Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Linda R. Greenstein
Sponsored
Became law4
Permits a board of education to adopt a salary policy of up to five years.*
Jessica Rogers' Law; upgrades assault by auto or vessel.
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Revises certain provisions of Megan's Law and imposes monthly penalty on sex offenders to fund their monitoring and supervision by the parole board.
Vetoed1
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Passed the Senate1
Requires high school driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include aggressive driving information.
Out of committee20
Permits institutions of higher education to make supplemental contributions to ABP.
Encourages development of electric vehicle charging stations in transportation projects.
Modifies certain service outage compensation and notice requirements for CATV companies.
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for preservation and promotion of graves of significant individuals of the American Revolutionary period; appropriates $200,000.
Establishes electronic lien and titling system for New Jersey motor vehicles.*
Provides for EMT and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic certification for certain veterans.
Provides for temporary nurse licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Bans charging workers' compensation claimants for medical expenses, gives Division of Workers' Compensation sole jurisdiction over work-related medical claims.
Allows certain military spouses with out-of-State teaching license to receive temporary instructional certificate in New Jersey.
Removes statutory reference to 9-1-1 Commission which was renamed Statewide Public Safety Communications Commission.
Regulates mailed manufacturer's rebates.
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
Directs State Board of Education to promulgate regulations requiring school districts to develop a plan to establish stability in special education programming.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Revises State designation of "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" from February to September.
Requires BPU to promulgate regulations requiring electricity providers to provide information so customers can compare prices and services.
Appropriates $250,000 from societal benefits charge revenues for grants to community colleges and vocational schools to create training programs on electric, compressed natural gas, and liquefied petroleum vehicle conversions.*
Eliminates State aid growth limit for school districts in which individuals age 65 and over comprise more than 33.3 percent of the population.*
Prohibits certain energy suppliers from making false and misleading claims to potential customers; prohibits suppliers' calls to customers where no business relationship exists.*
Requires training program for school bus drivers and aides on interacting with students with special needs.
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Prohibits political contributions by county and municipal political party committees to other committees; increases certain penalties.
Provides grants to eligible businesses equal to 5% of annual base salary of new employees hired under employment grant component of Invest in New Jersey Business Grant Program.
Transfers all probation functions and employees to Bureau of Probation in State Parole Board.
Establishes the authority of the court to order electronic monitoring of certain convicted domestic violence offenders.
Authorizes a board of education to reject the lowest bid for a school transportation contract based on the school bus safety inspection record of the bidder.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Makes various changes to the "Law Against Discrimination"; repeals section 4 of P.L.1985, c.73.
Requires Governor's annual budget message to include certain contract information.
Prohibits Internet posting of certain information on law enforcement officers.
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products.
Revises scope of public employee collective negotiations.
Revises certain procedures for municipal redevelopment programs; prohibits certain campaign contributions by redevelopers.
Provides corporation business tax credit and allows gross income tax deduction for purchase of electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Provides corporation business tax credit and allows gross income tax deduction for purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations.
Jessica Rogers' Law: upgrades assault by auto or vessel in situations of road rage.
Expands programs in BPU to include low-interest loans and grants to municipalities for energy efficient programs and innovative energy technologies.
Implements recommendations of State Comptroller's report analyzing the on-line transparency of local authorities and commissions.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of compressed natural gas vehicles.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of fuel cell vehicles.
Guarantees each municipality, at a minimum, Fiscal Year 2010 distribution of Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid in State Fiscal Year 2012.
Permits municipalities to use up to 15% of affordable housing trust fund monies to provide financial assistance grants to owners of property that sustained certain weather-related damage.
Requires that Board of Pharmacy compile and publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs and that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug.
Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.
Revises the definition of "public works projects" related to project labor agreements to include bridges.
Extends prevailing wage requirements to certain for-sale housing projects.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
Concerns apprenticeship programs and other standards for public works contractors.
Provides exclusive jurisdiction to PERC for certain unfair labor practice claims.
Establishes "Back to Work NJ Program"; makes an appropriation.
Amends "State Transfer of Development Rights Act," and provides for impact fees and other incentives for establishment of transfer of development rights programs.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Prohibits sale of food and beverage packaging and containers made with bisphenol A.
Establishes public-private pilot program for level 3 electric vehicle charging stations.
