Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHEILA Y. OLIVER
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
Assemblyman GILBERT "WHIP" L. WILSON
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman THOMAS P. GIBLIN
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Burzichelli
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for employers who hire former prisoners.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning certain public contract set-aside programs and amending P.L.1985, c.482.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.1985, c.482 (C.40A:11-42) is amended to read as follows:
2. a. The governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, establish a qualified minority business enterprise set-aside program. In authorizing such a program, the governing body of a county or municipality shall establish a goal for its contracting agencies of setting aside a certain percentage of the dollar value of total procurements to be awarded as set-aside contracts to qualified minority business enterprises.
b. The governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, establish a qualified women's business enterprise set-aside program. In authorizing such a program, the governing body of a county or municipality shall establish a goal for its contracting agencies of setting aside a certain percentage of the dollar value of total procurements to be awarded as set-aside contracts to qualified women's business enterprises.
c. The governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, establish a qualified small business enterprise set-aside program. In authorizing such a program, the governing body of a county or municipality shall establish a goal for its contracting agencies of setting aside a certain percentage of the dollar value of total procurements to be awarded as set-aside contracts to qualified small business enterprises.
d. The governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, establish a qualified veteran business enterprise set-aside program. In authorizing such a program, the governing body of a county or municipality shall establish a goal for its contracting agencies of setting aside a certain percentage of the dollar value of total procurements to be awarded as set-aside contracts to qualified veteran business enterprises.
e. The governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, establish a qualified prisoner re-entry employer set-aside program. In authorizing such a program, the governing body of a county or municipality shall establish a goal for its contracting agencies of setting aside a certain percentage of the dollar value of total procurements to be awarded as set-aside contracts to qualified business enterprises that employ former prisoners.
(cf: P.L.2013, c.5, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
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This bill provides that the governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, establish a qualified prisoner re-entry employer set-aside program. In authorizing such a program, the governing body shall establish a goal for its contracting agencies of setting aside a certain percentage of the dollar value of total procurements to be awarded as set-aside contracts to qualified business enterprises that employ former prisoners.