Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Paul D. Moriarty
Sponsored
Became law3
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support New Jersey Veterans Haven program.
Appropriates $6.515 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $30,660,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland acquisitions, and appropriates certain bond funds for soil and water conservation grants.
Passed the General Assembly4
Prohibits sale of certain bicycles with quick release wheels.
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging.
Prohibits display of gift card account numbers.
Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.
Out of committee4
Concerns meat packing.
Regulates donation clothing bins.
Makes it a primary offense for motorists to talk on or text message with hand-held wireless telephone or electronic communication device while driving. *
Permits municipal board of library trustees to reduce library tax rate under certain conditions.
In committee19
Requires certain CATV companies to offer a family-oriented and moderately-priced cable programming package to subscribers.
Requires each of State's regional tourism councils to create a regional tourism destination marketing organization; allocates funding to such councils.
Reduces compensation of members of Legislature by 15%.
Permits elected officials and legislators with simultaneous PERS-covered elected office or employment to choose only one position for receipt of PERS credit.
Provides that regular work week of all newly-hired full-time State or local government employees will be 40 hours.
Limits administrative leave to three days and reduces number of paid holidays from 13 to 10 for State and local government employees.
Permits unused vacation and sick leave by public employee to be carried forward for one year only; requires unused administrative leave to be cancelled.
Changes age of eligibility for TPAF and PERS early retirement option without benefit reduction from 55 to 60 for new enrollees.
Changes payment obligation of State and other public employers for SHBP coverage for employees and dependents to no more than 90 percent of SHBP cost.
Terminates sick leave injury program for State employees injured after July 1, 2006 or upon expiration of current collective negotiation agreement.
Requires that public employees who are married or with domestic partners receive health care benefits from only one public employer.
Provides State and local governments will pay 90 percent of cost of post-retirement SHBP benefits for future retirees.
Prohibits payment of public employee bonuses not directly contingent upon achieving certain performance goals.
Changes prospectively definition of compensation used to calculate benefits in PERS and TPAF to average of five highest-paid years and in PFRS, SPRS, and JRS to average of three highest-paid years.
Eliminates membership in various State-administered retirement systems for part-time public employees and elected officials commencing service after enactment; clarifies that part-time public employees and officials are ineligible for employer-paid healt
Provides that public employee pension benefits are calculated on base salary exclusive of various forms of extra compensation.
Permits EMT, paramedic, or investigator for county medical examiner's office to make determination and pronouncement of death under certain circumstances.
Requires DOE to post information on website concerning incidents in which a pupil is left on a school bus at the end of a driver's route; permits commissioner to fine busing providers for such incidents.
Affords employment protection to certain volunteer emergency responders.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Regulates donation clothing bins. *
Makes it a primary offense for motorists to talk on or text message with hand-held wireless telephone or electronic communication device while driving. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 29
Creates "The 2007 New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project Act"; appropriates $7.675 million.
Requires health insurers to honor an assignment of benefits for ambulance service payments under certain circumstances. *
Establishes the State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors. *
Designates New Jersey Route 55 as "Veterans Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Makes unauthorized use of military uniforms, medals or insignias a crime of the fourth degree.
Expands eligibility for NJ Distinguished Service Medal and commemorative Vietnam service medal and ribbon to certain long-term and former State residents. *
Establishes Commission on Women Veterans.
Prohibits sale, use, and burning of creosote or creosote-treated products. *
Provides mandatory fines and community service for theft of headstones, headstone markers, flags or flag holders from grave sites. *
Provides a military service exemption to the requirement of continuous enrollment under the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Requires DMVA to evaluate resources, costs and benefits of providing home health care aides for qualified veterans.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
Appropriates $80 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition or development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Provides certain employment protections for employees on military leave in time of war or emergency.
Reinforces prohibition of any debarred contractor using new business entity to circumvent the debarment; provides for suspension of contractor's registration pending hearing. *
Requires prevailing wages to be paid for construction work on State-owned properties.
Provides for the transfer of certain college credits.
Requires State to replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs; requires BPU to educate public on benefits of compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Establishes the position of Ethics Counsel and mandates certain ethics consultation and training in the Legislative Branch of State government.
Regulates certain tows and requires licensure of towing companies.
Concerns Early Intervention Program services for children with autism.