Establishes public-private alternative fueling station pilot program and requires DOT to conduct study.
Establishes criminal penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage.
Provides additional penalties for violations of "Uniform Securities Law (1997)" involving certain persons.
Requires retail store operators to establish in-store recycling programs that provide opportunities for customers to return clean plastic carryout bags.
Establishes special environmental prosecutor.
Prohibits sale of mercury batteries and consumer products that use mercury batteries; prohibits disposal of used mercury batteries as solid waste.
Requires contractors to provide Department of the Treasury with employment information about contracts with public bodies.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to evaluate NJT fare increases and determine whether increases are necessary and fair to NJT customers.
Requires telephone companies regulated by BPU to mail certain service discontinuance notices via certified, return receipt requested.
Requires certain cable television companies to offer free Internet access to public libraries.
Creates a directory of registered telemarketers.
Exempts certain files of clinical programs at law schools in State from Open Public Records Act.
Requires written security plan when school is polling place and open to students; provides that schools may be used as polling places only under certain circumstances; makes an appropriation.
Provides certain individuals, businesses or other organizations performing public contracts are prohibited from making certain contributions.
Restricts campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations that purchase or acquire property involved in eminent domain proceedings.
Clarifies power of municipalities to zone for separation of incompatible land uses through specification of reasonable separation limitations.
Requires movie theaters to install captioning technology for use by hearing impaired patrons.
Allows corporation business tax credits as incentives for redevelopment of distressed shopping centers.
Requires children to wear athletic heart protectors while playing organized baseball or softball.
Directs installation of electric vehicle charging stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Creates matching grant program for small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Creates grant program for newly established small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for attendance at New Jersey county colleges.
Establishes presumption of grandfathering of certain governing documents of homeowners' associations upon conflict with new statutory or regulatory provisions unless majority of members vote to amend.
Eliminates DOT approval of municipal traffic calming measures in business districts.
Prohibits municipality from imposing special assessment for curb repair in certain circumstances.
Creates annual inspection cycle for certain hotels and motels under "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law."
Establishes circumstances under which municipalities may base development approval, the timing thereof, or denial, on sufficiency of local transportation infrastructure.
Limits cancelation and rescheduling fees for cosmetology and hairstyling, barbering, beauty culture, manicuring, and skin care specialty services in certain instances.
Establishes 30-day grace period for consumer to cancel contract for telephone or cable service.
Prohibits the sale of jewelry containing phthalates.
Makes it unlawful practice to sell certain products via Internet auction.
Requires school bus safety instruction in all school districts which provide pupil transportation.
Codifies AG recommendations for issuing Amber Alert when family member abducts child.
Requires gradual replacement of incandescent light bulbs in public school buildings with compact fluorescent light bulbs whenever possible.
Requires municipal agency under MLUL to notify prospective applicant of potential need for additional governmental approvals.
Requires informational posters about safe placement alternatives for newborn infants be posted in public restrooms used by females.
Establishes the "Domestic Violence Victim Protection Pilot Program."
Establishes the "Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights."
Creates offense of impairing communications, which would constitute domestic violence in certain circumstances.
Upgrades offense of harassment under certain circumstances.
Requires DHSS to review standard of care at health care facilities in which 40% or more of direct patient care nursing staff are temporary hires.
Provides corporation business tax incentives for life sciences research.
Requires the establishment of a prequalification process for prospective bidders on public school district transportation contracts.
Requires scooter riders under 17 years old to wear helmets.
Requires prequalification process for prospective bidders on school district transportation contracts; authorizes debarment of bidders convicted of certain crimes; authorizes disqualification of bidder or termination of transportation contract for certai
Requires institutions of higher education to provide students with access to mental health care programs and services and to establish a hotline to provide information concerning the availability of those services.
Requires development of fact sheet about bedbugs to be posted on the Department of Education's website.
Prohibits delegation of investment discretion of Director of Division of Investment to outside managers.
Excludes from PAAD income eligibility withdrawals from an IRA.
Enhances procedures for disposition of State surplus computers, computer equipment and software allocated for redistribution, sale, or disposal.
Changes signature requirement for recall petition and when recall may be initiated.
Requires destruction of records stored on digital copy machines under certain circumstances.
Requires certain CATV companies to make CATV service available throughout residential areas of municipality within specified number of years after CATV company first provides service to municipality.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas.
