New Jersey A 5349: Increases tax on Internet casino gaming and Internet sports wagering to 30 percent.

Bill Text

A5349 

ASSEMBLY, No. 5349 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 30, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� LOUIS D. GREENWALD

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Clarifies investigatory powers and duties of SCI. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act clarifying the investigatory powers and duties of the 
State Commission of Investigation, amending P.L.1979, c.254, and amending and 
supplementing P.L.1968, c.266.

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

���� 1.��� (New section) The 
Legislature finds and declares that:

���� a.���� The State Commission of 
Investigation is the one independent oversight entity within State government 
authorized to, among other responsibilities, investigate misconduct by public 
officers and employees, review the performance of government programs and agencies, 
provide accountability and transparency, promote the efficiency and integrity 
of government operations, and identify cost savings.

���� b.��� The State Commission of 
Investigation has, for decades, enjoyed robust investigative resources and a 
long history of using them for the benefit of the public.� It is staffed with 
seasoned investigators, experienced in matters involving public corruption and 
waste of taxpayer dollars, as well as fraud and organized crime.� Its success 
in these and other areas contributed to the Legislature establishing the State 
Commission of Investigation as a permanent entity in 2002.

���� c.���� The State Commission of 
Investigation is uniquely designed to include both gubernatorial and 
legislative appointments to ensure independence, political balance, and 
continuity.� It operates as an independent, investigative, fact-finding agency 
and has used its resources effectively.

���� d.��� This act reaffirms the commission�s 
role as the State�s independent oversight body and provides that other 
investigative oversight entities at the State, county, and local levels, 
including the Office of the State Comptroller, shall collaborate with the 
commission, when appropriate, in the discharge of its statutory duties. 

���� 2.��� Section 1 of P.L.1968, 
c.266 (C.52:9M-1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� There is hereby created 
a permanent State Commission of Investigation.� The commission shall consist of 
four members, to be known as commissioners. 

���� Two members of the commission 
shall be appointed by the Governor.� One each shall be appointed by the 
President of the Senate and by the Speaker of the General Assembly.� Each 
member shall serve for a term of four years and until the appointment and 
qualification of [his] the 
respective member�s successor.� [No 
person shall serve, in succession, more than two four-year terms and any 
portion of an unexpired term as a member of the commission.]� The Governor shall 
designate one of the members to serve as [chairman] chairperson 
of the commission.

���� The members of the commission [appointed by 
the President of the Senate and 
the Speaker of the General Assembly and at least one of the members 
appointed by the Governor] 
shall be attorneys admitted to the bar of this State.� No member or employee of 
the commission shall hold any other public office or public employment.� No 
member of the commission shall have held any elective office or have been a 
candidate for any elective office within the one year preceding [his] the 
member�s appointment to the commission.� No member of the [commisson] commission 
shall hold any elective office or be a candidate for any elective office within 
the one year subsequent to [his] the 
member�s termination of service as a member of the commission.� Not more 
than two of the members shall belong to the same political party.

���� Each member of the commission 
shall receive an annual salary of [$35,000] $65,000.� 
Each member shall also be entitled to reimbursement for [his] expenses 
actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of [his] commission 
duties, including expenses of travel outside of the State.

���� Vacancies on the commission 
shall be filled for the unexpired terms in the same manner as original 
appointments.� Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by the appropriate 
appointing authority within 120 days.� If the appropriate appointing authority 
does not fill a vacancy within that time period, the vacancy shall be filled by 
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court within 60 days.� A vacancy on the 
commission shall not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all 
the powers of the commission.

���� Any determination made by the 
commission shall be by majority vote. �Majority vote� means the affirmative 
vote of at least three members of the commission if there are no vacancies on 
the commission or the affirmative vote of at least two members of the commission 
if there is a vacancy.

(cf: P.L.2005, c.58, s.1)

���� 3.��� Section 2 of P