Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
John F. McKeon
Sponsored
Became law1
Permits surety companies to issue blanket bonds for certain local government officers and employees; applies rating criteria and underwriting standards to blanket bond coverage.*
Out of committee9
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group.
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran.*
Establishes forest stewardship program for State-owned lands.*
Establishes notification signage, and monitoring requirements related to combined sewer overflows.*
Updates provisions governing Board of Education Employees' Pension Fund of Essex County to comply with Internal Revenue Code.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Establishes criteria and requirements for shore protection project priority list and funding from Shore Protection Fund.
In committee109
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."
Extends expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres and farmland preservation programs from 2009 to 2014.
Allows New Jersey gross income taxpayers to elect to deduct certain losses from certain investment arrangements discovered to be criminally fraudulent.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Permits water supply service and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings to promote water conservation.
"Plastic Container Recycling Enhancement Act."
"Water Supply Open Space, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund Act."
Requires installation of operational automatic rain sensor on lawn sprinklers as condition of sale and on lawn sprinklers on commercial, retail or industrial property and in common interest communities within specified timeframes.
The "Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Bars certain officials from elective office and political activity for certain time periods.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
The "Renewable Energy District Financing Act."
Prohibits good faith allegations of child abuse from being used against the accuser in a child custody proceeding; makes it a disorderly persons offense to file a false allegation of child abuse.
"Ocean County Stormwater Management System Demonstration Act."
Provides $3,000 gross income tax deduction for certain taxpayers providing home care for an elderly relative.
Authorizes Ocean County Planning Board and municipal planning boards in Ocean County to take certain measures to control stormwater runoff and nonpoint source pollution in Barnegat Bay watershed.
Authorizes the State, with prior approval by the State House Commission, to use eminent domain power to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes provided lands are protective of drinking water sources.
Prohibits issuance of DEP permits and approvals for development related to drilling for oil and natural gas off NJ coast.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Permits public records custodian to require deposit for OPRA record requests exceeding $15.
Exempts various local units of government from State permitting fees and permits the reimbursement of violation fines under certain circumstances.
Provides parity between school boards and municipalities with respect to the prevailing wage threshold.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Establishes the Renewable Energy Infrastructure and Advanced Technology Vehicle Task Force.
Permits high performing school districts to be monitored by the DOE under the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) every seven years rather than every three years.
Requires, after assessment, DEP to adopt total maximum daily loads for Barnegat Bay ecosystem.
Excludes appropriations to reserve for uncollected taxes in excess of two percent from calculations of municipal adjusted tax levy.
Increases gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 and dedicates revenue from tax rate increase for direct real property tax relief for taxpayers.
Establishes public-private alternative fueling station pilot program and requires DOT to conduct study.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of fuel cell vehicles.
Establishes public-private pilot program for level 3 electric vehicle charging stations.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of compressed natural gas vehicles.
Increase gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 for taxable years 2011 and 2012 and expands gross income tax exclusion for pensions, annuities and other retirement income for certain taxpayers beginning in 2011.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to, or purchases of credits from, federally qualified tuition program.
Requires Governor to make temporary appointment when vacancy occurs in U.S. Senate; requires appointee be member of same political party as person vacating office since beginning of that term; eliminates special election option.
Reestablishes and revises public contract set-aside program.
Provides purchasing preference to local and environmentally responsible businesses in the awarding of State contracts.
Requires local law enforcement officer or firefighter prescribed anabolic steroids or human growth hormone to report to designated physician for evaluation of fitness for duty.
Requires State to pay expenses associated with nonpartisan municipal elections.
Regulates sale of olive oil.
Provides an adjustment to school district tax levy cap for increases in special education costs per pupil in excess of $40,000 that exceed such prior year costs by more than 2%.
Clarifies that the implementation of a municipal court security plan, shall be at the discretion of the municipal governing body.
Expands programs in BPU to include low-interest loans and grants to municipalities for energy efficient programs and innovative energy technologies.
Provides for voluntary contributions to the "Homelessness Prevention Program" through real estate sales.
Increases fees charged for marriage or civil union licenses and dedicates monies to Displaced Homemakers Trust Fund.
