Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, General Assembly.
James W. Holzapfel
Sponsored
Became law10
Provides for mandatory minimum five year prison term without parole for persons convicted of certain firearms offenses with prior violent crime convictions. *
Appropriates $99,000 to DOC for Voice Verification parole pilot program.
Expands definition of Circle of Mobility to include commuter rail service in Central New Jersey.
Provides that death caused by eluding law enforcement officer is aggravated manslaughter.
Increases penalties for fraudulent motor vehicle insurance identification cards.*
Authorizes 10-year lease purchase agreements and leasing arrangements for the acquisition of school buses.
Increases membership of parole board; provides for appointment of temporary members, accelerates processing of certain inmates' cases and appropriates $685,000. *
Specifies the crimes encompassed by the provisions of the "No Early Release Act," including murder.
Modifies requirements to be licensed as a certified public accountant.
Amends the "Drug Offender Restraining Order Act of 1999" and appropriates $95,000 to the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Vetoed1
Permits New Jersey Transit investigator to carry firearm.
Passed the General Assembly4
Provides grants to county prosecutors to combat firearms trafficking; appropriates $5 million.*
Exempts police from jury duty.
Establishes New Jersey Internet Criminal Information Registry.
Extends time to file complaint for drunk driving from 30 days to six months.
Out of committee26
Broadens group of defendants from which blood samples for DNA testing must be drawn.
Requires owner of hospital to offer to sell facility before seeking to close or convert facility to another use.
Requires certain new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.*
Prohibits persons who violate animal cruelty statutes from serving as animal control officers.
Reallocates $2.25 million of Corporation Business Tax dedicated funds for carbon filtration systems for three wells in Dover Township, Ocean County.
Supplemental appropriation of $50,000 to DCA for grant to Providence House in Ocean county.
Requires that data reported to DHSS for inclusion in State cancer registry be incorporated in registry within 12 months after receipt.
Clarifies procedures with regard to the payment of filing fees by inmates in connection with appeals from administrative determinations.
Clarifies penalty for possession of 50 or more marijuana plants with intent to distribute.
Requires current registry of certified homemaker-home health aides maintained by State Board of Nursing include specific documented findings of patient abuse by persons listed in the registry.
Permits qualified retired law enforcement officers who were employed by law enforcement agencies outside the State to carry firearms.
Allows drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Removes time limitation on prosecuting offenses in certain cases when DNA evidence is available. *
Requires State Medical Examiner to perform toxicological testing for county medical examiners.
Requires governing body of general hospital to have at least one member who resides in municipality where hospital is located.
Requires Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to obtain report from independent organization before issuing certificate of need to close or convert a general hospital.
Appropriates $75,000 to DOC for additional inmate work details.
Includes inhalant "propyl nitrite" as intoxicating drug under drunk driving statute.
Exempts certain sales to nonprofit homeowners' associations from sales and use tax.
Requires police notification when driver license is suspended.
Increases and indexes maximum homestead rebate benefit.
Imposes mandatory minimum 3-year prison term for theft of a firearm.
Transfers the Bureau of Parole in the Department of Corrections to the State Parole Board.
Establishes new offenses concerning the unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.
Provides for reimbursement of training costs of certain law enforcement officers.
Requires internal complaint against member of State Police to be filed within 45 days.
In committee34
Amends N.J.S.2C:11-3 to add terrorism to the list of enumerated aggravated factors.
Extends the statute of limitations period for prosecution of riot offense to ten years.
Upgrades the crime of terroristic threats to a crime of the second degree.
Adds certain terrorist-related crimes to the provisions of the "No Early Release Act."
Establishes special license plate to support education.
Increases penalties for committing serious offenses while released on bail.
Allows jury in death penalty case to consider defendant's prior criminal history.
Authorizes purple warning lights for funeral directors.
Authorizes county agencies to request criminal background checks on applicants for Work First New Jersey benefits.
Clarifies that municipality may limit the type and number of organizations conducting Sunday bingo.
Clarifies measurement of alcohol concentration in blood or breath for drunk driving.
Eliminates fee for State permits issued for county road projects.
Requires DEP to study health and status of menhaden fishery; appropriates $95,000.
Eliminates certain pricing exceptions for malt beverages.
