Senate 708, New Jersey 2010

Senate 708, New Jersey 2010

Status:

Final Status:

x (Awaiting third reading)

General Assembly:
Senate:x (Awaiting third reading)
Governor:

Sponsor:

Senator Joe Pennacchio and Senator Tom Kean

Introduction date:

01/12/2010

State law:

New Jersey Open Public Records Act

Bill text:

Text of S 708 as introduced
Text of S 708 as ammended

Status key:

= Passed,	= Failed/Vetoed,
= Committee	= Awaiting Vote

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1 S 708
2 Current bill status
3 Support for the bill
4 Criticism of the bill
5 News stories
6 See also
7 External links
8 References
9 Similar bills from other states

[edit] S 708

New Jersey Transparency in Government Act (S708) New Jersey Senators Joe Pennacchio and Tom Kean sponsored the Transparency in Government Act (S708), which newly inaugurated Governor Chris Christie adopted as an Executive Order. This Executive Order would create a searchable online database for government expenditures and will make it easier for the legislature to pass the Transparency in Government Act statutorily. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

[edit] Current bill status

[edit] Support for the bill

[edit] Criticism of the bill

[edit] News stories

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

North Jersey, State senator is promoting transparency in government, Sept. 15, 2010

[edit] References

[edit] Similar bills from other states

a Assembly Bill 138, California 2010
b Assembly Bill 428, California 2010
b House Bill 2725, Arizona 2010
b House Bill 36, Alabama 2010
b House Bill 5163, Connecticut 2010

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