NJ ACR13

Proposes amending the New Jersey Constitution to remove the requirement that the Governor nominate and the Senate confirm judges of municipal courts with jurisdiction over more than one municipality (joint municipal courts and central municipal courts)

Would allow the Legislature to establish by statute an alternative appointment method for these judges, rather than the current constitutional requirement of gubernatorial nomination with Senate consent

Does not affect judges of single-municipality courts, who are already appointed at the municipal level, nor Supreme Court or Superior Court judges who would still require gubernatorial nomination and Senate confirmation

The amendment must be approved by voters at a general election occurring more than three months after legislative agreement, with public notice published in newspapers at least three months before the election

If approved, could enable joint municipal court judges to be appointed by the participating municipalities and central municipal court judges to be appointed by the county that created the court