Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Wayne P. DeAngelo
Sponsored
Became law2
Directs Board of Nursing to encourage nursing schools to give academic credit to students for training received in US military as corpsmen and medics.
Requires transfer of certain records to DOLWD and DHS.
Passed the General Assembly5
Exempts disabled veterans and recipients of the Purple Heart from the payment of municipal parking meter fees when their vehicles bear a disabled veteran's or Purple Heart license plate issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
Includes reverse rate evasion as form of insurance fraud and provides for civil and criminal penalties.
Invalidates consumer contracts which require a waiver of right to file a consumer complaint.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Study Commission."
Requires Department of the Treasury to collect for overpayment of UI benefits.
Out of committee7
Eliminates DOT approval of municipal traffic calming measures in business districts.
Jessica Rogers' Law; upgrades assault by auto or vessel. *
Establishes "Veterans Higher Education Commission."
Concerns certain appeals of unemployment benefits determinations.
Concerns employer contribution reports.
Revises certain provisions of Megan's Law and imposes monthly penalty on sex offenders to fund their monitoring and supervision by the parole board.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
In committee86
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses paying a salary differential to National Guard members or reservists on active duty.
Creates motor vehicle offense of smoking in motor vehicle with a child present and dedicates penalties to "Smoking Cessation Fund."
Requires BPU to increase credit provided when issuing Solar Renewable Energy Certificates for solar energy produced by equipment manufactured in NJ.
Revises the definition of "public works projects" related to project labor agreements to include bridges.
Requires Council on Affordable Housing to adjust municipal fair share to reflect job loss in a municipality.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election and eliminates vote on school budgets except for separate proposals to spend above cap which will also occur at general election.
Provides exclusive jurisdiction to PERC for certain unfair labor practice claims.
Creates Review Commission on Workers' Compensation.
Designates September 11 each year "September 11 Remembrance Day" in New Jersey.
Requires certain cable television companies to offer free Internet access to public libraries.
Removes decal requirement from graduated driver's license law; establishes new system for law enforcement to identify novice drivers.
Requires requestor pick up government records within 10 business days of availability.
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.
Provides tax credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for certain costs incurred in purchase and installation of certain environmentally responsible business equipment.
Allows corporation business tax credits as incentives for redevelopment of distressed shopping centers.
Requires municipal agency under MLUL to notify prospective applicant of potential need for additional governmental approvals.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Permits local unit to contract with private entities to lease advertising space on local unit's official Internet website.
Terminates early release program for certain State inmates.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Exempts from real property taxation during construction any building, or portion thereof, to be used for a property tax-exempt purpose.
Establishes safety zone speed control device pilot program.
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Permits instruction on backpack safety to be included in the curriculum of elementary, middle, and high school students as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Permits municipalities to use up to 15% of affordable housing trust fund monies to provide financial assistance grants to the owners of real property that sustained certain weather-related damage.
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.
Requires State Building Authority to make certain payments in lieu of taxes for public safety facilities to municipalities; makes appropriation.
Requires Secretary of State create e-mail notification system alerting when US and State flags flown at half-staff.
Provides explicit authorization for the Schools Development Authority to use the design/build/operate/maintain procurement model for school facilities projects.
Waives parking meter fee for certain veterans.
Grants eligibility for solar renewable energy certificates to solar facilities connected to net metering customer's side of the meter, or directly connected to the electric grid at 69 kilovolts or less.
Prohibits municipality from imposing special assessment for curb repair in certain circumstances.
Provides general election, primary, and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Provides that information technology professionals who find child pornography on computers must report the finding to law enforcement.
Broadens scope of information sharing and civil immunity therefor, related to insurance fraud.
Requires gradual replacement of incandescent light bulbs in public school buildings with compact fluorescent light bulbs whenever possible.
Limits job creation estimation under previous COAH regulations for warehousing activities.
Concerns apprenticeship programs and other standards for public works contractors.
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 30-day grace period prior to accrual of interest on late water and sewer bill payments.
Requires development of fact sheet about bedbugs to be posted on the Department of Education's website.
Provides exemption from tax on sales of certain energy saving products and services purchased from businesses located in UEZ.
