Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Wayne P. DeAngelo
Sponsored
Became law12
Eliminates DOT approval of municipal traffic calming measures in business districts.
Requires school business administrator to annually report to board of education on district contracts.*
Requires hiring preference for veterans seeking position with State Police.
Includes reverse rate evasion as form of insurance fraud and provides for civil and criminal penalties.
Requires DEP Commissioner to periodically study and make recommendations concerning blue roofs and green roofs.*
Enables collection of voluntary contributions for New Jersey Nonprofit Veterans Organizations through gross income tax returns.*
Requires Secretary of State create e-mail notification system alerting when US and State flags flown at half-staff.
Requires UI employer contribution reports and remittances be submitted to the Division of Revenue.
Requires BPU to provide links to pricing information to customers from electric and gas public utilities, and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.*
Requires BPU to establish procedures allowing electric power and gas supplier customers to switch energy suppliers.
Imposes contract standards between customers and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.
Expands timeframe for renewal of driver's license, registration, and inspection by military personnel and immediate family members under certain circumstances.*
Vetoed5
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 NJ Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program to give additional weight in ranking system to projects including green or blue roofs.
Requires development of fact sheet about bedbugs to be posted on the Department of Education's website.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Study Commission."
Requires BPU to render decision on case within 12 months of final public hearing or hold another public hearing prior to deciding case.
Passed the General Assembly10
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
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.
Requires certain CATV companies to provide free Internet access to public libraries.*
Directs Attorney General to develop plan to disseminate Amber and Silver Alert information through social media.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to evaluate NJT fare increases and determine whether increases are necessary and fair to NJT customers.
Provides for replacement of incandescent light bulbs in public school buildings with energy-efficient light bulbs.*
Requires State to offer surplus State Police vehicles to certain volunteer fire and emergency service organizations.
Concerns certain employer reporting requirements.*
Establishes Military and Defense Economic Ombudsman in Department of State.*
Out of committee19
Provides general election, primary, and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Directs the Division of Taxation to produce instructional materials on the appropriate gross income tax treatment of certain deferred compensation plans.
Requires MVC to issue motor vehicle placard to certain veterans and waives meter fees.*
Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from payment of municipal parking meter fees when their vehicles bear a disabled veteran's or Purple Heart license plate or placard issued by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.*
Prohibits municipality from imposing special assessment for curb repair in certain circumstances.
Requires construction of certain new buildings, facilities, and structures using State, EDA, or NJ Schools Development Authority funds to include green or blue roofs.*
Requires Department of the Treasury to collect for overpayment of UI benefits.
Designates September 11 each year "September 11 Remembrance Day" in New Jersey.
Permits local unit to contract with private entities to lease advertising space on local unit's official Internet website.
Provides for withholding of State payments to vendors for delinquent unemployment and disability taxes and charging administrative fees to the vendors.*
Concerns DOLWD personnel access to unemployment claims receipt and processing system.
Requires motor vehicle inspection stickers to notify drivers of penalty for texting while driving.
Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Requires MVC to check Social Security Administration records and mark deceased individuals in MVC database once per month.
Establishes New Jersey Military Skills Council.
Provides preference to certain employers applying for workforce development grants.
Facilitates coordination of land use planning between civilian and military interests to preserve viability of federal military installations within State.
Directs DOLWD to provide information regarding employee leave and benefit rights.
Permits local units of government to enter into shared services agreements with federal military installations located in the State.
In committee67
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses paying a salary differential to National Guard members or reservists on active duty.
Removes decal requirement from graduated driver's license law; establishes new system for law enforcement to identify novice drivers.
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 reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Permits municipalities to use up to 15% of affordable housing trust fund monies to provide financial assistance grants to owners of real property that sustained certain weather-related damage.
Requires State Building Authority to make certain payments in lieu of taxes for public safety facilities to municipalities; makes appropriation.
Provides that probationary license holder may transport siblings in addition to dependents and one additional passenger.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Establishes liability for harm caused by defective trees.
Requires cell phone warranties to last throughout initial service contract.
Revises sales and use tax treatment of garbage removal services.
Concerns installation and maintenance of solar panels in common interest communities.
Requires Council on Affordable Housing to adjust municipal fair share to reflect job loss in a municipality.