Transportation for Hazardous Walking Routes Act; requires school districts to provide busing for students required to walk to school along hazardous routes and prohibits school bus stops within 250 feet of residence of sex offender.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Increases State appropriations to Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund by $387 million to restore municipal aid reductions from Fiscal Years 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Increases renewable energy and energy efficiency requirements under "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act."
Requires pawnbrokers to retain purchased property for not less than 20 days and record and report certain information.
Provides tax credit against gross income tax for costs of certain property that conserves energy or promotes energy efficiency and for other energy efficiency measures.
Lowers age of eligibility for surviving spouse under homestead property tax reimbursement program; extends payment of homestead property tax reimbursement to non-eligible surviving spouse for portion of tax year during which deceased spouse lived.
Provides totally disabled persons with discount on hunting license fees.
Establishes refundable gross income tax credit for certain taxpayers allowed Hope Scholarship Credit and Lifetime Learning Credit under Federal income tax.
Enhances the reporting and disclosure requirements concerning State tax expenditures and limits the duration of new State tax expenditure enactments.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for qualified investment in certain biotechnology businesses.
Authorizes issuance of special emergency notes to finance special emergency appropriations for payment of current year property assessment appeal refunds over three years.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7,000,000 to DOE to reinstate nonpublic technology initiative aid.
Provides for nursing home reimbursement adjustment for cost of energy improvements.
Permits certain sheriffs to enforce truck weight limits.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions, earnings, and qualified distributions associated with special needs trusts.
Requires insurers and State health care coverage programs to cover cost of HPV vaccine.
Supplemental appropriation of $400,000 to DOT for installation of a traffic signal on Route 130 at the Shoppes at Hamilton in Hamilton Township, Mercer County.
Prohibits public colleges from charging tuition to students who are parents, spouses or children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Limits contributions to legal defense fund of candidate for or holder of elective public office; requires reporting thereof to ELEC.
Requires DHSS to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Requires assisted living residences and comprehensive personal care homes to ensure connection of emergency cords in residential units to facility staff.
Modifies tax levy apportionment methodology in certain school districts; restricts authority for certain municipalities to enter long-term tax exemption agreements.
Requires suspension of pay of local elected officials during period between indictment and conviction for certain offenses involving moral turpitude.
Provides that solar and photovoltaic energy facilities and structures on farmland are not an inherently beneficial use, per se, for purposes of zoning approvals.
Creates New Jersey Business Action Center.
Creates "New Jersey Life Sciences Internship Challenge" program.
Provides for $5 million grant program encouraging compressed natural gas fueling stations and electric charging stations.
Makes homeowners' association in which developer's control of executive board has not been surrendered a public body under "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act."
Requires owner or operator of industrial establishment applying for de minimis exemption from "Industrial Site Recovery Act" to certify as to no actual knowledge of contamination exceeding remediation standards.
Requires retirement subdivision and retirement community to install electrical generator to provide electricity to common use area to be used as shelter in case of emergency.
Revises definition of volunteer first aid, rescue, and ambulance squad under "New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987."
Clarifies that members of volunteer first aid squads that bill third parties do not lose right to use emergency warning lights.
Requiring electric public utilities and municipal and county shade tree commissions to meet annually concerning vegetation management; requires commissions to implement vegetation management plans.
Increases the penalty for committing robbery against Turnpike Authority employee; upgrades offense of simple assault to aggravated assault when victim is employee of Turnpike Authority.
Requires emergency action plans for delivery of oxygen to patient residences during public health emergency.
Permits four-year public institution of higher education to establish academic quality standards for the transfer of college credits earned by a student while the student was enrolled in high school.
Requires certain common areas and facilities of assisted living facilities to be generator ready; provides related tax relief.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Study Commission."
Requires any candidate convicted of crimes or offenses to return campaign contributions to donors; freezes most campaign funds of candidates indicted for crimes or offenses.
Eliminates exception to public advertising and bidding requirements for certain public contracts involving insurance coverage and consulting services.
Requires disclosure of information about contributions and expenditures for candidates for elective public office, or for public questions, by publicly traded corporations doing business in State.
Allows consumers to return vehicles for full repayment under the lemon law.
Regulates certain practices of pharmacy benefits management companies.
Allows gross income tax deductions for certain contributions to NJBEST college tuition savings program.
