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NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-21 - Designation of division on own behalf, agent of the State.

53:2-21 Designation of division on own behalf, agent of the State.  16. a. The division is hereby designated on its own behalf or as agent of the State of New Jersey, as provided by the act of Congress of the United States, effective June 6, 1933, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for co-operation with the states in the promotion of such system and for other purposes," as amended, for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of that act of Congress as are necessary or appropriate to the establishment and operation of employment information centers authorized by this section. b. The division shall have all powers necessary to take steps to formulate plans and to execute projects related to the establishment and operation of employment information centers, as may be necessary to obtain any benefits for the operation of employment information centers in accomplishing the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.). c. Any officer or agency designated by this State, pursuant to the act of June 6, 1933, as amended, is authorized and empowered, upon the request of the division and subject to its direction, to exercise the powers and duties conferred upon the division by the provisions of this section. d. The division shall establish and maintain one or more employment information centers within the port of New York district in this State at locations as the division may determine. A person shall not, directly or indirectly, hire any person for work as a longshoreman or port watchman within the port of New York district in this State, except through an employment information center as may be prescribed by the division. A person shall not accept any employment as a longshoreman or port watchman within the port of New York district in this State, except through an employment information center. At each employment information center, the division shall keep and exhibit the longshoremen's register and any other records the division shall determine to the end that longshoremen and port watchmen shall have the maximum information as to available employment at any time within the port of New York district in this State and that employers shall have an adequate opportunity to fill their requirements of registered longshoremen and port watchmen at all times. e. Every employer of longshoremen or port watchmen within the port of New York district in this State shall furnish information as may be required by the rules and regulations prescribed by the division with regard to the name of each person hired as a longshoreman or port watchman, the time and place of hiring, the time, place, and hours of work, and the compensation therefor. L.2017, c.324, s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-22 - Telecommunication hiring system.

53:2-22 Telecommunication hiring system.  17. a. The division may designate one of the employment information centers it is authorized to establish and maintain under section 16 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-21) for the implementation of a telecommunications hiring system through which longshoremen and checkers may be hired and accept employment without any personal appearance at the center. The telecommunications hiring system shall incorporate hiring and seniority agreements between the employers of longshoremen and checkers and the labor organizations representing longshoremen and checkers in the port of New York district in this State, provided the agreements are not in conflict with the provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.). b. The division shall permit employees of the management organizations representing employers of longshoremen and checkers in the port of New York district in this State, and of the labor organizations representing longshoremen and checkers in the port of New York district in this State, or of a joint board of these management and labor organizations, to participate in the operation of the telecommunications hiring system, if these employees are registered by the division as "telecommunications system controllers," with respect to the registration of checkers. A person shall not act as a "telecommunications system controller" unless that person is registered. An application for registration and a registration made or issued may be denied, revoked, cancelled, or suspended, as the case may be, only in the manner prescribed in section 11 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-16). Participation in the operation of the telecommunications hiring system shall be monitored by the division. c. The records, documents, tapes, discs, and other data compiled, collected or maintained by a management organization, a labor organization, and a joint board of these management and labor organizations pertaining to the telecommunications hiring system shall be available for inspection, investigation, and duplication by the division. L.2017, c.324, s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-23 - Additional grounds for denial of application, registration.

53:2-23 Additional grounds for denial of application, registration.  18. In addition to the grounds elsewhere established in P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), the division may deny an application for a license or registration for any of the following: a. Conviction by a court of the United States or any State or territory thereof of coercion; b. Conviction by a court described in subsection a. of this section, after having been previously convicted by that court of any crime or of the offenses hereinafter set forth, or any of the following offenses: assault, malicious injury to property, malicious mischief, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, corruption of employees or possession of illegal betting number slips; c. Fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in connection with any application or petition submitted to, or any interview, hearing or proceeding conducted by the division or commission; d. Violation of any provision of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) or commission of any offense thereunder; e. Refusal on the part of any applicant, or prospective licensee, or of any member, officer or stockholder required by section 7 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-12) to sign or be identified in an application for a stevedore license, to answer any material question or produce any material evidence in connection with the person's application or any application made on the person's behalf for a license or registration pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-12); f. Association with a person who has been identified by a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency as a member or associate of an organized crime group, a terrorist group, or a career offender cartel, or who is a career offender, under circumstances where that association creates a reasonable belief that the participation of the applicant in any activity required to be licensed or registered under P P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) would be inimical to the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.); or g. Conviction of a racketeering activity or knowing association with a person who has been convicted of a racketeering activity by a court of the United States, or any State or territory thereof under circumstances where that association creates a reasonable belief that the participation of the applicant in any activity required to be licensed or registered under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) would be inimical to the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.). L.2017, c.324, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-24 - Additional grounds for revocation, suspension of license, registration.

