Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, Senate.
Joseph Pennacchio
Sponsored
Became law1
Permits student whose high school special education program requires instruction beyond four years to participate with his class in graduation ceremony and to receive certificate of attendance.
Passed the Senate2
Increases income eligibility limit for reduction or abatement of municipal or county utility authority fees.
Requires sex offenders in satellite-based monitoring program to pay for certain equipment and monitoring costs.
Out of committee1
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
In committee32
Makes certain requirements concerning downhill skiing.
Creates matching grant program in DCA to assist counties in retrofitting county parks to enhance usage by handicapped children; approprates $525,000.
Waives fee for volunteers and affiliates of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America to obtain State and national criminal history record background checks.
Requires applicants for school board employment and school bus driver to be notified of criminal history record check results within 60 days.
Requires managed care plans to allow any clinical laboratory to participate in provider network.
Discontinues use of phrase "usual, customary and reasonable" or other words of similar import, on health insurance policies, contracts or related forms.
Excludes from gross income the contributions that certain federal employees classified as criminal investigators make to the federal Thrift Savings Fund.
Directs State acquisition of Troy Meadows Natural Area, Morris County, for recreation and conservation purposes and designates it as natural area and wildlife sanctuary.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000 to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Newark City's plane crash costs.
Revises method of determining reimbursement costs when a law enforcement entity hires a recently trained officer from another law enforcement entity.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 7% to 6%.
Provides for reduced sales tax imposition on certain sales in certain Highlands Region Preservation Area municipalities.
Directs NJ Sports and Exposition Authority to conduct feasibility study of Meadowlands convention center project.
Provides that committing a sex act with a minor constitutes sexual assault against the minor under certain circumstances.
Directs AG to enter into memorandum of understanding with U.S. Attorney General empowering certain corrections officers to investigate immigration status of inmates.
Requires public bodies under Open Public Meetings Act to display U.S. flag and recite Pledge of Allegiance at beginning of meeting.
Requires municipality pay county 20% of Port Authority in lieu of tax payment received.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.5 million to dredge Greenwood Lake in Passaic county.
Adds aneutronic fusion to types of Class I renewable energies as defined for purposes of "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act."
Exempts construction, expansion or renovation of public institutions of higher education, public schools, and police and fire academies from "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Requires DHSS to study relationship between autism and ultrasounds and issue protocol for the use of ultrasounds.
Reduces polling place hours for certain elections.
Establishes special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute criminal law violations concerning awarding of public contracts to business entities that make political contributions to elected officials.
Requires DOE to make certain determinations concerning the provision of educational services to a child residing in a domestic violence shelter and modifies calculation of tuition under certain circumstances.
Exempts certain monastery lands from property taxation.
Bars State from speculative investment of pension and annuity funds in oil futures.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Concerns dissolution of free public libraries.
Requires State Police patrols on Greenwood Lake.
Requires public referendum prior to issuance of general obligation bonds by local units.
Authorizes use of retail coupons for purchase of milk by consumers.
Requires that Greenwood Lake Commission receive monetary fines resulting from certain violations committed on the lake.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Appropriates $1,068,921 from "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Concerns emergent medical care under workers' compensation.
Establishes Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program. *
"Kyleigh's law;" requires holders of special learner's permits, examination permits, and provisional driver's licenses to display certain decals. *
Appropriates $27.75 million from "2007" Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $49.65 million from "2007" Farmland Preservation Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $6.45 million from "2007" Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $11,293,478 from various farmland preservation bond funds and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $66 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," "2007 Green Acres Fund," and "2007 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Appropriates $15,557,201 from various historic preservation funds to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects, and appropriates $574,805 from certain historic preservation bond funds for associated administrative expenses.
Appropriates $19,919,700 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
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.
Passed the Senate · 1
Makes certain requirements concerning downhill skiing.
Out of committee · 5
Extends payment of accidental death benefit in PFRS, SPRS, PERS and TPAF to survivors of certain members of reserve component of Armed Forces and National Guard. *
Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
Provides tax deduction from casino gross revenues for certain promotional gaming credits. *
The "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Exempts use of citizen's band and two-way radios by operators of commercial motor vehicles from prohibition on use of hand-held wireless telephone or electronic communication devices while driving.*
In committee · 20
Ends the transitional energy facilities assessment, caps the State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures the balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Prohibits simultaneous holding of certain State, county and municipal elective and appointive positions.
Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.
"Kyleigh's Law"; revises laws concerning provisional driver's licenses.
Removes income limit for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Creates alternate voting members on county agriculture development boards.
Prohibits employment of unauthorized aliens.
Abolishes Department of the Public Advocate.
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Establishes Lake Hopatcong Fund, dedicates $700,000 annually from pleasure boat registration fees to that fund, and appropriates $700,000 for FY2009.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
Exempts New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority projects from Statewide non-residential development fee.
Exempts New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority projects from Statewide non-residential development fee and prohibits allocation of additional housing need from those projects.
Abolishes offices of superintendent of elections and deputy superintendent; transfers powers and duties thereof to county commissioner of registration or county board of elections.
Abolishes Council on Affordable Housing for failure to comply with legislative directives.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.