Provides exemption to renewal requirement for identification cards and placards issued to persons with certain disability.
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with non-copper-based landline or wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature.
Revises sales and use tax treatment of garbage removal services.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 35
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
Establishes "New Jersey Yellow Dot Program" in MVC.*
Exempts from sales tax cosmetic makeup services provided in conjunction with reconstructive breast surgery; designated as "Jen's Law." *
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for business enterprises that are owned by or that employ veterans.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Requires school buses transporting certain disabled persons to use flashing lights and establishes penalties for drivers who fail to yield.
Requires Commissioner of Health to review State hospital financial reporting requirements, report recommendations to Governor.*
Requires insurers to cover breast evaluations and other additional medically necessary testing under certain circumstances and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.***
Permits affordable housing occupancy preferences for veterans through municipal agreements with developer.*
Revises the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Prohibits genital mutilation of females under 18 years of age.
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran. *
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats pilot program in New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Upgrades crime of soliciting or recruiting for criminal street gang while on school property.
Prohibits manufacture, sale, or possession of synthetic marijuana.
Provides for distributions from ABP during transition to retirement programs for faculty at institutions of higher education.
Establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring or interfering with a service animal or guide dog; designated as "Dusty's Law." *
Concerns the escheat of stored value cards.*
Establishes bill of rights for continuing care retirement community residents.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Requires home improvement contractors to display State-issued identification badge; requires surrender in certain circumstances; imposes penalty for improper display of badge.*
Revises statutes and enhances penalties for offenses involving child pornography; makes crime of causing a child to engage in a prohibited sexual act subject to "No Early Release Act."
Clarifies charitable contributions are not a factor in determining where person is domiciled under New Jersey gross income tax.
Requires DOE to prepare and distribute informational pamphlets on how parents can limit a child's exposure to media violence.
Makes certain changes to NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
"Autumn Joy Stillbirth Research and Dignity Act"; requires DOH to establish protocols for stillbirths, establishes stillbirth research data base.
Concerns eligibility for certain leave and benefit programs.
Vetoed · 18
Expands DNA database to include samples from disorderly persons.*
Requires property tax bills to contain eligibility information on State tax relief programs.
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS for $7,453,000 for family planning services, and requires filing of State Plan Amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to persons with incomes up to 200% of federal poverty level.
Establishes notification signage, and monitoring requirements related to combined sewer overflows.*
Requires State Auditor review of certain Department of Corrections privatization contracts.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.*
Allows establishment of county-wide purchasing system for certain school district services; offers employment protections for certain food or custodial services employees; and regulates subcontracting by districts and public higher education institutions
Requires SHBP and SHEBP to cover treatment for alcoholism, other substance-use disorders, and non biologically-based mental illnesses under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses.*
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
"PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act."
"New Jersey Health Benefit Exchange Act."
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services outside the United States.
Requires HMFA to expand participation in the NJ HomeKeeper Program.
Sets forth certain standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Provides standards for, and requires registration of, home elevation contractors.*
Passed the Senate · 17
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of 25 years to life for aggravated sexual assault against a child under 13 and increases penalties for harboring certain sex offenders.**
Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS and PERS.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear at artificial reef sites.*
Concerns grant funding for Community Health Law Project; appropriates $100,000.
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings.*
Establishes crimes of operating school bus with suspended or revoked driving privileges and being involved in accident causing bodily injury; permanently prohibits passenger and school bus CDL endorsements for persons convicted of those crimes.*
Provides for permanent debarment from government contracting of any person who is convicted of certain crimes involving government contracts.
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to provide natural gas refueling, propane refueling and electric vehicle recharging stations at certain rest areas on New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and Atlantic
Requires DCA to adopt compressed natural gas vehicle home-fueling connections code.
Requires constitutionally dedicated moneys be used to provide grants toward the replacement of certain diesel vehicles and diesel equipment with lower emission vehicles and equipment.**
Establishes small business loan guarantee program in EDA to support capital purchases and operating expenses and permits certain qualified businesses in regional centers to qualify for certain EDA loans.*
Creates Task Force on Distracted Driving.
Concerns importation and delivery of motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Concerns sale of certain motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Concerns low emission and gas emission vehicles; establishes Clean Vehicle Task Force.
