Series VII: NJ State Documents: Commissions

Collection

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Commissions, committees of the state

Permanent Commissions

This section of documents contains Permanent Commissions to the State of New Jersey or Interstate Commissions (transcribed from card file)

Advisory Planning to the Legislature and Governor (no longer in existence?)

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Capital Budgeting and Planning Commission

Casino Control Commission

Commission on Higher Education

Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission

Delaware River Basin Commission

Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission

Delaware River Port Authority

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission (now New Jersey Meadowlands)

Highway Authority (became part of New Jersey Turnpike Authority)

Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin (absorbed by Delaware River Basin Commission - DRBC)

Interstate Cooperation Commission (became Intergovernmental Relations)

Interstate Sanitation Commission (became Interstate Environmental Commission)

Investigation, State Commission

Joint Meeting in the Matter of an Outlet Sewer (incl Second River, no longer exists?)

Law Revision Commission

Martin Luther King Jr. Commerative Commission

New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth (became New Jersey Economic Development Authotiy)

New Jersey Criminal Diposition (replaced by Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission)

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority

New Jersey Exec. Commission on Ethical Standards (now the State Ethics Committee)

New Jersey Expressway Authority (now South Jersey Transportation Authority)

New Jersey Historical Commission

New Jersey Meadowlands Commission

New Jersey Motion Picture Commission (born digital)

New Jersey Racing Commission

New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (see Sports)

New Jersey Turnpike Authority

New York - New Jersey Transportation Agency (no longer exists?)

North Jersey Districy Water Supply Commission

North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Passaic Valley Sewarage Commission

Pinelands Commission

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

South Jersey Port Commission

South Jersey Transportation Authority

Sports and Exposition Authority (see New Jersey Sports)

State Capital Development Commission (absorbed?)

Tri-State Regional Planning Commission (aka. Tri State Transportation Commission, ended in 1982)

Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor (NJ withdrew in 2023, replaced by New York Waterfront, and NJ State Police)

Temporary Commissiosn

Includes the following temporary commissions. Dates represent the law that founded the commission, but not necessarily all documents in the section. Departments transcribed from card file.

JR = Joint Resolution
CR = Concurrent Resolution
A = Assembly
C = Congressional
S = Senate
G likely was used for General

Abortion Study Commission (ACR 24, 1968)

Administration of Public Medical Care (JR4, 1956)

Advisory, Local Personal Property Tax (JR8, 1961)

Alcoholic Beverage Commission (Ch. 436, 1933)

Alcoholic Beverage Control Study Commission (SCR3025, 1979)

Alcoholism and Promotion of Temperance (Ch. 94, 1945)

Apportionment (begins 1967, GOP-II proposal adopted 1992)

Arts in New Jersey (AJR 20, 1962; AJR 8 1964)

Audit and Finance (JR 2,3 and 9 1929)

Automobile Reparation Reform Act (SCR 68, 1972)

Beach Erosion (JR 9 1948)

Blue Cross in New Jersey

Boundary Commission (JR 1886)

Budget Advisory (G 1935)

Bus Susidy Program Study

CATV Study (A 2041, 1971)

Camp Grounds at Sea Girt, Agents for the Purchase of (L 1888)

Capital Needs of New Jersey (G)

Capital Punishment, To Study (SJR 3, 1964)

Centennial Exhibition (L 1875)

Charitable and Philanthrophic Fund Raising Study (JR 7, 1956)

Child Labor Laws Study (JR 12, 1968)

Children and Youth, NJ Committee On (for 1960 White House conference)

Chronic Sick (JR 1949)

Civil Service Investigating (JR 1916)

Civil War Centennial (JR 11 1959 and JR 5 1961)

Columbian Exhibition, World's Committee of the New Jersey School Exhibit (authorized by Board of Education, appointed by Governor)

Conflicts of Interest in the performance of public duties by persons holding public office... (SCR 18, 1956)

Conflicts of Interest, Legislative Commission

Constitution Committee to Formulate Certain Amendments to

Constituion NJ, Committee on the Revision of (JR 2 1941)

