclosure
statements in 2027 and thereafter.

STATEMENT

���� This concurrent resolution
amends section 2:14 of the Legislative Code of Ethics, as set forth in Assembly
Concurrent Resolution No. 159 of 2008.� The concurrent resolution requires the
filing of legislative public employment disclosure statements by members of the
Legislature beginning in 2027.� The statements would include all public
employment held by a member of the Legislature or the member�s spouse during
the preceding calendar year.� The concurrent resolution also provides that
members would report any termination or assumption of public employment by the
member or the member�s spouse within 30 days, as an addendum to the public
employment disclosure statement.

���� The concurrent resolution
further provides that the Office of Legislative Services is to provide the
technical assistance necessary to carry out these changes.