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NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-6 - Inspections; enforcement districts

34:1-6. Inspections; enforcement districts  The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this title and exercise supervision and control over the deputy commissioners, bureau chiefs and all inspectors, and shall, as often as is practicable, cause inspections to be made of all establishments and places regulated or affected by this title. He may divide the state into districts and assign inspectors to such districts and in his discretion transfer them from one district to another.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-7 - Inspectors graded

34:1-7. Inspectors graded  Inspectors shall be classified into four grades which shall be designated respectively first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade. Inspectors of each grade shall receive such compensation as is or may be fixed by the civil service commission in accordance with the provisions of law. Inspectors of the third and fourth grades shall be appointed from the list of eligibles for each respective grade as ascertained by open competitive examination and submitted by the board of civil service commissioners. Any inspector having satisfactorily served five years as inspector of the third grade shall on recommendation of the commissioner be admitted to a noncompetitive promotion examination by the board of civil service commissioners and upon successfully passing such examination shall be promoted to the second grade. Similarly any inspector having satisfactorily served five years as inspector of the second grade shall on recommendation of the commissioner be admitted to a noncompetitive promotion examination conducted by the board of civil service commissioners, and, upon successfully passing such examination, shall be promoted to the first grade. Appointments of inspectors of the first and second grades shall not be made otherwise than after noncompetitive promotion examination.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-8 - Inspectors; duties

34:1-8. Inspectors; duties  Inspectors shall perform such duties as the commissioner shall direct.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-9 - Personnel; employment; assignment and transfers; salaries

34:1-9. Personnel; employment; assignment and transfers; salaries  The commissioner shall be the appointing authority of the department and shall in accordance with the civil service laws employ such inspectors, clerks, stenographers and other personnel as he may consider necessary and shall fix the salaries of officers and employees, subject to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, except where otherwise provided by statute. He may assign or transfer clerks, stenographers and inspectors from one bureau to another or combine the clerical force of two or more bureaus as may be necessary or advisable. He may require from one bureau assistance in the work of another bureau. He may abolish any office or position which in his judgment it may be unnecessary to retain. The organization of the department is intended to facilitate the economical and efficient performance of its work and not to impair the control or responsibility of the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-10 - Additional personnel

34:1-10. Additional personnel  The commissioner may employ additional inspectors, expert investigators or advisers for such period as he shall consider necessary and at such compensation as shall be fixed by him or otherwise determinable by authority of law. He may also appoint volunteer inspectors to serve without compensation. All persons appointed under this section shall have the same rights and powers as regular inspectors.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-11 - Expenses allowed

34:1-11. Expenses allowed  Deputy commissioners, bureau heads and inspectors of the department shall, in addition to the annual salaries received by them, receive the necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-12 - Badges and certificates of authority

34:1-12. Badges and certificates of authority  The deputy commissioners, chief inspectors and inspectors shall be provided with certificates of authority by the secretary of state, which shall be exhibited on demand by the person in charge of any place about to be inspected or investigated. The commissioner may provide badges for department and bureau officers and inspectors.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-13 - Oaths and affidavits; authority to administer

34:1-13. Oaths and affidavits; authority to administer  The commissioner, deputy commissioners and inspectors may administer oaths and take affidavits in matters relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-14 - Inspectors not to engage in other business; hours of labor

34:1-14. Inspectors not to engage in other business; hours of labor  No inspector shall engage in any business, occupation or employment during his term of office that will in any way interfere with or prevent his full and faithful performance of his duties. Each inspector shall, except when prevented by illness or other disability, devote at least eight hours each day, Sundays, Saturdays and holidays excepted, and four hours each Saturday, to the discharge of his duties.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-15 - Inspections and reports

34:1-15. Inspections and reports  The commissioner, deputy commissioners and inspectors shall have the right at all reasonable hours to enter and inspect all places and establishments regulated or affected by this title and each inspector shall make a report in writing of such inspections to the commissioner at least once in each week.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-16 - Obstructing or impersonating officers; penalty

34:1-16. Obstructing or impersonating officers; penalty  No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay, or interfere with, by force or otherwise, the performance of any duty under the provisions of this title by the commissioner or by any of the deputy commissioners, inspectors or truant officers, or refuse to answer, in writing or otherwise, questions asked by such officers relating to the matters coming under the provisions of article 2 of chapter 2 (s. 34:2-2 et seq.) and article 4 of chapter 2 (s. 34:2-31 et seq.) of this title. No person shall impersonate an officer or inspector of the department or forge his certificate of authority. Any person, corporation or firm violating any of the provisions of this section shall, for each offense, be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-17 - Minors; reports to school officers

34:1-17. Minors; reports to school officers  Each inspector shall note in writing the names of minors discharged from any employment and within twenty-four hours thereafter shall send or deliver a list of such minors with their names in full, residence by street and number, name of place from which discharged and date of discharge, to the principal of the public school in district where such minors reside or to the truant officer in charge of such district.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-18 - Prosecutions for violations

34:1-18. Prosecutions for violations  The commissioner shall prosecute violations of the provisions of this title in any court of competent jurisdiction.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-19 - Report to governor