Establishes position of Inspector General in the Departments of Education, Human Services, Transportation, Community Affairs, Treasury, and Health and Senior Services.
Provides for temporary motor fuel tax rebates and pass-through of cost savings to motor fuel users and makes appropriation therefore.
Revises the reporting requirements for certain flame burn injuries.
Makes certain State corrections officers over age 35 eligible for appointment to municipal police force.
Establishes Autism Registry in DHSS; appropriates $500,000.
Requires State park and forest restroom facilities to include an exclusive family restroom.
Prohibits sale of products containing ephedrine alkaloids to minors 17 years of age and younger.
Requires DOC to give prosecutors certified notices of certain inmate releases; requires written affirmation by commissioner and facility administrator before inmate release.
Requires hologram on motor vehicle insurance identification cards.
Increases the criminal penalties for manufacture or distribution of MDMA, known as "ecstasy," and MDA.
Changes earliest date of construction or rehabilitation of housing granted credits without controls.
Increases maximum homestead rebate benefit.
Reduces blood alcohol concentration level for drunk driving conviction to 0.08% and changes penalty for a first offense.
Makes cyber piracy among candidates for elective office and certain committees a fourth degree crime.
Supplemental Appropriation of $25 million to DEP to fund grant to Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority for Brick Township Reservoir.
Clarifies reference to Gross Vehicle Weight in laws governing duration of use of school buses.
Supplemental appropriation of $675,000 to Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County, for rehabilitation of municipal park and Little League ballfields.
Provides an annual economic benefit to a municipality sharing a common boundary with a municipality wherein a privately-owned sanitary landfill facility is located.
The "New Jersey State Corrections Officers Act;" clarifies rights, privileges, powers and protections afforded State corrections officers, juvenile corrections officers and juvenile detention officers.
Provides for a mandatory minimum term of two years for leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Establishes sex offender Internet registry; appropriates $500,000.*
Appropriates $26.3 million in federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds.
Provides for presumption of death for persons exposed to catastrophic events.
Concerns certain public benefits available to persons affected by September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on US.
Establishes a New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit.
Authorizes municipal utilities authorities and school districts to join with municipalities to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Disqualifies a person adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile from obtaining either a handgun purchase permit or a firearms purchaser identification card in certain cases.
Provides for public access to government records; protects certain government records from public disclosure; establishes Privacy Study Commission and appropriates $95,000 to commission. *
Imposes civil penalties on domestic violence offenders and establishes Domestic Violence Victims Fund. *
Eliminates statute of limitations in wrongful death cases if the death resulted from murder or manslaughter.*
Revises the Emergency Services Length of Service Award Program.
Clarifies provisions concerning luring or enticing a child.
Provides certain retirement benefits for workers compensation judges.*
"Leonard Cohen's Law"; concerns hospital patient transfers.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program beginning in tax year 2000.
Removes requirement that a public utility employee's Social Security number appear on employee's identification badge.
"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act."
Vetoed · 1
Increases pharmacy dispensing fees in Medicaid and PAAD by $1.00 over three-year period; appropriates $6,481,000 in State funds and $3,325,000 in federal funds.*
Passed the General Assembly · 13
Establishes sex offender Internet registry.
Enacts the "Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001."
Punishes certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
Regulates the sale of laser lighting devices and their possession by persons under 18.
Concerns public works subcontractors.
Establishes toll-free telephone hotline for reporting guns and other weapons in public schools.*
Provides compensatory time off for certain essential attendance State employees.
Requires DOT to conduct mosquito abatement on storm water drainage facilities; appropriates $1.25 million. *
Places five-year moratorium on distribution and sale of irradiated food.
Establishes forensic laboratory fees for sexual assault; designates uses.
Appropriates $50,000 to DMAVA for transportation pilot program to provide veterans' medical transportation.
Permits use of preliminary breath testing devices to detect drunk driving.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Out of committee · 45
Accelerates phase-in of the NJ SAVER rebate. *
Provides low interest loans to persons who need to acquire a new home because they have been forced to vacate their homes due to the presence of hazardous substances.