Limits job creation estimation under previous COAH regulations for warehousing activities.
Permits construction workers to file a lien against the owner of real property under "Construction Lien Law."
Extends prevailing wage requirements to certain for-sale housing projects.
Concerns apprenticeship programs and other standards for public works contractors.
Provides exclusive jurisdiction to PERC for certain unfair labor practice claims.
Allows issuing of stop-work orders for failure to pay prevailing wage.
Prohibits practice of requiring credit check as condition of employment.
Provides corporation business tax credit for certain New Jersey news, weather, and sports content production expenses.
Requires 30-day grace period prior to accrual of interest on late water and sewer bill payments.
Requires requestor pick up government records within 10 business days of availability.
Requires all campaign contributions to be reported to ELEC.
Exempts from real property taxation during construction any building, or portion thereof, to be used for a property tax-exempt purpose.
Establishes Sex Offender Management Commission; amends Megan's Law in response to federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Provides consumer protections under certain telecommunications service provider contracts.
Establishes "Solar Equipment Purchase and Installation Assistance Program" in NJ EDA.
Limits rescheduling, cancelation, and no-show fees providers of health care services may charge in certain instances.
Creates grant program for municipalities to establish Light of the Missing; appropriates $100,000.
Invalidates consumer contracts which require a waiver of right to file a consumer complaint.
Provides corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle charging stations.
Prohibits businesses that outsource jobs overseas from receiving State contracts or grants; prohibits investment of State funds in such businesses.
Limits caseload of parole officers who monitor sex offenders to 40.
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 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.
Provides explicit authorization for the Schools Development Authority to use the design/build/operate/maintain procurement model for school facilities projects.
Authorizes special Combat Action Badge license plate program.
Requires telephone utility to temporarily suspend local exchange telephone service for up to six continuous months when requested by residential customer; allows customer to keep telephone number when resuming service.
Directs BPU to require certain energy businesses to maintain recordings of telemarketing sales calls for three years.
Provides civil service preference to military service members who did not serve in theater of operation but received campaign or expedition medal.
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Requires NJ Energy Star Homes Program incentives be available Statewide.
Provides for licensing of pool and spa service contractors, and pool and spa builders and installers.
Establishes certain requirements for 9-1-1 public safety answering points and public safety dispatch points.
Allows parent or guardian to be present during behind-the-wheel instruction of minor.
Requires certain CATV companies to provide Internet service at public libraries with business customer class Internet access bandwidth and circuit capacity proportional to public libraries' needs.
Establishes uniform rates for water and sewer services for residential use based exclusively on metered consumption.
Provides incentives for certain businesses associated with military installations.
Requires NJT to hold public hearing and provide notice prior to any curtailment of certain bus and rail services.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from payment of municipal parking meter fees when their vehicles bear a disabled veteran's or Purple Heart license plate or placard issued by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.*
Provides for withholding of State payments to vendors for delinquent unemployment and disability taxes and charging administrative fees to the vendors.*
Concerns DOLWD personnel access to unemployment claims receipt and processing system.
Directs DOLWD to provide information regarding employee leave and benefit rights.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Directs New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to study and report on potential revenue generating services of rest areas and service plazas.*
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Permits child whose parent or guardian is ordered into active military service to remain enrolled in school district where child's parent or guardian resided prior to active military service.
Requires issuance of one free copy of a veteran's death certificate to certain authorized persons upon request.
Requires municipalities to exempt 100% disabled veterans from construction permit surcharge fees for improvements to promote living unit accessibility; appropriates $20,000 for municipal reimbursements.
Prohibits certain agencies from establishing checkpoints limited to specific vehicle types.
Requires elevators in new buildings be at least a certain size.
"Military Dependents Scholarship Fund Act"; provides college scholarships to the spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn.
Authorizes property tax deferment for deployed military personnel.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for active duty members of United States Armed Forces, Reserve components thereof, and National Guard from New Jersey.
Establishes certain requirements for hospitals regarding patient-designated caregivers.
Establishes procedure for consolidating fire districts.
Concerns authority of DOLWD to inspect prevailing wage public work projects.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to disseminate certain information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work.
