ASSEMBLY SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 740

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  FEBRUARY 3, 2020

      The Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 740.

      As reported, this bill provides that a State agency that seeks to purchase an item requiring the use of a power source, including but not limited to, motor vehicles, material and cargo-handling equipment such as forklifts, harbor craft, generators, power systems, portable floodlights, microgrids, and telecommunications equipment, is to include in the request for proposals, provisions that allow for the consideration of items that are powered by fuel cells, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill would apply to principal departments in the Executive Branch of the State government, and any division, board, bureau, office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by such department and any independent State authority, commission, instrumentality or agency which is authorized by law to award contracts.

      This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2020-2021 session pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review, which has been performed.