Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 1:2-7

  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
If any bill, passed by both houses of the legislature and presented to the governor, and returned by him with his objections to the house in which it originated, shall nevertheless afterwards become a law in the manner prescribed by the constitution, the presiding officer of the house in which such bill originated shall deliver the same to the secretary of state, who shall file and keep the same in his office, with the other laws of the same sitting, as directed by section 1:2-5 of this title.
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