Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, General Assembly.
James W. Holzapfel
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Provides uniform procedure for sheriffs to provide certain surplus notices in mortgage foreclosure actions.
Out of committee1
Requires water purveyors and licensed operators to notify municipalities they service regarding water supply and water quality issues. *
In committee33
Designates prison telephone revenues for VCCB claims.
Exempts police from jury duty.
Increases penalties for committing serious offenses while released on bail.
Permits qualified retired law enforcement officers who were employed by law enforcement agencies outside the State to carry firearms.
Requires State park and forest restroom facilities to include an exclusive family restroom.
Requires police notification when driver license is suspended.
Establishes new offenses concerning the unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.
Provides for reimbursement of training costs of certain law enforcement officers.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Establishes that traffic fine overpayments of $5 or less do not have to be refunded.
Upgrades penalties for certain fireworks violations.
Prohibits additional jughandles on roads or highways in the State.
Increases penalties for certain campaign advertising violations.
Changes earliest date of construction or rehabilitation of housing granted credits without controls.
Includes screening for toxoplasmosis in newborn screening program.
Directs DHSS to adopt regulations concerning the billing practices and fees charged for basic and advanced life support services.
Recodifies offenses against animals under State criminal code; increases degree of crime for certain offenses.
Establishes offense of soliciting image of minor with unlawful purpose.
Establishes animal cruelty offenses pertaining to chaining or other restraint of animals.
Removes requirement of physical interference from crime of obstructing administration of law.
Ensures operation of certain motor fuel storage, distribution and dispensing facilities during disasters and emergencies.
Provides grants and tax credits for school districts and private contractors for installing cameras on school buses.
Exempts initiation fees, membership fees, and dues of certain golf clubs and organizations from sales and use tax.
Upgrades penalties for drag racing.
Grants right to carry handgun to certain retired campus police officers.
Revises distribution of monies from Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund to municipalities.
Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee.
Permits use of overseas absentee ballots for all elections.
Requires ten years legal experience to be eligible to be appointed county prosecutor.
Allows TPAF retiree to be employed as certificated superintendent or administrator for limited time frame due to critical need without TPAF reenrollment.
Requires State agencies to review operations and to implement use of Internet to conduct public business when cost savings may be realized, with certain exceptions.
Requires public body to publish notice of public meeting on official Internet website.
Permits county board of chosen freeholders to appoint interim member of county tax board under certain circumstances.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
The "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
"Ricci's Law;" revises ignition interlock device requirements for certain drunk driving offenders. *
Adds non-voting member to NJT board.
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts. *
Provides for Autism Advocate in Division of Advocacy for the Developmentally Disabled. *
Makes Housing Assistance and Recovery Program effective immediately.
Out of committee · 15
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and NJIT. *
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks or highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights.
Requires DHSS to report certain patient safety indicators on a hospital by hospital basis and prohibits hospitals from charging for certain medical errors. *
Authorizes each municipality that shares courtroom facilities with one or more municipalities to appoint a judge and an administrator. *
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Permits municipality to determine permissible parking distance from intersection, crosswalk or "stop" sign.
"Public Access and Marina Safety Task Force Act." *
Provides manufacturers a single sales fraction corporation business tax income allocation formula.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Concerns regulation of court reporting firms. *
Appropriates $120,123,420 from various Green Acres funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $19,919,700 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
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.
In committee · 78
Provides that PERS member holding more than one position covered by PERS has to designate one position as the basis for enrollment.
Prohibits elected officials and public employees from enrolling for health benefits with more than one public entity; provides civil action for treble expenses by public entity providing additional coverage.
Designated "New Jersey Economic Development Promotion Act"; streamlines and reorganizes State economic development statutes in order to promote administrative efficiency.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Requires DEP to assume responsibility for dredging of waterways providing boat access to lagoon communities; appropriates $6,000,000.
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.
Appropriates $26,140,000 for dredging projects and dredged material disposal projects related to navigational waterways.
Requires public hearings on proposed off-track wagering facilities to be held in municipalities contiguous to site where proposed facitities will be located.