Concerns property taxes due and owing on real property damaged or destroyed during, or as the result of, a natural disaster when a state of emergency is declared by the Governor. *
Allows military personnel and veterans to present certain identifying documents in lieu of municipal beach tags to gain admission to certain beaches.
Allows reemployment by school district of TPAF retiree as coach of athletic activity when compensation is under $10,000.
Amends definition of "Class II renewable energy."
Requires DMVA to encourage and facilitate returning service members' registration with VA.*
Creates financial planning assistance program for disabled veterans and their caregivers.
Increases income eligibility cap to receive respite care for certain veterans.*
Extends for one year expiration date of certain permits pursuant to "Permit Extension Act of 2008." *
Requires certain notifications for termination of services to persons with developmental disabilities and providers.
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.
Extends use of stored driver's license picture for person undergoing chemotherapy or other treatment for certain medical illnesses.
Vetoed · 7
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that the prevailing wage will be paid.
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Extends by two months seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license.
Passed the General Assembly · 23
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.*
Exempts veterans' organizations from nonprofit corporation annual report filing fee.
Codifies AG recommendations for issuing Amber Alert when family member abducts child.
Prohibits automatic renewal of service contracts.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.*
Imposes moratorium on DHS transitions and transfers of certain individuals with developmental disabilities to new residential placements until certain conditions are met. *
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to the families of NJ troops overseas.
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Regulates mailed manufacturer's rebates.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to study prevalence, cost, and quality of certain on-line courses compared to traditional classroom courses offered by institutions of higher education.*
Requires disclosure of breach of security of online account.
Expands military leave benefits for certain public officers and employees subject to proof of servive. *
Requires DOLWD to permit veterans and other groups to apply for UI benefits online.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Requires annual notice of assessment on property to contain bolded notice of filing deadline for appeal.
Requires DOE to create military-connected student identifier for inclusion in student-level database.
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.*
Requires employers and health care institutions to disseminate information regarding certain leave and benefits.*
Establishes Small Business Unit and Small Business Task Force within Business Action Center in Department of State.
Requires NJT to limit fare increases under its discount program for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and college students; designated as "Fare Affordability and Ridership Empowerment (FARE) Act."
"Transparency, Responsibility, and Accountability for New Surcharges and Increases in Ticketing (T.R.A.N.S.I.T.) Act"; increases number of public hearings NJT is required to hold prior and subsequent to fare increase or change or abandonment of service.
Out of committee · 54
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Authorizes hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Establishes pilot project to permit voters in military service on active duty overseas, and their eligible family members, to vote in certain elections using the Internet; makes appropriation.*
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Concerns prompt payment of construction contracts.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Authorizes school district hiring preference for veterans.
Creates "New Jersey Life Sciences Internship Challenge" program.
Requires high school driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include aggressive driving information.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Requires local recreation departments, youth serving organizations, and camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.*
Exempts senior homeowners from municipal building permit fees.
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in certain portfield sites.
Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Designates State Route 173 between Clinton and Phillipsburg as "173rd Airborne Brigade Highway."
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature. *
"New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act;" provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans.
Prohibits employment discrimination based on applicant employment status.
Gives priority in training programs to long-term unemployed.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to commercial mobile service devices.
Establishes "Higher Education Manufacturing Grant Program" for public institutions of higher education to establish or expand programs in manufacturing fields.
Creates the New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council.
Concerns access to records of wages for prevailing wage public work projects.
Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires disclosures by businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance.**
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Debars permanently from government contracting any person convicted of certain crimes involving government contracts.
Requires DCA to post on its website information about inspection reports for residential health care facilities, boarding homes, and emergency shelters for the homeless, and requires notifications to DHS and counties.*
Requires Commissioner of DCA to promulgate rules and regulations providing for veterans' affordable housing assistance preference.*
Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use certain products manufactured in US.
Requires Deleware River Port Authority to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires Delaware River and Bay Authority to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Establishes Class I renewable energy certificate multiplier program for certain energy production facilities fueled by methane.
Concerns attorney fees for workers' compensation awards.
Creates Task Force on Construction Industry Workplace Safety and Health.
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.*
Extends "Overdose Prevention Act" immunity provisions to certain professionals and professional entities, and permits needle exchange programs to obtain standing order for opioid antidote dispensation.*
Authorizes establishment of three pilot recovery alternative high schools that provide high school education and substance dependency plan of recovery to test the effectiveness of this model.*
Concerns street light outage reporting.