Provides that probationary license holder may transport siblings in addition to dependents and one additional passenger.
Prohibits use of public funds by employers for certain employee influence activities.
Permits construction workers to file a lien against the owner of real property under "Construction Lien Law."
Provides certain employment protections for sheriff's investigators.
Extends prevailing wage requirements to certain for-sale housing projects.
Limits rescheduling, cancelation, and no-show fees providers of health care services may charge in certain instances.
Provides corporation business tax credit for certain New Jersey news, weather, and sports content production expenses.
Prohibits charges for busy or unanswered cellular telephone calls.
Provides consumer protections under certain telecommunications service provider contracts.
Establishes 30-day grace period for consumer to cancel contract for telephone or cable service.
Establishes "Solar Equipment Purchase and Installation Assistance Program" in NJ EDA.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to evaluate NJT fare increases and determine whether increases are necessary and fair to NJT customers.
Establishes Sex Offender Management Commission; amends Megan's Law in response to federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Requires all campaign contributions to be reported to ELEC.
Requires certain issue advocacy organizations to disclose contributions and expenditure information.
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.
Establishes procedures for nomination and election of members of New Jersey Hall of Fame; directs principal location of hall to be in or adjacent to New Jersey State Museum.
Eliminates exception to public advertising and bidding requirements for certain public contracts involving insurance coverage and consulting services.
Changes signature requirement for recall petition.
Changes date when a recall election may be initiated from 50th to 90th day preceding completion of first year of term of office.
Subjects certain municipal and school property to property taxation.
Limits contributions to legal defense fund of candidate for or holder of elective public office; requires reporting thereof to ELEC.
Modifies tax levy apportionment methodology in certain school districts; restricts authority for certain municipalities to enter long-term tax exemption agreements.
Requires school district superintendent to annually report to board of education on district contracts.
Eliminates State aid growth limit for school districts in which individuals age 65 and over comprise at least 33.3 percent of the population.
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.
Provides sales and use tax rebate for certain purchases made by, or on behalf of, individuals and small businesses affected by natural disasters.
Clarifies that members of volunteer first aid squads that bill third parties do not lose right to use emergency warning lights.
Revises definition of volunteer first aid, rescue, and ambulance squad under "New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987."
Creates grant program for municipalities to establish Light of the Missing; appropriates $100,000.
Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from tax levy and appropriation cap, as applicable, for municipalities and counties.
Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from the tax levy cap applicable to school districts.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program and provides a State match for contributions to NJBEST accounts for families meeting certain income guidelines.
Permits State employment on temporary basis of workers with certain skills to perform routine maintenance in State facilities.
Regulates toll collection transponders in rental vehicles.
Provides exemption for licensed pesticide applicators from certain training, examination, and fees required for fertilizer applicator certification.
Establishes liability for harm caused by defective trees.
Requires hiring preference for veterans seeking position with State Police.
Requires cell phone warranties to last throughout initial service contract.
Permits Sunday motor vehicle sales in certain counties.
Revises sales and use tax treatment of garbage removal services.
Directs the Division of Taxation to produce instructional materials on the appropriate gross income tax treatment of certain deferred compensation plans.
Concerns installation and maintenance of solar panels in common interest communities.
Allows issuing of stop-work orders for failure to pay prevailing wage.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Jessica Rogers' Law; upgrades assault by auto or vessel.
Establishes "Veterans Higher Education Commission."
Revises certain provisions of Megan's Law and imposes monthly penalty on sex offenders to fund their monitoring and supervision by the parole board.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Provides for indication of veteran status on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by MVC.*
Modifies certain CATV company filing requirements with BPU and CATV company subsciber notice requirements concerning rates, charges, or services.*
Revises the period of time required for a State college faculty member to receive tenure.*
Extends expiration date of certain permits pursuant to the "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Removes requirement that certain telecommunications companies file tariffs with BPU; requires them to provide certain information to public via their website; allows them assess late payment charge on unpaid bills.*
Modifies certain service outage compensation and notice requirements for CATV companies.
Allows municipalities to provide veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
Permits person with developmental disability and legal guardian to audio record sessions of interdisciplinary team in which person or guardian participates.
