State Legislative Process<\/h2>\n\n- How a bill becomes law<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Legislative Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
NJ Executive Branch<\/h2>\n\n![](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/03\/gov_bio_official_new.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/)
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nGovernor Mikie Sherrill<\/a><\/h3>\nGovernor Mikie Sherrill<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, former Navy helicopter pilot, federal prosecutor, and mother of four whose career has been rooted in public service. After serving nearly a decade on active duty\u2014flying missions in Europe and the Middle East, supporting operations during the Iraq War, and working on U.S.\u2013Russia naval policy\u2014she went on to earn a law degree and serve in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in New Jersey, where she focused on community outreach, reentry programs, and prosecuting federal cases, including efforts to reduce gun violence. She later represented New Jersey\u2019s 11th Congressional District in Congress and has pursued statewide leadership with a focus on making life more affordable for New Jersey families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/03\/ltgov_LGDaleCaldwell_new.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/)
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nLieutenant Governor Dr. Dale G. Caldwell<\/a><\/h3>\nDr. Dale G. Caldwell<\/strong> is New Jersey\u2019s 4th Lieutenant Governor and 35th Secretary of State, serving with Governor Mikie Sherrill. As Secretary of State, Dr. Caldwell leads the New Jersey Department of State and serves as New Jersey\u2019s chief election officer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/03\/MargoChaly.png.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/)
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nActing Secretary of Higher Education Margo Chaly Esq.<\/a><\/h3>\nBrian Bridges, Ph.D. <\/strong>currently serves as New Jersey\u2019s Secretary of Higher Education, where he is responsible for the policy development and coordination of higher education activities for the state.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Legislative Branch<\/h2>\n\n![\"Senator](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2022\/12\/Senator-Nick-Scutari.png.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenate President\u00a0Nicholas P. Scutari<\/a><\/h3>\nNicholas P. Scutari <\/strong>serves as the President of the New Jersey Senate. He has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where he represents the 22nd Legislative District. On January 11, 2022, Scutari was elected the 115th President of the New Jersey State Senate, replacing former Senator Stephen Sweeney.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![\"Assembly](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2019\/04\/assembly-speaker-coughlin-240x314.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssembly Speaker Craig Coughlin<\/a><\/h3>\nCraig J. Coughlin<\/strong>\u00a0has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He has served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 27: (Montclair\/Clifton)<\/h2>\n\n![](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/04\/mckeon_color.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/)
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![\"Assemblywoman](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/04\/bagolie_rosy_2024.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![\"Assemblywoman](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/04\/collazos-gill_alixon_2024.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n![](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/03\/timberlake_britnee_2018_250.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/)
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/03\/morales_carmen_2024.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/)
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![\"Michael](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/03\/venezia_michael_2024.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n![\"Senator](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2019\/04\/corrado_kristin_2017.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![\"Assemblyman](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2019\/04\/dephillips_christopher_2017.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n![](\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2026\/03\/barlas_al_2024.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/)
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
NJ Executive Branch<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nGovernor Mikie Sherrill<\/a><\/h3>\nGovernor Mikie Sherrill<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, former Navy helicopter pilot, federal prosecutor, and mother of four whose career has been rooted in public service. After serving nearly a decade on active duty\u2014flying missions in Europe and the Middle East, supporting operations during the Iraq War, and working on U.S.\u2013Russia naval policy\u2014she went on to earn a law degree and serve in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in New Jersey, where she focused on community outreach, reentry programs, and prosecuting federal cases, including efforts to reduce gun violence. She later represented New Jersey\u2019s 11th Congressional District in Congress and has pursued statewide leadership with a focus on making life more affordable for New Jersey families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nLieutenant Governor Dr. Dale G. Caldwell<\/a><\/h3>\nDr. Dale G. Caldwell<\/strong> is New Jersey\u2019s 4th Lieutenant Governor and 35th Secretary of State, serving with Governor Mikie Sherrill. As Secretary of State, Dr. Caldwell leads the New Jersey Department of State and serves as New Jersey\u2019s chief election officer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nActing Secretary of Higher Education Margo Chaly Esq.<\/a><\/h3>\nBrian Bridges, Ph.D. <\/strong>currently serves as New Jersey\u2019s Secretary of Higher Education, where he is responsible for the policy development and coordination of higher education activities for the state.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Legislative Branch<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenate President\u00a0Nicholas P. Scutari<\/a><\/h3>\nNicholas P. Scutari <\/strong>serves as the President of the New Jersey Senate. He has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where he represents the 22nd Legislative District. On January 11, 2022, Scutari was elected the 115th President of the New Jersey State Senate, replacing former Senator Stephen Sweeney.