Expands scope of claims subject to "Health Claims Authorization, Processing and Payment Act," and modifies certain claims procedures.
Requires use of uniform silver flags to mark certain pesticide applications.
Provides matching grant program for local governments to facilitate energy efficiency and conservation of resources in public buildings; appropriates $50 million.
Establishes financial incentives for certain energy providers to conduct energy audits.
Concerns DEP government records requests.
Makes various revisions to operations of local tax collector's and assessor's offices.
Expands eligibility for veteran's property tax deduction and totally disabled veteran's property tax exemption to certain veterans exposed to radioactivity from atmospheric nuclear bomb testing at the Pacific Proving Grounds.
Appropriates $250,000 to Department of Community Affairs for grants to rape care crisis centers.
Requires affordable housing be built to green building standards; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to issue standards.
Requires DCA to adopt energy inspection code, and requires licensed home inspector to report energy analysis for each home inspected for buyer in contemplation of purchase.
Establishes special environmental prosecutor.
The "New Jersey Homeowners' Equity Protection Act."
Requires certain employers to plan and implement traffic reduction programs for employees.
Requires financial institution to notify account holder when information relative to an electronic fund transfer is shared with third party.
Regulates Internet pharmacies and electronic prescriptions.
Requires water purveyors to develop and implement a drought interconnection system.
Requires BPU financial incentives for photovoltaic equipment for residences that are Energy Star compliant receive preferred treatment.
Allows for 75% of costs of energy audits undertaken for commercial buildings be paid for by societal benefits charge.
Permits electric public utilities, electric power suppliers and basic generation service providers to enter into certain agreements with building owners for use of solar energy systems for such buildings.
Establishes forest harvest demonstration program in pinelands area.
"New Jersey Uniform Athlete Agents Act."
Exempts carsharing rentals from State imposed $5 per day motor vehicle rental fee.
Increases renewable energy and energy efficiency requirements under "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act."
Requires court appearance for certain motor vehicle offenses that occur in school zone.
Eliminates adjustment of tuition rate for special education students enrolled in a private school for students with disabilities.
Creates Highlands Conservation Trust to preserve land in Highlands Region, and authorizes Highlands conservation license plate to raise revenue therefor.
Establishes $2 surcharge upon building permits for payments to Community Health Law Project.
"New Jersey Transit Villages Act."
Permits municipalities to purchase and issue certain surplus retail alcoholic beverage licenses.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Provides for decrease and eventual ban on use of non-compostable plastic grocery bags.
The "Retrofitted Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Requires DCA to promulgate certain fire safety regulations concerning upholstered furniture and furnishings purchased for use in residential premises and public buildings.
Authorizes local option tax on seller of billboard advertising space.
"Stormwater Management and Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Bond Act of 2012," authorizes bonds for $50,000,000, and appropriates $5,000.
Creates Witnesses of Crime Protection Program Fund and assess $25 penalty on persons convicted of crimes.
Increases campus security by allowing institutions of higher education to offer partial tuition credit to police officers enrolled at the institution who agree to be on duty while attending classes.
Requires criminal history background check for owners and employees of home service enterprises.
Concerning the "Contractors' Registration Act."
Raises allowable speed for low-speed vehicles to 35 miles per hour.
Providing for AG representation of county prosecutors' offices and employees in certain civil actions and providing for State indemnification in certain cases.
Upgrades penalties for eluding police officer if stolen vehicle involved.
Requires mandatory jail time for certain driving while intoxicated convictions with high blood alcohol concentration.
Dedicates up to $150,000 annually of fees collected at Island Beach State Park to special fund to be used to support certain park programs, and makes an appropriation from the fund.
Makes FY 2012 supplemental appropriation of $65,000 to Main Street Counseling Center in West Orange, New Jersey.
Exempts charges for residential storage space and dues for residential health and fitness facilities from sales and use tax.
Requires Site Improvement Advisory Board to offer recommendations to encourage sustainable development.
Permits establishment of municipal employee early retirement incentive programs.
Revises "New Jersey Money Transmitters Act"; provides consumer protections; increases reporting and record keeping requirements.
Requires assisted living residences to have standby emergency power generators.
