Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
James W. Holzapfel
Sponsored
Out of committee1
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.
In committee48
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.
Requires water purveyors and licensed operators to notify municipalities they service regarding water supply and water quality issues.
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.
Provides uniform procedure for sheriffs to provide certain surplus notices in mortgage foreclosure actions.
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.
Authorizes creation of 33rd urban enterprise zone in Borough of Seaside Heights.
Requires Family Part under certain circumstances to dispose of charge of contempt of a domestic violence order on an emergency basis, without setting bail.
Requires municipalities to reimburse qualified private communities for street paving costs.
Requires notification of victims and certain additional persons through Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) system.
Expands statute authorizing temporary restraining orders for certain alleged stalking victims to include victims of any age or mental capacity.
Imposes criminal penalties for discharges of untreated sewage from containment devices installed on watercraft.
Requires officers of certain charitable organizations to be bonded.
"Save Barnegat Bay Act"; establishes Save Barnegat Bay Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on lawn fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, dedicates portion of beach tag fees, and provides for donations.
Provides State income tax credit for removal of lawns near Barnegat Bay.
"Barnegat Bay Protection Act"; establishes Barnegat Bay Protection Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on lawn fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, and provides for donations.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Repeals law allowing PERS member to retire with PERS pension and continue to receive salary for current PERS-covered elective office; permits certain PERS and TPAF members to file for retirement without designating retirement date.
Specifies additional offenses and penalties for torturing or tormenting an animal; designated as Patrick's Law.
Clarifies that fishing license is not required to fish at a private community lake.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Authorizes the court to include provisions for animals in domestic violence restraining orders.*
Creates New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon.
Establishes standards for certain fertilizer applications, requires certification of professional fertilizer applicators, and regulates labeling and sale of certain fertilizers. *
Directs the Department of Education to develop a school district dating violence policy and requires school districts to provide dating violence education in the health curriculum.
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 "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Requires DCF to develop and adopt Statewide youth suicide prevention plan.
Revises provisions of "Franchise Practices Act" relating to motor vehicle franchises.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Vetoed · 1
Concerns regulation of court reporting firms.
Passed the General Assembly · 1
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.*
Out of committee · 6
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Authorizes use of automated motor vehicle identification systems to enforce motor vehicle laws on certain local streets.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers, and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.*
Appropriates $84,495,199 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
In committee · 73
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Permits board of chosen freeholders to establish "Sharing Resources" grant and loan program to encourage shared services and municipal consolidation.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
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.
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.
Requires the licensing of certain security officers and the registration of their employers.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
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.
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.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and NJIT.
Provides for Autism Advocate in Division of Advocacy for the Developmentally Disabled.
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.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
"Janet's Law"; requires public schools, recreational fields and youth camps to have automated external defibrillators for youth athletic events, and public schools to include pupil training in use thereof and in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Permits municipality to determine permissible parking distance from intersection, crosswalk or "stop" sign.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
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.
Revises and expands duties and responsibilities of State Auditor in performance of certain audits and reviews.
Creates new $100 assessment for convictions of certain sexual offenses to fund counseling for victims and their families; establishes Sexual Offender Victim Counseling Fund.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Requires each school district to adopt a dating violence policy to prevent and address incidents involving dating violence.
Requires certain veterinarians to provide written notification to animal owner if boarded animal will not be subject to 24-hour supervision; "Betsy's Law."
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Requires certain advertising disclosures by certain funeral establishments.
Prohibits sale of food and beverage packaging and containers made with bisphenol A.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Prohibits enrollment in PERS of public employee who is also public contractor; requires member to designate only one position as basis of enrollment.
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.
Revises membership and duties of Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission.
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.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Reduces number of paid holidays from 13 to 10 for all State and local government employees.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Authorizes courts to include animals in domestic violence restraining orders.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use E-Verify program.
Permits certain retired law enforcement officers to possess hollow nose ammunition.
Establishes conditions for exemptions from electrical contracting permit requirements for work done by certain employees of municipal and county utilities authorities on public property.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Prohibits siting of industrial wind turbines within 2,000 feet of any residence or residentially zoned property.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax.
Reduces maximum rate of interest to be charged for delinquent taxes from 18% to 12%.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 35 as "Chosin Few Memorial Highway."
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.