Requires Director of Division of Fire Safety to review preparation of local fire mutual aid plans and determine necessity of designated fire command structure.*
Provides for temporary nurse licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Provides for EMT and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic certification for certain veterans.
Allows certain military spouses with out-of-State teaching license to receive temporary instructional certificate in New Jersey.
Requires Department of Agriculture to publish on its website information concerning wineries and community supported agriculture entities in NJ.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain ex-service members.
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."
Changes pejorative terminology referring to mental capacity of individuals.
Requires homeowners insurance consumer information brochure to contain one page summary of policy.
Codifies regulation exempting firearms records from State's open public records law. *
Vetoed · 8
Directs NJTA to study and report on potential revenue generating services of NJTA rest areas and service plazas.
Regulates mailed manufacturer's rebates.
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
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.
Establishes Clean Car Commission.**
Provides for priority consideration, by DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, of permit applications for green building projects. *
Requires that contract for private operation of State Lottery be subject to approval by Legislature.
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Passed the General Assembly · 30
Establishes recreational fishing license plate; dedicates fees to coastal fishing research.
Provides corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle charging stations.
Requires certain State departments, divisions, commissions, and authorities to consider use of green or blue roof in construction of certain new State buildings, facilities, and structures.*
Requires adoption of certain rules and regulations by DCA and DEP concerning blue roofs and green roofs.**
Authorizes State and local governments to enter into group purchasing agreement for advanced technology vehicles and alternative fueled vehicles. *
Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to provide bill credits to volunteer fire companies, first aid, rescue, and emergency squads, and nonprofit homeless and domestic violence assistance organizations.
The "Real Estate Installment Contract 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.
Requires school districts to take all steps to ensure adequate security for students when school is open as a polling place and provides that school district costs shall be deducted from the itemized list of expenses submitted by the county board of elec
Creates "New Jersey Life Science Internship Challenge" program.
Establishes standards regarding the disqualification of claimants for unemployment compensation for misconduct.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to designation as charter school district of residence or expansion of a charter school.
Requires State to enable applicants for State agency-issued permits to track online the progress and status of their permit application.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Requires State to use energy-efficient outdoor lighting fixtures.
Provides bonus awards to certain businesses who hire employees who were previously unemployed for more than 13 weeks.
Provides temporary deferral of certain sales and use tax collection responsibilities of certain persons making certain investments and creating certain jobs.*
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.*
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Requires Secretary of State to establish secure Internet website for online voter registration; authorizes use of digitized signature from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission database.*
Provides primary and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
"Disaster Information Access Act"; requires utility service providers to report severe weather and emergency related service interruptions; directs utility service providers and State Office of Emergency Management to present reported information online
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Establishes workplace training program for unemployment compensation recipients; makes an appropriation.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
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.
Out of committee · 48
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of the student borrower's death.
Concerns prompt payment of construction contracts.
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for business enterprises that are owned by or that employ veterans.
Revises the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Concerns basic skills training provided by the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate the teacher certification of veterans.
Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.*
Establishes alternative distributed energy generating requirement; provides financial incentives for certain alternative distributed energy generating facilities.**
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in certain portfield sites.
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program.
Requires SHBP and SEHBP 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. *
Permits affordable housing occupancy preferences for veterans through municipal agreements with developer.*
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats pilot program in New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
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.**
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran.*
Concerns child custody and parenting time arrangements related to certain military service absences.*
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Imposes certain registration and reporting requirements to prevent illegal trade of tigers.
Establishes uniform real property taxation for commercial renewable energy systems and limits municipal construction permit fees for non-commercial renewable energy systems.
Establishes Solar Thermal Expansion Loan and Grant program; appropriates $10 million.
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Increases annual income limitation for senior and disabled citizens' eligibility for $250 property tax deduction and bases future annual income limitations on annual CPI changes.
Permits Governor to notify local governments to fly United States and State flags at half-staff upon death of member of Armed Forces of United States or National Guard who was State resident.*
Codifies AG recommendations for issuing Amber Alert when family member abducts child.
