ASSEMBLY LABOR COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 1571 and ASSEMBLY, No. 1576

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 25, 2021

      The Assembly Labor Committee reports favorably an Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 1571 and Assembly Bill No. 1576.

      This substitute bill makes subject to the prevailing wage requirements of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.), any public work done on a property or premises for which a public body provides, approves or authorizes a tax abatement or tax exemption for the property or premises, unless the property or premises is exempt, as the property of a nonprofit organization, from taxation pursuant to R.S.54:4-3.6, and is not subject to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1979, c.303 (C.34:1B-5.1), which concerns public works of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, or P.L.2004, c.127 (C.5:12-161.3 et al.), which concerns public works of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.

      Additionally, the bill expands the definition of public work to include projects in which not less than 35 percent of the property or premises is leased by a public body, or is subject to an agreement to be subsequently leased by the public body when the portion of the property or premises that is leased or subject to the agreement to be subsequently leased by the public body measures more than 20,000 square feet.