Government of the State of New Jersey

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public authority state government

The Government of the State of New Jersey is the state-level governing authority responsible for executing laws, administering public services, and overseeing the executive, legislative, and judicial functions within New Jersey.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Government of New Jersey	6
New Jersey Executive Branch	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public authority ⓘ state government ⓘ
assemblyMembersPerDistrict	2 ⓘ
capital	Trenton NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitution	Constitution of New Jersey ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentConstitutionAdopted	1947 ⓘ
currentGovernor	Phil Murphy ⓘ
earliestConstitutionAdopted	1776 ⓘ
executiveOfficesLocation	New Jersey State House ⓘ
governorParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
governorResidence	Drumthwacket ⓘ
governorTermLength	4 years ⓘ
governorTermLimit	two consecutive terms ⓘ
hasAttorneyGeneral	Attorney General of New Jersey ⓘ
hasCabinet	Cabinet of the Governor of New Jersey ⓘ
hasDepartment	New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance ⓘ New Jersey Department of Community Affairs ⓘ New Jersey Department of Corrections ⓘ New Jersey Department of Education ⓘ New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ New Jersey Department of Health ⓘ New Jersey Department of Human Services ⓘ New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development ⓘ State of New Jersey Department of Transportation ⓘ surface form: New Jersey Department of Transportation
hasElectionAuthority	New Jersey Division of Elections ⓘ
hasExecutiveBranch	executive branch of the Government of New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Executive branch of New Jersey
hasJudicialBranch	Judiciary of New Jersey ⓘ
hasLawEnforcementAgency	New Jersey State Police ⓘ
hasLegislativeBranch	New Jersey Legislature ⓘ
hasSecretaryOfState	New Jersey Secretary of State ⓘ
hasTaxAuthority	New Jersey Division of Taxation ⓘ
hasTreasurer	New Jersey State Treasurer ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of New Jersey ⓘ
headOfState	Governor of New Jersey ⓘ
highestCourt	Supreme Court of New Jersey ⓘ
intermediateAppellateCourt	Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division ⓘ
judicialBody	Supreme Court of New Jersey ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeDistricts	40 ⓘ
legislatureName	New Jersey Legislature ⓘ
legislatureType	bicameral legislature ⓘ
lowerHouse	New Jersey General Assembly ⓘ
numberOfAssemblyMembers	80 ⓘ
numberOfCounties	21 ⓘ
numberOfStateSenators	40 ⓘ
operatesUnderPrinciple	separation of powers ⓘ
previousConstitutionAdopted	1844 ⓘ
responsibleFor	administering public services ⓘ executing state laws ⓘ overseeing executive, legislative, and judicial functions within New Jersey ⓘ
senatorsPerDistrict	1 ⓘ
subdivisionType	county ⓘ
trialCourt	Superior Court of New Jersey ⓘ
upperHouse	New Jersey Legislature ⓘ surface form: New Jersey Senate
votingSystemLegislature	first-past-the-post ⓘ