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Revises certain solar renewable energy programs and requirements; provides for aggregated net metering of electricity consumption related to properties owned by certain governmental bodies and school districts.**
Establishes "Commission on College Tuition."
Criminalizes second or subsequent drunk driving offenses in certain cases.
Authorizes public institutions of higher education to establish textbook rental programs.
Reduces number of rooms necessary for historic hotel to receive liquor license.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
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.
Requires HMFA to expand participation in the NJ HomeKeeper Program.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.*
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits to businesses for purchase of certain alternative-power trucks.*
"Vegetation Management Response Act"; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure.*
Revises the definition of "public works projects" to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services outside the United States.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Creates exemption from certain MVC fees for prisoners of war.
Provides standards for home elevation contractors.
Establishes compensation program for State and juvenile corrections officers and parole officers injured while performing official duties.
Requires use of headlights on motor vehicles when motor vehicle is operated in an area of highway construction or repair.
Concerns employee leasing companies and unemployment compensation.
In committee · 132
Revises child pornography law.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and harassment under certain circumstances.
Increases and clarifies permissible categories of fees chargeable by residential mortgage lenders and brokers.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7,000,000 to DOE to reinstate nonpublic technology initiative aid.
Creates "New Jersey Senior Labor Task Force."
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use E-Verify program.
Prohibits use of volunteer driving activities in underwriting for private passenger automobile insurance; revises charitable immunity statute as applied to volunteer drivers.
Requires the incorporation of solar panels in design and construction of new public school facilities.
"Pharmacy Quality Improvement and Error Prevention Act."
Prohibits certain agencies from establishing checkpoints limited to specific vehicle types.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Requires boards of education to provide civics instruction in elementary and middle school grades and requires DOE to provide funding to enhance civics instruction.
Establishes task force to study issues facing returning members of the United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard and make recommendations on how State should address issues.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Prohibits businesses that outsource jobs overseas from receiving State contracts or grants; prohibits investment of State funds in such businesses.
Establishes "New Jersey Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns.
Requires NJ Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program to give additional weight in ranking system to projects including green or blue roofs.
Requires construction of new buildings, facilities, and structures using State, EDA, or NJ Schools Development Authority funds to include green or blue roofs.
Establishes program to provide financial assistance towards installation of blue roofs and green roofs; authorizes use of Global Warming Solutions Fund for certain such purposes.
Prohibits imposition of the corporation business tax on certain foreign corporations that only store personal property in this State incident to its importation.
Requires assisted living residences and comprehensive personal care homes to ensure connection of emergency cords in residential units to facility staff.
Directs BPU to establish online process for submission of required documents by BPU regulated and licensed entities.
"New Jersey College Student and Parent Consumer Information Act"; requires each four-year public institution of higher education to provide on its website certain information regarding its costs, faculty, and graduation rates.
Directs installation of electric vehicle charging stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Extends the statute of limitations for certain sexual abuse cases.
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
Allows credit against corporation business tax equal to 50 percent of fair market value of new computer equipment donated to public or nonpublic school.
Requires in public schools instruction on the contributions of United States veterans and the observance of patriotic exercises on certain holidays.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Provides gross income tax credit for interest paid on certain student loans.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for attendance at New Jersey county colleges.
Encourages purchase of NJ solar panels and wind turbines for State projects and State-funded projects.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Creates grant program for newly established small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Creates matching grant program for small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Provides updated procedures for disposition of State surplus computers and certain other electronic devices designated for redistribution, sale, or disposal.
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Establishes pilot project to permit overseas and military voters to vote in certain elections using Internet; makes an appropriation.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Establishes gross income tax credit for cost of certain postage for sending goods to members of United States Armed Forces and National Guard who are serving their country away from home.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Establishes a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during a qualified period.
Establishes procedures for districts, municipalities, or voters to opt to move the annual school election to November and eliminates vote on school budgets for such districts, except for separate proposals to spend above cap.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Requires all new State buildings to have solar or geothermal energy systems, where feasible.
Establishes school chemical management program; appropriates $90,000.