Constitutional Convention, 1947

Constitutional Convention, 1966

Construction Safety, Gov's Advisory (G 1959)

Corporation Law Revision (Ch. 10 1958)

Corporation Law, Commissioners Appointed to Revise (SCR, 1916)

Corporations, Commissioners Appointed to Revise (Ch 351, 1895)

Corporations, Commissioners Appointed to Revise (Ch 30, 1905)

Counseling and Placement Services for High School Graduates, to Study (ACR 1964)

County and Municipal Government Study (Ch. 28, 1966)

County and Municipal Law Revision (ch. 231, 1956)

County and Municipal Taxation and Expenditure, to Investigate (JR 13, 1929)

County Penal System Study (JR 3, 1973)

Crime in New Jersey, Commission to Study the Causes and Prevention Of (Ch. 84, 1966)

Crime, Commission to Investigate the Subject of (G 1927)

Criminal Law Revision

Defense Council

Defense Council - War Transportation Commmittee

Defense of Indigent Persons Accused of Crime (JR 12, 1966)

Delaware Bay Area Development (JR 15 1959)

Delaware River Fisheries and Stream Pollution (JR 2, 1908)

Delaware River Treaty (Ch. 94 1923 and Ch. 344 1926)

Dependency and Crime (Ch. 140 1908)

Displaced Persons, Govs. Commission On (G)

Divorce Law Study (ch. 57 1967)

Drainage Stream Clearence, Joint (ACR 23 1953 and ACR 4 1954)

Driver Education Study (AJR 32 1962)

Economy and Efficiency (JR 6 1912)

Education Dept. Building Cold, Commission to Study (SJR 4 1956)

Educational Television Committee (AJR 9 1953)

Efficiency and Economy in State Govt, Gov's Committee

Legislative Commission to Study Efficiency and Economy in State Government (SCR 13, 1964)

Efficiency and Economy in State Govt, State Commission (SCR 141, 1976)

Election Law Revision (Ch. 29 1964, Ch. 78 1965)

Election Laws Study (JR 14 1953, JR 6 1956)

Emergency City Govt, Commission On (SJR4 1959)

Emergency Committee, Gov's Report (G 1939)

Emegency Relief Administration

Eminent Domain Revision (Ch. 50 1962)

Employer's Liability (Ch. 241, 1911)

Energy Crisis Study

Essex County East-West Freeway (ACR 41, 1956)

Excise (CR 1908)

Exec. Branch of the State Govt., to study the organization and operation (SJRI 1954)

Family Court Study (JR 12 1968)

Federal-State War Conference on Social Protection

Federal Writer's Project

Flood Control (JR 19 1929)

Fluoridation Study (JR 3, 1971)

Gambling Study (SCR 58, 1972)

Gasoline Study (ACR 7, 1952)

General Hospitals

Habitual Sex Offender (SJR 7, 1949)

Hackensack Meadowlands Study (SCR 147, 1975)

Health Admin., Local, Gov's Committee (G)

Health and Safety of Workers, Gov's Advisory Committee

Health and Welfare, State Conference (G 1938)

Hospitals, state aid for care of indigent patients, study (Ch. 1940, 1965)

Housing, Advisory Committee

Housing, Gov's Temporary Committee

Hudson River Waterfront Study Planning and Development

Immigration (Ch. 362, 1911)

Improvement of the Law of Evidence, Commission (JR 15, 1955)

Income Maintenance (PL 1975 c. 359)

Income Maintenance (PL 1978 c. 108)

Individual Liberty and Personal Privacy

Industrial Development (SCR 13, 1955)

Industrial Education (JR 11, 1908)

Industrial Recovery Admin., NJ Code of Fair Competition (Ch. 372 1933)

Institutions and Agencies Dept, to Study (G)

Intergovernmental Relations, New Jersey (JR, 1954?)

Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission, NJ (JR 3 1906, JR 4 1912, Ch. 49 1918, now administered by Port Authority and South Jersey Port)

Intrastate Bus Operation, Legislative (SCR 22, 1958 etc)

Judicial Council of New Jersey

Jury System, Commission to Investigate the Report to the Legislature (JR 9, 1912)

Juvenile Delinquency (Ch. 136, 1936)

Landlord Tenant Relationship Study (ACR 28 1969)

Law Enforcement Council (Ch. 253 1952, Ch. 182 1953)

Commission On Legal and Ethical Problems in the Delivery of Health Care

Legislative Reapportionment and Congressional Redistricting Planning (SCR 21 1964, SCR 3, 1965)

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Commission to Confer With (SJR 1911)

Library Services, to Study (JR 9 1954)

Local Govt. Conflicts of Interest and Code of Ethics Study (SCR 69 1972)

Local Property Taxation, Gov's Committee (G)

Management Commission, Gov's

Meadow Reclamation (JR 8 1930)

NJ Commission to Study Meadowland Development (JR 8 1963)

Mental Defectives, Commission on the Care of (JR 5 1913)

Mental Health (ACR 42 1956, ACR 35 1957)

Mentally Deficient Persons, Commission to Study (AJR 11 1950)

Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission (Ch. 194 1952)

Middle Income Housing Study Commission (JR 11 1955)

Migratory Children, Commission to Investigation (JR 6 1930)

Military Training and Instruction in High School (Ch. 211, 1916)

Mobile Home Study (JR 3 1977)

Morris Canal Abandonment, to Investigate (CR 1903)

Morris Canal and Banking Co. (G 4/23)

Morris Canal Investigation Committee (JR 10 1912)

Morven, Gov's Committee On (G)

Motor Vehicles Air Pollution Control Study (JR 8, 1964

Motor Vehicles Drivers License Study (SR 3 1968)

Motor Vehicle Inspection Study (AJR 28)

Motor Vehicle Study (Ch. 68 1974)

Municipal Financing, for the Survey Report (AR 1915)

Municipal Government (JR3 1907, JR1 1948)

Narcotic Control (Ch 449 1953, Ch 226 1964 changed from Perm. Comm. to Advisory Council)

Narcotic Drug Study (JR 15 1962)

Narcotics, legislative (JR 8 1951)

NJ American Revolution Bicenntenial Celebration

NJ Bioethics

NJ Blue Cross Rate Study

NJ Child Labor Law Study (JR 11 1955)

NJ Gov's Milk Committee

NJ Higher Education, Gov's Committee

NJ Medical College (JR 4 1950)

NJ Old Age Study (JR 3 1954)

NJ State Employees Safety (G 1965)

NJ State Racing (Ch. 333 1933)

NJ Tercentenery 1664-1964

NJ Workmen's Comp (G 1972)

NY-NJ Port and Harbor (Ch. 130, 1917)

Newark Bay

No Fault Auto Accident Insurance Plan (JR 4 1970)

Open Space Policy (Ch. 312 1968)

Passaic River Flood District

Passaic River Navigation (Ch. 173 1912)

Passaic Valley Flood Control, Gov's Committee

Pension and Retirement (JR 11 1917)

Pension Survey

Personnel Employed by Various State Depts, etc. Commission to Study (Ch. 162 1943)

Physically Handicapped, Governer's NJ State Committee to Employ - Bloomfield-West Essex County

Port of New York, On Taxation of Property (JR 1,5 1925)

Port Raritan District

Post-War Economic Welfare (Ch. 192, 1943)

Primary and Election Laws, to Revise (JR 4 1916)

Prison Industry (JR 1 1917)

Prison Labor

Prison System (JR 1877)

Prisons and Parole System, to examine and investigate (Ch. 315 1941)

Professionak and Occupational Licensing Study

Public and School Employees Grievance Procedure Study (Ch. 170 1966 and Ch. 8 1967)

Public Broadcasting for NJ, Gov's

Public Education, to Survey

Public Employee Employer-Employee Relations Study (Ch. 124, 1974)

Public Records, Committee of Citizens On

Railroad Companies, Committee to Confer With Respecting Payment of Their Taxes (SCR 1938)

