SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 2332

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: DECEMBER 15, 1997

 

      The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 2332.

      This bill amends the "Waterfront Commission Compact," P.L.1953, c.202 (C.32:23-1 et seq.) between the State of New Jersey and the State of New York, to extend the licensing period for stevedores from three years to five years and authorizes the commission to review stevedore licenses for successive five-year rather than three-year periods.

      For the provisions of this bill to have the force of law, the State of New York must adopt legislation of substantially similar substance and effect.