In a move New Jersey's acting state Comptroller Kevin Walsh called “NJ ‘transparency’ at its worst,” a bill that would move investigative “powers, functions and duties” from the state comptroller’s office to the State Commission of Investigation will appear before a state senate committee Monday morning.

The bill will be presented at the state senate’s state government, wagering, tourism and historic preservation committee meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 1

Sponsored by Senate President Nick Scutari, the bill claims to continue the “process of consolidating and eliminating duplication among state government oversight entities” and cites actions taken 15 years ago to move the offices of the inspector general and the Medicaid inspector general into the office of the state comptroller b

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