Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
John DiMaio
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly2
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
Establishes program authorizing lease of historic buildings and structures in State parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.
In committee61
Requires use of highest appraisal value as offer price for Green Acres and farmland preservation programs.
Prohibits DEP from imposing conditions on projects exempt from "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Authorizes local law enforcement officers to inspect trucks.
Provides for awarding of certain costs to defendants who prevail in DEP enforcement actions.
Requires State compensation of property owners for certain property devalued due to certain environmental laws; and requires State agencies to evaluate proposed administrative rules for potential to constitute taking of real property.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey - Local Open Space and Farmland Acquisition.
Repeals gross receipts and use taxes on retail sales of fur clothing.
Requires boards of education to provide more detailed information on compensation of school district employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements.
Authorizes certain non-emergency mutual agreements between municipalities for law enforcement purposes.
Limits hospital charges for care provided to county inmates at county correctional facilities to Medicaid rate.
Exempts certain municipalities from payment for certain State Police services.
Prohibits county agency from arranging for emergency shelter services to be provided in different county, unless counties agree.
Authorizes business entities to designate representatives in court proceedings without the necessity for representation by an attorney.
Grants county governing body final authority to determine expenditures for courtroom facilities.
Establishes a limited education grant program for certain school districts sending pupils to a district that is experiencing overcrowding in its school facilities.
Allows students eligible for kindergarten enrollment in the subsequent school year to enroll in a choice district without prior enrollment in the sending district.
Requires family of juvenile in county detention center to reimburse county.
Provides that budget cap adjustment for the opening of a new school facility may be taken over several budget years in certain circumstances.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires DOT to provide for removal of deer carcasses from county and municipal roads; appropriates $730,000.
Clarifies that BB guns are not firearms under New Jersey law.
Limits the transportation costs of school districts sending students to county vocational school districts located outside the county of residence.
Requires notification of certain domestic violence victims through the Victim Information and Notification Everyday System (VINE).
Eliminates separate presidential primary election; provides delegates and alternates to national conventions of political parties will be elected at regular June primary election.
Requires executive county superintendent of schools to review all proposed contracts for goods or services of school districts with State support ratio of 70% or greater.
Adjusts thresholds under the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) that trigger State intervention in school districts and requires appointment of State fiscal monitor in districts with a certain State aid support ratio.
Designates bison as agricultural livestock.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Authorizes reimbursement for EMT training from EMT Training Fund for certain volunteer firefighters.
Repeals law permitting project labor agreements.
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Allows commercial farmer to recover reasonable costs and attorney fees of defending against unreasonable complaints under "Right to Farm Act."
Prohibits public utilities from recovering certain charges from customers.
Requires accountability of NJSPCA and county societies for prevention of cruelty to animals to Attorney General and county prosecutors, respectively.
Changes membership of, and election process for, NJSPCA board of trustees.
Provides tort claims immunity to certain State volunteer workers.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Permits local taxing district to refund overpayments of property tax monies paid more than three years ago in certain circumstances.
Revises law concerning disposition of assets of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that has dissolved or has had its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended.
Authorizes unemployment benefits for shared work programs.
Removes imposition of sales tax on massage, bodywork and somatic services.
Permits DEP air quality regulation of certain outdoor wood burning units only in response to complaint.
Establishes special license plates for veterans.
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
Permits free municipal library funding to be based on actual requirements instead of fixed statutory tax rate.
Repeals law allowing PERS member to retire with PERS pension and continue to receive salary for current PERS-covered elective office.
Provides one-third of motor vehicle fine moneys generated through State Police issued tickets go to municipality where violation occurred.
Requires school districts to inform the parent or guardian of a student recommended to use certain medications of the possible side effects and potential negative consequences of those medications.
Authorizes probationary license holders to exceed passenger restrictions under certain circumstances.
Repeals law that prohibits school boards from imposing terms and conditions of employment.
Removes statutory requirements concerning salaries for certain county officers.
Concerns collective negotiations for school employees; repeals law prohibiting school boards from imposing terms and conditions of employment.
