SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3844

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 10, 2021

      The Senate Labor Committee reports favorably, with committee amendments, Senate Bill No. 3844.

      This bill adds sign fabrication to the definition of “custom fabrication” which is subject to prevailing wage requirements under P.L.1963, c.150.  Sign fabrication is regarded as custom fabrication covered by the bill only for signs which cost more than $30,000 and are part of a project.

      The amendments adopted by the committee remove all provisions of the bill regarding project labor agreements, deleting requirements of the bill that would have permitted custom fabrication, including sign fabrication, to be included as part of public works projects subject to project labor agreements, would have required those agreements to comply with certain training requirements, and would have included public works projects in which public bodies have proprietary interests as being eligible for project labor agreements.