§ 53:2-13 — Longshoremen's register.

8. a. The division shall establish a longshoremen's register in which shall be included all qualified longshoremen eligible, as hereinafter provided, for employment as longshoremen in the port of New York district in this State. A person shall not act as a longshoreman within the port of New York district in this State unless at the time the person is included in the longshoremen's register, and a person shall not employ another to work as a longshoreman within the port of New York district in this State unless at the time the other person is included in the longshoremen's register. b. Any person applying for inclusion in the longshoremen's register shall file at a place and in a manner as the division shall designate a written statement, signed, and verified by the applicant, setting forth the applicant's full name, residence address, social security number, and any further facts and evidence as the division may prescribe to establish the identity of that person and the person's criminal record, if any. c. The division may in its discretion deny application for inclusion in the longshoremen's register by a person: (1) Who has been convicted by a court of the United States or any State or territory thereof, without subsequent pardon, of treason, murder, manslaughter, or of any of the offenses described in subsection g. of section 6 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-11) or of attempt or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes; (2) Who knowingly or willingly advocates the desirability of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States by force or violence or who shall be a member of a group which advocates that desirability knowing the purposes of the group advocating that desirability; or (3) Whose presence at the piers or other waterfront terminals in the port of New York district in this State is found by the division, on the basis of the facts and evidence before it, to constitute a danger to the public peace or safety. d. Unless the division shall determine to exclude the applicant from the longshoremen's register for violation of the offenses described in subsection g. of section 6 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-11), it shall include that person in the longshoremen's register. The division may permit temporary registration of any applicant under the provisions of this section pending final action on an application made for temporary registration. Any temporary registration shall be valid for a period not in excess of 30 days. e. The division shall have power to reprimand any longshoreman registered under this section or to remove the person from the longshoremen's register for a period of time as it deems in the public interest for any of the following offenses: (1) Conviction of a crime or other cause which would permit disqualification of a person from inclusion in the longshoremen's register upon original application; (2) Fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in securing inclusion in the longshoremen's register; (3) Transfer or surrender of possession to any person either temporarily or permanently of any card or other means of identification issued by the authority as evidence of inclusion in the longshoremen's register, without satisfactory explanation; (4) False impersonation of another longshoreman registered under this section or of another person licensed pursuant to P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.); (5) Willful commission of or willful attempt to commit at or on a waterfront terminal or adjacent highway any act of physical injury to any other person or of willful damage to or misappropriation of any other person's property, unless justified or excused by law; and (6) Any other offense described in subsection g. of section 6 of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.53:2-11). f. Whenever, as a result of amendments to P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) or of a ruling by the division, registration as a longshoreman is required for any person to continue in employment, that person shall be registered as a longshoreman; provided, however, that the person satisfies all the other requirements of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) for registration as a longshoreman. g. The division shall have the right to recover possession of any card or other means of identification issued as evidence of inclusion in the longshoremen's register in the event that the holder thereof has been removed from the longshoremen's register. h. Nothing contained in P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.) shall be construed to limit in any way any labor rights reserved by P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.). L.2017, c.324, s.8.