Bill Text: NJ S1945 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes construction work on public utilities subject to "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-18 - Substituted by A965 [S1945 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1945-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JIM WHELAN
District 2 (Atlantic)
Senator STEVEN V. OROHO
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Makes construction work on public utilities subject to "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning construction work on a public utility and amending P.L.1999, c.238.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 4 of P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.51) is amended to read as follows:
4. No contractor shall bid on any contract for public work as defined in section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26), or construction work on a public utility as defined in section 16 of P.L.1946, c.38 (34:13B-16), unless the contractor is registered pursuant to this act. No contractor shall list a subcontractor in a bid proposal for the contract unless the subcontractor is registered pursuant to P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48 et seq.) at the time the bid is made. No contractor or subcontractor, including a subcontractor not listed in the bid proposal, shall engage in the performance of any public work or construction work on a public utility subject to the contract, unless the contractor or subcontractor is registered pursuant to that act.
(cf: P.L.2003, c.91, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act," P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48 et seq.) to apply the provisions of that act to construction work on public utilities.