53:2-24 Additional grounds for revocation, suspension of license, registration.  19. In addition to the grounds elsewhere set forth in P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), any license or registration issued or made pursuant thereto may be revoked or suspended for a period as the division deems in the public interest or the licensee or registrant may be reprimanded, for: a. Conviction of any crime or offense in relation to illegal gambling, bookmaking, or similar crimes or offenses if the crime or offense was committed at or on a pier or other waterfront terminal or within 500 feet thereof;  b. Willful authority of, or willful attempt to commit at or on a waterfront terminal or adjacent highway, any act of physical injury to any other person or of willful damage to or misappropriation of any other person's property, unless justified or excused by law; c. Receipt or solicitation of anything of value from any person other than a licensee's or registrant's employer as consideration for the selection or retention for employment of a licensee or registrant; d. Coercion of a licensee or registrant by threat of discrimination or violence or economic reprisal, to make purchases from or to utilize the services of any person; e. Refusal to answer any material question or produce any evidence lawfully required to be answered or produced at any investigation, interview, hearing, or other proceeding conducted by the division pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-19), or, if the refusal is accompanied by a valid plea of privilege against self-incrimination, refusal to obey an order to answer the question or produce any evidence made by the division pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-19); or f. Association with a person who has been identified by a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency as a member or associate of an organized crime group, a terrorist group, or a career offender cartel, or who is a career offender, under circumstances where that association creates a reasonable belief that the participation of the licensee or registrant in any activity required to be licensed or registered under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) would be inimical to the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.); or g. Conviction of a racketeering activity or knowing association with a person who has been convicted of a racketeering activity by a court of the United States, or any State, or territory thereof under circumstances where that association creates a reasonable belief that the participation of the licensee or registrant in any activity required to be licensed or registered under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) would be inimical to the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.). L.2017, c.324, s.19.
NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-25 - Refusal to answer question; immunity; prosecution.

53:2-25 Refusal to answer question; immunity; prosecution.  20. a. In any investigation, interview, or other proceeding conducted under oath by the division or any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent thereof, if a person refuses to answer a question or produce evidence of any other kind on the ground that the person may be incriminated thereby, and notwithstanding the refusal, an order is made upon 24 hours' prior written notice to the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, and to the appropriate district attorney or prosecutor having an official interest therein, by the Superintendent of the division or the superintendent's designee, that the person answer the question or produce the evidence, the person shall comply with the order. If the person complies with the order, and if, but for this section, would have been privileged to withhold the answer given or the evidence produced by the person, then immunity shall be conferred upon the person, as provided for herein. Immunity shall not be conferred upon any person except in accordance with the provisions of this section. If, after compliance with the provisions of this section, a person is ordered to answer a question or produce evidence of any other kind and complies with the order, and it is thereafter determined that the Attorney General or appropriate district attorney or prosecutor having an official interest therein was not notified, that failure or neglect shall not deprive that person of any immunity otherwise properly conferred upon the person. But the person may nevertheless be prosecuted or subjected to penalty or forfeiture for any perjury or contempt committed in answering, or failing to answer, or in producing or failing to produce evidence, in accordance with the order, and any answer given or evidence produced shall be admissible against the person upon any criminal proceeding concerning such perjury or contempt. b. If a person, in obedience to a subpoena directing the person to attend and testify, is in this State or comes into this State from the State of New York, the person shall not, while in this State pursuant to such subpoena, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before the person's entrance into this State under the subpoena. L.2017, c.324, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-26 - Temporary suspension.

53:2-26 Temporary suspension.  21. a. The division may temporarily suspend a temporary permit or a permanent license or a temporary or permanent registration issued pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) until further order of the division or final disposition of the underlying case, only where the permittee, licensee, or registrant has been indicted for, or otherwise charged with, a crime which is equivalent to a crime of the third, second, or first degree in this State or only where the permittee or licensee is a port watchman who is charged by the division pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-18) with misappropriating any other person's property at or on a pier or other waterfront terminal. b. In the case of a permittee, licensee, or registrant who has been indicted for, or otherwise charged with, a crime, the temporary suspension shall terminate immediately upon acquittal or upon dismissal of the criminal charge. A person whose permit, license, or registration has been temporarily suspended may, at any time, demand that the division conduct a hearing as provided for in section 14 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-19). Within 60 days of the demand, the division shall commence the hearing and, within 30 days of receipt of the administrative law judge's report and recommendation, the division shall render a final determination thereon; provided, however, that these time requirements, shall not apply for any period of delay caused or requested by the permittee, licensee, or registrant. Upon failure of the division to commence a hearing or render a determination within the time limits prescribed herein, the temporary suspension of the permittee, licensee, or registrant shall immediately terminate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, if a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency or prosecutor's office shall request the suspension or deferment of any hearing on the ground that the hearing would obstruct or prejudice an investigation or prosecution, the division may in its discretion, postpone or defer the hearing for a time certain or indefinitely. Any action by the division to postpone a hearing shall be subject to immediate judicial review as provided in subsection b. of this section. c. The division may, within its discretion, bar any permittee, licensee, or registrant who has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of this section, from any employment by a licensed stevedore or a carrier of freight by water, if that individual has been indicted or otherwise charged in any federal, State, or territorial proceeding with any crime involving the possession with intent to distribute, sale, or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled dangerous substance analog, racketeering, or theft from a pier or waterfront terminal. L.2017, c.324, s.21.
NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-27 - Division authorized to co-operate with commission, other public entity.

