William D. Payne

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Assemblyman William D. Payne
Assemblyman William D. Payne

William D. Payne is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the General Assembly since 1998-2008, where he represented the 29th legislative district. He has been the Assembly's Deputy Majority Conference Leader since 2002-2008.[1]

Payne served in the Assembly on the Regulatory Oversight Committee (as Chair), the Budget Committee (as Vice Chair) and the Human Services Committee.[1]

Assemblyman Payne has served on the New Jersey Criminal Disposition Commission since 2004. Since 2003, he has been the President of the Board of Trustees of the Chad Independent School. He has been the Essex County Deputy Chief of Staff since 2003.[1]

Payne has served on the New Jersey Joint Committee on Mentoring since 1999. He served on the New Jersey Tourism Advisory Council in 1998, on the New Jersey Congressional Award Council in 1995 and on the New Jersey Council on Adult Literacy in 1992. He served as Chair of the Newark Housing Authority from 1986-1989 and was Vice-Chair of the Essex County Improvement Authority from 1980-1986.[1]

Among legislation successfully sponsored and cosponsored by Assemblyman Payne are legislation allocating funds which enabled the Newark Boys Chorus to perform in the Union of South Africa, a bill providing $750,000 to establish school-based mentoring programs for at-risk students in Abbott Districts. Assemblyman Payne's Amistad legislation established the Amistad Commission to incorporate African American history and contributions into the K-12 curriculum in New Jersey schools and, the practice of racial profiling by law enforcement and all civil service employees has been criminalized in New Jersey by landmark legislation of which Assemblyman Payne was the lead sponsor.

Payne received a B.A. from Rutgers University in Political Science.[1] Payne's brother, Donald M. Payne, serves in the House of Representatives representing New Jersey's 10th Congressional district. Payne's nephew, Craig A. Stanley, also serves in the General Assembly, where he represents the 28th legislative district. Payne was born in Newark, where he currently resides.[2]

[edit] District 29

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 29th Legislative District are:

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Assemblyman Payne's Legislative Website, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 11, 2007.
  2. ^ Assembly Member William D. Payne, Project Vote Smart. Accessed September 20, 2007.

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