Sponsored by:
Senator JIM WHELAN
District 2 (Atlantic)
SYNOPSIS
Makes construction work on public utilities subject to “The Public Works Contractor Registration Act.”
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning construction work on a public utility and amending P.L.1999, c.238.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 4 of P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.51) is amended to read as follows:
4. No contractor shall bid on any contract for public work as defined in section 2 of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.26), or construction work on a public utility as defined in section 16 of P.L.1946, c.38 (34:13B-16), unless the contractor is registered pursuant to this act. No contractor shall list a subcontractor in a bid proposal for the contract unless the subcontractor is registered pursuant to P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48 et seq.) at the time the bid is made. No contractor or subcontractor, including a subcontractor not listed in the bid proposal, shall engage in the performance of any public work or construction work on a public utility subject to the contract, unless the contractor or subcontractor is registered pursuant to that act.
(cf: P.L.2003, c.91, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act," P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48 et seq.) to apply the provisions of that act to construction work on public utilities.