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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:5-2 - Definitions.

33:5-2 Definitions.
2. As used in P.L.2021, c.438 (C.33:5-1 et seq.):
"Account" means the New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Promotion Account established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.438 (C.33:5-2).
"Advisory council" means the New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Advisory Council established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2021, c.438 (C.33:5-3).
"Beer" means beer, lager beer, ale, stout, porter, and all similar fermented malt beverages having an alcoholic content of one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) or more by volume.
"Chief executive officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
"Department" means the Department of State.
"Division" means the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State.
"Executive director" means Executive Director of the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State.
"Cider" means a beverage made from the alcoholic fermentation of the juice of apples, including but not limited to flavored, sparkling or carbonated cider.
"Liquors" means all distilled or rectified spirits, alcohol, brandy, whisky, rum, gin and all similar distilled alcoholic beverages, including all dilutions and mixtures of one or more of the foregoing, such as liqueurs, cordials, and similar compounds, having an alcoholic content of one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) or more by volume.
"Mead" means an alcoholic beverage primarily made from honey, water, and yeast, and which may contain fruit, fruit juices, spices, or herbs added before or after fermentation has completed, except that the ratio of fermentable sugars from fruit or fruit juices shall not exceed 49 percent of the total fermentable sugars used to produce mead.
"Qualifying licensee" means a person or entity that holds a limited brewery license, a restricted brewery license, a cidery and meadery license, or a craft distillery license issued pursuant to R.S.33:1-10.
L.2021, c.438, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:5-3 - "New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Promotion Account" established; credit; research, development.

33:5-3 "New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Promotion Account" established; credit; research, development.
3. a. There is established in the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State the "New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Promotion Account." All monies received in this account shall be expended by the executive director for research and development concerning the limited brewery, restricted brewery, cidery, meadery, and craft distillery industries in the State and for the promotion of New Jersey's limited brewery, restricted brewery, cidery, meadery, and craft distillery industries, and in determining how to expend these monies the executive director shall give due consideration to the recommendations of the advisory council created pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.438 (C.33:5-4).
b. The account shall be credited annually, in an appropriation by law, with an amount equal to 50 percent of the receipts from the per gallon tax, as provided for pursuant to R.S.54:43-1, imposed on all sales of beer, cider, mead, and liquors sold by a qualifying licensee during the preceding taxable year.
c. The account shall also be credited with any monies made available to it from the General Fund or any non-State public or private source.
d. The Secretary of State shall include with the annual budget request for the department a request for funds sufficient to carry out the purposes and intent of P.L.2021, c.438 (C.33:5-1 et seq.).
L.2021, c.438, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Intoxicating Liquors › Section 33:5-5 - Annual certification, taxable volume of beer, cider, mead, liquors sold.

33:5-5 Annual certification, taxable volume of beer, cider, mead, liquors sold.
5. The Director of the Division of Taxation shall certify by March 1 annually to the advisory council the taxable volume of beer, cider, mead, and liquors sold by qualifying licensees during the preceding taxable year.
L.2021, c.438, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-1 - Definitions

34:1-1. Definitions
As used in this title:
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor.
"Deputy commissioner" means the several deputy commissioners of labor except in chapter 15 of this title (s. 34:15-1 et seq.), in which "deputy commissioner" shall mean the several deputy commissioners of compensation.
"Department" means the department of labor.
"Inspector" means agents and employees of the department whose duty it is to make any inspection or investigation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-2 - Department continued; organization

34:1-2. Department continued; organization
The department of labor, hereinafter in this title referred to as the "department" , organized by an act entitled "An act to reorganize the department of labor; to provide for the execution of its powers and the performance of its duties through departmental bureaus, under the supervision and control of the commissioner of labor; and as incidental to such reorganization, to provide for the transfer and assignment of officials and employees in the present department, and to extend the term of office of the commissioner of labor," passed March fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen (L.1916, c. 40, p. 67), as amended and supplemented, is continued.
It shall consist of:
One commissioner;
A bureau of general and structural inspection and explosives;
A bureau of hygiene, sanitation, and mine inspection;
A bureau of electrical and mechanical equipment;
A bureau of engineers' and firemen's licenses;
A bureau of statistics and records;
A workmen's compensation bureau;
A bureau of employment;
A bureau for women and children.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-4 - Commissioner; appointment, term and salary

34:1-4. Commissioner; appointment, term and salary
The commissioner shall be a citizen and resident of this state, appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. He shall hold his office for the term of five years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall receive a salary of six thousand dollars per annum. He shall also be chairman of the workmen's compensation bureau and for his services in that capacity shall receive the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-5 - Duties of commissioner; assignment of duties to bureaus; supervision over deputies and inspectors

34:1-5. Duties of commissioner; assignment of duties to bureaus; supervision over deputies and inspectors
The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. All powers and duties vested in and devolved upon the commissioner or the department shall be exercised and performed by him in person or under his personal supervision and control, through and by any bureau or representative thereof duly authorized by the commissioner for that purpose. When not inconsistent with the provisions of any statute, he shall assign to the various bureaus and cause to be performed through them, under his supervision and in his name, such duties as may have been or hereafter may be devolved generally upon the department or upon the commissioner, to the end that through the several bureaus, each performing its assigned correlated functions, the work of the department shall be economically, efficiently and promptly performed.
The commissioner shall exercise supervision and control over the deputy commissioners and the inspectors.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-5.1 - Annual determination of resort municipalities.

