Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Robert D. Clifton
Sponsored
In committee8
Requires use of direct deposit and Internet for State, local government, and school district employee compensation and certain retirement payments and information.
Permits counties to charge a fee to fund infrastructure through voter approval.
Requires disclosure of original purchase price for land to be sold to a county, county agriculture development board, or municipality for farmland preservation purposes.
Authorizes Division of Travel and Tourism to accept gifts and grants to promote NJ tourism.
Authorizes NJ Historical Commission to establish program to promote developing historic projects on website and collect donations for projects on behalf of historic site or organization.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism and NJ Historical Commission to provide volunteer opportunities on Internet website.
Requires omnibus drivers to inspect bus at end of route for passengers with disabilities.
Provides that parent of nonpublic school pupil who lives more than 20 miles from school will receive payment toward transportation costs.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Requires Department of Agriculture to post on its website certain information regarding State's farm to school program.
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.
Limits when bidders can be required to submit a financial statement in order to bid on a local public contract or county college contract.
Establishes "Best in New Jersey 'Farm to School' Awards Program" to annually recognize the best farm to school programs implemented by a school or school district.
Directs the Dept. of Agriculture to establish a clearinghouse website for farmers to offer produce and dairy products for use by school breakfast programs, school lunch programs, and food banks.*
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates $88,592,361 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Vetoed · 1
Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.*
Out of committee · 6
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Designates State Highway Route No. 71 bridge between Borough of Belmar and Borough of Avon-by-the-Sea as "Robert A. Briant, Sr. Memorial Bridge."
Abolishes Landscape Irrigation Contractors Examining Board in the Department of Environmental Protection and transfers regulation of landscape irrigation contractors to Department of Community Affairs.
Streamlines responsibilities of Division of Local Government Services and local governments; designated as the Division of Local Government Services Modernization and Local Mandate Relief Act of 2015.
Revises laws concerning real estate licensees.
In committee · 58
Increases filing threshold and the applicable exclusion amount for the New Jersey estate tax to $1,000,000.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Allows certain sole proprietors to join a small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Repeals the New Jersey estate tax.
Extends time period for municipalities to commit to expend collected development fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires electric distribution lines be located underground in areas affected by severe weather or natural disasters.
Establishes mandatory penalties for committing burglary and theft during a state of emergency.
Prohibits use of volunteer driving activities in underwriting for private passenger automobile insurance; revises charitable immunity statute as applied to volunteer drivers.
Allows permitholder that leases Meadowlands Racetrack from New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to conduct wagering on simulcast horse races at sports, retail, and entertainment development at Meadowlands Complex, subject to agreement and approvals.
Directs Division of Gaming Enforcement, in consultation with New Jersey Racing Commission, to establish and oversee slot machine gambling operations at horse racetracks.
Increases from 3.2% to 5% percentage of certain dedicated purse moneys used for horsemen aid programs and the association from Standardbred racing at private racetracks.
Allows State residents who are outside of New Jersey to place wagers on horse races using account wagering system.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Allows monies statutorily dedicated to standardbred or thoroughbred horse racing purses to be used for benefit of horse racing industry, subject to agreement between permitholder and representative horsemen's organization.
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special horse racing permit for steeplechase races; allows wagering on such races.
Permits persons at racetracks, off-track wagering facilities, and casino simulcasting facilities to place instant racing wagers.
Directs Division of Gaming Enforcement to establish and oversee slot machine gambling operations at horse racetracks; dedicates revenues derived therefrom as State aid for education.
Clarifies sales tax collection responsibilities of horse boarding businesses in New Jersey.
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special permit for steeplechase racing; allows wagering on such races; allows local governing body to object to issuance of special permit.
Prohibits terminal leave compensation for local government employees.
Enacts the "NJ Family First Employer Act"; establishes award for certain employers.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
Equalizes standing of private and public colleges before land use agencies.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Requires fire districts, school districts, and county governments to share in burden of property assessment appeal refunds.
Establishes "New Jersey Racetrack Growth and Development Fund" on behalf of eligible lessees of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.
Establishes "County Tourism Incentive Grant Fund" within Department of Treasury to provide funding for grants to counties to support tourism advertising and promotion.
Makes various changes to interest arbitration procedures; repeals sunset provision.
Establishes commercial deer harvesting license and allows commercial harvest of deer.
Clarifies sales tax collection responsibilities of horse-boarding businesses in New Jersey; makes change retroactive to October 1, 2006.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Authorizes slot machine gambling to be conducted at horse racetracks; dedicates State's share of revenues for open space preservation.
Modifies education requirement for licensure by the NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Requires display of State vehicle abuse hotline bumper stickers on all State vehicles.
Increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount for the New Jersey estate tax to $5 million over period of five years.
Concerns Superstorm Sandy recovery.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Provides courts with sentencing discretion for certain convictions concerning possession of a firearm.
Prohibits local governments from requiring private employers to provide paid sick leave.
Limits number of bills member of Legislature may introduce; requires every bill to be heard in committee; requires estimate be prepared of cost of drafting and considering each bill.
Upgrades burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree; upgrades it to a crime of the first degree if committed while armed.
Limits annual increase in tuition rates charged by school districts, county vocational school districts, county special services districts, jointure commissions, and private schools for students with disabilities to two percent.
Limits authority of court to order one or both parents to pay post-high school education expenses on behalf of a child if both parents agree that they will not pay such expenses.
Establishes the offense of incest.
Requires Standardbred organization to use certain portion of purse moneys from in-State Standardbred races to fund foundation providing retired Standardbred race horses pre-adoption care and support Standardbred racing and breeding legislation with nonpub
Provides gross income tax credit for income derived from certain live performances contracted for and rendered by A-list performing artists within the Atlantic City Tourism District on a recurring basis and within the State.
Requires reimbursement of certain Casino Reinvestment Development Authority grants and payment of those grants to Atlantic County for property tax relief.
Prohibits local units of government from adopting increased minimum wage and mandatory paid sick leave for private employers.
Prohibits distribution of certain casino simulcasting moneys to closed home racetrack.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Monmouth Park racetrack, upon voter approval; dedicates one-third net proceeds to General Fund, one-third to State education aid, and one-third to horse racing industry.
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Freehold Raceway, upon voter approval; dedicates one-third net proceeds to General Fund, one-third to State education aid, and one-third to horse racing industry.
Designates Killed in Action flag as an official State flag; mandates it be displayed at certain public buildings.
Links police and fire interest arbitration base salary cap to property tax levy; makes cap permanent.