ASSEMBLY, No. 798

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DAVID BAILEY, JR.

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblywoman HEATHER SIMMONS

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblyman  CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Peterpaul, Assemblymen Hutchison, Freiman, Assemblywoman Drulis, Assemblyman Miller, Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Venezia, Assemblywoman Haider, Assemblymen Kearney and Karabinchak

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee with technical review.

  


An Act concerning the distribution of certain notices to businesses by State entities and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, upon and after the effective date of P.L.   , c. (C.     ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), any State entity that issues legally required notices to businesses operating in this State shall provide, to the maximum extent practicable, an optional service for businesses to receive such notices electronically.  Such notices may include, but need not be limited to, notices of violations, underpayment notifications, and employee unemployment claims.

     Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.    , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), each State entity responsible for issuing legally required notices to businesses shall notify any business within their purview of the optional notification service to be provided pursuant to this section and provide such businesses with the necessary information to opt into the electronic notification service.

     b.    For the purposes of P.L.   , c. (C.     ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), “State entity” means a State department or agency in the Executive Branch of State Government, and any board, commission, corporation, authority, or instrumentality thereof.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the 90th day following the date of enactment.