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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 4753 (New Jersey, January 26, 2023)

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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 4753, with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated January 26, 2023. The committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4753 with committee amendments. As amended, the bill would provide a State agency with the discretion to suspend enforcement of any administrative fine or civil penalty against a business for certain first-time violations that do not or would not result in a significant adverse impact to public safety or welfare. It would require a State agency, department, or authority to report, on an annual basis, any infractions it has waived over the prior calendar year, and the statement says the amended bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 3208.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

               ASSEMBLY, No. 4753
                   with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                    DATED: JANUARY 26, 2023

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill
No. 4753 with committee amendments.
    As amended, this bill would provide a State agency with the
discretion to suspend enforcement of any administrative fine or civil
penalty against a business for certain first-time violations that do not
or would not result in a significant adverse impact to public safety or
welfare. A business would not be eligible for suspension of
enforcement of a fine or penalty if the violation is:
    (1) of a criminal nature;
    (2) an intentional or knowing act;
    (3) grounds for the revocation or suspension of the license,
certification, good standing, or other authorization to operate the
business;
    (4) grounds for the business to be debarred by the Department of
Labor and Workforce Development from engaging in or bidding on
public works contracts in New Jersey; or
    (5) any State employment or labor-related law.
    Under the bill, the business would have 60 calendar days to
address and resolve the violation or would be assessed all fines and
penalties available under the law upon the expiration of that term.
    The bill provides that a State agency, department, or authority is
required to report, on an annual basis, any infractions it has waived
over the prior calendar year in a prominent manner that is accessible to
the public on its Internet website.
    As amended and reported, this bill is identical to Senate Bill No.
3208, as also amended and reported by this committee..

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amended the bill to clarify that a business has 60
calendar days to cure a violation.

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