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A2057
ASSEMBLY, No. 2057
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman LISA SWAIN
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK
District 18 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Flynn, Fantasia, Drulis, Assemblymen
Hutchison, Inganamort, Assemblywomen Murphy, Speight, Assemblyman Freiman,
Assemblywoman Simmons and Assemblyman Miller
SYNOPSIS
���� Allows businesses to receive information via email
concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning the communication of certain statutory and
regulatory requirements and supplementing Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
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1.�� a.� As used in this act:
����� �Business�
means an individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust,
corporation, non-profit corporation, or other legal business entity or
successor thereof that files business registration documents with the Division
of Revenue and Enterprise Services in the Department of the Treasury, but does
not include a government agency.
����� �Official
and authoritative notification� means information concerning new statutory or
regulatory requirements with which a business is required to comply, including
tax and employer requirements, and information on economic incentives, which
are determined appropriate for distribution in accordance with this section
pursuant to the rules adopted pursuant to subsection f. of this section.
����� b.�� (1)
A business required to comply with any business registration requirement of the
Division of Revenue and Enterprise Service in the Department of the Treasury or
any successor agency, shall have the option to register for a computer-based
service administered or made available by the division for the purpose of
receiving official and authoritative notifications electronically from State
agencies capable of sending the notifications.� The service shall be linked
with the division�s online business filing services and shall collect and store
electronic mail addresses and other contact information, including cellular
telephone numbers, provided by business registrants.
����� (2)
A
business
that accepts the option to receive electronic notifications pursuant to this
subsection shall maintain postal mailing addresses pursuant to the various
registry filing statutes for service of process and other forms of notice and
contact by the public.
����� (3) Nothing
in this act shall be construed to supersede or modify any statutory requirement
that a notice be sent by postal mail or certified mail, where that method is
expressly required by law.
����� c.�� The
Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services shall provide the Department of
Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Taxation, New Jersey Economic
Development Authority, and any other State government agency that sends
official and authoritative notices with the electronic addresses and other
contact information provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section to allow
for the implementation of the provisions of this section and rules and
regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
����� d.�� Notwithstanding
any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a business that accepts the
option to receive email notifications, pursuant to subsection b. of this
section, shall no longer receive paper versions of official and authoritative
notifications from the agencies receiving contact information from the division.
����� e.�� The
division shall allow a business� that is registered
for the service established under subsection b. of this section to request a
cessation of the electronic notifications provided pursuant to subsection b. of
this section.� Upon receipt of this request, the division shall notify all
agencies receiving contact information from the division that the business has
elected to cease electronic notifications and that the agencies shall resume
sending paper or other forms of communication to the business.
����� f.��� The
State Treasurer, in consultation with
the Commissioner
of Labor and Workforce Development, the Director of the Division of Taxation,
and the Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Economic Development
Authority
, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),
to implement the provisions of this act.
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on January 1 next following the date of enactment, except that the State
Treasurer may take any anticipatory administrative action as shall be necessary
for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
���� This bill provides businesses
required to comply with any
business registration requirement of the Division of Revenue and Enterprise
Service in the Department of the Treasury or any successor agency the
option
to register
for a
computer-based service administered or made available by the division for the
purpose of receiving official and authoritative notifications electronically
from State agencies capable of sending the notifications.� The service is to be
linked with the division�s online business filing services and is to collect
and store electronic mail addresses and other contact information. �Business�
is defined in the bill to mean an individual, partnership, association, joint
stock company, trust, corporation, non-profit corporation, or other legal
business entity or successor thereof that files business registration documents
with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services in the Department of the
Treasury, but does not include a government agency.
���� A business that accepts electronic notification under
the bill will no longer receive paper versions of official and authoritative
notifications from the agencies receiving contact information from the division
but is to maintain postal mailing addresses in accordance with other statutory
requirements.� Nothing in the bill is to be construed to supersede or modify
any statutory requirement that a notice be sent by postal mail or certified
mail, where that method is expressly required by law.
���� The Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services is to
provide the electronic addresses and other contact information to other certain
State agencies that send official and authoritative notices to allow for the
implementation of the provisions of the bill.� The business is authorized to
request to the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services a cessation of
electronic notification.� If that request is made, the division is to notify
the other State agencies of the request.