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssembly Speaker Craig Coughlin<\/a><\/h3>\nCraig J. Coughlin<\/strong>\u00a0has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He has served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 27: (Montclair\/Clifton)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>Governor Mikie Sherrill<\/a><\/h3>\nGovernor Mikie Sherrill<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, former Navy helicopter pilot, federal prosecutor, and mother of four whose career has been rooted in public service. After serving nearly a decade on active duty\u2014flying missions in Europe and the Middle East, supporting operations during the Iraq War, and working on U.S.\u2013Russia naval policy\u2014she went on to earn a law degree and serve in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in New Jersey, where she focused on community outreach, reentry programs, and prosecuting federal cases, including efforts to reduce gun violence. She later represented New Jersey\u2019s 11th Congressional District in Congress and has pursued statewide leadership with a focus on making life more affordable for New Jersey families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nLieutenant Governor Dr. Dale G. Caldwell<\/a><\/h3>\nDr. Dale G. Caldwell<\/strong> is New Jersey\u2019s 4th Lieutenant Governor and 35th Secretary of State, serving with Governor Mikie Sherrill. As Secretary of State, Dr. Caldwell leads the New Jersey Department of State and serves as New Jersey\u2019s chief election officer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nActing Secretary of Higher Education Margo Chaly Esq.<\/a><\/h3>\nBrian Bridges, Ph.D. <\/strong>currently serves as New Jersey\u2019s Secretary of Higher Education, where he is responsible for the policy development and coordination of higher education activities for the state.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Legislative Branch<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenate President\u00a0Nicholas P. Scutari<\/a><\/h3>\nNicholas P. Scutari <\/strong>serves as the President of the New Jersey Senate. He has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where he represents the 22nd Legislative District. On January 11, 2022, Scutari was elected the 115th President of the New Jersey State Senate, replacing former Senator Stephen Sweeney.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssembly Speaker Craig Coughlin<\/a><\/h3>\nCraig J. Coughlin<\/strong>\u00a0has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He has served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 27: (Montclair\/Clifton)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
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- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>Lieutenant Governor Dr. Dale G. Caldwell<\/a><\/h3>\nDr. Dale G. Caldwell<\/strong> is New Jersey\u2019s 4th Lieutenant Governor and 35th Secretary of State, serving with Governor Mikie Sherrill. As Secretary of State, Dr. Caldwell leads the New Jersey Department of State and serves as New Jersey\u2019s chief election officer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nActing Secretary of Higher Education Margo Chaly Esq.<\/a><\/h3>\nBrian Bridges, Ph.D. <\/strong>currently serves as New Jersey\u2019s Secretary of Higher Education, where he is responsible for the policy development and coordination of higher education activities for the state.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Legislative Branch<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenate President\u00a0Nicholas P. Scutari<\/a><\/h3>\nNicholas P. Scutari <\/strong>serves as the President of the New Jersey Senate. He has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where he represents the 22nd Legislative District. On January 11, 2022, Scutari was elected the 115th President of the New Jersey State Senate, replacing former Senator Stephen Sweeney.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssembly Speaker Craig Coughlin<\/a><\/h3>\nCraig J. Coughlin<\/strong>\u00a0has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He has served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 27: (Montclair\/Clifton)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>Acting Secretary of Higher Education Margo Chaly Esq.<\/a><\/h3>\nBrian Bridges, Ph.D. <\/strong>currently serves as New Jersey\u2019s Secretary of Higher Education, where he is responsible for the policy development and coordination of higher education activities for the state.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Legislative Branch<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenate President\u00a0Nicholas P. Scutari<\/a><\/h3>\nNicholas P. Scutari <\/strong>serves as the President of the New Jersey Senate. He has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where he represents the 22nd Legislative District. On January 11, 2022, Scutari was elected the 115th President of the New Jersey State Senate, replacing former Senator Stephen Sweeney.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssembly Speaker Craig Coughlin<\/a><\/h3>\nCraig J. Coughlin<\/strong>\u00a0has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He has served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 27: (Montclair\/Clifton)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
NJ Legislative Branch<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenate President\u00a0Nicholas P. Scutari<\/a><\/h3>\nNicholas P. Scutari <\/strong>serves as the President of the New Jersey Senate. He has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where he represents the 22nd Legislative District. On January 11, 2022, Scutari was elected the 115th President of the New Jersey State Senate, replacing former Senator Stephen Sweeney.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssembly Speaker Craig Coughlin<\/a><\/h3>\nCraig J. Coughlin<\/strong>\u00a0has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He has served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 27: (Montclair\/Clifton)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
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- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>Senate President\u00a0Nicholas P. Scutari<\/a><\/h3>\nNicholas P. Scutari <\/strong>serves as the President of the New Jersey Senate. He has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where he represents the 22nd Legislative District. On January 11, 2022, Scutari was elected the 115th President of the New Jersey State Senate, replacing former Senator Stephen Sweeney.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssembly Speaker Craig Coughlin<\/a><\/h3>\nCraig J. Coughlin<\/strong>\u00a0has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He has served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 27: (Montclair\/Clifton)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin<\/a><\/h3>\nCraig J. Coughlin<\/strong>\u00a0has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He has served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 27: (Montclair\/Clifton)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
