Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Louis D. Greenwald
Sponsored
Became law7
Revises definition of "responsible charge" as it pertains to licensed professional engineers and licensed architects.*
Grants immunity from liability for certain professional services rendered during emergencies under certain circumstances.
"Economic Opportunity Act of 2014, Part 3."
Permits certain zero emission vehicle manufacturers to directly sell motor vehicles to consumers and requires them to operate service facilities.
"Water Infrastructure Protection Act."
Eliminates mortgage guaranty insurance coverage cap of 25% of outstanding balance of insured loan.
Requires facilities providing services to persons with developmental disabilities and schools to adopt policies permitting administration of medical marijuana to qualifying patients.
Vetoed2
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds; exempts firearms with .22 caliber tubular magazines from 10 round limitation. *
Realigning the transfer inheritance tax payment due date to coincide with the payment due dates for State and federal estate taxes.
Passed the General Assembly4
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Revises law concerning the rights and responsibilities of motor vehicle franchisees and franchisors.**
Requires report and public hearing prior to DEP recommendation of site for inclusion on Superfund list.
Requires DEP to submit annual financial report on status of certain fund balances.
Out of committee4
Permits public-private partnership agreements for certain building and highway infrastructure projects; provides for EDA oversight.
Provides that cabinet-level public officials, Attorney General, and county prosecutors may serve in acting capacity for no longer than six months without nomination.*
Creates definition of certified mail.*
Establishes a process to integrate certain health data and other data from publicly supported programs for population health research.*
In committee43
Reduces the alcoholic beverage excise tax rate on liquor, wine, vermouth, sparkling wine, and hard cider and eliminates the dedication of that tax to the Health Care Subsidy Fund.
Removes plenary retail distribution license limit for certain stores.
Establishes limited retail religious distribution license.
Provides credit against ambulatory care facility assessment liability for value of unreimbursed care provided to hospital charity care patients.
Removes limousine services from sales and use tax imposition.
Clarifies responsibility of Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund for pedestrian personal injury protection claims.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.
Establishes procedures for awarding of design-build contracts.
Excludes certain services rendered in connection with installation of carpeting and other flooring from sales and use tax.
Decreases the premium receipts tax for surplus lines insurance coverage.
Decreases rental motor vehicle surcharge from $5 per day to $2 per day.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Terminates transitional energy facility assessment (TEFA) unit rate surcharges effective January 1, 2013.
Provides that the State Board of Examiners may not charge a fee for the issuance of credentials required to serve as a substitute school nurse.
Eliminates the 1% fee, and the 1% tax, on purchasers of Class 4A commercial property transferred for consideration in excess of $1 million.
Reduces cigarette tax rate by 30 cents per pack and reduces revenue dedicated to the Health Care Subsidy Fund.
Renames Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility as "William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility."
Appropriates $20,000,000 from General Fund to the Department of State for travel and tourism advertising and promotion to communicate that New Jersey's tourism destinations are operational despite damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Requires certain public contract bid advertisements to contain certified cost estimate ranges, specifies grounds for rejection of all bids, and requires 50% guaranty on bids; designated as the Fairness in Bidding Act.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.
Replaces NJ Wine Industry Advisory Council with NJ Wine Board and establishes new duties and authorizes revenue-producing activities.
Expands applicability of "The Truth-in-Renting Act."
Recognizes same-sex marriages entered into outside the State.
Establishes teacher recruitment grant program in DOE; appropriates $6 million to DOE.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.
Provides extended validity to wastewater service area designations and sewer service area designations, and revises certain aspects of wastewater management planning process.
Authorizes expenditures from open space trust funds to develop or maintain recreation and conservation land although the land was not acquired by the municipality.
Repeals application of gross income tax to certain New Jersey Lottery prize winnings.
Authorizes county surrogates to establish or expand programs to provide information to law enforcement officers, firefighters and first aid squad members concerning the preparation of wills, living wills and powers of attorney.
Adds budget language specifying Medicaid reimbursement for various ambulance services provided to certain recipients.
Prohibits toll-free passage for SJTA employees, officers, and members except while commuting or carrying out official duties.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for full time enrollment at four year institutions of higher education, county colleges and accredited post-secondary schools in New Jersey.
