Government of New Jersey
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The current Government of New Jersey was established by the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, which created three branches, the Executive Branch, headed by the Governor of New Jersey, the Legislative Branch, a bicameral legislature consisting of the New Jersey Assembly and the New Jersey Senate, and a Judicial Branch, headed by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
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[edit] Legislative Branch
The Legislature is responsible for the appointment of the New Jersey State Auditor, the only state officer which is appointed by the legislature. The legislative branch contains two houses, consisting of a 40-member Senate and an 80-member General Assembly, both based in the Trenton State House.[1]
[edit] Executive Branch
The Executive Branch is headed by the Governor, Jon Corzine, and organized into departments, which may not number more than twenty, according to the constitution. Temporary commissions may be allocated by law for special purposes outside of the departments. As of 2010, one of the departments may be headed by the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey.
The Governor is responsible for appointing two constitutionally created officers, the New Jersey Attorney General and the New Jersey Secretary of State, with the approval of the senate.
There are eighteen departments and fifty-six agencies.
[edit] Departments
- New Jersey Department of Agriculture
- New Jersey Attorney General
- New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance
- New Jersey Department of Children and Families
- New Jersey Department of Commerce
- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
- New Jersey Department of Corrections
- New Jersey Department of Education
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services
- New Jersey Department of Human Services
- New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development
- New Jersey Department of Military & Veterans Affairs
- New Jersey Department of Personnel
- New Jersey Public Advocate
- New Jersey Department of State
- New Jersey Department of Transportation
- New Jersey Department of the Treasury
[edit] Agencies
- New Jersey Office of Administrative Law
- New Jersey Advisory Committee on Police Standards
- New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
- New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research
- New Jersey Building Authority
- New Jersey Casino Control Commission
- New Jersey Office of the Child Advocate
- New Jersey Clean Air Council
- New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research
- New Jersey Commission on Higher Education
- New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology
- New Jersey Council on Local Mandates
- Delaware River Basin Commission
- New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel
- New Jersey Economic Development Authority
- New Jersey Election Law Enforcement (Campaign and Lobbying Disclosure)
- New Jersey Emergency Management Agency
- New Jersey Energy Master Plan Agency
- Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA)
- Garden State Preservation Trust
- New Jersey Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
- Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
- New Jersey Highlands Council
- New Jersey Historic Trust (NJHT)
- New Jersey Homeland Security
- New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency
- New Jersey Housing Resource Center (NJHRC)
- New Jersey Office of Information Technology
- New Jersey Inspector General
- New Jersey Interstate Environmental Commission
- New Jersey Lottery
- New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
- New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority (NJEFA)
- New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust
- New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority (NJHCFFA)
- New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
- New Jersey Network (NJN)
- New Jersey Real Estate Commission
- New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA)
- New Jersey School Construction Corporation
- New Jersey Transit
- New Jersey Pinelands Commission
- New Jersey Pinelands Development Credit Bank
- New Jersey Professional Boards and Advisory Committees
- New Jersey Public Defender
- New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission
- New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research
- New Jersey State Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
- New Jersey State Commission of Investigation
- New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission
- New Jersey State Ethics Commission
- New Jersey State Library
- New Jersey State Parole Board
- New Jersey State Police
- New Jersey Turnpike Authority
- New Jersey Victims of Crime Compensation Board
- New Jersey Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor
[edit] References
- ^ New Jersey LegislatureNew Jersey Government
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