Bill Text: NJ A1979 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends prevailing wage requirements to projects of county bridge commissions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-08 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee [A1979 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1979-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Extends prevailing wage requirements to projects of county bridge commissions.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act extending prevailing wage requirements to projects of county bridge commissions and supplementing chapter 19 of Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Each worker employed in the construction or rehabilitation of facilities undertaken in connection with loans, loan guarantees, expenditures, investments, tax exemptions or other incentives or financial assistance approved, provided, authorized, facilitated or administered by a county bridge commission, or undertaken to fulfill any condition of receiving any of the incentives or financial assistance, shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate for the worker's craft or trade, as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.).
The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall determine the prevailing wage rate in the locality in which the construction or rehabilitation is to be performed for each craft, trade or classification of worker employed in the construction or rehabilitation, as if the construction or rehabilitation is "public work" as defined in section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26).
2. For the purpose of implementing the provisions of sections 1 through 3 of this act, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall, and a worker employed in the performance of work subject to this act or the employer or any designated representative of the worker may, exercise all rights, powers or duties granted or imposed upon them by P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.).
3. Each county bridge commission shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, adopt rules and regulations, consistent with the rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.), requiring that not less than the prevailing wage be paid to workers employed in the construction or rehabilitation of facilities undertaken in connection with loans, loan guarantees, expenditures, investments, tax exemptions or other incentives or financial assistance provided, authorized, facilitated or administered by the commission, or undertaken to fulfill any condition of receiving any of the incentives or financial assistance. The prevailing wage rate shall be the rate determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.).
4. The provisions of sections 1 through 3 of this act shall not apply to construction and rehabilitation of facilities conducted entirely under contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this act or to the refinancing of the outstanding debt on projects in which all construction or rehabilitation of facilities was conducted under contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this act.
5. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires that all construction or rehabilitation of facilities undertaken in connection with loans, loan guarantees, expenditures, investments, tax exemptions or other incentives or financial assistance approved, provided, authorized, facilitated or administered by a county bridge commission, or undertaken to fulfill any condition of receiving any of the incentives or financial assistance, be subject to the provisions of the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act, P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.). The bill requires that each worker employed by a contractor or subcontractor for the construction or rehabilitation work be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate for the worker's craft or trade paid under collective bargaining agreements in the locality of the project.
The bill permits the worker and the employer and any representative of the worker to exercise all remedies available under the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" and requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to exercise its enforcement powers under that act.
