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2017 Legislation Entry

billid	sessionyear	categoryid	CATEGORY	ST	BT	BILL TEXT	BILL#	SUMMARY	authorid	AUTHOR	STATUS	LAST ACTION	ISSUE	id	frequency	ACTION	UPDATED
2017scsb00058i	2017	42	Ports	SC	SB	BILL TEXT	58	Enacts the Port Enhancement Zone Act.	4102		12/13/2016 Prefiled. 12/13/2016 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 01/10/2017 Introduced and read first time. 01/10/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Finance. 01/19/2017 Reported favorably with amendment by Senate Committee on Finance. 01/26/2017 Committee amendment adopted. 01/26/2017 Amended in Senate. 01/26/2017 Read second time in Senate. 01/31/2017 Read third time. Passed Senate. Sent to House. 02/01/2017 Introduced in House and read first time. 02/01/2017 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	02/01/2017 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	This bill amends current law to enact the "port enhancement zone act"; extends the moratorium to taxpayers creating at least fifty full-time new jobs in a port enhancement zone; increases the maximum annual tax credit for port cargo volume the from eight million to nine million dollars and to provide that one million dollars may be awarded to a new warehouse or distribution facility that meets certain requirements and employs at least fifty new full-time jobs in a port enhancement zone; allows eighty-five percent of the maximum credit to be claimed by businesses located in a port enhancement zone; doubles the amount of the credit port enhancement zone; extends the exemption for materials handling to a taxpayer that invests at least twenty million dollars in a port enhancement zone, and to extend the exemption for construction materials to a taxpayer that invests at least forty million dollars, in real and personal property, in a port enhancement zone.	1	1	Carries-over to 2018.	2/2/17
2017nysb00340i	2017	152	Overtime Pay	NY	SB	BILL TEXT	340	Requires motor carriers to provide overtime pay to their employees.	3106		01/04/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	01/04/2017 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	Adds a new provision to the Labor Law to require motor carriers to pay their employees one and a half times their regular hourly wage for hours worked beyond 40 hours in any week.	2	1	Carries-over to 2018. Companion AB 721.	12/31/17
2016njacr00068i	2017	42	Ports	NJ	ACR	BILL TEXT	68	Memorializes U.S. Congress to repeal compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and dissolve commission.	3714		01/27/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety.	01/27/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Law and Public Safety.	This concurrent resolution memorializes the United States Congress to enact legislation that would: 1) effectuate the repeal of the compact establishing the waterfront commission of New York harbor (commission) and dissolution of the commission; and 2) allow for the transfer of New Jersey?s and New York?s portion of the commission?s law enforcement responsibilities to an appropriate state or local agency within each state. The concurrent resolution also expresses the commitment of the Legislature of this State to approve any legislation necessary for the repeal, dissolution, and transfer.	3	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2016njsb01468i	2017	50	User Fees	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	1468	Authorizes local tax on storage of empty shipping containers.	4079		02/16/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations.	02/16/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Appropriations.	This bill would authorize municipalities to impose taxes on empty ISO shipping containers which are stored within their boundaries. A municipality would retain 75% of the amounts collected and remit 25% of the amounts collected to the county. Amounts retained by a municipality would be held in trust and used to fund infrastructure projects within the municipality. Amounts remitted to the county would be held in trust and used to fund infrastructure projects or for the acquisition or maintenance of open space within the municipality which collected the tax. Under the bill, the Directors of the Division of Local Government Services and the Division of Taxation would adopt a model ordinance to aid municipal governing bodies considering imposing a tax on empty ISO shipping containers.	4	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2016njsb00550i	2017	42	Ports	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	550	Establishes Bi-State Commission to recommend Reforms to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.	611		01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on State Government, Wagering, Tourism	01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on State Government, Wagering, Tourism	The purpose of the commission is to study the current structure, management, and oversight of the Port Authority and to recommend legislation to the legislatures of the State of New Jersey and the State of New York to reform the Port Authority. The report shall include, policies to address divisions between the Port Authority's New York and New Jersey counterparts and an analysis of whether the Port Authority could be restructured to resolve the two state's divergent goals and objectives; policies to address operational, structural, and management issues at the Port Authority; policies to address terms and method of appointment for Port Authority commissioners and senior leadership; policies establishing a formal and transparent process for non emergency operational changes at the Port Authority including an advance study and approval process and local government notification requirements; an analysis of the reforms implemented through New York's Public Authorities Report Act of 2009 and a determination of whether similar reforms should be implemented at the Port Authority. The commission is to submit a report of its findings and legislative proposals to the governors and legislatures of both states within 12 months of its first meeting.	5	1	No further action at this time.	1/15/18
