Diane Allen

Senator Diane Allen, R-7, issued the following statement regarding Governor Corzine nomination of Stuart Rabner to be Attorney General:

After two ethically challenged Attorneys General, it looks like we may finally have a nominee who will restore dignity to the office.

ALLEN: REAL REFORM NOT POSSIBLE WITH DEMOCRAT RULES
More Power for the People Who Created the Mess in Trenton Not the Answer

Deputy Senate Minority Leader Diane Allen (R-Burlington/Camden) issued the following statement regarding the temporary joint legislative committees that will take up property tax reform in the upcoming special summer session:

SENATOR DIANE ALLEN DRAFTING SIBLING UNIFICATION ACT
New Bill Would Require That Siblings Stay In Contact

Senator Diane Allen, (R-7), announced today that she has asked the Office of Legislative Services to draft legislation that will allow siblings adopted into different families to be granted visitation rights under certain circumstances.

Allen: Budget Impasse Hurts New Jersey Families

Senator Diane Allen, (R-7), issued the following statement regarding the New Jersey budget impasse that has caused an historic shutdown of state government.

Legislation sponsored by Senators Peter A. Inverso (R-14) and Diane B. Allen (R-7) which would strengthen several provisions to current law regarding sex offenders who fail to register, passed the State Senate today.

GOVERNOR CORZINE SIGNS LEGISLATION ENHANCING
FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Also Signs Bills Allowing Prepaid Lunch Programs and
Protecting Consumers Facing Foreclosure
TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today signed legislation bringing enhanced accountability to school districts’ finances. Corzine also signed legislation permitting boards of education to establish prepaid lunch programs and requiring residential mortgage lenders to provide debtors with contact information in foreclosure notices.

ALLEN: PROPOSED GAS TAX HIKE A BAD IDEA
Senator Diane Allen, (R-7), issued the following remarks in response to media reports that Governor-elect Jon Corzine is considering raising the gasoline tax.

Allen Home Heating Assistance Bill Advances

A bill sponsored by Senator Diane Allen, R-7th District, that would increase funding to help low-income families pay home heating bills was approved by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee today.

Allen Calls for Eminent Domain Time Out
Two Year Moratorium and Study Commission

Senator Diane Allen (R-7) has introduced legislation that would temporarily stop the government’s use of eminent domain to take a person’s private property and then hand it off to another private owner. The moratorium on the use of eminent domain would last for two years. The legislation also creates a bi-partisan study commission which is charged with reviewing the implications of last summer’s United States Supreme Court decision Kelo v. New London.

DYFS REPORT IDENTIFIES REFORM SHORTFALLS
Pace of Reform is Slow, Quality of Reform is Lacking

Senator Diane Allen, (R-7), issued the following statement regarding the New Jersey Child Welfare panel's report on the pace of the implementation of reforms designed to reorganize the Division of Youth and Family Services, (DYFS).