53:2-27 Division authorized to co-operate with commission, other public entity.  22. The division is authorized to co-operate with the commission, a similar authority, or other public entity of the State of New York, to exchange information on any matter pertinent to the purposes of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), and to enter into reciprocal agreements for the accomplishment of those purposes, including, but not limited to, the following objectives: a. To provide for the reciprocal recognition of any license issued or registration made by the commission; b. To give reciprocal effect to any revocation, suspension, or reprimand with respect to any licensee, and any reprimand or removal from a longshoremen's register; c. To provide that any act or omission by a licensee or registrant in either State which would be a basis for disciplinary action against the licensee or registrant if it occurred in the state in which the license was issued or the person registered shall be the basis for disciplinary action in either state; and d. To provide that longshoremen registered in either state, who perform work or who apply for work at an employment information center within the other State shall be deemed to have performed work or to have applied for work in the State in which they are registered. L.2017, c.324, s.22.
NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-28 - Construction of act.

53:2-28 Construction of act.  23. a. The provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) are not designed and shall not be construed to limit in any way any rights granted or derived from any other statute or any rule of law for employees to organize in labor organizations, to bargain collectively and to act in any other way individually, collectively, and through labor organizations or other representatives of their own choosing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing contained in P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) shall be construed to limit in any way the right of employees to strike. b. The provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.)are not designed and shall not be construed to limit in any way any rights of longshoremen, hiring agents, pier superintendents, or port watchmen or their employers to bargain collectively and agree upon any method for the selection of those employees by way of seniority, experience, regular gangs, or otherwise; provided, that those employees shall be licensed or registered hereunder and longshoremen and port watchmen shall be hired only through the employment information centers established hereunder and that all other provisions of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) be observed. L.2017, c.324, s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-29 - Transfer of officers, employees.

53:2-29 Transfer of officers, employees.  24. a. Any officer or employee in the State, county, or municipal civil service in either State who shall transfer to service with the division may be given one or more leaves of absence without pay and may, before the expiration of the leave or leaves of absence, and without further examination or qualification, return to the person's former position or be certified by the appropriate civil service agency for retransfer to a comparable position in the State, county, or municipal civil service if a comparable position is then available. b. The division may, by agreement with any federal agency from which any officer or employee may transfer to service with the division to undertake any of the duties or responsibilities established pursuant to P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), make similar provision for the retransfer of the officer or employee to that federal agency. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation, any officer or employee in the State, county, or municipal service in either State who shall transfer to service with the division and who is a member of any existing State, county, or municipal pension or retirement system in New Jersey or New York, shall continue to have all rights, privileges, obligations, and status with respect to that fund, system, or systems as if the person had continued in State, county, or municipal office or employment, but during the period of service as a member, officer, or employee of the division, all contributions to any pension or retirement fund or system to be paid by the employer on account of the member, officer, or employee, shall be paid by the State Treasurer. The division may, by agreement with the appropriate federal agency, make similar provisions relating to continuance of retirement system membership for any federal officer or employee so transferred. L.2017, c.324, s.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 53:2-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 53 - State Police|Section 53:2-30 - Annual adoption of budget.

53:2-30 Annual adoption of budget.  25. a. The division shall annually adopt a budget of its expenses for each year for the purposes of its duties and responsibilities under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.). Each budget shall be submitted to the Governor and the budget shall be adjusted accordingly. b. After taking into account funds as may be available to the division from reserves, federal grants or otherwise, the balance of the division's budgeted expenses for the performance of its functions and duties under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) shall be assessed upon employers of persons registered or licensed pursuant to P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.). Each employer shall pay to the State Treasurer, for placement within the General Fund, an assessment computed upon the gross payroll payments made by that employer to longshoremen, pier superintendents, hiring agents, and port watchmen for work or labor performed within the port of New York district in this State, at a rate, not in excess of two percent, computed by the division in the following manner: the division shall annually estimate the gross payroll payments to be made by employers subject to assessment and shall compute a rate thereon which will yield revenues sufficient to finance the division's budget for the performance of those functions and duties under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) for each year. That budget may include a reasonable amount for a reserve, but the amount shall not exceed 10 percent of the total of all other items of expenditure contained therein. The reserve shall be used for the stabilization of annual assessments, the payment of operating deficits, and for the repayment of advances made by the State, if any. c. The amount required to balance the division's budgeted expenses for the performance of its functions and duties under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), in excess of the estimated yield of the maximum assessment, shall be certified by the division, with the approval of the Governor, in proportion to the gross annual wage payments made to longshoremen for work within the port of New York district in this State. The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the division the amount so certified. d. The division may provide by regulation for the collection and auditing of assessments. In addition to any other sanction provided by law, the division may revoke or suspend any license held by any person under P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), or the person's privilege of employing persons registered or licensed hereunder, for non-payment of any assessment when due. e. The assessment hereunder shall be in lieu of any other charge for the issuance of licenses to stevedores, pier superintendents, hiring agents, and port watchmen or for the registration of longshoremen or use of an employment information center. The division shall establish reasonable procedures for the consideration of protests by affected employees concerning the estimates and computation of the rate of assessment. L.2017, c.324, s.25.