34:1-5.1 Annual determination of resort municipalities.
2. The Department of Labor shall annually determine which municipalities qualify as resort municipalities and determine and certify the annual mean population of resort municipalities. This information shall be transmitted to the Office of the Attorney General by March 31 following the end of the reporting year for use in the preparation of per capita crime statistics pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1966, c.37 (C.52:17B-5.4). The first determination shall be made as soon as practicable, but no later than one year after the effective date of this act.
L.1998,c.50,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-5.2 - Annual mean population of resort municipalities.

34:1-5.2 Annual mean population of resort municipalities.
3. As used in this act:
"Annual mean population" means for each resort municipality the following:
12P + 3SP
AMP =.................
12
where AMP equals Annual Mean Population
P equals Population
SP equals Seasonal Population.
"Population" means the year-round population of the resort municipality shown in the most recent State population estimates published by the Department of Labor, except that in the year of promulgation of a federal decennial census, the census figures shall be used.
"Resort municipality" means a municipality which, because of its recreational, entertainment or amusement characteristics or facilities or its close proximity to such characteristics or facilities, experiences a total increase during the seasonal period in the number of persons temporarily resident therein of 25 percent or more of its population.
"Seasonal population" means the average of the estimated number of persons temporarily resident in the municipality during the three consecutive months when the temporary population is greatest.
"Temporarily resident" means the occupying for any period of time during the seasonal period by any person not counted as a resident of the municipality for population purposes of an accommodation in a rented residential unit or vacation home.
L.1998,c.50,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-5.3 - Estimated seasonal population of resort municipalities.

34:1-5.3 Estimated seasonal population of resort municipalities.
4. a. The seasonal population of each resort municipality shall be estimated by the Department of Labor by taking into account such factors as it deems advisable and appropriate to determine such estimates.
b. The department may call for and obtain any records and assistance of the several departments and divisions of the State and the respective municipalities as it deems necessary or helpful in carrying out the purposes of this act.
L.1998,c.50,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-5.4 - Rules, regulations.

34:1-5.4 Rules, regulations.
5. The Commissioner of Labor may adopt and promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act as he shall deem necessary.
L.1998,c.50,s.5.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 insurer 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-56 - Industrial directory

34:1-56. Industrial directory
The bureau of statistics and records shall continue the compilation and publication every third year, or oftener if in the judgment of the commissioner the interests of the state will be served thereby, of a revised industrial directory including such features for advertising the state, its manufacturing interests and industrial opportunities as commend themselves to the judgment of the commissioner and the chief of bureau.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-57 - Workmen's compensation bureau; director; compensation

34:1-57. Workmen's compensation bureau; director; compensation
The workmen's compensation bureau shall consist of the commissioner who shall act as chairman, a director, deputy commissioners of compensation appointed by the commissioner; and such referees and other employees as may, in the judgment of the commissioner, be necessary. Appointments under this section shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service.
The director of the bureau shall be designated by the commissioner from among the deputy commissioners of compensation with approval of the Governor. Such deputy commissioner shall also serve as secretary of the bureau, and may continue to perform the duties of a deputy commissioner of compensation. He shall receive compensation of nine thousand five hundred dollars ($9,500.00) per annum, and upon his designation he shall retain all of his prior civil service status as a deputy commissioner of compensation under the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service.
The director, subject to supervision and direction of the commissioner, shall:
(a) be the administrative head of the bureau;
(b) prescribe the organization of the bureau, and the duties of his subordinates and assistants, except as may otherwise be provided by law;
(c) direct and supervise the activities of all members of the bureau;
(d) make an annual report to the commissioner of the work of the bureau, which report shall be published annually for general distribution at such reasonable charge, not exceeding cost, as the commissioner shall determine.
Amended by L.1945, c. 74, p. 378, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-57.2 - First director

34:1-57.2. First director
The first director of the workmen's compensation bureau to be designated under this act shall be the deputy commissioner of compensation serving upon the effective date hereof in the capacity of secretary of the bureau.
L.1945, c. 74, p. 379, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-58 - Deputy commissioner; compensation board