Out of committee · 79
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
Prohibits health care facilities from discharging prescription medications into sewer or septic systems in certain circumstances. **
Establishes pilot program in DEP for chemical cleanouts in schools.
Excludes from State gross income tax certain payments made to the families of victims of school violence.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
"Janet's Law"; requires public and nonpublic schools to have automated external defibrillators and to establish emergency action plans for responding to sudden cardiac events.*
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
Prohibits drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
"Innovative Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act."
Requires Financial Policy Review Board to issue quarterly reports and create and maintain website.
Requires State Comptroller to review, and make recommendations for improvement of, the procurement process of the State, public institutions of higher education, independent State authorities, units of local government, and boards of education.
Provides partial sales tax exemption for energy and utility service to certain manufacturers.
Requires private entity primarily engaged in business of providing transportation for passengers in wheelchairs to secure passengers in wheelchairs using four-point securement system and to secure unoccupied wheelchairs.
Alex DeCroce's Law, enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights." *
Prohibits cemetery company from charging additional fee for rendering certain services on Sunday.
"Carryout Bag Reduction and Recycling Act." *
"Ocean County Stormwater Management System Demonstration Act."
Revises "Electronic Waste Management Act."
Concerns calculation of value for conveyance of certain State-owned lands.
Clarifies intent of Legislature to protect certain senior tenants; aligns housing age restrictions with federal law.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.*
Increases the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1 million contingent on enactment of certain homestead benefit enhancement legislation.*
Directs the Division on Women to conduct an audit of the coordination of community responses to domestic violence.
Changes priorities for financial assistance from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund. *
Requires plans, specifications, and bid proposal documents for certain local public contracts to address soil contamination, and requires contracting unit to approve change order under certain circumstances related thereto.*
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Provides State, county, municipal, and school district contracts for professional services will be awarded pursuant to competitive contracting process.*
"New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program Act;" establishes New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program and allows voluntary contributions on gross income tax returns to support homeless veterans.**
Provides unemployment benefits for certain ex-service members.
Establishes program in DOE to address State's shortage of mathematics and science teachers.
Provides that a school district may implement bullying prevention programs and anti-bullying training programs at no cost through various entities; and appropriates $1 million.
Increases distributions to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore aid reductions; extends "poison pill" protection to total formula aid provided to each municipality.
Requires employers post notice of worker rights under certain State and federal laws.
Requires public contractors to report certain employment information.
Concerns disclosure of certain employment information.
Extends time municipalities have to commit fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units to six years.
Eliminates requirement for CATV companies to provide advance notification of price decreases or addition of channel offerings.
Authorizes Judiciary to revise or supplement fees, subject to limitations, to fund e-court information system and Legal Services of New Jersey; provides for review of such fees by Judiciary.
Requires DCA to establish procedures for inspection and abatement of mold hazards in residential buildings and school facilities, certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.*
Restricts health insurers from limiting access to pain medication.
Requires prompt monthly reporting on condition of major State budget funds and disclosure of the State's accrued revenues compared with anticipated revenues.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation of $789,000,000 to Homestead Benefit Program and amends budget language provisions to provide for significantly enhanced property tax relief payments to beleaguered homeowners and tenants.
Directs Department of Law and Public Safety to engage in Internet privacy and social media responsibility campaign.
Establishes conditional dismissal program in municipal court; alters eligibility requirements and increases fees for existing conditional discharge and supervisory treatment programs.
Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
Allows license suspension or revocation of certain health care professionals and medical waste facilities, generators, and transporters for willful illegal or improper medical waste disposal.
Establishes Clean Car Commission.
Amends "Flood Hazard Area Control Act" to require DEP to take certain actions concerning delineations of flood hazard areas and floodways.
Permits certain former mayors to solemnize marriage and civil union ceremonies.**
The "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act."
Requires emergency operations plans in certain senior occupied buildings.
Appropriates $24,290,379 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
"Nikki's Law"; Requires DOT Commissioner to erect signs and use variable message signs to inform motorists of State law prohibiting texting while driving.*
Requires that contract for private operation of State Lottery be subject to approval by Legislature.
Creates crime of cyber-harassment.
Requires submission of certain mental health records to National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Requires homeowners insurance consumer information brochure to contain one page summary of policy.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Permits two or more candidates for school board member to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot for same term.
