Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Anthony M. Bucco
Sponsored
Became law1
Concerns requirements to report newly hired employees.
Passed the General Assembly1
Upgrades burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree; upgrades it to a crime of the first degree if committed while armed.
Out of committee1
Requires court to consider gang affiliation when making bail determinations.
In committee41
Makes various changes to civil service; permits institution of temporary layoffs; permits government entities to opt-out of civil service; requires civil service examinations be offered on continual basis.
Requires HIV testing for pregnant women and marriage license applicants.
Eliminates general purpose, supplemental and mansion realty transfer fees.
Prohibits public and independent institutions of higher education from admitting any student who is not a United States citizen or who does not hold lawful immigration status.
Requires impact statement for any proposed regulation affecting volunteer ambulance squads and fire companies.
Allows for certain variances, exemptions, and waivers under "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Restores the death penalty for persons who commit certain murders.
Authorizes Sunday bow hunting on federal military installations.
Revises certain exemptions to "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Repeals the New Jersey estate tax.
Requires public school districts to provide instruction on "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" as part of core curriculum content standards.
Makes various changes to civil service law concerning seasonal appointments, temporary layoffs, and rescinding adoption of civil service.
Limits right of appeal of disciplinary action taken by employer against certain public employees.
Allows gross income tax refunds to be credited against a taxpayer's delinquent local property taxes.
Exempts contracting units who use cooperative purchasing agreements or cooperative pricing systems from price adjustments in local public contracts for asphalt cement and fuel.
Individual's status as minor may not disqualify him from bone marrow donation if medical criteria and informed consent requirements are met.
Requires medical oxygen providers to notify fire department whenever they stop delivering oxygen to a local residence.
Permits municipalities to provide information on property tax bills concerning amount of local tax dollars saved through shared services.
Requires State agencies, when developing and proposing rules, to utilize approaches that will accomplish objectives of statutory law while minimizing adverse economic impact on municipalities.
Establishes public-private alternative fueling station pilot program.
Authorizes municipality to deliver property tax bills, construction permits, and receipts for payment via e-mail.
Exempts electric vehicle charging systems from real property taxation.
The "New Jersey Parental Rights Program Act."
Provides tax credits to companies contributing to loan and loan redemption program for residents who attend institutions of higher education in the State and work at such a company upon graduation.
Repeals Highlands planning and environmental permitting provisions of "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act," and amends various statutes to reflect repeal thereof.
Establishes DOT roadside memorial program for fallen police officers, EMS workers, and firefighters.
Establishes Lake Hopatcong Fund, dedicates $400,000 annually from certain power vessel operator license fees to the fund, and appropriates $400,000 for FY2012.
Extends time period for municipalities to commit to expend collected development fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units.
Prohibits residential development fees on reconstruction after natural disasters.
Establishes a grant program for school districts to establish substance abuse prevention programs for eighth grade students.
Increases penalties for injuring school crossing guard or student pedestrian in crosswalk.
Requires DCA to provide accounting of monies remitted to the "New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund" by municipality and allows for municipal affordable housing credit for funds remitted.
Eliminates one year residency requirement for certain civil action filings.
Establishes summary action to foreclose mortgages on vacant and abandoned residential property.
Designates "Sweet, Sweet New Jersey" as State song.
Abolishes Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, transfers bridges to NJ DOT and Penn DOT, removes tolls.
Increases penalties for illegal cigarette trafficking.
The "New Jersey Parental Rights and Property Tax Reduction Act."
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Prohibits workers' compensation reimbursement to certain entities for treatment paid on behalf of injured worker.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
"Kulesh and Kubert's, and Bolis Law;" establishes violation of hands-free cell phone law as reckless under vehicular homicide and assault by auto statutes.*
Alex DeCroce's Law; enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."
Requires Director of Division of Fire Safety to review preparation of local fire mutual aid plans and determine necessity of designated fire command structure.*
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Requires State pay educational costs of students who reside in domestic violence shelter or transitional living facility outside district of residence for more than one year.
