Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
John DiMaio
Sponsored
Out of committee2
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
Allows commercial farmer to recover reasonable costs and attorney fees of defending against unreasonable complaints under "Right to Farm Act."
In committee43
Provides for philosophical exemption to mandatory immunizations.
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.
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.
Exempts certain municipalities from payment for certain State Police services.
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.
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.
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.
Authorizes reimbursement for EMT training from EMT Training Fund for certain volunteer firefighters.
Establishes program authorizing lease of historic buildings and structures in State parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.
Repeals law permitting project labor agreements.
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.
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.
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
Provides one-third of motor vehicle fine moneys generated through State Police issued tickets go to municipality where violation occurred.
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 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.
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.
Concerns collective negotiations for public institutions of higher education.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Transfers various personnel management functions from Department of Treasury to Civil Service Commission; transfers Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action from Department of Treasury to Civil Service Commission.
Provides for medical exemption from influenza vaccination based on allergy to any vaccine ingredient.
Provides additional State aid to, and increases tax levy growth limitation for, certain school districts experiencing significant increase in tuition costs, appropriates $1,719,000 from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to include information on life insurance plans in its student loan repayment information document.
Clarifies "knockout game" assault as third-degree aggravated assault; permits juvenile offender 14 years of age or older committing such assault to be tried as adult offender.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Creates crime of threatening the life of certain animals; designated as Dano and Valder's Law.**
Provides for indication of veteran status on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by MVC.*
Revises privileges of limited and restricted breweries.*
"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.**
Clarifies that criminal impersonation committed by any means, including electronic communications or Internet website, shall be subject to criminal penalties. **
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.
Provides for licensure of pediatric respite care facilities. *
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.
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special permit for horse racing on beach; allows wagering on such races.**
Modifies short-time unemployment benefit law.
Passed the General Assembly · 4
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
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.
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 · 19
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Tri-County Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
Reestablishes historic driving privileges afforded holders of agricultural driver's licenses in operating farm equipment and vehicles.
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.
Lieutenant Scott Jenkins' Law; creates certain new criminal offenses aimed at theft from carriers; amends theft statutes.*
Criminalizes second or subsequent drunk driving offenses in certain cases.
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.
Permits theaters with 250 seats or more to apply for liquor license. *
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 Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Eliminates requirement that full-time students at a county college in New Jersey maintain health insurance coverage.*
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.
Concerns assessment of penalties for certain fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits and requires recovered penalties deposited into unemployment compensation fund.
Permits contractor in certain construction contracts with State college to choose between a retainage deduction from monthly progress payments or depositing a bond; allows 2% retainage deduction of amount due on each partial payment.
In committee · 50
Prohibits sex offenders from entering school property.
Establishes the "New Jersey Right to Work Act"; prohibits payroll deduction of union dues from wages or salaries of public employees.
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.
Requires municipal governing bodies and boards of education to provide sufficient time for all requested public comment at open public meetings.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Requires physicians to provide patients opportunity to undergo obstetrical ultrasound or sonogram within 48 hours of performing abortion.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
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.
Eliminates prohibition against purchasing more than one handgun in calendar month.
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.
"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.
"Home-Based Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing, or retailing activities.
Revises certain exemptions to "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Exempts contracting units who use cooperative purchasing agreements or cooperative pricing systems from price adjustments in local public contracts for asphalt cement and fuel.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Creates Craft Distillery License to permit the manufacture of smaller amounts of distilled alcoholic beverages.
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Amends law concerning conversion of age-restricted communities to define substantial detriment and makes other clarifications.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Decreases membership of county boards of taxation to 2004 level.
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain informed consent from parents or guardians of minors for certain medications with "black box warnings."
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
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.
Allows qualifying counties and municipalities to become "agriculture development counties" and "agriculture development municipalities" and provides certain associated resulting benefits therefrom to encourage, protect, and preserve agriculture and relat
Extends time period for municipalities to commit to expend collected development fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units.
Permits counties to share county tax administrators.
Designates corn as New Jersey State Grain.
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.
Establishes Hunterdon-Somerset Flood Advisory Task Force.
Abolishes Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, transfers bridges to NJ DOT and Penn DOT, removes tolls.
Requires new electric distribution lines to be located or relocated underground wherever practicable.
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.
Permits county correctional facilities to seek reimbursement from inmate welfare fund for certain medical services provided in county jails.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for development of Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Enacts the "NJ Family First Employer Act"; establishes award for certain employers.
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a public servant, during a state of emergency, to use or make disposition of a public resource in an unauthorized manner with purpose to obtain a benefit for himself or another.
Requires each school district to offer a summer payment plan for school district employees.