District 27: (Montclair\/Clifton)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>Senator John F. McKeon (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>Assemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>Assemblywoman Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 34: (Bloomfield)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>Senator Britnee N. Timberlake (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>Assemblywoman Carmen Theresa Morales (D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>Assemblyman Michael Venezia\u00a0(D)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nDistrict 40: (Little Falls)<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSenator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>Senator Kristin M. Corrado (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>Assemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAssemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>Assemblyman Al Barlas (R)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\nNJ Judicial Branch<\/h2>\n\n- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
\n- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
\n- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- \n
- NJ Courts<\/a>: Covers all NJ courts, including legal forms, child support resources, finding an attorney, court opinions and other information.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n
- NJ Attorney Index<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Search for attorneys who have been admitted to practice in New Jersey. Information about attorneys, such as date of admission, status to practice law in New Jersey, and county and municipality of the business office of practicing attorneys<\/li>\n
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities\n
- \n
- Board of Public Utilities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0> Regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- Economic Development Authority<\/a>\u00a0> The EDA can assist businesses with access to capital, including tax-exempt and taxable bond financing, loans, loan guarantees, and business and tax incentives.<\/li>\n
- Election Law Enforcement Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Dedicated to administering \u201cThe New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act,\u201d \u201cThe Gubernatorial, Legislative Disclosure Statement Act,\u201d \u201cLegislative and Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act,\u201d and various portions of the \u201cUniform Recall Election Law.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Interstate Environmental Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0Established in 1936, the Commission is a tri-state water and air pollution control agency for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mission is to protect and enhance environmental quality through cooperation, regulation and communication between government officials and citizens in the tri-state region.<\/li>\n
- New Jersey Apportionment Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Charged with redrawing the lines of the State’s 40 legislative districts, from which the 40 Senators and 80 members of the General Assembly are elected.<\/li>\n
- NJ Higher Education<\/a>\u00a0> Serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both 31 public and 35 independent institutions and enrolls over 440,000 full- and part-time credit-seeking students statewide.<\/li>\n
- NJ Transit<\/a>\u00a0> Public transportation corporation covering NJ, New York and Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0> A bi-state authority, established in 1921that runs most of the regional transportation and infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports and\u00a0seaports within the Port of New York and New Jersey.<\/span><\/li>\n
- State Commission of Investigation<\/a>\u00a0> Maintains a constant vigil against the intrusion of organized crime into society; to identify and expose corruption and governmental laxity; to shed light on waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars; and to recommend new laws and other remedies to protect the integrity of the governmental process on behalf of the citizens of New Jersey.<\/li>\n
- State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u00a0> Created in 1973 to administer and enforce the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law; it also administers and enforces several sections of the Casino Control Act.<\/li>\n
- Turnpike Authority<\/a>\u00a0> Locate the Authority’s annual reports, accident reports, among other topics of interest.\u00a0 Includes Garden State Parkway.<\/li>\n
- Victims of Crime Compensation Board<\/a>\u00a0> Provides compensation to innocent victims of violent crime for some expenses they suffer as a result of the crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- County and Local Government Leadership\n
- \n
- List of Counties (NJ Association of Counties)<\/a>
\nNJAC is committed to advocating for legislation, regulations and policy directives that empower county governments to operate more effectively and efficiently. As a non-partisan organization that represents the only true regional form of government in the State with a unified and proactive voice, NJAC is committed to advancing innovative programs and initiatives for the sole purpose of saving valuable taxpayer dollars.<\/li>\n- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Maps (Department of Transportation)<\/a>
\nList of county and state maps available from NJDOT’s Geographic Information System.<\/li>\n- County Government Historical Records (NJ State Archives)<\/a><\/li>\n
- County Courts<\/a><\/li>\n
- State and County QuickFacts: New Jersey (U.S. Census Bureau )<\/a>
\nBasic statistical information on the people, business and geography of the state and counties of New Jersey, with links to additional data sets.<\/li>\n- Statistical Resources – Research Guide<\/a>
\nProvides links to general and specific statistics on the United States and NJ counties and municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government of the State of New Jersey, like that of the United States, is divided into three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The principal function of the Legislature is to enact laws. The Executive branch, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State agencies, carries out the programs established by law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- County Offices<\/a><\/li>\n
- Civil Service Commission<\/a>\u00a0>\u00a0The Commission is an independent body that hears and rules on appeals filed by State, county and municipal civil service employees, candidates for employment and appointing authorities.<\/li>\n
- NJ Digital Legal Library<\/a><\/li>\n