Establishes New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force.
Extends funding for autism medical research and treatment.
Appropriates $40 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Prohibits regulation of certain aspects of Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol-enabled services.
Makes certain changes to the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Creates offenses of gang criminality and promoting organized street crime.
Vetoed · 1
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Passed the General Assembly · 28
Reconstitutes membership of Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards to eight public members only; permits committee to require additional financial disclosure by legislators. *
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service. *
Decreases certain motor vehicle fines and lengthens time to provide proof of insurance.
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons. **
Concerns magazine subscriptions.
"Pharmacy Quality Improvement and Error Prevention Act."
Requires State to offer surplus State police vehicles to certain volunteer fire and emergency service organizations. *
Concerns penalties for illegally passing a school bus. *
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for certain New Jersey members of the military and their families in need of assistance.
Prohibits certain elected officials from receiving dual health benefit coverage.
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
The "Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006."
Imposes surcharge on drunk drivers to establish Drunk Driving Prevention and Education Grant Fund.
"Judy and Nikki's Law"; provides for life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child 16 years of age or younger. *
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Provides for funding of casino regulation during period when annual appropriations act is not in effect.
Requires wheelchair securement devices and wheelchair occupant securement devices on certain vehicles and training in their use for certain employees.
Requires wheelchair securement and occupant securement devices for wheelchaired passengers.
Requires retail mercantile establishment to provide manufacturer's rebate at time of consumer purchase.
Requires telephone number to report suspicious activities or behavior related to terrorism be printed on certificates of approval.
Requires sexually oriented businesses to notify property owners within 3,000 feet and obtain variance prior to operation.
Daniel Mackay's Law; requires certain information be given to next of kin of relatives killed or incapacitated in motor vehicle accident; caps certain abandoned vehicle storage fees.
Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for emergency medical technicians, police officers, and firefighters. *
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Appropriates $33 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Out of committee · 41
Regulates the placing or posting of certain commercial advertisements on public or private property. **
Extends registration requirement to all ticket brokers reselling tickets to places of entertainment in the State; requires certain consumer disclosures.
"Toy Safety Act."
Prohibits the sale of Yo-Yo Waterballs. *
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Revises "Off-Track and Account Wagering Act". *
Permits in-person wagering at casinos on results of professional sports events, subject to voter approval.
Matthew Albrecht Act; requires mattresses and box springs for sale in State to meet federal cigarette-ignition and open-flame standards. *
Requires disclosure of terms, conditions, and limitations on prepaid telephone calling cards.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $50,000 to Rutgers, The State University and $50,000 to Seton Hall University to fund clinical legal program for homeless veterans.
Require property condition disclosure statements for real estate sales.
Establishes sex offender monitoring program. *
Protects privacy of an individual's financial information by prohibiting disclosure without the prior informed, affirmative consent of the consumer.
Authorizes use of automated motor vehicle identification systems to enforce motor vehicle laws on certain local streets. *
Extends burial of indigent veterans to those who did not serve in time of war; clarifies role of DMVA in identifying deceased veterans; provides additional funding for burial of indigent veterans.
Establishes the crime of corruption of public resources.
Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.
Abolishes battleship commission and foundation. *
Concerns sale or lease of unsafe or recalled children's products.
Requires school bus drivers to inspect bus for pupils remaining at end of route.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges and the county colleges. *
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Allows access to housing, public facilities and transportation for certain working dogs, provides penalties for violation.
Authorizes provision of interest-free loans from new home warranty security fund for homeowners to replace polybutylene water piping.
Allows counties and municipalities to comply with certain publication requirements by means of Internet.
"Safe Patient Handling Act"; requires health care facilities to establish safe patient handling programs. *
Appropriates $21,588,646 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes, and $600,000 for county farmland preservation program strategic plans.
Provides that if an annual appropriation act is not enacted at the beginning of a State fiscal year casino gambling operations shall continue and all State employees shall be deemed essential. *
Requires DHSS standards for safe building interiors; submission of documentation of investigation and remediation as a condition to issuance of construction permit for certain sites; makes changes to the "Industrial Site Recovery Act."
"Billy's Law"; requires DCF and DHS to establish regulations for out-of-State placements in residential schools and programs. **
Authorizes certain local units to develop broadband telecommunications infrastructure used for providing broadband telecommunications service via wireless community networks. *
Increases statute of limitations for certain crimes involving political corruption from five years to seven years.
