Bill Text: NJ S1944 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to disseminate certain information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-07 - Substituted by A3044 (3R) [S1944 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1944-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1944

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED APRIL 28, 2014

 


 

Sponsored by:

Senator  STEVEN V. OROHO

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Senator  JEFF VAN DREW

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Senator  DONALD NORCROSS

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to disseminate certain information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Labor Committee on December 21, 2015, with amendments.

  


An Act concerning the dissemination of information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work and amending P.L.1963, c.150.

 

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

 

     1.    Section 13 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.37) is amended to read as follows:

     13.  a.  In the event that the commissioner shall determine, after investigation, that any contractor or subcontractor has failed to pay the prevailing wage he shall thereupon list and keep on record the name of such contractor or subcontractor and forthwith give notice by mail of such list to any public body who shall request the commissioner so to do. Where the person responsible denies that a failure to pay the prevailing wage has occurred, he shall have the right to apply to the commissioner for a hearing which must be afforded and a decision rendered within 48 hours of the request for a hearing. If the commissioner rules against the petitioning party he shall have the right to apply for injunctive relief in the Superior Court against the listing by the commissioner.

     b.    The commissioner shall create, maintain, and distribute an 1[inventory or checklist for use by contractors and subcontractors to provide guidance in the pursuit of bidding on and performing public work. The checklist or inventory shall detail any and all requirements and suggest best practices] informational list1 for contractors and subcontractors who bid on and perform public work, 1[including] which includes1 but 1need1 not 1be1 limited to wage payment, recordkeeping, and registration requirements, and applicable penalties, pursuant to 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 et seq.). The commissioner shall prominently display the 1[inventory or checklist] informational list1 on a website maintained by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and shall distribute to any contractor 1[or],1 subcontractor 1, or public body1 , upon request, the 1[inventory or checklist] informational list1, as well as the list of the names of contractors and subcontractors who have failed to pay prevailing wages as determined pursuant to subsection a. of this section1, or who have failed to pay any State employer payroll tax1.

(cf: P.L.1963, c.150, s.13)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

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