Establishes registry of stroke cases in State.
Revises Newborn Screening program in DHSS.
Requires health insurers and State Health Benefits Commission to provide coverage for posttraumatic stress disorder under same conditions as other sickness.
Requires mandatory incarceration for motor vehicle theft offenses.
Provides for State assumption of the costs of the county prosecutors' offices.
Allows installation of solar arrays by municipalities on preserved open space in certain circumstances.
Requires, after study, DEP to adopt total maximum daily loads for Barnegat Bay ecosystem, and requires DEP to adopt nutrient standards for NJ marine waters.
Establishes requirements for newly installed and replacement electric utility poles and transmission towers.
Directs BPU to study feasibility of adopting certain requirements for installation of new and replacement electric distribution utility poles and transmission towers.
"Nikhil's Law"; requires MVC to inform and test drivers on dangers of failing to comply with traffic safety laws and "STOP for Nikhil Safety Pledge."
"Art Therapist Licensing Act."
Applies prevailing wage to work on Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital grounds and facilities.
Exempts certain persons from licensing requirements of the "New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act."
Provides grants and tax credits for school districts and private contractors for installing cameras on school buses.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran. *
Updates provisions governing Board of Education Employees' Pension Fund of Essex County to comply with Internal Revenue Code.
Vetoed3
Establishes notification signage, and monitoring requirements related to combined sewer overflows.*
Establishes forest stewardship program for State-owned lands.
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Allows person with diabetes to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.
Requires plans, specifications, and bid proposal documents for certain local public contracts to address soil contamination, and requires contracting unit to approve change order under certain circumstances related thereto.*
Revises "Electronic Waste Management Act."
Extends burial of indigent veterans to those who did not serve in time of war; clarifies role of DMVA in identifying deceased veterans; provides additional funding, subject to availability, for burial of indigent veterans.*
"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.**
Establishes program in DOE to address State's shortage of mathematics and science teachers.
Provides that a school district may implement bullying prevention programs and anti-bullying training programs at no cost through various entities; and appropriates $1 million.
Directs the Division on Women to conduct an audit of the coordination of community responses to domestic violence.
The "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act."
Provides for temporary professional or occupational licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Establishes School Security Task Force.*
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.
Disqualifies person named on federal Terrorist Watchlist from obtaining firearms identification card or permit to purchase handgun.
Provides 180-day window for persons to dispose of certain unlawfully possessed firearms. *
Prohibits inclusion of bonus in employment contract of school superintendent for reducing number of out-of-district placements of students with special education needs.
Vetoed · 9
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
Requires DCA to establish procedures for inspection and abatement of mold hazards in residential buildings and school facilities, certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.**
Requires Energy Master Plan to include long-term capacity planning and infrastructure planning.
Creates Office of Clean Energy in BPU.*
Increases distributions to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore aid reductions; extends "poison pill" protection to total formula aid provided to each municipality.
Prohibits animal cruelty violators from owning domestic companion animals and from working at animal-related enterprises; designated as "Moose's Law."
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing assault firearms for civilian use.**
Authorizes municipalities to finance water conservation, storm shelter construction, and flood and hurricane resistance projects.*
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Passed the General Assembly · 33
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Authorizes Office of Public Defender to provide legal representation for child in proceedings after parental rights have been terminated.
Requires certain State departments, divisions, commissions, and authorities to consider use of green or blue roof in construction of certain new State buildings, facilities, and structures.*
Requires adoption of certain rules and regulations by DCA and DEP concerning blue roofs and green roofs.**
Establishes a civil cause of action for gender-motivated violence.
Establishes mutual aid assistance request protocols for 9-1-1 ambulance dispatchers.
Requires BPU to establish Energy Efficiency Leadership awards program.
Requires NJ Transit to do study of platform safety issues at rail stations.
Prohibits certain unsolicited checks.
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Permits municipalities to establish weapons free zones around schools and public facilities.
Dedesignates portions of Route 24.
Requires DEP to conduct vibration analysis along routes for disposal of dredged material from Delaware River.
Requires monitoring of prescriptions for human growth hormones.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to designation as charter school district of residence or expansion of a charter school.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.*
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
"Innovative Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act."
