The Governor’s Office sent out a press release late in the business day saying the new rules had been adopted after an official 60-day public comment period. But state legislators seemed taken aback, saying they heard about the adoption of the regulations for the first time late Monday and believed they that had blocked the changes in two resolutions passed last year.
Christie’s office did not immediately respond to questions about the proposal, and did not explain in the press release what legal grounds were being used to justify adoption of the revised regulations in light of those resolutions. He said last year that he did not properly receive the resolutions that had been passed in the spring. That led to legislators' passing another set of resolutions on the same subject in December.
