Bill Text: NJ A3165 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Excludes certain institutions of higher education from prevailing wage requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-28 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee [A3165 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A3165-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.
District 13 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Excludes certain institutions of higher education from prevailing wage requirements.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the prevailing wage with respect to certain institutions of higher education and amending P.L.1963, c.150.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26) is amended to read as follows:
2. As used in this act:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development of the State of New Jersey.
(2) "Locality" means any political subdivision of the State, combination of the same or parts thereof, or any geographical area or areas classified, designated and fixed by the commissioner from time to time, provided that in determining the "locality," the commissioner shall be guided by the boundary lines of political subdivisions or parts thereof, or by a consideration of the areas with respect to which it has been the practice of employers of particular crafts or trades to engage in collective bargaining with the representatives of workers in such craft or trade.
(3) "Maintenance work" means the repair of existing facilities when the size, type or extent of such facilities is not thereby changed or increased. "Maintenance work" also means any work on a maintenance-related project that exceeds the scope of work and capabilities of in-house maintenance personnel, requires the solicitation of bids, and has an aggregate value exceeding $50,000.
(4) "Public body" means the State of New Jersey, any of its political subdivisions, any authority created by the Legislature of the State of New Jersey and any instrumentality or agency of the State of New Jersey or of any of its political subdivisions, but does not include any State or county institutions of higher education.
(5) "Public work" means construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration, custom fabrication, or repair work, or maintenance work, including painting and decorating, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of the funds of a public body, except work performed under a rehabilitation program. "Public work" shall also mean construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration, custom fabrication, or repair work, done on any property or premises, whether or not the work is paid for from public funds, if, at the time of the entering into of the contract the property or premises is owned by the public body or:
(a) Not less than 55% of the property or premises is leased by a public body, or is subject to an agreement to be subsequently leased by the public body; and
(b) The portion of the property or premises that is leased or subject to an agreement to be subsequently leased by the public body measures more than 20,000 square feet.
(6) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or his duly authorized representatives.
(7) "Workman" or "worker" includes laborer, mechanic, skilled or semi-skilled, laborer and apprentices or helpers employed by any contractor or subcontractor and engaged in the performance of services directly upon a public work, regardless of whether their work becomes a component part thereof, but does not include material suppliers or their employees who do not perform services at the job site. For the purpose of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.), contractors or subcontractors engaged in custom fabrication shall not be regarded as material suppliers.
(8) "Work performed under a rehabilitation program" means work arranged by and at a State institution primarily for teaching and upgrading the skills and employment opportunities of the inmates of such institutions.
(9) "Prevailing wage" means the wage rate paid by virtue of collective bargaining agreements by employers employing a majority of workers of that craft or trade subject to said collective bargaining agreements, in the locality in which the public work is done.
(10) "Act" means the provisions of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.) and the rules and regulations issued hereunder.
(11) "Prevailing wage contract threshold amount" means:
(a) In the case of any public work paid for in whole or in part out of the funds of a municipality in the State of New Jersey or done on property or premises owned by a public body or leased or to be leased by the municipality, the dollar amount established for the then current calendar year by the commissioner through rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), which amount shall be equal to $9,850 on July 1, 1994 and which amount shall be adjusted on July 1 every five calendar years thereafter in direct proportion to the rise or fall in the average of the Consumer Price Indices for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the New York metropolitan and the Philadelphia metropolitan regions as reported by the United States Department of Labor during the last full calendar year preceding the date upon which the adjustment is made; and
(b) In the case of any public work other than a public work described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, an amount equal to $2,000.
(12) "Custom fabrication" means the fabrication of plumbing, heating, cooling, ventilation or exhaust duct systems, and mechanical insulation.
(13) "State or county institutions of higher education" means Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, any of the State colleges or universities established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, and any of the county colleges established pursuant to chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
(cf: P.L.2009, c.249, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill excludes all State and county institutions of higher education from the requirements of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.).
Specifically, the bill provides that the definition of "public body," found in section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26) does not include any State or county institutions of higher education. The bill defines "State or county institutions of higher education" as Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, any of the State colleges or universities established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, and any of the county colleges established pursuant to chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
