ASSEMBLY, No. 320
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Assemblyman JOHN F. MCKEON
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblywoman BETTYLOU DECROCE
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Carter
SYNOPSIS
Requires Department of Treasury to review and approve digital payment platform.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Science, Innovaton and Technology Committee on February 22, 2021, with amendments.
An Act concerning certain digital payment platforms and supplementing Title 17 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The 1[State of New Jersey] Department of the Treasury1 shall review and approve a viable blockchain-based, digital payment platform to provide payment services to legal and licensed businesses in this State that do not have access to traditional financial services and are forced to operate in cash-only or cash-heavy environments. The purpose of the payment platform shall be to provide a safe, secure, and compliant system that does not exclude these businesses from participating in digital commerce.
2. The payment platform shall provide businesses with access to cashless transactions and to secure revenue on a one-to-one basis of virtual currency to United States dollars. A business shall only have access to the payment platform with approval from the State. The payment platform shall provide the ability to manage and process all business expenditures and allow all transactions to be recorded on an immutable blockchain ledger. The payment platform shall facilitate regulatory compliance, provide for audits by the State, and allow for payment of sales tax to local municipalities.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month next following enactment.