Permits labor peace agreements in projects in which public entities have proprietary interests.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
Permits certain sheriffs to enforce truck weight limits.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Permits historic motor vehicles to be used for pleasure driving one day per week.
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."
Exempts senior homeowners from municipal building permit fees.
Requires causes of driver inattention to be noted in traffic accidents.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of certain electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
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.
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.
Guarantees each municipality, at a minimum, Fiscal Year 2010 distribution of Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid in State Fiscal Year 2012.
Extends eligibility for total property tax exemption to 100% disabled Cold War veterans; requires State to reimburse municipality for local tax revenue loss.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes Council on Affordable Housing.
Requires each county to establish and maintain veterans' service office.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Excludes from gross income under the gross income tax certain United States military compensation paid to members of units of the NJ National Guard and reserve components of the United States Armed Forces.
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
The "Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Establishes public-private alternative fueling station pilot program and requires DOT to conduct study.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of fuel cell vehicles.
Establishes public-private pilot program for level 3 electric vehicle charging stations.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of compressed natural gas vehicles.
Requires high school driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include aggressive driving information.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Supplemental appropriation of $38 million in State and federal funding to DHSS to fund nursing homes.
Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of National Guard members.
Requires boards of education to provide certain nutritional information for food and beverage items offered for sale in school cafeterias.
Creates New Jersey Business Action Center.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Clarifies that publication of all county ordinances may be by title and summary.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than 4% over the prior academic year.
Authorizes property tax deferment for deployed military personnel.
Provides gross income tax deduction for health care plan costs.
Establishes grant program to rehabilitate veterans' organizations posts; appropriates $300,000.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
Appropriates $3.963 million from General Fund to DOE for nonpublic nursing services aid.
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.
Provides a NJHOPE credit, increases the current gross income tax homestead property tax credit, and increases the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1,000,000.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Requires municipality to post sign on property subject of development application.
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 24 hours.
Permits levy cap exclusion for certain monies expended by local unit for shared services.
Provides matching grant program for local governments to facilitate energy efficiency and conservation of resources in public buildings; appropriates $50 million.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
The "Retrofitted Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Exempts certain qualified applicants for commercial driver's licenses from fingerprinting and criminal history record background check.
Increases campus security by allowing institutions of higher education to offer partial tuition credit to police officers enrolled at the institution who agree to be on duty while attending classes.
Permits establishment of municipal employee early retirement incentive programs.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Requires certain entities to be equipped with generators and allows those entities to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of generators.
Provides sales and use tax rebate for certain purchases made by, or on behalf of, individuals and small businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy.
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.
Requires suspension of pay of local elected officials during period between indictment and conviction for certain offenses involving moral turpitude.
Provides grants to homeowners for certain flood damage relief sustained from Hurricane Irene; appropriates $5 million.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
"Emergency Information Access Act"; requires utility service providers to report severe weather and emergency related service; directs utility service providers and State Office of Emergency Management to present reported information online and via telep
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Requires electric and gas public utilities to file maps and information concerning utility infrastructure to municipal emergency management personnel.
Directs Attorney General to develop plan to disseminate Amber and Silver Alert information through social media.
Prohibits municipalities from charging interest on unpaid property taxes for 30 days after payment is due following hurricane or other catastrophic weather event.
Provides State, county, municipal, and school district contracts for professional services will be awarded pursuant to competitive contracting process.
Revises "Overseas Residents Absentee Voting Law" to mirror federal law; permits overseas voters to vote in any election; permits use of federal write-in absentee ballot to vote, register or request ballot for all elections.
Establishes Job Opportunity Benefit Program to provide tax credits to certain businesses having large number of employees in the State.
Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act."
Requires insurers to cover comprehensive ultrasound breast screening or other screening services if a mammogram demonstrates certain dense breast tissue, and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.
Allows gross income tax deductions for certain contributions to NJBEST college tuition savings program.
Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
Limits enforcement of certain employment contracts of individuals eligible for unemployment compensation.
Establishes compensation program for State, county, and juvenile corrections officers and parole officers injured while performing official duties.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that the prevailing wage will be paid.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
Exempts veterans and members of military from boat license and registration fees under certain circumstances.
Concerns alternate methods of wage payment.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.