MEETING AGENDA
The New Jersey Law Revision Commission meeting will be conducted REMOTELY on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 10:30 a.m.
Any member of the public who wishes to submit comments on any agenda item, or would like to participate in the meeting virtually, should contact Veronica V. Fernandes in advance of the start time of the meeting, at: vvf@njlrc.org
1. Juvenile Sex Offender Lifetime Registration – Consideration of a Draft Final Report recommending modifications to N.J.S. 2C:7-2 clarifying that lifetime registration and notification obligations are unconstitutional as applied to juvenile sex offenders, as held by the New Jersey Supreme Court in State in Interest of C.K., 233 N.J. 44 (2018). Report
2. Use of Gendered Terms Related to Married Individuals in New Jersey Statutes – Consideration of a Revised Draft Tentative Report proposing modifications to New Jersey statutes, including the adult adoption statute at N.J.S. 2A:22-1, to replace gendered terms referring to married couples with gender-neutral terms. Report
3. Title 18A and Title 26: Updating Terms Related to Epinephrine Administration and Nurses – Consideration of a Draft Tentative Report proposing modifications to New Jersey statutes to (1) remove language that specifies the method of administering epinephrine and (2) update the title of health care providers who are authorized to provide certain types of medical care in a school setting. Report
4. Title 18A: Special Education - Incorrect References in Statute – Consideration of a Memorandum recommending a project to address two issues in Title 18A: (1) whether modifications are needed to replace the incorrect reference to N.J.A.C. 6:28-1.1 et seq. with the correct reference to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-1 et seq.; and (2) whether N.J.S. 18A:46-8 and N.J.S. 18A:46-19 should be amended to replace the term "speech correctionist" with the updated term "speech-language specialist." Memo
5. Constitutionality of Dependency Requirement in New Jersey Pension Statutes – Consideration of a Memorandum proposing a project to address the constitutionality of pension statutes that impose a dependency requirement on widowers, but not widows, to receive pension benefits, in light of the holdings in Califano v. Goldfarb, 430 U.S. 199 (1977) and Tomarchio v. Greenwich Township, 75 N.J. 62 (1977), which struck down similar provisions as unconstitutional. Memo
6. Municipal Vacancy Law – Consideration of an Update Memorandum regarding the Municipal Vacancy Law and the impact of the decision in Linden Democratic Committee v. City of Linden, 251 N.J. 415 (2022). Memo
News: Welcome Barbara Rivera and JC Demaria
Barbara B. Rivera,Counsel
JC Demaria, Legislative Law Clerk
We are pleased to announce that Barbara B. Rivera has joined the New Jersey Law Revision Commission as our new Counsel. Barbara has more than 25 years of experience as an attorney, we look forward to the valuable contributions and insights she will bring to our team. We would also like to announce a belated welcome to JC Demaria who has joined the Commission as our Legislative Law Clerk for the Fall semester.
Welcome
A Tradition of Law Revision, 1987 - Present
With the enactment of N.J.S. 1:12A-1 et seq., the current New Jersey Law Revision Commission was created in 1985 and began work in 1987.
The New Jersey Law Revision Commission is required by statute to “promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law…and its better adaptation to present social needs, secure the better administration of justice and carry on scholarly legal research and work.” N.J.S. 1:12A-8.
The Commission does so by conducting an ongoing review of New Jersey statutes and case law to identify areas of the law that require revision. The Commission also considers recommendations from the American Law Institute, the Uniform Law Commission (formerly the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) and other learned bodies as well as members of the legal community and the public.
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153 Halsey Street, 7th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102