Bill Text: NJ S2265 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S2265 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-S2265-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2265

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  NICHOLAS P. SCUTARI

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act establishing a public registry of certain out-of-state contractors in this State and supplementing chapter 11 of 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:

     "Contractor" means a person, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, or other legal business entity or successor thereof who enters into a contract which is subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.) and "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act," P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48), and includes any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor of a contractor as defined herein.

     "Out-of-state contractor" means a contractor, including a subcontractor, whose principal place of business is not in this State.  A "principal place of business" shall not include a satellite office, an office maintained, occupied, and used by an out-of-state contractor only for the duration of a contract, or an office maintained, occupied, and used by a person affiliated with an out-of-state contractor.

     b.    The State Treasurer shall establish and maintain an up-to-date and public registry of out-of-state contactors who are awarded public works contracts to engage in the performance of construction, installation, or any work covered under Title 34 of the Revised Statues or for which the payment of a prevailing wage is required in this State.  The registry shall include, but need not be limited to, a description of the public works project of each out-of-state contractor operating in this State along with the trade name, owner name, and principal business address of that out-of-state contractor.  The State Treasurer shall prominently display the registry on a website maintained by the Department of the Treasury and shall distribute a printed or electronic copy of the registry to any contractor, out-of-state contractor, or public body, upon request.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the State Treasurer to establish and maintain an up-to-date and public registry of out-of-state contactors who are awarded contracts to engage in the performance of public works projects in this State.  The registry would include, but need not be limited to, a description of the public works project of each out-of-state contractor operating in this State along with the trade name, owner name, and principal business address of that out-of-state contractor.  The State Treasurer must prominently display the registry on a website maintained by the Department of the Treasury and distribute a printed or electronic copy of the registry to any contractor, out-of-state contractor, or public body, upon request.

     As used in the bill,

     "contractor" means a person, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, or other legal business entity or successor thereof who enters into a contract which is subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" and "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act," and includes any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor of a contractor as defined herein; and

     "out-of-state contractor" means a contractor, including a subcontractor, whose principal place of business is not in this State.  A "principal place of business" does not include a satellite office, an office maintained, occupied, and used by an out-of-state contractor only for the duration of a contract, or an office maintained, occupied, and used by a person affiliated with an out-of-state contractor.