Authorizes deployment of integrity monitors in implementation of certain Hurricane Sandy recovery and rebuilding projects.
Provides for temporary professional or occupational licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Imposes oversight upon Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Requires coverage of medication therapy management in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Revises process for awarding certain public contracts in connection with an emergency.
Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act."
Requires consideration of increased property value due to dune construction or beach replenishment in determining compensation provided for condemned beachfront property.*
Establishes criteria and requirements for shore protection project priority list and funding from Shore Protection Fund.
Requires transfer of certain records to DOLWD and DHS.
Authorizes municipalities to finance water conservation, storm shelter construction, and flood and hurricane resistance projects.*
Establishes a School Security Task Force.
Provides for priority consideration, by DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, of permit applications for green building projects. *
Creates Office of Clean Energy in BPU.*
Requires Energy Master Plan to include long-term capacity planning and infrastructure planning.
Extends the time line for performing certain budget-related tasks in school districts that have moved the annual school election to November.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school and summer programs; appropriates $60,000.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit, select, and train veterans for school security positions in school districts.
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
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"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Upgrades certain sex crimes against minors.
Provides penalties for sexually offensive or abusive communication through social networking websites.
"Uniform Trust Code."
Allows certain sole proprietors to join a small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.
Provides that information technology professionals who find child pornography on computers must report the finding to law enforcement.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and harassment under certain circumstances.
Requires persons subject to Megan's Law registration to provide law enforcement with any Internet identifiers.
Establishes permissive inferences related to conduct that serves as predicate to sex offenses against minors.
Makes it a crime to communicate or transmit sexually suggestive communications to a minor under certain circumstances.
Establishes "School Bus Safety and Child Protection Act," requires periodic criminal background checks for certain school employees; and prohibits interference with school bus monitoring devices.
Provides that records of convictions for carjacking, promoting prostitution of a child and certain child endangerment crimes shall not be expunged.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of a charter school.
Makes various changes in the charter school program in regard to student enrollment procedures, charter revocation, and monitoring of charter schools.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with Board of Public Utilities.
Regulates pharmacy benefits management companies.
Encourages purchase of NJ solar panels and wind turbines for State projects and State-funded projects.
Prohibits persons violating animal cruelty law from owning, keeping, or harboring animals; requires DHSS establish and maintain website list of such persons.
"Judy and Nikki's Law"; provides for life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child 16 years of age or younger.
Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
Requires installation of low-flow toilets and low-flow showerheads in multiple dwellings having 3 or more units.
Expands wrongful death act to allow recovery for mental anguish, emotional pain and suffering, loss of society and loss of companionship.
Requires additional public participation and health impact study as conditions of conversion of health service corporation to domestic stock insurer; dissolves the Health Service Corporation Conversion Temporary Advisory Commission.
Establishes Sex Offender Management Commission; amends Megan's Law in response to federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
The "Smart Container Act."
"Pharmacy Quality Improvement and Error Prevention Act."
Eliminates certain components of realty transfer fee.
Provides tax relief for certain non-residential property owners and tenants in consolidated municipalities.
Permits person covered by certain managed care plans to receive covered services from network provider without obtaining written referral from primary care provider.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Limits amount of contribution to legal defense fund of holder of elective public office and requires reporting thereof to ELEC.
Requires labeling of foods containing genetically modified material.
Provides for electronic monitoring of domestic violence offenders and notification to the victim; designated as "Lisa's Law."
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain minimum three foot safety distance when overtaking bicycles.
Establishes safety zone speed control device pilot program.
Establishes 12-month moratorium on establishment of new virtual charter schools and creates Virtual Charter School Task Force.
Provides that a school district may be placed under full or partial State intervention pursuant to the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) for no longer than five years.
Clarifies application of business personal property tax on local exchange telephone companies that were subject to tax as of April 1, 1997.
Protects certain politically active employees from retaliatory action by employers.
Provides unemployment benefits to certain college and university adjunct faculty members.
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a public servant, during a state of emergency, to use or make disposition of a public resource in an unauthorized manner with purpose to obtain a benefit for himself or another.
Requires issue advocacy organization disclosure; increases disclosure of campaign finance information; raises amount of money contributable to committees; modifies restrictions on contributions by certain business entities performing public contracts.
Revises statutes regarding practice of physical therapy.