Requires Treasurer and Divisions of Pensions and Benefits and Investment Directors to report on status of State-administered pension plans to Legislature by May 15 and November 15 each year.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
Permits zero emission vehicle manufacturer to directly sell motor vehicles to consumers based on vehicle market.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Prohibits DCF from placing children in out-of-State child care facilities.
Exempts school district employees in certain counties from requirement to reside in State as pilot project; requires DOE report.
"Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act"; authorizes access by executor, agent, guardian, or trustee to digital property and electronic communications of decedent, principal, incapacitated person, or trust creator.
Prohibits business expense deductions for punitive damages paid in civil litigation under the corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Repeals law suspending certain licenses, registrations and certifications for failure to repay student loans.
Establishes the New Jersey Film and Television Project and Employment Incentive Program.
Allows use of rear view backup camera and parking sensors during road test.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Creates definition of certified.*
Establishes a process to integrate certain health data and other data from publicly supported programs for population health research.*
Vetoed1
Permits public-private partnership agreements for certain building and highway infrastructure projects; provides for EDA oversight.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging, and requires companies offering text messaging services to allow customers to block all incoming and outgoing text messages.
Requires training program for school bus drivers and school bus aides on interacting with students with special needs, and requires development and use of student information cards.*
Revises certain laws governing police and fire interest arbitration; incorporates compounding in base salary calculation; extends two-percent cap on base salary awards.
Permits educational research and services corporations to act as lead procurement agencies for local units, and publically supported educational institutions; permits Council of County Colleges to act as lead procurement agency for county colleges.*
"New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act."*
Increases State earned income tax credit from 20% to 30% of federal earned income tax credit for taxable years 2015 and thereafter.*
Vetoed · 3
Raises the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1,000,000 to 10.75 percent for a temporary three-year-period and restores the State earned income tax credit to 25 percent of the federal credit.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Passed the General Assembly · 4
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Provides for appointment to board of directors of New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange by Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
"Disaster Victims Protection Act"; requires Governor to allocate federal and State disaster aid to municipalities in proportion to amount of catastrophic physical damage sustained within each municipality.
Out of committee · 10
Extends gross income tax medical expense deduction to certain cord blood banking services.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain contributions to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) program.*
Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
Revises certain laws governing police and fire interest arbitration; extends two-percent cap on base salary awards.
Establishes Office of State Dental Director and New Jersey Oral Health Commission.*
Requires PANYNJ be subject to NY Freedom of Information Law and NJ open public records act.
Increases transparency and accountability at PANYNJ.
Authorizes establishment of three pilot recovery alternative high schools that provide high school education and substance dependency plan of recovery to test the effectiveness of this model.*
Authorizes establishment of Achieving a Better Life Experience accounts for persons with certain disabilities.*
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to revise various voter registration and voting procedures.
In committee · 25
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain donated vehicles.
Restricts bail options for second and subsequent offenses occurring while released.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain sales of personal computers and certain sales of school supplies and equipment during first full weekend of August.
Requires reporting of public high school, district and Statewide drop-out and graduation rates.
Authorizes special license plate for distinguished service medal recipients.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Requires certain arbitrators to file financial disclosure statements.
Requires practitioners to disclose business relationship with out-of-State facilities when making patient referrals to those facilities.
Establishes waiver, rebate or payment of insured's deductible, copayment, or coinsurance by health care practitioner as a form of insurance fraud subject to criminal and civil penalties.
"Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, or scholarships and resident tuition rate.
Provides for the removal of a State Board of Education member for failure to attend three consecutive board meetings without good cause.
Requires use of constitutionally dedicated moneys to fund conversion of certain diesel vehicles to compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or electric vehicles.
The "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2014," authorizes bonds for $200 million; appropriates $5,000.
Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
Requires DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children; appropriates $1,500,000 to Treasury.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Authorizes special Island Spirit license plate.
Requires actual transportation occur as a condition of billing for ambulance services.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
Revises and clarifies prohibition on certain practices of motor vehicle franchisors with respect to sales promotion plans and incentives.