Authorizes formation of State college risk management groups and joint liability funds.
Permits wineries to produce and sell certain distilled alcoholic beverages.
Exempts agricultural driver's licensees from certain graduate driver law restrictions when operating farm equipment and vehicles.
Authorizes an institution of higher education to initiate a new program without the approval of the Commission on Higher Education that might otherwise be required if the program is not supported by State funds.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Extends certain PERS benefits to veterans of "Operation Uphold Democracy".
Prohibits a public institution of higher education from using State funds to pay a commencement speaker.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
The "Retail Establishment Check Cashers Act"; establishes license for retail establishments to cash checks for fees.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Establishes a permanent Interdistrict Public School Choice Program.
Extends expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres and farmland preservation programs from 2009 to 2014 for lands in Highlands Region.
Lengthens service life of certain school buses to 15 years.
Prohibits certain private transfer fees and imposes disclosure requirements.
Establishes State Mental Health Facilities Evaluation Task Force.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Passed the General Assembly · 2
Reestablishes historic driving privileges afforded holders of agricultural driver's licenses in operating farm equipment and vehicles.
The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act," alters State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and CATV companies.
Out of committee · 12
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Appropriates $17.45 million in 1992 and 2003 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects and $1.371 million in 1992 bond act monies to fund State dam restoration projects. *
Makes various changes concerning payments to public employees for unused sick leave, sick leave injury in State service, and PERS and TPAF disability retirement.
Appropriates $1,279,941 from various historic preservation funds to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Creates crime of threatening the life of certain animals.
Authorizes formation of State college risk management groups and joint liability funds.
Provides unemployment insurance benefits for shared work programs; requires Department of Labor and Workforce Development report.
Appropriates $84,495,199 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $10,250,780 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund and 2007 Historic Preservation Fund to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects, and appropriates $600,000 from "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" for associated administrative
Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $23 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $8.831 million 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.
In committee · 44
Provides for philosophical exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Grants county planning board power to review site plans for land development affecting county roads.
Prohibits electric public utilities from cutting or removing agricultural items located on certain right-of-way easements on private property.
Requires physicians to provide patients opportunity to undergo obstetrical ultrasound or sonogram within 48 hours of performing abortion.
Permits use of deadly force against black bears in certain cases.
Authorizes municipalities that petition for or receive substantive certification pursuant to the "Fair Housing Act" to make certain affordable housing units available on a preferential basis to certain eligible persons.
Prohibits use of public funds for embryonic stem cell research.
Authorizes black bear hunting permits and permit fees, and clarifies Fish and Game council authority over bear hunting.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain informed consent from parents or guardians of minors for certain medications with "black box warning."
Decreases membership of county boards of taxation to 2004 level.
Establishes motor vehicle registration for street rods and custom motor vehicles.
Clarifies current law regarding noisy motor vehicle muffler; establishes penalty for commercial motor vehicle operators.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for income earned by completing qualified energy efficient and renewable energy job training.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
Prohibits wrongful life/birth suits.
"Family Home Occupation Act;" classifies certain home-occupations as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing or retailing activities.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Establishes special license plates to fund certain programs for pregnant women.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside.
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Eliminates COAH requirement that municipality obtain initial plan endorsement from the State Planning Commission to retain substantive certification.
Permits regional contribution agreements through COAH bank; permits units transferred to be counted toward recipient municipality's fair share obligation.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Revises certain exemptions to "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Requires municipal governing bodies and boards of education to provide sufficient time for all requested public comment at open public meetings.
Requires public referendum prior to issuance of general obligation bonds by local units.
Requires proof of lawful presence in the United States to obtain certain benefits.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Exempts contracting units who use cooperative purchasing agreements or cooperative pricing systems from price adjustments in local public contracts for asphalt cement and fuel.
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Tri-County Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Establishes NJ Water Supply and Pharmaceutical Product Study Commission.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax.
Provides for access to adoptee's original birth certificate under certain circumstances.
Amends law concerning conversion of age-restricted communities to define substantial detriment and makes other clarifications.