Bill Text: NJ S1621 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Gives priority in training programs to long-term unemployed.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-11-09 - Received in the Assembly on Concurrence with Gov. Recommend. [S1621 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1621-Amended.html
[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 1621
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED MARCH 17, 2014
Sponsored by:
Senator STEPHEN M. SWEENEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Senator PETER J. BARNES, III
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblyman JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN
District 19 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman JAY WEBBER
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblywoman NANCY J. PINKIN
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Beck, Gordon, Assemblyman DeAngelo and Assemblywoman Jimenez
SYNOPSIS
Gives priority in training programs to long-term unemployed.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended on August 13, 2015 by the Senate pursuant to the Governor's recommendations.
An Act concerning training for the long-term unemployed, and amending P.L.1992, c.43 1[and supplementing P.L.1992, c.48 (C.34:15B-35 et seq.)]1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1[1. (New section) During any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2014 and ending before July 1, 2018, in allocating federal job training funds which are provided for training and employment services for displaced workers or other unemployed workers, including all funds for the training of dislocated workers under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub.L.105-220 (29 U.S.C.s.2801 et seq.), priority shall be given to workers who have exhausted all State and federal unemployment benefits, with not less than 50% of federal job training funds provided for occupational training for displaced workers or other unemployed workers being reserved for providing training and employment services at community colleges for workers who have exhausted all State and federal unemployment benefits, except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the extent that they result in any reduction in the amount of federal job training funds provided to the State.]1
1[2.] 1.1 Section 9 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-9) is amended to read as follows:
9. a. A restricted, nonlapsing, revolving Workforce Development Partnership Fund, to be managed and invested by the State Treasurer, is hereby established to: provide employment and training services to qualified displaced, disadvantaged and employed workers by means of training grants or customized training services; provide for the other costs indicated in subsection a. of section 4 of this act; and facilitate the provision of education and training to youth by means of grants provided by the Youth Transitions to Work Partnership pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1993, c.268 (C.34:15E-1 et al.). All appropriations to the fund, all interest accumulated on balances in the fund and all cash received for the fund from any other source shall be used solely for the purposes specifically delineated by this act.
b. During any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2001, of the total revenues dedicated to the program during any one fiscal year: 25% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved to provide employment and
training services for qualified displaced workers, and, during any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1[2014] 20151 and ending before July 1, 2018, not less than half of the revenues deposited in that account shall be reserved to provide employment and training services at community colleges 1or other appropriate locations1 for qualified displaced workers who have exhausted eligibility for benefits under all available State and federal unemployment benefit or extended benefit programs; 6% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved to provide employment and training services for qualified disadvantaged workers; 45% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for and appropriated to the Office of Customized Training; 3% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for occupational safety and health training; 5% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for the Youth Transitions to Work Partnership created pursuant to P.L.1993, c.268 (C.34:15E-1 et seq.); 10% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for administrative costs as defined in section 3 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-3); 0.5% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund reserved for the State Employment and Training Commission to design criteria and conduct an annual evaluation of the program; and 5.5% shall be deposited in an account of the Workforce Development Partnership Fund to be used, at the discretion of the commissioner, for any of the purposes indicated in subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-4).
c. Beginning January 1, 1995, through June 30, 2002, the balance in the fund as of the previous December 31, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, shall not exceed 1.5 times the amount of contributions deposited for the calendar year then ended. If the balance exceeds this amount, the excess shall be deposited into the unemployment compensation fund within seven business days of the date that the determination is made.
d. Beginning July 1, 2002, and for any subsequent fiscal year, if the unexpended cash balance in any of the accounts indicated in subsection b. of this section, less any amount awarded in grants but not yet disbursed from the account, is determined to exceed 20% of the amount of contributions collected for deposit in the account pursuant to this subsection during the fiscal year then ended, the excess shall be regarded as an unemployment compensation contribution and deposited into the unemployment compensation fund within seven business days of the date that the determination is made.
(cf: P.L.2001, c.152, s.12)
1[3.] 2.1 This act shall take effect immediately.