34:1-19. Report to governor  The commissioner shall, on or before October thirty-first in each year, make report to the governor of the work of the department.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-20 - Rules, regulations and orders

34:1-20. Rules, regulations and orders  The commissioner may make and publish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as he shall deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this title. Whenever any condition is found to exist in contravention of any provision of this title, the commissioner may by written order signed by him specifying the things to be done and the time for compliance, require such condition to be corrected.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-23 - Fees for approval of plans, specifications, buildings, or new work; computation; disposition

34:1-23. Fees for approval of plans, specifications, buildings, or new work; computation; disposition  The commissioner may charge a fee of not less than $15.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for issuing a certificate of approval of any plans or specifications, or both, required by law or regulation of the department to be submitted to him for approval. In fixing the amount of such fees required by the preceding paragraph, the commissioner shall make the computation on the following basis: A fee of $15.00 for the first $15,000.00 of approved valuation or any part thereof, and thereafter $1.00 per $1,000.00 of approved valuation or part thereof, up to a maximum fee of $1,000.00. Before a valuation is submitted to the commissioner on a form for that and other purposes for approval, the commissioner may prepare or order to be prepared by the applicant an estimate of cost and the decision of the commissioner as to the proper amount to be considered the approved valuation for the work shall be final. The commissioner may charge a fee of not less than $5.00 nor more than $20.00 for issuing a certificate of approval of (a) any building or premises or the occupancy of said building or premises coming under his jurisdiction, where such approval is required to be issued by him for a specific purpose by law or regulation of the department, or (b) new work performed in such building on recommendation of the commissioner; provided, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to decrease the amount of any fee provided for by any other statute or regulation of the department. In fixing the amount of such fees provided for in the preceding paragraph the commissioner shall be governed by the amount of work and expense involved in the examination of such building. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, local or special laws, all fees and moneys derived from the operation of this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and by him deposited in the General State Fund and the cost of administration of this section shall be included in the annual appropriation law. Amended by L.1942, c. 234, p. 636, s. 1; L.1950, c. 39, p. 75, s. 1; L.1971, c. 154, s. 5, eff. May 20, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-24 - Fees for blue prints and publications

34:1-24. Fees for blue prints and publications  The commissioner may charge a reasonable fee for blue prints, literature and publications issued by the department.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-25 - Moneys paid to state treasurer

34:1-25. Moneys paid to state treasurer  Fees and moneys collected by the commissioner under the provisions of this title shall be paid by him to the state treasurer.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-38.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-38.1 - Mechanical inspection bureau; composition; examining board; appointment; qualifications of members; duties of bureau

34:1-38.1. Mechanical inspection bureau; composition; examining board; appointment; qualifications of members; duties of bureau  There shall be within the Division of Labor, Department of Labor and Industry, a mechanical inspection bureau which shall administer engineers' and firemen's licensing and boiler, pressure vessel and refrigeration plant inspection, and shall contain an examining board and a board of boiler, pressure vessel and refrigeration rules. There shall be within the mechanical inspection bureau a deputy director of the Division of Labor in charge of the bureau, an assistant chief of said bureau and an examining board composed of the deputy director, the assistant chief and not less than 2 nor more than 4 additional examiners. They shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry in accordance with Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes. The members of the board shall: (1) be citizens of the State of New Jersey; (2) have held, for at least 1 year, a Class I, Grade A operating engineer's license issued by the Department of Labor and Industry; and (3) either (a) have had experience for at least 10 years as a Grade A or Grade B New Jersey licensed engineer, or (b) have held a position of equal responsibility and duration or (c) have been engaged for at least 5 years as an inspector pursuant to sections 34:1-34 through 34:1-45 of the Revised Statutes. The members of the mechanical inspection bureau shall perform such duties as the commissioner shall prescribe and from time to time, report to the commissioner in such form as he shall approve. L.1960, c. 134, p. 646, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-38.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-38.2 - Powers and duties of examining board

34:1-38.2. Powers and duties of examining board  The examining board of the mechanical inspection bureau shall administer the licensing of engineers and firemen and the inspection of boilers, pressure vessels and refrigeration plants. The examining board shall exercise supervision over all inspections of boilers, pressure vessels and refrigeration plants required by law, in addition to those actually performed by the Mechanical Inspection Bureau. L.1960, c. 134, p. 647, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-40 - Prescription of duties and adoption of rules and regulations by commissioner; conduct of examinations; issuance of licenses

34:1-40. Prescription of duties and adoption of rules and regulations by commissioner; conduct of examinations; issuance of licenses  The commissioner shall prescribe the duties of and adopt all necessary rules, regulations and by-laws for the operation of the mechanical inspection bureau not inconsistent with law, and shall prescribe rules for the enforcement of chapter 7 of this Title (34:7-1 et seq.) and for the examination and licensing of persons required to be licensed by the provisions of said chapter. Such regulations shall specify the terms and conditions under which licenses shall be issued or renewed; and provide for revocation of license for proper cause. The license examinations shall be conducted by 1 or more members of the examining board. All licenses recommended by the examining board shall issue under the hand and seal of the commissioner whose office shall preserve a record thereof. Such licenses shall also be signed by the member or members of the examining board conducting the examination therefor. Amended by L.1946, c. 249, p. 883, s. 2; L.1960, c. 134, p. 647, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-41 - Expenses of members of mechanical inspection bureau

