Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Bob Smith
Sponsored
Became law5
Permits affordable housing occupancy preferences for veterans through municipal agreements with developer.*
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.***
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.
Makes certain changes to NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
Concerns closure of, and other activities at, certain landfills.
Vetoed4
Establishes notification signage, and monitoring requirements related to combined sewer overflows.*
Establishes forest stewardship program for State-owned lands.
Repeals law providing CAFRA permit exemption for certain grading or excavation of a dune.
Provides standards for, and requires registration of, home elevation contractors.*
Passed the Senate7
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear at artificial reef sites.*
Limits sale and manufacture of flame retardant chemical decabromodiphenyl ether.
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.
Permits compressed natural gas as fuel source to power school buses.
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.**
Concerns low emission and gas emission vehicles; establishes Clean Vehicle Task Force.
Out of committee23
"Carryout Bag Reduction and Recycling Act." *
Establishes "Solar Roof Installation Warranty Program" in EDA and transfers $2 million from societal benefits charge to initially fund program.*
Establishes temperature control guidelines and standards for school facilities.
"Ocean County Stormwater Management System Demonstration Act."
Authorizes Ocean County Planning Board and municipal planning boards in Ocean County to take certain measures to control stormwater runoff and nonpoint source pollution in Barnegat Bay watershed.
Revises "Electronic Waste Management Act."
Concerns calculation of value for conveyance of certain State-owned lands.
Establishes certain apprentice hunting licenses.
Establishes uniform alternative assessment for commercial renewable energy systems and limits municipal construction permit fees for non-commercial renewable energy systems. *
Requires, after study, DEP to adopt total maximum daily loads for Barnegat Bay ecosystem, and requires DEP to adopt nutrient standards for NJ marine waters.
Concerns combined sewer overflows; exempts improvements thereto from 2% property tax cap; requires certain permit holders address such overflows in capital improvement plans; and appropriates $5 million.
Clarifies definition of "on-site generation facility" in "Electric Discount Energy Competition Act" with regard to geographic contiguity with end use customers.*
Authorizes creation of stormwater utilities for certain local government entities.
Establishes Clean Car Commission.
The "Preserve New Jersey Act of 2013"; implements constitutional dedication of sales tax revenue for preservation of open space, including lands that protect water supplies and flood prone areas, farmland, and historic properties.*
Provides limited exemption from development regulations to allow certain structures to be raised as high as the highest applicable flood elevation standard.**
Permits fifth and sixth class counties to assume control and responsibility for operation and maintenance of beaches bordering Atlantic Ocean unless control and responsibility are reserved by a municipality.*
Authorizes municipalities to finance water conservation, storm shelter construction, and flood and hurricane resistance projects.*
Establishes alternative energy portfolio standard and certificate program; provides financial incentives for certain standby generation.
Expands State's energy efficiency and renewable energy requirements.
Creates Office of Clean Energy in BPU.*
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.
Authorizes extension of time for completion of investigation of certain contaminated sites prior to DEP undertaking direct oversight.*
In committee29
Increases host community benefit for municipalities wherein solid waste transfer stations are located from fifty cents to one dollar per ton of solid waste processed at such facilities.
Clarifies that "airsoft" guns are firearms.
Establishes crime of removing federally required orange tip from toy gun; establishes crime of disguising a firearm by adding an orange muzzle tip.
Imposes water consumption and diversion user fees to fund open space and farmland preservation projects.
Requires BPU to offer similar incentives to residents purchasing certain oil heating equipment as are offered to residents purchasing certain natural gas heating equipment.
Authorizes educational services commissions to purchase goods or services through nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement.
Requires the State and local contracting units to purchase biodiesel or biodiesel blended fuel manufactured in NJ.
Requires water purveyors to develop and implement a drought interconnection system.
Requires development and implementation of mitigation plans for radon contamination in certain child care centers; requires DOE to develop such plans for child care centers operating in public schools, request funding, and implement plans when funded.
Establishes governance structure for county administrative school districts.
Revises the definitions of Class I renewable energy and renewable energy certificate under the Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act.
Authorizes sale of certain property interests in public roads by local governments to connect certain electric generating facilities with customers; provides for net metering, virtual net metering and connections by public utility.
Revises definition of class I renewable energy to include energy produced by certain geothermal heat pumps.
"Telecommunications-Cable Television Deregulation Ensuring Consumer Protection Act"; revises State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and cable television companies.
Concerns calculation of value for conveyance of certain State-owned lands.
Amends law concerning application, sale, and use of fertilizer to exempt organic fertilizer from certain requirements.
Permits certain deer control activities; prohibits deer feeding; and establishes check-off donation on hunting license applications to support venison donation program.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Provides for $5 million rebate program for purchase and installation of residential compressed natural gas vehicle fueling stations and electric vehicle charging stations using funds from societal benefits charge.
Directs CATV companies to provide energy efficient CATV converter boxes to customers.
Clarifies application of business personal property tax on local exchange telephone companies that were subject to tax as of April 1, 1997.
Provides exemption for commercial and institutional solid waste generators from source separation requirements of municipal recycling ordinances if recyclable materials are otherwise recycled pursuant to certain conditions and requirements.
The "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2013," authorizes bonds for $400 million; appropriates $5,000.
Requires hazard mitigation plan element in municipal master plan; appropriates $95,000.
Permits municipalities to enter into shared service agreement for tax assessment.
Permits alternate members of county planning boards to vote in place of any absent public member.
Provides sales and use tax exclusion for charges for student parking provided by certain colleges and universities.
Provides matching grant program for local governments to facilitate energy efficiency and conservation of resources in public buildings; appropriates $50 million.
Allows use of master meter system in residential dwellings under certain conditions.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran. *
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Designates portion of U.S. Route 206 bypass in Hillsborough Township as "Peter J. Biondi Bypass."
Vetoed · 1
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Passed the Senate · 2
The "Adopt a Stormwater Management Basin Act." *
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings.*
Out of committee · 5
Establishes pilot program in DEP for chemical cleanouts in schools.
Authorizes certified celebrants to solemnize marriages and civil unions.
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.*
Provides certain exemptions from sales and use tax for compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas or propane fueled vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and for equipment used for refueling or recharging certain vehicles.*
Establishes pediatric respite care program licensure requirements.
In committee · 8
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of a charter school.
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.
Provides for $5 million grant program encouraging compressed natural gas fueling stations and electric charging stations.
Expands definition of "acquisition," for purposes of county and municipal open space trust funds, to include demolition, removal of debris, and restoration of lands being acquired.
Concerns closure of Fenimore Landfill in Roxbury Twp., Morris County.
The "Emergency Disaster Relief Act of 2013"; appropriates $100 million.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."