ASSEMBLY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WOMEN'S
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 4744
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
The Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs
Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4744.
This bill requires the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA),
South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA), New Jersey
Economic Development Authority (EDA), Casino Reinvestment
Development Authority (CRDA), Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey (PANYNJ), and Delaware River Port Authority
(DRPA), when offering employment, to consider, and when feasible
prioritize, individuals who are minorities and women. The bill also
requires the NJTA, SJTA, EDA, CRDA, PANYNJ, and DRPA,
when awarding contracts for service, to consider, and when feasible
prioritize, minority businesses and women’s businesses. Finally,
the bill requires the NJTA, SJTA, EDA, CRDA, PANYNJ, and
DRPA to publish on their respective Internet websites information
concerning: (1) the number of employees employed by the entity by
gender, race, and ethnicity, and the average salary range for each
group; and (2) the number of contractors the entity has contracted
with by gender, race, and ethnicity, and the average contract
awarded for each group.
The bill requires the information to be maintained and updated on a
quarterly basis.
The enactment of substantially similar legislation by New York
and Pennsylvania, respectively, is required before the bill’s
provisions concerning the PANYNJ and the DRPA become
operative.