Male v. Ernest Renda Contracting Co., Inc.
| Decision Date | 22 January 1974 |
| Citation | 314 A.2d 361,64 N.J. 199 |
| Parties | , 73 Lab.Cas. P 53,239 Raymond F. MALE, Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry, State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ERNEST RENDA CONTRACTING CO., INC., a corporation of the State of New Jersey, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Respondent, and Hillsborough Municipal Utilities Authority, Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey, Defendant-Respondent and Cross-Appellant. |
| Court | New Jersey Supreme Court |
William P. Westling, Bound Brook, for defendant-respondent and cross-appellant Hillsborough Municipal Utilities Authority (Imbriani & Westling, Bound Brook, attorneys).
Raymond P. Demarco, Dunellen, for defendant-appellant and cross-respondent Ernest Renda Contracting Co., Inc. (Romer & Demarco, Dunellen, attorneys).
Stephen Skillman, First Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff-respondent (Virginia Long Annich, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief; George F. Kugler, Jr., Atty. Gen., attorney).
Heller & Laiks, Passaic, filed a brief for amicus curiae Utility Contractors Assn. of N.J. Inc.
Ronald L. Tobia, East Orange, filed a brief for amicus curiae Associated Independent Contractors.
Parsonnet, Parsonnet & Duggan, Newark, filed a brief for amicus curiae N.J. State AFL-CIO.
Dunn & Pykon, Newark, filed a brief for amicus curiae New Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council AFL--CIO.
We affirm the judgment of the Appellate Division for substantially the reasons set forth in its opinion reported at 122 N.J.Super. 526, 301 A.2d 153 (1973), but add the following comments.
The statute in question, N.J.S.A. 34:11--56.25 et seq., is not a true prevailing wage statute since non-union wages are not used in determining the wage rate. Only the wages fixed in collective bargaining agreements in the locality for the particular craft or trade are used. The result is that the parties who negotiate the collective bargaining agreements also establish the statutory wage rate for public works in the locality. Although this must be viewed as some form of delegation of legislative power to private parties, such delegation is not Per se unconstitutional. The test is whether the particular delegation is reasonable under the circumstances considering the purpose and aim of the statute. See Note, 'The State Courts and Delegation of Public Authority to Private Groups,' 67 Harv.L.Rev. 1398 (1954); Ind. Elec. Assn. of N.J. v. N.J. Bd. of Exam., 54 N.J. 466, 256 A.2d 33 (1969); Group Health Insurance of N.J. v. Howell, 40 N.J. 436, 193 A.2d 103 (1963) and 43 N.J. 104, 202 A.2d 689 (1964); State v. Hotel Bar Foods, 18 N.J. 115, 112 A.2d 726 (1955).
The statute is entitled to the presumption of constitutionality. While it is argued that the delegation herein...
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