34:1-58. Deputy commissioner; compensation board
Any referee, who is a counselor at law duly admitted to practice by the supreme court, and who has served as a referee in the bureau for not less than two years, may at the discretion of the commissioner be certified to the civil service commission as eligible for examination for the position of deputy commissioner of compensation, and upon successfully passing the examination, he may be advanced to said office, as a member of the workmen's compensation board in addition to the deputy commissioners appointed under section 34:1-57 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-60 - Subdivisions of employment bureau

34:1-60. Subdivisions of employment bureau
The department is authorized to establish such subdivisions of the bureau of employment as he may deem advisable for the following purposes:
To bring together employers seeking employees and working people seeking employment;
To supply information as to opportunities for securing employment in this state and the character of the work to be performed;
To supply such information as may enable persons to secure industrial and agricultural training and employment;
To investigate the extent and causes of unemployment in the state and as far as possible suggest remedies therefor;
To adopt the most efficient means to avoid unemployment;
To provide employment and to prevent distress from involuntary idleness;
To keep a record of all labor disturbances and strikes.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-61 - Co-operation; advisory assistants

34:1-61. Co-operation; advisory assistants
The commissioner is authorized to co-operate with other public employment bureaus, whether operated by voluntary, charitable or eleemosynary organizations, or by municipalities in this or other states, or by states, or by the United States government.
He may appoint, to aid in carrying on his work in various parts of this state, advisory committees or agents who shall serve without pay.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-62 - Federal employment service; planned co-operation; custody and disbursement of funds

34:1-62. Federal employment service; planned co-operation; custody and disbursement of funds
The bureau of employment of the New Jersey department of labor is hereby designated as the state agency which shall co-operate with the employment service of the United States department of labor as provided by act of congress approved June sixth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, 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," which act is hereby accepted by the state of New Jersey.
The bureau of employment is empowered and directed to do all that may be required to secure for this state the benefits of the appropriations under said act of congress for each and every purpose specified therein.
The employment bureau and the state rehabilitation commission shall prepare a plan of co-operation in carrying out the provisions of said act. The bureau of employment is authorized to use state funds or funds otherwise made available in matching federal funds available to the state of New Jersey.
The state treasurer shall be the custodian of all money paid to the state from appropriations under said act. He shall receive and provide for the proper custody of the same. He shall disburse the same upon warrant of the state comptroller when such disbursement has been certified by the commissioner.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-65 - Records of strikes

34:1-65. Records of strikes
The bureau of employment and bureaus co-operating in carrying out the provisions of sections 34:1-59 to 34:1-64, 34:1-66 to 34:1-69 of this title, shall keep a record of all labor disturbances or strikes within the territory covered by each office. All such bureaus shall give notice of the existence of any labor disturbance or strike to all applicants for a position who may be affected thereby.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-67 - Veterans aided

34:1-67. Veterans aided
The bureau of employment shall investigate unemployment conditions affecting soldiers and sailors of the United States after their discharge from service, collect and compile data as to opportunities for employment and formulate plans for placing such soldiers and sailors desiring employment in suitable positions.
The bureau may act as agent of the federal government and its agencies in the placing of soldiers and sailors in suitable and available employments.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-68 - Lists of sources of employment

34:1-68. Lists of sources of employment
Each office of the bureau of employment shall in co-operation with the chief executive officers of the several municipalities within its district prepare and preserve a list of all available employments and sources of employment within such municipalities and all data in relation thereto.
Each office shall prepare and keep on file a list of all discharged soldiers and sailors who may apply for employment or who reside in its district and shall transmit a copy of such list to the commissioner.
The commissioner from time to time shall furnish to each office a list of available employments within the state and such other data as he shall deem necessary to the end that soldiers and sailors desiring employment may have available information as to opportunities for employment elsewhere in the state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-69.1 - Division of the deaf

34:1-69.1. Division of the deaf
There is hereby created in the Department of Labor and Industry a division to be devoted to the interests of the deaf.
L.1941, c. 197, p. 586, s. 1. Amended by L.1977, c. 166, s. 2, eff. July 31, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-69.1a - Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; membership; terms; compensation; vacancies

34:1-69.1a. Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; membership; terms; compensation; vacancies
8. a. There shall be within the Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing an Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing which shall consist of 18 members. One representative from each of the following shall be ex-officio members: Department of Education, Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Labor, Commission on Higher Education and the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf. Twelve members shall be appointed by the Governor: one shall be a business person selected from a list of candidates supplied by the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, one lay citizen born of deaf parents, five citizens who are deaf, two of whom shall be chosen from the professions and three to be lay persons, and five citizens who are hard of hearing. In considering the appointment of the five citizens who are deaf the Governor shall give appropriate consideration to persons recommended by profoundly deaf adults represented by the New Jersey Association of the Deaf, Incorporated. In considering the appointment of the five citizens who are hard of hearing, the Governor shall give appropriate consideration to persons recommended by hard of hearing adults represented by the organization, Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. Each appointive member shall serve for a term of three years and until his successor is appointed and qualifies, except that of the members first appointed the Governor shall designate the appointee's terms so that two shall be appointed for terms of one year, two for terms of two years and three for terms of three years.
b. Members of the Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in performance of their duties. Vacancies on the council shall be filled for the unexpired term. Members may be removed by the Governor for cause.
.1977,c.166,s.8; amended 1995,c.168,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-69.2 - Director of the division of the deaf

