Like what? What was a good idea?
And what legislature are you talking about? The NJ Legislature doesn't impose mandates upon itself, unless you are talking about things like pensions. (I say these pensions can be reduced or done away with altogether, BTW.)
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Give me a few months and I'm sure I could find one or two.
Seriously, there are SOME new mandates that may need to be implemented, and other older ones which may need to be removed.
“And what legislature are you talking about?”
The New Jersey Legislature is CONSTANTLY grinding out nerw mandates for local governments and state agencies.
Check out:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/legdigest.asp
Some time ago, the State enacted no pay no mandate legislation for local governments. That is the State would not establish new mandates for local governments to enforce without accompanying the mandate with State Funds to support it. The law has been largely ignored, after being touted as a great new break-through. At any rate, no pay no mandate is just another government shell-game. The State has NO money. ALL its money comes from the taxpayers, so if the State is requiring the local governments to enforce new rules or provide new “services” and then providing State money to pay for it, its still coming from the same source - us.
” The NJ Legislature doesn't impose mandates upon itself, unless you are talking about things like pensions.”
By “mandates” I mean requirements that the State or local governments provide additional services to the public, or impose new regulations - all of which require more personnel to implement.
“(I say these pensions can be reduced or done away with altogether, BTW.) “
Easier said than done. There are legal issues involved. New Jersey has more lawyers per capita than any State in the Union and the U.S. has more lawyers per capita than any country on earth - which explains a lot about New Jersey’s problems. Also, New Jersey is burden by a State Supreme Court comprised of frustrated legislators - they would rather make new law from the bench than follow their constitutional responsibility of interpreting enacted legislation.