Requires criminal history record checks for all certified nurse aides, personal care assistants and homemaker-home health aides; requires plan for similar checks to be conducted on other providers of home care services.*
Redirects certain moneys in the Sanitary Landfill Facility Contingency Fund to landfill closure and landfill mining projects.*
Establishes the New Jersey Aquaculture Assistance Program.
Establishes "Seniors Helping Seniors Who are Blind or Visually Impaired Demonstration Program" in DHS; appropriates $360,000. *
Appropriates $1,350,000 to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.*
Requires parental consent prior to the tattooing or body piercing of minors.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain small business employers that provide health care benefits to employees.
"Health Care Claims Payment Responsibility Act." *
Requires at least 10% of residents in new assisted living facilities be Medicaid-eligible.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for medically necessary expenses incurred in diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Revises retirement provisions for PERS members who are veterans.
Supplemental appropriation of $8,050,000 in State and federal funds to increase Medicaid reimbursement for home health services.
The "Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act."
Provides for life sentence without parole eligibility for persons convicted of murder under certain circumstances.
Requires insurers that provide certain prescription drug benefits to cover costs of contraceptives.
Requires counseling for juveniles adjudicated delinquent for cruelty to animals.
Requires acceptance of universal physician application for participation form by managed care carriers. *
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Increases the criminal penalties for manufacture or distribution of MDMA, known as "ecstasy," and MDA.*
Provides for the reduction of the per pupil expenditure of certain constituent municipalities of regional school districts.
Makes certain acts of animal cruelty crimes of the fourth degree; requires juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain animal cruelty offenses to receive court-ordered psychological counseling. **
Requires law enforcement agencies to impound vehicles of persons arrested for DWI and to issue responsibility warnings to persons assuming custody of persons arrested for DWI. *
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act." *
Directs assessor to reassess or revalue complete taxing district in certain circumstances.
Expands law enforcement powers of certain DEP personnel.
"Health Care Carrier Accountability Act."
Accelerates phase-in of the NJ SAVER rebate.
Supplemental appropriation of $150,000 to DHSS for a grant to Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey, Inc.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct one-half of their federal self-employment taxes from gross income under the gross income tax.
Appropriates $250,000 to DEP for costs of well drilling to monitor groundwater quality. *
Prohibits sale of gasoline containing MTBE; directs DEP to seek waiver from EPA oxygen requirements for purpose of discontinuing use of MTBE; and establishes Transportation Energy Security Council to monitor good faith compliance effort. *
Establishes a 3-year pilot program of fire safety evacuation training for certain care givers; appropriates $100,000.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for active members and retirees; revises calculation of assets and establishes benefit enhancement fund.
Approves State funding for certain "urban aid" local government open space acquisition projects.
Provides property tax exemption for maximum of two parsonages of any congregation of any religious corporation in the State.
Exempts 1996 and subsequent model year motor vehicles equipped with on-board diagnostic systems from emissions testing; requires check of functioning of on-board diagnostic system.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for certain active and retired employees. *
Provides benefit coverage to certain police, fire and emergency personnel.
Appropriates $15 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain local government units to acquire noncontaminated portions of Ciba Geigy lands in Ocean County for recreation and conservation purposes.
In committee · 72
Allows weapons seized in domestic violence cases to be stored with local law enforcement agency rather than the county prosecutor's office.
Revises certain sections of the "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act" concerning municipal providers of utility services and rural electric cooperatives.
Requires short-term custody, evaluation for student bringing gun to school.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $1,000 income tax deduction.
Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.
Requires a psychological evaluation for appointment as a local law enforcement officer.
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
The Capital Gains Incentive Act; provides a 50% capital gains deduction for certain capital gains under the gross income tax.
Immunizes employers from civil liability for certain disclosures regarding employees and former employees.
Makes certain DEP coastal rules inoperative until completion of cross-acceptance process; appropriates $2,500,000 for grants to local governments in the coastal area.
Permits establishment of noise-free zones in municipalities and penalties for violations in such zones.
Increases cost of living adjustment in pension allowances and survivor benefits payable to certain former public safety officers and their survivors.
Increases cost of living adjustment in pension allowances and survivor benefits payable to certain former public safety officers and their survivors.
Increases minimum amount of PFRS ordinary disability retirement allowance from 40% to 50% of average final compensation.