Requires AG oversight of transfer of federal surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies; establishes review and reporting requirement.
Designates State Highway Route No. 35 bridge between Brielle and Point Pleasant Beach as "Veterans of All Wars Memorial Bridge."
Requires State to use certain energy-efficient outdoor lighting fixtures.
Permits municipalities and municipal parking authorities to create Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program.
Permits BPU to approve qualified wind energy project; requires BPU to provide application periods for those projects.*
Establishes requirements for training programs for homemaker-home health aides in care of patients with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.*
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure.*
Requires modernization of DCA website to establish one-stop shop for redevelopers.
Appropriates $4,750,000 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Directs Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute, Office of Information Technology, NJ Edge.Net Inc., and New Jersey Big Data Alliance to develop advanced cyberinfrastructure strategic plan; appropriates $150,000.
Allows businesses due to receive grant under Business Employment Incentive Program to receive tax credit instead of grant.
In committee · 159
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
Concerns alternate methods of wage payment.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Exempts individuals with certain types of military service from certain professional and occupational fees and continuing education requirements.
Reduces number of rooms necessary for historic hotel to receive liquor license.
Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
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.
Requires certain entities to be equipped with generators and allows those entities to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of generators.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Establishes a grant program for school districts to establish substance abuse prevention programs for eighth grade students.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes Council on Affordable Housing.
Revises child pornography law.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Requires Secretary of State to establish secure Internet website for online voter registration; authorizes use of digitized signatures from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission's database.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of certain compressed natural gas vehicles.
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.
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
"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.
"Vegetation Management Response Act"; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure.
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.
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.
Requires school district hiring preference for veterans for school security positions.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
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.
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.
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.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Requires suspension of pay of local elected officials during period between indictment and conviction for certain offenses involving moral turpitude.
Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act."
Allows gross income tax deductions for certain contributions to NJBEST college tuition savings program.
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.
Appropriates $3.963 million from General Fund to DOE for nonpublic nursing services aid.
Allows credit against corporation business tax equal to 50 percent of fair market value of new computer equipment donated to public or nonpublic school.
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.
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.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Provides gross income tax credit for interest paid on certain student loans.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
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.
Establishes alternative distributed energy generating requirement; provides financial incentives for certain alternative distributed energy generating facilities.
Requires all new State buildings to have solar or geothermal energy systems, where feasible.
Requires in public schools instruction on the contributions of United States veterans and the observance of patriotic exercises on certain holidays.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Requires BPU to conduct biennial rate cases for public utilities; increases penalties for public utilities failing to comply with BPU orders.
Creates exemption from certain MVC fees for prisoners of war.
Establishes special license plates to bring awareness to breast cancer.
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 elect
Requires causes of driver inattention to be noted in traffic accidents.
Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
Provides primary and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services outside the United States.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
The "Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
The "Retrofitted Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations.
Revises the period of time required for a State college faculty member to receive tenure.
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.
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."
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.
Exempts veterans and members of military from boat license and registration fees under certain circumstances.
Establishes the "Veterans Court Pilot Program."
Prohibits permanent change of child custody during period of active military service; provides that absence due to active military duty, by itself, is insufficient justification to modify a child custody or visitation order.
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 24 hours.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for attendance at New Jersey county colleges.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments not required under State or federal law.
Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.
Permits juveniles to be admitted to drug court program under certain circumstances.
Provides "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act" exemption, and clarifies municipal planning or zoning authority, for certain development along commercial corridors in Highlands Region.
Requires any POW-MIA flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in United States.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping for certain retired military personnel.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service, and their immediate family members.
Requires person convicted of criminal sexual contact with person with intellectual disability to register under Megan's Law.
"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 a
Clarifies that only products assembled in U.S. meet "Buy-American" standards of public contracts laws.
Provides corporation business tax and the gross income tax credits for insourcing business to New Jersey.
Authorizes design professionals to self-certify construction plans.
Reduces number of manufacturing jobs required to qualify for NJEDA financing and incentive programs.
Provides partial sales tax exemption for energy and utility service to certain manufacturers.
