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NJ S1674
Bill
Status
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Declan O'Scanlon
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AI Summary
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Prohibits contracts between publishers and New Jersey public libraries for e-books and digital audiobooks from restricting customary library operations, including interlibrary loans, setting loan periods, and making preservation copies
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Bars publishers from charging libraries more than the public retail price for electronic literary materials or limiting the number of licenses a library can acquire after public release
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Prevents contract provisions that restrict total circulation counts or license duration unless the publisher offers a perpetual-use license at a mutually agreed reasonable price
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Requires publishers to allow libraries to disclose contract terms to other libraries, the Legislature, and the Attorney General
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Classifies violations as unfair and deceptive practices under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, making prohibited contract provisions unenforceable as unconscionable
Legislative Description
Requires Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax rate reduction if certain Legislative action is taken that includes increases in other State tax rates and revenue; dedicates revenues from certain sales and use tax increases to "Transportation Trust Fund Account."
Transportation
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
1/9/2024