MEETING AGENDA

The New Jersey Law Revision Commission is continuing to comply with changes to New Jersey’s Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act, Executive Orders issued by the Governor of the State of New Jersey, and recommendations issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding “social distancing.”  As a result, the February meeting of the New Jersey Law Revision Commission will be conducted remotely on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. 

Any member of the public who wishes to submit comments on any agenda item, or to participate in the meeting, should contact Laura C. Tharney in advance of the start time of the meeting, at: lct@njlrc.org

1.     Receivership Act -- Consideration of a Draft Final Report proposing a modification of the language of N.J.S. 2A:42-117 so that it is consistently permissive as discussed in Mfrs. and Traders Tr. Co. v. Marina Bay Towers Urban Renewal II, LP, 2019 WL 5395937 (App. Div. 2019).  Report

2.     “Personal Conveyance” in – N.J.S. 39:4-92.4 – Consideration of a Draft Tentative Report recommending modification of N.J.S. 39:4-92.4 to replace the term “personal conveyance” with the term “vulnerable user of a roadway.”  Report

3.  Inmate -- Consideration of a Memorandum proposing a project to consider eliminating the term “inmate” from the New Jersey statutes and replacing it with updated language where appropriate.  Memo

4. Workers Compensation - Recreational or Social Activities -- Consideration of a Memorandum proposing a project to clarify the scope of the “recreational or social activities” defense to a workers’ compensation claim in N.J.S. 34:15-7 as discussed in Goulding v. N.J. Friendship House, Inc., 245 N.J. 157 (2021). Memo

5.  Human Trafficking – Consideration of a Memorandum recommending that the Commission conclude work in this area at this time. Memo

6.   COLA proposal.