Railroad Grade Crossing, for Elimination or Alteration

Railroad Tax Hearing

Railroad Tax Law of 1941, on the Operation Of

Railroads and Canals in NJ, Board to Reappraise (JR 3 1909)

Real Estate Title Insurance Study (ACR 77 1972)

Real Property Tax Exemption (ACR 42 1968)

Recreation (ACR 11 1949)

Regional Planning

Riparian Lands (JR 11 1960)

Rules of Evidence (SCR 28 1966)

Rutgers and the State University (JR 2, 7, 1928)

Salt Water Fishing, Investigation Of (SR 1906)

Sandy Hook State Park, Legislative (JR 17 1933)

School Aid (JR 9 1950)

School Survey (G 1932)

Second Mortgage Loan Study (JR 11 1956)

Senior Citizens Tax Study (JR 16 1968)

Sex Discrimination in the Statutes (Ch. 68, 1978)

Ship Canal Advisory

Social Security

South Jersey Port and Delaware River Port, to study the practibility of consolidating (SCR 18 1966)

South Jersey Transit Authority

Special Tax (1880)

Sports Hall of Fame, Advisory

State Admin. and Professional Compensation

State Admin. Reorganization (JR 1 1944)

State Aid to School Districts (Ch. 32 1966)

State and County Aid to General Hospitals (JR 6 1927)

State Capitol Building (JR 2 1945)

State College for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts(Ch 4 1902)

State-Employee Relations (G 1942)

State Employees Retirement System, Special (JR 7 1951)

State Law Enforcment Pension, Advisory Commission (Ch. 320, 1951)

State Lottery Planning (JR 11 1959)

State Sewarage (Ch. 210 1889)

State Tax Policy

Status of Women, Gov's

Student Service (Ch. 23 1942, Ch. 145 1943)

Subminal Projection (ACR 33 1958)

Tax Assessments, Commission to Investigate (JR 7 1912)

Tax Law Revision (Ch. 95 1938)

Tax Laws, to Investigate (JR 1 1919)

Tax Policy (1970)

Taxation, to Investigate (CR 1896)

Taxation, Commissioners Appointed to Investigate (SCR 1904)

Taxation of Intangible Personal Property (JR 4 1944)

Taxation of State Owned Land (JR 10 1965)

Taxation of Out of State NJ Residents (SCR 25 1957)

Teacher Preperation Programs Study (PL 1978 c. 25)

Textile Fabrics (Ch. 107, 1877)

Toll Roads and Bridges, to Investigate (JR 2, 1916)

Traffic (JR 4 1928)

Transit Problems

Travel and Resort Industry Study

USS New Jersey Battleship (JR 6 1975)

Unemployment Relief (Ch. 92 1938)

Uniform Commercial Code, to Study and Report Upon (Ch 66 1959)

Uniform Consumer Credit Code (Ch. 238 1969)

US Constitution, NJ

Urban Colored Population (Ch 393, 1938)

Victory Garden Committee

War Records

Water Supply, Legislative (AJR 4 1955)

Weather Service (1890-1902)

Welfare Administration (JR 9 1951)

Welfare and Relief Laws (ACR 3 1968)

Worker's Comp Act and Practices, Study Of (JR 16 1933)

Workmen's Comp Law Study (Ch. 126, s. 18, 1966)

Work's Progress Administration

World's Fair

Youth, Gov's Committee

Youth Study (SJR 3 originally State Juvenile Deliquency, to Study, SEE ALSO: IF-Newark Youth)

Dates

1852 - 2025

Biographical / Historical

The Newark Public Library was historically a center for state documents, and remains so, although most documents are now digital.

Two sections include State Commissions and Interstate Commissions, which are divided in Permanent and Temporary Commissions (PC or TIC). This is based on whether the Commission was created as Permanent or created as a Temporary Commission or Committee.

All the documents were organized in a card file.

For commissions and committees, historically, staff also recorded on each card the resolution or law, which created each commission.