Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 4275, Dated March 9, 2026

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Statement of the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee of the State of New Jersey, dated March 9, 2026, reporting Assembly Bill 4275 favorably. The bill establishes an online Statewide tracking system for certain permits, licenses, certifications and form applications issued by each principal department of the Executive branch. The Office of Information Technology would have one calendar year to build the system and provide software, hardware, security and technical support. The system must assign a unique application number to each application, let departments access, transmit and print files, and display each application's number, department, received date, status and estimated completion date. Each department head would decide which applications to include, weighing their volume, average approval time and difficulty.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 4275

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MARCH
9, 2026

The Assembly Commerce and Economic Development
Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4275.

As reported, this bill establishes an online Statewide
tracking system for certain permits, licenses, certifications, and form
applications.

Under the bill, the Office of Information Technology
(OIT) has one calendar year to establish an online Statewide tracking system
for certain permits, licenses, certifications, and form applications issued by
each principal department in the Executive branch of State government, as well
as any agencies, commissions, boards, bureaus, and offices under their
purview. The OIT is responsible for creating the network necessary to maintain
the system and providing computer software, hardware, and security.

At a minimum, the Statewide application tracking
system must have the ability to assign a unique application number to each
permit, license, certification, or form application submitted and entered into
the system; interactivity among the appropriate principal departments,
including immediate electronic access to records in the system to receive or
transmit files in the system and to print or review files in the system; and
the ability to permit an appropriate entity to enter information relating to
the status of a permit, license, certification, or form application on an
expedited basis and to permit the OIT to provide technical support.

Additionally, the bill provides a list of information
that is required to be collected and displayed in the system for each
application, such as the application number, the department, the received date,
the status, and the estimated date of completion.

Under the bill, the head of each principal department
in the State Executive branch will be responsible for assessing which permits,
licenses, certifications, or form applications are to be included in the
Statewide application tracking system, including any issued by agencies,
commissions, boards, bureaus, and offices under their purview.

At a minimum, when making the determination, the head
of each principal department must consider the number of each type of permit,
license, certification, or form application requested in a calendar year; the
average duration of the approval process for each type of permit, license,
certification, or form application; and the ease or difficulty of approving a
request for each type of permit, license, certification, or form application.

The bill states that all principal departments, and
any agency, commission, board, bureau, or office under the purview of such
department, must cooperate fully with the OIT and the Chief Technology Officer.

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