Permits EDA to provide financial assistance to businesses that relocate to NJ from sites in Asia.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Upgrades and expands crime of criminal mischief under certain circumstances.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Establishes publicly accessible Internet registry of offenders who cause bodily harm, or property theft or damage, against disabled persons, senior citizens, or veterans.
Modifies education requirement for licensure by the NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Directs installation of electric vehicle charging stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Establishes "Government Crowdfunding Act" to allow government entities to conduct fundraising for certain government projects.
Establishes "County Career Technical Education Annual Recognition Awards" to annually recognize best programs implemented by county vocational school districts.
Allows gross income tax deduction for certain donations to the Rutgers University Foundation.
Provides for reimbursement of security officer application and registration fees for applicants who meet certification requirements.
Requires display of State vehicle abuse hotline bumper stickers on all State vehicles.
Requires 10 percent bail; prohibits installment payments.
Allows primary caregiver of handicapped person and person with autism to apply for and use handicapped parking.
Reinstates State sick leave injury program for State employees who are members of PFRS or SPRS.
Lifts moratorium on new Business Employment Incentive Program grant awards and establishes "New Jersey Business Employment Incentive Program Task Force."
Requires school districts, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education to report allegations of sexual assault to law enforcement.
Requires electric public utilities to place distribution infrastructure underground if fully compensated by certain public hospitals and public institutions of higher education.
Provides courts with sentencing discretion for certain convictions concerning possession of a firearm.
Establishes veterans' preference for affordable housing in certain housing projects.
"New Jersey Sexual Assault Violence in Education Act"; requires institutions of higher education to adopt anti-sexual assault theater program, report allegations of sexual assault to county prosecutor, and provide students with information on sexual assau
Requires distribution of homestead benefits on or before October 31 of the State fiscal year during which an appropriation is made.
Provides additional State school aid to school districts experiencing enrollment increases due to conversion of age-restricted housing developments to non-restricted developments.
Revises requirements for signage indicating accessible facilities for people with disabilities.
Exempts disabled persons from the payment of municipal parking meter fees unless otherwise posted.
Prohibits snowplow operators from depositing snow in front of certain access points used by persons with disabilities.
Establishes NJ Commission on Irish and Irish-American Cultural and Educational Programs.
Requires Secretary of State to provide online voter registration up to 48 hours before election; authorizes use of digitized signatures from New Jersey MVC's database.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Creates civil service preference for peacetime veterans.
Provides corporation business tax credit for certain investment in broadband infrastructure in underserved communities.
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Establishes "Veterans Court Pilot Program in several counties."
Requires electric public utilities to install smart meters and associated infrastructure at the request of customer.
Revises homestead property tax reimbursement eligibility requirements for certain claimants relocating homesteads within the same municipality.
Provides credits under corporation business tax and gross income tax for qualified wages of certain disabled veterans.
Requires school districts to observe Veterans Day as school holiday.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.
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.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Requires DOE to include military-connected student identifier in student-level database; requires district inform teacher when military-connected student enrolls in class taught by teacher.
Requires hospital patient's medical record to include notation if patient has Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Requires persons convicted of sex offense in foreign countries to comply with Megan's Law.
Requires sex offenders to report internet identifiers and name changes.
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Provides job security to certain organ and bone marrow donors.
Provides preferences for certain businesses applying for workforce development grants.
Establishes defense against exclusionary zoning litigation seeking builder's remedy.
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education for dependents of certain veterans.
Makes various changes to tenure of faculty and other professional staff at State and county colleges.
Dedicates five percent of cigarette tax revenue to anti-smoking initiatives.
Allows NJ STARS and NJ STARS II scholarship recipients to maintain program eligibility in the event that medical condition prevents enrollment as full-time student.
Increases number of signatures required for petition of nomination for election to school board of education.
Establishes "Neighborhood Solar Energy Investment Program."
Requires four-year public institutions of higher education to have one veteran coordinator for every 200 veteran students; requires veteran coordinator to work with DMVA to ensure veterans have access to all available services.
Expands eligibility for property tax reimbursement program.
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Requires comparable level of services and supports to be provided to former residents of developmental centers transitioning to community placements and for placements to be located within 30 miles of closed centers.
Imposes moratorium on Returning Home New Jersey initiative and prohibits transfers from out-of-State placements under certain conditions.