2016njsb00510i	2017	50	User Fees	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	510	Supports increased volume of shipping at certain ports and designates the Port Support Zone Act. Imposes a tax on empty intermodal shipping.	4079		01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Growth.	01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Growth.	This bill establishes a port support zone surrounding the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal. The port support zone will assist with the increase in shipping volume expected upon the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal and the raising of the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge to accommodate modern container ships. The port support zone includes the area within a five-mile radius of the outermost boundary of the port. Provides that, notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or ordinance to the contrary: (1) no amendment or revision to any zoning ordinance shall change the classification of a district zoned for commercial or industrial purposes and located within the support zone; and (2) an overweight commercial vehicle may travel along any road reasonably contiguous to the port, so long as that road is within an industrial or commercial zone of that municipality. Authorizes the Department of Transportation, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the City of Newark, the City of Elizabeth, or both, to issue a special permit for the operation of overweight vehicles over designated routes reasonably contiguous to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal, within the Port support zone, or both, if the vehicle, meets specified criteria. The bill authorizes a municipality having a population greater than 150,000 persons to impose a tax on empty intermodal shipping containers stored within the municipality, under certain circumstances.	6	1	Died upon adjournment. Same as AB 1961.	1/15/18
2016njsb00800i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	800	Establishes the Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act	319		01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.	This bill creates a presumption that a work arrangement in the drayage trucking or parcel delivery trucking industry is an employer-employee relationship unless the party receiving the services can overcome the legal presumption of employment by showing to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that: 1. The individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of that service; 2. The service is either outside the usual course of the business for which the service is performed, or the service is performed outside of all the places of business of the employer for which the service is performed; and 3. The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business. Employers who misclassify individuals in the drayage trucking industry or parcel delivery trucking industry as independent contractors for purposes of avoiding relevant provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," the "unemployment compensation law," the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," the workers? compensation law, or "New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law," will be, if the misclassification is done knowingly, guilty of a crime of the third degree and be punished by a fine of not more than $15,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year for a first offense, or both, and by a fine of not more than $30,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, for a subsequent willful offense, and, if the misclassification is done recklessly, of a crime of the fourth degree and punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than six months for a first offense, or both, and by a fine of not more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for a subsequent offense. The bill also makes it unlawful for an employer or any other party to discriminate in any manner or take adverse action against any person in retaliation for exercising rights protected under the bill. These rights include the right to file a complaint or inform any person about an employer's noncompliance with this act; the right to inform any person of his potential rights; and the right to assist him in asserting such rights.	7	1	Died upon adjournment. Same as AB 1912.	1/15/18