Codifies protections set forth in certain case law and limits use of eminent domain under the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law."
"The New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013."**
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.
Vetoed · 1
"Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act"; eliminates criminal liability for persons who seek medical assistance in response to drug overdose. *
Passed the General Assembly · 6
Dedesignates portions of Route 24.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Requires debt collectors, in certain circumstances, to cease debt collections against certain victims of identity theft.
Clarifies that first aid, ambulance or rescue squads, as entities, have immunity from civil damages in certain circumstances.
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 · 16
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.*
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Requires medical oxygen providers to notify fire department whenever they stop delivering oxygen to a local residence.
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
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.*
Establishes summary action to foreclose mortgages on vacant and abandoned residential property.
Increases civil and criminal penalties involving unstamped and counterfeit cigarettes and cigarette smuggling and establishes crime involving transfers of counterfeit cigarettes.*
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.
Designates State Highway Route 53 as "Alex DeCroce Memorial Highway."
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring or interfering with a service animal or guide dog; designated as "Dusty's Law." *
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.
In committee · 57
Establishes the "New Jersey Right to Work Act"; prohibits payroll deduction of union dues from wages or salaries of public employees.
Establishes $100 to $500 fine for owner of animal which attacks, injures, or otherwise interferes with law enforcement animals, search and rescue dogs, or service dogs; designated as "Dusty's Law."
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Establishes new crimes concerning service dogs and upgrades crimes against certain other animals.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years.
Creates New Jersey Business Action Center.
Eliminates $500 minimum tax on New Jersey S corporations with New Jersey gross receipts less than $100,000 under Corporation Business Tax.
Eliminates prohibition against purchasing more than one handgun in calendar month.
Provides for no net loss of DEP lands for fishing, hunting, and trapping purposes.
Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct an oral recitation from the Declaration of Independence before the opening of school each day in grades 3-12; appropriates $10,000.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
The "New Jersey Self-Defense Law."
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
Provides civil immunity to licensed health care professionals who provide care at health care facilities for no compensation.
Requires Attorney General to defend certain local law enforcement officers.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Replaces TPAF, PERS, PFRS and SPRS accidental disability benefits with reduced work-related disability benefit; modifies JRS disability benefit.
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.
Requires fire districts, school districts, and county governments to share in burden of property assessment appeal refunds.
Repeals all prevailing wage laws.
Decreases membership of county boards of taxation to 2004 level.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Prohibits certain drunk driver claims against licensed alcoholic beverage servers.
Permits hospital to obtain charity care reimbursement for patients who are county jail inmates.
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.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring or interfering with a guide dog; designated as "Dusty's Law."
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Exempts homestead from attachment in medical malpractice judgment.
Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.
Allows certain fuel dealers and distributors refunds of petroleum products gross receipts tax and credits against motor fuel tax for certain bad debts from sale of fuel.
Requires mandatory drug addiction assessments and participation in "drug court" program under special probation statute for certain offenders.
Repeals traffic control signal monitoring system pilot program; prohibits future use of red light cameras in State.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
Requires certain elected officials and appointed officers eligible for dual health benefits coverage to choose coverage by one public entity.
Increases maximum penalty for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in certain cases.
Reduces gross income tax rates by 10 percent over three years.
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.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
Directs removal or enhancement of electric public utility infrastructure located in flood hazard area.
Authorizes municipalities, by resolution, to require tax collector to remove parcel of real property from accelerated tax sale list if fourth quarter property taxes not paid but property materially depreciated following severe weather event.
Provides for life imprisonment without parole for killing an emergency responder.
Increases maximum penalty under "Local Government Ethics Law."
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for development of Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Expands definitions of "abused child" or "abused or neglected child" to include prenatal exposure of child to controlled substances.
Exempts all transfers made to lineal relatives from the Transfer Inheritance Tax.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.
Limits homeowners' association regulation of structures reasonably necessary or convenient for the accommodation or therapy of physically disabled persons.
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.
Prohibits bad faith assertion of patent infringement.
Restricts sale and use of remaining State-owned portion of Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital property in Morris County.