34:1-69.2. Director of the division of the deaf
The Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall appoint a competent person to have charge of such Division of the Deaf, who shall be fully conversant with the sign language of the deaf as ascertained by at least three certified members of the New Jersey Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf; such appointee to be known as Director of the Division of the Deaf, and to be subject to the regular rules and regulations of the Department of Labor and Industry. The director shall be appointed without regard to the provisions of Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes and shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
L.1941, c. 197, p. 586, s. 2. Amended by L.1977, c. 166, s. 3, eff. July 31, 1977; L.1978, c. 173, s. 1, eff. Dec. 28, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-69.3 - Duties of director

34:1-69.3. Duties of director
The director of such division shall collect and tabulate statistics pertaining to the deaf, their employment and welfare; shall ascertain primarily by annual review of the New Jersey job market, by reference to occupational information publications of the United States Department of Labor as well as other sources herein identified what trades or occupations are most suitable for them; shall arrange for Statewide vocational retraining when necessary; shall endeavor to create new fields of employment to which they may adapt themselves, and to place them in such various lines of employment; investigate may file a complaint with the Division on Civil Rights on behalf of any deaf persons and assist them in any subsequent proceedings involving any, and all acts of discrimination against them by specific employers, industries, corporations or organizations with whom they may seek employment including the State and shall use his best efforts for the general welfare of all the deaf within the State. He shall develop field contacts to increase the employability of deaf persons and seek the cooperation of all State departments, officers and State agencies and minor governmental bodies to the end that deaf persons may be employed in such capacities in the government of the State, or any subdivision thereof, as they may fill as efficiently as other persons. He shall make such reports and recommendations to his superior as may be requested or as may be required by law, or otherwise, and issue such reports in pamphlet form, or otherwise, as may be necessary or desirable to advance the best interests of the division and the deaf people of the State in general.
L.1941, c. 197, p. 586, s. 3. Amended by L.1977, c. 166, s. 4, eff. July 31, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-69.3a - Annual report

34:1-69.3a. Annual report
The Director of the Division of the Deaf shall report annually to the Legislature. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, a review of the status of services to deaf persons within the State, recommended priorities for development and coordination of such services, evaluation of achievements resulting from recommendations made in the preceding annual report, and a statement of the division's goals for the next year and the programs planned to achieve them.
L.1977, c. 166, s. 9, eff. July 31, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-69.4 - Assistants; qualifications; compensation

34:1-69.4. Assistants; qualifications; compensation
The Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall employ additional assistants who are competent and experienced in working and communicating with the deaf at such compensation as is required to effectively carry out the provisions of this act.
L.1941, c. 197, p. 587, s. 4. Amended by L.1977, c. 166, s. 5, eff. July 31, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-69.5 - Compensation and expenses of director

34:1-69.5. Compensation and expenses of director
The Director of the Division of the Deaf shall receive such compensation as shall be determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry and such actual and necessary expenses as shall be incurred in the performance of their official duties, to be paid in the same manner as the compensation and expenses of other employees of the Department of Labor and Industry.
L.1941, c. 197, p. 587, s. 5. Amended by L.1977, c. 166, s. 6, eff. July 31, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-69.6 - "Deaf" defined

34:1-69.6. "Deaf" defined
The term "deaf" , for purposes of the Division of the Deaf and as used in this act, means those persons in whom the sense of hearing is nonfunctional for ordinary purposes of life and includes two distinct classes based on the time of the loss of hearing; a. the congenitally deaf, those who were born deaf and, b. the adventitiously deaf, those who were born with normal hearing but in whom the sense of hearing becomes nonfunctional through illness, accident, etc. In clinical terms deaf means a hearing loss above 25 db ISO in the 500-2,000 frequency Hz range unaided in the better ear, and so designated by a certified audiologist.
L.1941, c. 197, p. 587, s. 6. Amended by L.1977, c. 166, s. 7, eff. July 31, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation › Section 34:1-69.7 - Legislative findings and declarations

34:1-69.7. Legislative findings and declarations
The Legislature finds and declares that it shall be the policy of this State to secure the rights of hearing impaired persons who, because of impairment of hearing or speech, are unable to readily understand or communicate spoken language and who consequently cannot be fully protected in legal proceedings unless qualified interpreters are available to assist them.
L.1983, c. 564, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.