Bill Text: NJ A1368 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes municipalities to regulate Internet-organized events.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee [A1368 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-A1368-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1368

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JULIO MARENCO

District 33 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes municipalities to regulate Internet-organized events.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning events organized on the Internet and supplementing Title 40 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  A municipality may, by ordinance, establish a regulatory framework through which proprietors of commercial establishments within the municipality can participate in events jointly organized on the Internet. 

     b.    The regulatory framework adopted pursuant to this section may include a registration fee based on the expected number of participants in the event.  The total amount of the registration fees collected by a municipality under this section shall be no more than five dollars per attendee, collected equally from participating proprietors or in accordance with an arrangement agreed upon by participating proprietors.  The regulations may also include financial penalties for a violation of the regulations.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

      This bill authorizes a municipality to regulate events in the municipality organized on the Internet.  Under the bill, a municipality may establish a regulatory framework through which proprietors of commercial establishments within the municipality can participate in events jointly organized on the Internet.  The regulatory framework may include a registration fee based on the number of attendees at the event.  The total amount of the registration fees collected by a municipality must be no more than five dollars per attendee.

     The bill is intended to defray public costs associated with large gatherings organized on the internet by commercial establishments.  Several of these events that take place in the State require substantial public expenditures.  Municipalities in the State support their local establishments' efforts to increase participation in these events.  Accordingly, municipalities should be empowered to register attendees in an effort to promote public safety and ensure the long-term success of such events.