Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The
cost of workers' compensation insurance or self-insurance coverage is based
upon the total payroll of the horse racing industry employees plus all
additional costs necessary for the Board to carry out its duties pursuant to
this chapter.
(b) In calculating
the total payroll of horse racing industry employees, the Board shall
ascertain, to the extent possible, the number of horse racing industry
employees and the total salaries of these employees. The Board shall use
information regarding the number of horse racing industry employees and the
total of their salaries from the 12 months prior to the date on which the
assessment is being calculated.
1. In
ascertaining the number of horse racing industry employees, the Board may
collect and utilize information from:
i.
Information submitted to the Board by the Commission, including information
regarding the number of licensed horse racing industry employees; and
ii. Any other information relevant to the
number of horse racing industry employees or their salaries.
2. In estimating the salaries of
employees, the Board may utilize, to the extent necessary, information
regarding the average or actual annual salaries of jockeys, jockey apprentices,
exercise riders, drivers, and other horse racing industry employees.
i. In estimating the average or actual annual
salaries, the Board may utilize information obtained from the horsemen's
bookkeeper at each racetrack concerning the actual payroll earned by jockeys
and drivers pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
13:70-3.46 and
13:71-6.31.
ii. In estimating the average or actual
annual salaries, the Board may utilize information provided to the Board by the
representative of the thoroughbred industry serving on the Board and by the
representative of the standardbred industry serving on the Board regarding the
thoroughbred and standardbred industry pay scales for horse racing industry
employees.
iii. The representatives
of the thoroughbred and standardbred industries serving on the Board shall
collect information regarding the industry pay scale for horse racing industry
employees from horsemen and horsemen associations within the horse racing
industry, including the horsemen associations recognized by the Commission
pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
13:70-1.30 and
13:71-1.25.
3. The Board may compel production of any
information, including Internal Revenue Service documents, regarding the
payroll of employees from any person licensed or required to be licensed by the
Commission.
4. The Board shall
utilize procedures established by the Department of the Treasury pursuant to
52:27B-62 for the collection of
premium quotations from insurers.
