ASSEMBLY, No. 567

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

 

 

By Assemblywoman TURNER

 

 

An Act concerning the privatization of any functions, duties, or services of a State agency and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

    1. Prior to the entering into of a contract between a State agency and a nongovernmental entity for the performance by that entity of any of the functions, duties, or services of that agency, the Department of Personnel shall prepare a report for the agency and the entity identifying the functions, duties, or services to be performed and the training and experience needed by employees to perform those functions, duties, or services. Any contract between the agency and the entity shall provide that the entity shall employ only persons with the training and experience specified in the report in the performance of the functions, duties, or services it contracts to perform. If such persons are not employed, the contract shall be terminated and shall be void.

    For the purposes of this act, "State agency" means any of the principal departments in the Executive Branch of the State government, and any division, board, bureau, office, commission or instrumentality within or created by such department; the Legislature of the State and any office, board, bureau, or commision within or created by the Legislative Branch; and any independent State authority, commission, instrumentality, or agency. A county or municipality shall not be deemed an agency or instrumentality of the State.

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill provides that (1) prior to the entering into of a contract between a State agency and a nongovernmental entity for the performance by that entity of any of the functions, duties, or services of that agency, the Department of Personnel shall prepare a report for the agency and the entity identifying the functions, duties, or services to be performed and the training and experience needed by employees to perform those functions, duties, or services; (2) any contract between the agency and the entity shall provide that the entity shall employ only persons with the training and experience specified in the report in the performance of the functions, duties, or services it contracts to perform; and (3) if such persons are not employed, the contract shall be terminated and shall be void.

 

 

 

Requires Department of Personnel to prepare certain report prior to privatization contract and requires employees who meet training and experience qualifications to be employed under privatization.