Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Erik Peterson
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly2
Clarifies that first aid, ambulance or rescue squads, as entities, have immunity from civil damages in certain circumstances.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Out of committee1
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Tri-County Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
In committee34
Requires builders of new homes to provide owners with building plans.
Clarifies DCA's authority to ensure planned real estate development builders comply with disclosure requirements.
Requires developer under "The Planned Real Estate Full Disclosure Act" to post bond with DCA and provides for more accountability to owners in common interest community.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
Clarifies current law regarding noisy motor vehicle muffler; establishes penalty for commercial motor vehicle operators.
Clarifies and strengthens disclosure requirements for certain complimentary tickets received by candidates, officeholders, political party officials, political committees and continuing political committees.
Authorizes the Legislative Counsel in the Office of Legislative Services to accept proper and sufficient service of process on behalf of the State Legislature when either or both Houses are named defendants in any legal proceeding.
Changes date for election of fire district commissioners from third Saturday in February to day of general election.
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.
Moves school, fire district and certain municipal elections to date of nonpartisan municipal elections.
Directs State public issuer of obligations to use competitive bidding process when investing proceeds from such obligations.
Prohibits contributions by administrator of Type II school district to candidates for member of district's school board; restricts employment by Type II school district of contributors to election campaign of member of district's school board.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.
Concerns debarment of contractors for conviction of certain computer-related crimes.
Requires foreign corporations providing electronic communication services or remote computing services to comply with New Jersey subpoenas, court orders and search warrants.
Revises child pornography law.
Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public institutions of higher education.
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes.
Requires certain conditions affecting application for development or zoning variance to be recorded with municipality and county.
Requires savings from recent changes in PERS and TPAF to ease unfunded liability of those systems.
Allows New Jersey S corporations to elect to transfer corporation business tax credits to shareholders to apply against the shareholders' gross income tax liability.
Requires municipal governing bodies and boards of education to provide sufficient time for all requested public comment at open public meetings.
Requires local unit to make adopted budget available for inspection by public in office, without written request, and to make copies available at reasonable fee.
Allows victims and relatives to witness parole hearings.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Establishes net operating loss carryback deduction under corporation business tax.
Permits layoff plans as substitute for employment reconciliation plans for joint meetings or shared service agreements under certain circumstances.
Gives Director subpoena powers in administration of Division of Pensions and Benefits.
Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices, Superior Court Judges, Tax Court Judges, Administrative Law Judges, Workers' Compensation Judges and County Prosecutors from 70 to 75.
Exempts from sales and use tax sale of pet medications; designated as "Fritz's Law."
Designates corn as New Jersey State Grain.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement entities.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Tri-County Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Creates crime of threatening the life of certain animals; designated as Dano and Valder's Law.**
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
"Janet's Law"; requires public and nonpublic schools to have automated external defibrillators and to establish emergency action plans for responding to sudden cardiac events.*
"New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program Act;" establishes New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program and allows voluntary contributions on gross income tax returns to support homeless veterans.**
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Creates Veterans Haven North Council; renames current Veterans Haven Council to Veterans Haven South Council.
Allows nonpublic schools to participate in joint purchasing agreements entered into by two or more school districts.
Appropriates $38.5 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $16,250,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $4,083,320 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Codifies regulation exempting firearms records from State's open public records law. *
Appropriates $1,393,084 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Passed the General Assembly · 6
Concerns time frames for establishing or enforcing property rights related to adverse possession.**
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs; establishes that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug.*
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.*
Establishes that volunteer firemen appointed to paid positions are not required to be recertified in certain instances.
Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
Out of committee · 13
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
Provides immunity from civil liability to certain individuals who acquire or use an automated external defibrillator.
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Designates portion of U.S. Route 206 bypass in Hillsborough Township as "Peter J. Biondi Bypass."
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Reduces number of rooms necessary for historic hotel to receive liquor license.
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.
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
Appropriates $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 school districts to allow charter school students, county vocational school students, and students receiving equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school to participate in interscholastic sports programs on resident district's sports teams.
Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
In committee · 34
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Suspends pension of any retired public employee who resumes public employment with compensation more than $15,000.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Repeals all prevailing wage laws.
Eliminates minimum corporation business tax on New Jersey S corporations.
Authorizes the conferral of certain academic degrees by religious corporations.
Permits school districts to withdraw from civil service system by referendum or adoption of board of education resolution.
Allows only one PERS-covered position for PERS membership, contributions and service credit; provides for PERS designation of maximum compensation position among multiple positions held.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Prohibits certain drunk driver claims against licensed alcoholic beverage servers.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Extends time period for municipalities to commit to expend collected development fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children; appropriates $1,500,000 to Treasury.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students and students who attend charter schools to participate in interscholastic sports programs on resident district's sports teams.
Repeals traffic control signal monitoring system pilot program; prohibits future use of red light cameras in State.
Authorizes appointment of part-time county tax administrators.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Establishes Hunterdon-Somerset Flood Advisory Task Force.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Lengthens amber light at traffic signal with red light camera; sets penalty for failing to stop before turning right on red when detected by red light camera; implements half-second delay for red light camera violations.
Renames Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility as "William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility."
Amends Fiscal Year 2013 annual appropriations act to prohibit application of budget adjustment factor when determining Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain nursing facilities.
Prohibits public utility from filing rate increase petition under certain circumstances.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for development of Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to include information on life insurance plans in its student loan repayment information document.
Requires sharing of incarceration information between government agencies; prohibits certain benefits program payments to incarcerated individuals.
Filed · 1
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special horse racing permit for steeplechase races; allows wagering on such races.