Sponsored by:
Senator   JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator   SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM
District 31 (Hudson)
Senator   LORETTA WEINBERG
District 37 (Bergen)
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS
        Revises effective date of    New Jersey Fair Play Act.   
 
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
        As introduced.
   
An Act concerning student-athletes at certain institutions of higher education and amending P.L.2020, c.83.
 
        Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
 
        1.       Section 5 of P.L.2020, c.83 is amended to read as follows:
        5.       This act shall take effect [immediately and shall first be applicable in the fifth academic year following the date of enactment] July 1, 2021.
(cf: P.L.2020, c.83, s.5)
 
        2.       This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
STATEMENT
 
        This bill amends the effective date of the    New Jersey Fair Play Act,    which is an act that allows certain collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness.  
        As originally enacted in September 2020, the provisions of the    New Jersey Fair Play Act    are effective immediately, but are not applicable until the fifth academic year following the date of enactment.   This effectively placed a five-year moratorium on collegiate student-athletes earning compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness under the provisions of the act.
        This bill amends the effective date of the    New Jersey Fair Play Act    to provide that the provisions of the act take effect on July 1, 2021.