News From Assembly Speaker Albio Sires

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SIRES MEASURE TO CLARIFY DEFINITION OF 'ACTING GOVERNOR' GAINS FINAL HOUSE APPROVAL

SIRES MEASURE TO CLARIFY DEFINITION OF 'ACTING GOVERNOR' GAINS FINAL HOUSE APPROVAL(TRENTON) - The General Assembly today gave final legislative approval to legislation Assembly Speaker Albio Sires sponsored to remove the word 'Acting' from the title of any individual who administers the government of this state for a period of 180 days or more and replace it with 'Governor of the State of New Jersey'.

"During his tenure as Acting Governor, Dick Codey has defined himself as a strong and stable leader, unafraid to fight for the kind of good government measures the people of New Jersey deserve," said Sires. "To refer to him as an Acting Governor makes it seem like he just spent a couple of days hanging out in the Governor's Office 'acting' like a governor."

Codey was sworn in as Acting Governor on November 16, 2004, immediately following the resignation of Former Governor James E. McGreevey.

The Sires bill (S-2830/A-4565), would redefine the title of any Acting Governor who serves six or more months of his or her predecessor's unexpired term as 'Governor of the State of New Jersey' for all official and historical purposes. The act would take effect immediately and be retroactive to January 2001, extending the benefit to former Senate President Donald DiFrancesco who served as the state's Acting Governor for the 350 remaining days in the term of Former Governor Christine Todd Whitman, who resigned in January 2001 to take a position with the Bush Administration in Washington, DC.

"Both Acting Governor DiFrancesco and Acting Governor Codey deserve to be remembered with accuracy for the significant roles they played in the history of our state government," said Sires. "Acknowledging their service as 'Governors of the State of New Jersey' is an absolutely fitting way to commemorate their dedicated service."

The legislation also is sponsored by Senators Bernard Kenny (D-Hudson) , Joseph V. Doria (D-Hudson), and Assemblymen Alfred E. Steele (D-Passaic), Jeff Van Drew (D-Atlantic/Cape May/Cumberland) and Alex DeCroce (R-Morris).

The bill passed 78-0. It now goes to the Acting Governor who may sign it, veto it, or modify it in the form of a conditional veto.

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