SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 682

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MARCH 7, 1996

      The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 682.

      This bill, which amends the workers' compensation law, R.S.34:15-1 et seq., increases the period for the retention of records of workers' compensation formal cases from 20 years to 45 years and permits the retention of those records in media, other than original documents or microfilmed records currently allowed by law, so long as they are preserved in full and arranged for convenient examination.