Disqualifies individuals who commit theft from their employers from receiving unemployment compensation.
Eliminates motor vehicle registration fees for certain entities.
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Requires health insurers to cover treatment ordered by health care provider for covered person based on generally accepted standards of health care practice, subject to appeal; creates Carrier Appeals Program.
Establishes additional penalities for DWI with child as passenger.
Requires mandatory retirement at age 70 for judges of the Division of Workers' Compensation; amends Public Employees' Retirement System.
Clarifies and strengthens domestic violence training requirements for law enforcement officers; appropriates $250,000.
Creates "gun free" school areas.
Excludes certain deferred compensation of public school and charity employees from current taxation under the gross income tax.
Prohibits sex offenders from coaching youth sports teams.
Requires certain information to be printed on invoices and delivery tickets for liquefied petroleum gas.
Makes various changes in civil service system concerning titles, compensation and layoffs.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Creates pilot program in Essex County concerning domestic violence; creates additional Superior Court judgeship for Essex County; appropriates $275,000.
Returns portion of realty transfer fee to beach municipalities for certain shore protection projects.
Directs DEP to phase out the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a component of gasoline.
Creates new $100 assessment for convictions of certain sexual offenses to fund counseling for victims and their families; establishes Sexual Offender Victim Counseling Fund.
Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.
Expands the Garden State Scholarship Program using unclaimed lottery prize funds.
Renames the New Jersey State College Governing Boards Association as the New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities.
Prohibits certain employment discrimination against certain volunteer firefighters responding to emergency calls.
Appropriates $7.5 million annually in tobacco settlement monies for cancer research.
Provides penalties for injuring or killing search and rescue dogs.
Appropriates $165,000 for the Popcorn Park Zoo.
Clarifies who shall be licensed as an insurance producer.
Amends definition of veteran for certain military engagements.
Excludes federal employee Thrift Savings Plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Permanently denies convicted criminals access to public records containing victim's information; protects certain criminal investigatory files and crime victim information from public access.
Establishes Brownfields Redevelopment Grants Program; appropriates $150 million.
Allows senior and disabled homeowners to collect both the NJSAVER rebate and the homestead rebate.
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act."
Authorizes special emblem for license plates of disabled veterans.
Authorizes law enforcement agencies to impound vehicles of persons arrested for DWI and to issue responsibility warnings to persons assuming custody of persons arrested for DWI.
Regulates issuance of honorary law enforcement badges.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DHSS for defibrillator training for police and firefighters.
Prohibits prepayment of travel expenses for relatives of school board members.
Requires minimum of 30 days jail time and fine for second or subsequent prostitution offense.
Prohibits black bear hunting for five years; requires development of plan for bear population control; and appropriates $95,000.
Establishes special dredging account; directs $5,000,000 of sales tax collected annually be deposited therein; directs DEP to administer account and dredging program with certain requirements.
Requires DEP assume responsibility for dredging of waterways providing boat access to lagoon communities; appropriates $6,000,000.
Appropriates $26,140,000 for dredging projects and dredged material disposal projects related to navigational waterways.
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority to establish memorial program for members of the State Police who were killed in line of duty.
Eliminates criteria qualified voter must meet to receive military or civilian absentee ballot.
Prohibits NJT from making major alterations to rail yards located near certain environmentally sensitive areas.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests and the New Jersey State Aquarium and free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for members of volunteer fire companies or volunteer first aid or rescue squads.
Clarifies the use of external indices by the Director of the Division of Taxation in estimating certain sales tax liabilities.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.2 million to DHS for domestic violence programs.
Designates prison telephone revenues for VCCB claims.
Establishes nine-member Title 19 Revision Commission; appropriates $175,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to Department of State for grant to NJIT Smart Gun Technology Development program.
Establishes hiring preference for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty seeking appointment to municipal police forces.
Requires DEP to classify certain surface waters of the State as category one waters.
Requires Department of Transportation to conduct an emergency response priority control system pilot program.
Establishes low interest mortage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Modifies Fair Housing Act and State Planning Act to assist in provision of affordable housing.
Provides up to 13 weeks of emergency unemployment benefits.
Filed · 1
The "New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act;" appropriates $8.98 million.