Bill Text: NJ S2387 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Provides for maintenance of State buildings and facilities by direct hire of certain skilled labor. **
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-25 - Substituted by A2144 (2R) [S2387 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S2387-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator FRED H. MADDEN, JR.
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that contracts for maintenance of State buildings and facilities may require use of certain skilled labor.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Labor Committee on November 8, 2010, with amendments.
An Act providing that contracts for the maintenance, repair or improvement of State buildings and facilities may require the use of certain skilled labor and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, whenever a State agency deems it necessary, a contract for the maintenance1[, repair or improvement of] work for1 any State building or facility may provide that work under the contract or any subcontract, or any portion thereof, shall be performed by skilled craftsmen from area building trades1[, including, but not limited to, electricians, plumbers, carpenters and heating, ventilation, air conditioning technicians,]1 who have completed 1[a class A] an1 apprenticeship program 1[approved by the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development]1. A contract providing for the use of skilled craftsmen pursuant to this section shall include a provision providing that the State shall contribute toward the cost of those workers' fringe benefits.
1For the purposes of this section:
"Apprenticeship program" means a registered apprenticeship program providing to each trainee combined classroom and on-the-job training under the direct and close supervision of a highly skilled worker in an occupation recognized as an apprenticeable trade, and registered by the Office of Apprenticeship of the U.S. Department of Labor and meeting the standards established by the office; and
"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 $50,000.1
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