34:1-41. Expenses of members of mechanical inspection bureau  Each member of the mechanical inspection bureau shall be paid his necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duty. Amended by L.1960, c. 134, p. 648, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-44 - Inspectors; eligibility and qualifications; certificate

34:1-44. Inspectors; eligibility and qualifications; certificate  Any citizen of the State having had at least 5 years' experience as engineer in the maintenance and operation of steam boilers, or as boiler maker, or as inspector for an insurance company specializing in the inspection and insurance of boilers and licensed to do business within the State, who shall satisfactorily pass the examination held by the examining board as required by section 34:1-45 of this Title, and who shall meet the requirements of the Civil Service Commission with regards to character, fitness and physical condition, shall receive from the commissioner a certificate of competency which shall authorize him to inspect boilers, pressure vessels and refrigeration plants within the State and which shall make him eligible for examination by the Civil Service Commission for the position of boiler, pressure vessel and refrigeration plant inspector in the department. Amended by L.1960, c. 134, p. 648, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-45 - Examinations

34:1-45. Examinations  The commissioner shall from time to time direct the examining board of the mechanical inspection bureau to hold examinations for inspectors and shall prescribe the rules for and scope of such examination. Amended by L.1960, c. 134, p. 648, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-47 - Board of boiler, pressure vessel and refrigeration rules; composition; rules and regulations

34:1-47. Board of boiler, pressure vessel and refrigeration rules; composition; rules and regulations  The Governor shall appoint 6 citizens of this State, 2 of whom shall be professional engineers licensed by this State, and who shall represent the following interests: one manufacturer of boilers, pressure vessels or refrigeration equipment; one authorized insuror of boilers, pressure vessels and refrigeration equipment in this State; one operator of boiler, pressure vessels or refrigeration equipment in this State and licensed by the Mechanical Inspection Bureau; 2 users of boilers, pressure vessels or refrigeration equipment in this State, and one resident of this State representing the general public. All of these appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, and together with the commissioner and the examining board in the mechanical inspection bureau shall constitute a board of boiler, pressure vessel and refrigeration rules. This board shall meet at the call of the commissioner, or his designee, who shall be chairman, and it shall promulgate, after a public hearing, subsequent to the publication of notice of said hearing, rules and regulations for the safe and proper construction and installation and use of steam boilers, pressure vessels and refrigeration plants which are subject to the provisions of article 2, chapter 7 of this Title. Amended by L.1960, c. 134, p. 648, s. 7; L.1967, c. 213, s. 1, eff. Oct. 5, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-48 - Chief of bureau of statistics and records; appointment

34:1-48. Chief of bureau of statistics and records; appointment  The bureau of statistics and records shall be under the direction of a chief of bureau who shall be appointed by the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-49 - Duties of bureau in general

34:1-49. Duties of bureau in general  The bureau of statistics and records shall collect, classify and report to the legislature, on or before the last day of October in each year, statistical details relating to labor in the state with particular regard to the commercial, industrial, social, educational and sanitary condition of the laboring classes, and in all suitable and lawful ways foster and encourage all productive industries, with the view to their permanent establishment upon a prosperous basis, both to employer and employed.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-50 - Commercial statistics and information

34:1-50. Commercial statistics and information  The annual report of the bureau shall include statistics showing the number of private firms and corporations engaged in the several industries in this state; the capital invested; amount of raw material used and its cost value; amount of goods manufactured and the selling price of said goods; the number of persons employed, by months, and distinguished as to sex; total wages paid; classification of wages, and such other information as may be necessary to show the true condition of each of said manufacturing industries.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-51 - Names of informants not to be divulged

34:1-51. Names of informants not to be divulged  The information secured shall be presented in the annual report by figures only; the names of persons, firms or corporations shall in no case be printed and the business of manufacturers, individually, shall not be divulged.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-52 - Returns by employers

34:1-52. Returns by employers  It shall be the duty of every owner, operator, lessee, manager or superintendent of every factory, mill, workshop, mine or other establishment or industry in which labor is employed within this state, to make such reports or returns on blanks furnished by the bureau as the bureau may require for compiling statistics authorized by law within the time prescribed therefor, and to certify to the correctness of the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-53 - Penalty for failure to report

34:1-53. Penalty for failure to report  Any owner, operator, lessee, manager or superintendent of an establishment or industry in which labor is employed within this state, who willfully neglects or refuses to make return or report as and when required pursuant to section 34:1-52 of this title shall be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars for each such failure or delay, to be recovered in an action at law brought by and in the name of the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-54 - Power of chief of bureau to examine witnesses

34:1-54. Power of chief of bureau to examine witnesses  The chief of the bureau of statistics and records shall have power to examine witnesses under oath.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1-55 - Bulletins and pamphlets

34:1-55. Bulletins and pamphlets  The bureau of industrial statistics and records shall publish and issue from time to time bulletins and pamphlets pertaining to its work and shall perform such other duties as the commissioner shall direct.