New Jersey

New Jersey amended its statutory code in 1990 to limit the growth of appropriations to personal income growth.

52:9H-26.  Formula for determination of maximum appropriations 
     In each fiscal year commencing after June 30, 1992, the appropriations of the State shall not exceed the maximum appropriations permitted pursuant to the following formula: 

    Maximum Appropriations = Base Year Appropriations x (1 + PCI), where:
    a.   "Base Year Appropriations" means the appropriations of the State in the base year; and
    b.   "PCI" means the average annual percentage increase, expressed as a decimal, in State per capita personal income over the four fiscal years ending on June 30 prior to the base year.  The per capita personal income for each of the four years shall be the average of the per capita personal income for the four quarters in each fiscal year, utilizing the quarterly data for State personal income and the annual data for State population as published by the United States Department of Commerce. 

    L.1990,c.94,s.3. 

-- THE NEW JERSEY CODE

New Jersey’s Constitution limits the state’s Governor to two consecutive terms.  A person can run for that office again after sitting out one term.

ARTICLE V
EXECUTIVE

SECTION I

5. The term of office of the Governor shall be four years, beginning at noon of the third Tuesday in January next following his election, and ending at noon of the third Tuesday in January four years thereafter. No person who has been elected Governor for two successive terms, including an unexpired term, shall again be eligible for that office until the third Tuesday in January of the fourth year following the expiration of his second successive term.

-- THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Created by: Jennifer L. Crull

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