Consumer Electronics Warranty Lemon Law.
Restricts receipt of things of value by members of the Legislature and legislative staff from lobbyists and governmental affairs agents; increases certain penalty provisions. *
Prohibits candidates from contributing campaign funds to charity in which candidate or candidate's immediate family is an officer or employee or receives compensation for goods or services provided to the charity.
Provides for mandatory term of imprisonment for luring and enticing an adult; increases mandatory term for luring and enticing a child.
Regulates operation of snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes, and certain other vehicles and off-road vehicles. *
Requires hospitals to implement infection prevention programs.
Requires sales receipts to remain legible for entire return period.
Requires hospitals to report certain information concerning infection rates to DHSS and requires DHSS to make information public.
Expands program eligibility and enhances benefit amount under the New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
In committee · 49
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Prohibits unauthorized disclosure of personal health care information by health insurer to another financial institution with which it merges or which acquires it.
Requires sellers of used motor vehicles to disclose if vehicle was involved in an accident requiring repairs of $1,000 or more.
Requires businesses to disclose any breach of security of computer systems to customers and to destroy certain personal information no longer retained.
Prohibits cellular telephone service providers from disclosing individual proprietary information without customer written consent.
Establishes new Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Provides for State income tax deduction to private well owners for water testing costs.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Creates yellow and blue Fraternal Order of Police plates.
Prohibits discharge of untreated or pre-treated wastewater from Superfund former landfill sites into publicly owned treatment works; and imposes certain remediation requirements on Superfund former landfill sites with radionuclide pollutants.
Authorizes special license emblems for Fraternal Order of Police members.
Expands offense of computer criminal activity to include accessing computer data for an unlawful purpose by means of a knowing misrepresentation as to identity of person requesting information.
Extends the period of "lemon law" coverage for certain new motor vehicles.
Excludes from PAAD income eligibility withdrawals from an IRA.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Establishes school property tax freeze program for resident homeowners age 65 or older and disabled homeowners.
Provides that certain disabled veterans may purchase special automobile insurance policies.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment on persons convicted of certain sex crimes against minors.
The "Public Dam Rehabilitation Project Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $90,000,000 and appropriates $5,000.
Provides that mentally retarded persons would not be eligible for the death penalty.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Establishes 14-day grace period for consumer to cancel contract for cellular telephone service.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Extends certain hazardous material inspection and enforcement powers to police officers of the Delaware River and Bay Authority.
Clarifies determination of assessed value of certain petroleum refinery property subject to local taxation, appropriates funds necessary to reimburse municipalities for certain property tax refunds.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in financial institutions located in Delaware if that state does not reverse its Coastal Zone Act ruling that impacts a proposed New Jersey facility.
Requires motor vehicles manufactured after July 1, 2008 to have trunk safety equipment.
Permits publication of legal notices by governments and individuals on official government website instead of newspaper.
Requires certain contracts and warranties to be printed in at least 10-point bold type.
Creates "Task Force on the Extension of Route 55."
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to NJ Commerce and Economic Growth Commission for tourism promotion and grants to regional tourism councils.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Increases drunk driving enforcement surcharge.
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for special education and courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3%
Permits registration by voter on days of municipal, primary, and general elections.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the parent, spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Enhances penalties for driving when license revoked.
Requires forfeiture of public office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher; disqualifies person from future office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher or conviction of crime involving dishonesty.
Provides a credit under the corporation business tax and gross income tax for the cost of certified tourism investment projects.
Prohibits the use or possession of cellular picture phones to invade another person's privacy and prohibits camera or picture cell phones in schools.
Creates Construction Trades Licensing Board for licensing and regulation of several construction professions; creates new division for homeowner protection in Department of Law and Public Safety.
Requires DEP to conduct testing of child care centers for hazardous substances.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Prohibits commercial mobile service providers from requiring subscribers to purchase new cellular telephone equipment in certain cases.
Wireless Telephone Consumer Protection Act; establishes certain consumer protections for wireless telephone subscribers.
Prohibits commercial mobile service providers from requiring subscribers to pay a charge for calling emergency 9-1-1 service.
Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
Establishes New Jersey Reading Disabilities Task Force.