Bill Text: NJ A1106 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to provide database of initiatives from other states with respect to green jobs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee [A1106 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1106-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman DENISE M. COYLE
District 16 (Morris and Somerset)
Assemblyman PETER J. BIONDI
District 16 (Morris and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
Requires New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to provide database of initiatives from other states with respect to green jobs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act providing for a database of initiatives from other states with respect to green jobs and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, "green job" means an occupation, or aspect of employment, that deals with renewable energy, energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy sustainability, or reducing environmental impact.
b. The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall within 90 days of the enactment of this act, establish a program within the Center for Occupational Employment Information, established pursuant to section 27 of P.L.2005, c.354 (C.34:1A-86), to provide to the public a central database listing the initiatives, of other states, used to attract or create green jobs. In compiling the database, the department shall, at a minimum, include:
(1) names of initiatives used to attract or create green jobs, both proposed and implemented, arising out of the public, private, nonprofit, and academic sectors;
(2) programmatic details of initiatives listed in the database;
(3) available research or data describing the results, or projected results, of initiatives listed in the database;
(4) the state or region from which the initiative is proposed or implemented; and
(5) a statement accompanying each initiative which compares, contrasts, and examines potential competition, with respect to any existing New Jersey initiatives, or discusses the potential for such an initiative if no comparable initiative exists in this State, so that the public and government officials may be aware of the various ways states attract and create green jobs and so that New Jersey remains competitive in this emerging labor market.
The database established pursuant to this subsection shall be displayed prominently on the department's website, and shall be updated as appropriate.
c. The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to establish a database listing the initiatives, of other states, used to attract or create green jobs. The bill requires the department to include, at a minimum, the following information in the database:
(1) names of initiatives used to attract or create green jobs in other states, both proposed and implemented, arising out of the public, private, nonprofit, and academic sectors;
(2) programmatic details of initiatives listed in the database;
(3) available research or data describing the results, or projected results, of initiatives listed in the database;
(4) the state or region from which the initiative is proposed or implemented; and
(5) a statement accompanying each initiative which compares, contrasts, and examines potential competition, with respect to any existing New Jersey initiative, or discusses the potential for such an initiative if no comparable initiative exists in this State, so that the public and government officials may be aware of the various ways states attract and create green jobs and so that New Jersey remains competitive in this emerging labor market.
The bill also provides that the database is to be prominently displayed on the department's website.