Ends the transitional energy facilities assessment, caps the State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures the balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
Regulates issuance of honorary law enforcement badges.
Requires the licensing of certain security officers and the registration of their employers.
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
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 the "Veterans Home Health Care Demonstration Program"; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes defibrillator grant program in DHSS for placement of defibrillators in senior citizen centers.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Authorizes use of automated motor vehicle identification systems to enforce motor vehicle laws on certain local streets.
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
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.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program beginning in tax year 2002.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions made for efforts in relief of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Concerns telemarketing political calls.
Concerns sale or rental of video games rated for mature and adults only audiences.
Eliminates the public vote on a school district budget which is within cap.
Eliminates remarriage prohibition for PFRS death benefits; provides retirement allowance to certain survivors of PFRS members.
Increases annual income limits for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Authorizes criminal history record background checks of employees and volunteers of nonprofit domestic violence victim serving organizations.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Provides that PFRS definitions of widow, widower and spouse will include domestic partners of all PFRS members.
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to DHS to develop community residences for Division of Developmental Disabilities clients on the waiting list.
Increases penalties for violations committed by provisional driver's license holder.
Requires certain advertising disclosures by certain funeral establishments.
Prohibits enrollment in PERS of public employee who is also public contractor; requires member to designate only one position as basis of enrollment.
Limits payment to $15,000 for accumulated sick leave upon retirement for local public employees.
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Increases enrollment threshold in PERS and TPAF to $10,000; requires assessment of adding annual minimum hour requirement to qualify for service credit.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Caps bond counsel legal fees and costs on public issuers' bond transactions and requires a competitive selection process for retaining bond counsel.
Revises membership and duties of Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission.
Reduces number of paid holidays from 13 to 10 for all State and local government employees.
Limits payment upon retirement to $10,000 to State and local public officers and employees for accumulated sick leave.
Prohibits certain public officers and employees from receiving dual health care benefit coverage.
Requires certain offenders to register under Megan's Law; upgrades the crimes of invasion of privacy and peering into a window of a dwelling for a second or subsequent offense.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Eliminates PERS credit and health care benefits for appointees to State or local agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality with annual compensation less than $20,000 and weekly hours fewer than 35.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Requires prospectively that public employees, appointees and elected officials work 35 or more hours per week with annual compensation equivalent to 1820 times State minimum wage for health care benefits.
Changes political party affiliation deadline from 50th to 21st day before primary; changes date after which absentee ballots must be available from 40th to 21st day before any election.
Restricts gifts to certified homemaker-home health aides from patients.
Requires home health agencies and health care service firms to place certified homemaker-home health aides to perform certain home-based services.
Permits board of chosen freeholders to establish "Sharing Resources" grant and loan program to encourage shared services and municipal consolidation.
Requires proposed State budgets be balanced against recurring revenues and places related constraints on budget messages.
Enhances penalty for leaving the scene of a boating accident.
Revises voting requirement necessary for the dissolution of a limited purpose regional school district.
Requires certain public restrooms to be equipped with baby-changing stations.
Designated the Shop Here, Save Money, Secure Jobs Act of 2008; establishes sales and use tax rate reduction period from November 28, 2008 through January 4, 2009, sets reduction period tax rate at 3.5%.
Revises voting requirement necessary for the dissolution of a limited purpose regional school district.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
Delays implementation of paid family leave for two years.
Protects property owned by military personnel and first responders from condemnation.
Revises and expands duties and responsibilities of State Auditor in performance of certain audits and reviews.
Consolidates various municipalities into new municipalities of Pennington Township and Princeton Township.
Establishes in DEP the Environmental Science Review Board and Environmental Policy Review Board to review proposed environmental regulations for consistency with planning policies and science.
Requires DHSS to report certain patient safety indicators on a hospital by hospital basis and prohibits hospitals and physicians from charging patient for certain medical errors.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Requires certain veterinarians to provide written notification to animal owner if boarded animal will not be subject to 24-hour supervision; "Betsy"s Law."