2016njsb00121i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NJ	SB	BILL TEXT	121	Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.	939		01/12/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Labor.01/09/2017 Discussed in Senate Committee on Labor.	01/09/2017 Discussed in Senate Committee on Labor.	This bill provides that services performed by an operator of a motor vehicle are not covered by the unemployment compensation law if the vehicle is licensed for commercial use under federal transportation regulations; the operator owns the vehicle or leases or finances the purchase of the vehicle through an entity which is independent of the entity for which the services were performed; the motor carrier complied with federal Form 1099 reporting requirements with respect to compensation paid to the operator of the motor vehicle; and there is a written lease with a motor carrier, which complies with federal leasing regulations. The bill also makes each individual operator who meets these criteria both ineligible for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and not subject to UI taxes. The bill exemption applies without regard to requirements of the federal UI law. The bill also removes the current exemption from UI coverage for operators of commercially-licensed motor vehicles weighing 18,000 pounds or more used for highway movement of motor freight, who own, or lease or finance the purchase of, the vehicle through an independent entity, and are compensated by a share of gross revenue or according to a schedule of payments based on the distance and weight of shipments.	8	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
2016njsb02042i	2017	42	Ports	NJ	SB		2042	Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.	1598		04/18/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Growth.	04/18/2016 Introduced in the Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Growth.	Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police. In his conditional veto, the Governor states that federal law does not permit one state to unilaterally withdraw from a bi-state compact approved by Congress and that it is premature for New Jersey to contemplate withdrawing from the Waterfront Commission until New York considers similar legislation. The Governor recommends that the bill be amended to direct the Waterfront Commission to promulgate regulations substantially similar to the jurisdictional definitions proposed by the bill. Through this regulatory reform, the Waterfront Commission would expeditiously address one of the major goals of the bill, affording companies doing business in the port region increased regulatory clarity and predictability.	9	1	Died upon adjournment. Identical to AB 2179.	1/15/18
2016njab03694i	2017	149	Employee Misclassification	NJ	AB	BILL TEXT	3694	Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.	3956		05/19/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. Combined with AB 1912 as committee substitute.	05/19/2016 Introduced. Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation and Independent Authorities. Combined with AB 1912 as committee substitute.	This bill provides that services performed by an operator of a motor vehicle are not covered by the unemployment compensation law, if the vehicle is licensed for commercial use under federal transportation regulations; the operator owns the vehicle or leases or finances the purchase of the vehicle through an entity which is independent of the entity for which the services were performed; the motor carrier complied with federal Form 1099 reporting requirements with respect to compensation paid to the operator of the motor vehicle; and there is a written lease with a motor carrier, which complies with federal leasing regulations. The bill also makes each individual operator who meets these criteria both ineligible for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and not subject to UI taxes. The exemption applies without regard to requirements of the federal UI law. The bill also removes the current exemption from UI coverage for operators of commercially-licensed motor vehicles weighing 18,000 pounds or more used for highway movement of motor freight, who own, or lease or finance the purchase of, the vehicle through an independent entity, and are compensated by a share of gross revenue or according to a schedule of payments based on the distance and weight of shipments.	10	1	Died upon adjournment.	1/15/18
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Authors

authorid	authlastname	authfirstname	authtitle	authstate	authparty	authaddress	authcity	authstateaddress	authzip	authphone	authfax	authemail	authurl
1	Thomson	Helen	Assemblyman	CA	D	555 Mason St., Ste. 275	Vacaville	CA	95688	707-455-8025	707-455-0490	helen.Thomson@assembly.ca.gov
2	Barrios	Jarrett	Representative	MA	D	134 State House	Boston	MA	02133	617-722-2130		Rep.JarrettBarrios@hou.state.ma.us	http://www.barrios.org
4	Neumann	Andy	Representative	MI	D	937 S. Third Ave	Alpena	MI	49707	517-373-0833		aneumann@house.state.mi.us
5	Dixon	Roscoe	Senator	TN	D	3592 Huckleberry	Memphis	TN	38116	615-741-4158		sen.roscoe.dixon@legislature.state.tn.us
6	Karnette	Betty	Senator	CA	D	3711 Long Beach Blvd., Ste. 801	Long Beach	CA	90807	916-445-6447	562-997-0799	Senator.Karnette@sen.ca.gov
13	House Committee on Labor			AK
14	McDaniel	Frank	Representative	AL	D	PO Box 577	Albertville	AL	35950	256-242-7697	###-###-####
15	Brimhall	Debra	Representative	AZ	R	PO Box 1216	Pinedale	AZ	85934	602-542-5861	602-542-4030	dbrimhall@azleg.state.az.us
16	Weiers	Jim	Representative	AZ	R	1700 West Washington St., Rm 217	Phoenix	AZ	85007	602-5424639	602-542-0102	jweiers@azleg.state.az.us
17	Leff	Barbara	Representative	AZ	R	8641 N. 55th Pl.	Paradise Valley	AZ	85253	602-5425863	602-542-3689	bleff@azleg.state.az.us
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