SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 2960

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  FEBRUARY 7, 2019

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 2960, with committee amendments.

      As amended, this bill provides that any information technology contract entered into by a State agency, having a value in excess of $100,000 will require the information technology contractor to use software to verify that all hours billed for work under the contract for services performed on a computer are eligible charges.  Every such contract must specifically provide that the State agency will not pay for hours worked on a computer unless the hours are verifiable by software or by data collected by software.  The bill provides specific functions that this software must perform in order to document computer use in performance of a contract.  It will apply to agencies in the Executive Branch of State government and to independent State authorities, commissions, instrumentalities, or agencies.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      These amendments provide that the bill’s provisions requiring a State contractor to use software to verify that all hours billed for work under the contract for services performed on a computer are eligible charges will apply only to information technology contracts.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.