NJ A2811

Staggers terms for the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium's 16-member board of directors into four classes, with initial terms of one, two, three, and four years respectively, followed by standard four-year terms

Removes specific statutory requirements for hiring program officers and limits on administrative staff (previously capped at three), giving the executive director broader discretion to hire staff necessary to carry out the consortium's mission

Expands eligibility for grant collaborations from only faculty or graduate students to any "academic or administrative representative" of member universities

Allows unspent State appropriations to the consortium to carry over from one fiscal year to the next, enabling multi-year grant funding

Member universities serving as fiscal sponsors must still provide a 10% funding or in-kind match for grant applications