Provides primary and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Requires debt collectors, in certain circumstances, to cease debt collections against certain victims of identity theft.
Authorizes Judiciary to revise or supplement fees, subject to limitations, to fund Legal Services of New Jersey and e-court information system; requires review and reporting on fees and expenditures of such fees.*
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Requires cable television, telecommunications, and utility service providers request alternate mode of communication from customers; requires that providers contact customers in event of service interruptions and emergencies.*
Establishes a regulatory and reporting program for ammunition sales and transfers.*
Requires background check for private gun sales.
Requires firearms seizure when mental health professional determines patient poses threat of harm to self or others.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.*
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Clarifies that electronic funds transfers are included within the scope of the statute concerning issuing or passing bad checks.
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 · 51
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
Requires boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via telephone, email or text message.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State four years.*
Requires schools that participate in Statewide interscholastic sports programs to annually inform student-athletes about National Collegiate Athletic Association eligibility standards for participation in collegiate athletics.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate the teacher certification of veterans.
"Consumer Credit Fairness Act."
Requires SHBP and SEHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism, other substance-use disorders, and non biologically-based mental illnesses under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses. *
Regulates certain service contracts to perform maintenance, repair, replacement, or service of property used for personal, family, or household purposes.
"Group Home Fire Safety Act."
Modifies various aspects of charter school program including student enrollment procedures, revocation of charter, monitoring of charter schools, and collaboration between school districts and charter schools.
Establishes pilot program for municipalities and school districts to contract for video monitoring systems to assist in enforcing law against unlawfully passing a school bus.*
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Permits Type II district with board of school estimate to opt to move school election to November; eliminates board of school estimate's approval of budgets for such districts, except for proposals to spend above cap.
The "Adopt a Stormwater Management Basin Act."
"The Truth In Tolling Act"; requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to display toll amount paid when EZ-Pass user passes through toll collection point.*
Establishes the Office of Dropout Prevention and Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in DOE, and the Student Dropout Prevention Task Force.
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship.
Requires BPU to establish uniform Statewide reliability standards for electric and gas public utilities.*
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
"Blue Acres Floodplain Protection and Home Elevation Bond Act of 2013," authorizes bonds for $100 million, and appropriates $5,000.*
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit persons with mental illness unless they pose danger.
Revises certain solar renewable energy programs and requirements; provides for aggregated net metering of electricity consumption related to properties owned by certain governmental bodies and school districts.**
Establishes "Commission on College Tuition."
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.
"Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act."*
The "Bio-based Heating Oil Act."
Requires labeling of all foods containing genetically modified material.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
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.
Establishes cruelly restraining a dog as a criminal and civil animal cruelty offense.
Establishes process for recovering cost of caring for animals involved in animal cruelty violations.
"Certificates of Insurance Act."
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to 25 percent of federal earned income tax credit amounts beginning in Tax Year 2013.
Establishes additional penalties for animal cruelty offenses.
Establishes minimum criminal penalties for animal cruelty offenses.
Revises animal cruelty offenses involving neglect and abuse, and the penalties therefor; repeals appropriate sections of law.*
Revises animal cruelty provisions concerning euthanizing and impoundment of animals, and provisions for court disposition of seized animals; establishes civil penalty for improper euthanizing of animals; repeals conflicting sections of law.
Rescinds recommendation of the Task Force on the Closure of State Developmental Centers and creates new task force.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Codifies current State Board of Education regulations which limit who may serve as case managers for students with disabilities to members of child study teams and certain speech-language specialists.
Prohibits PANYNJ from imposing cargo facility charge in certain instances.
Makes certain changes to NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
Increases State hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues required to be annually appropriated to fund certain arts and cultural, historical, and tourism-related programs and activities.*
Prohibits certain advertising on real property and related structures without prior permission of owner.
In committee · 88
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands horse racetrack, subject to voter approval.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands racetrack, upon voter approval; dedicates 1/3 net proceeds to General Fund, 1/3 to State education aid, and 1/3 to horse racing industry.
Requires DHSS to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Limits amount of appeal bond in civil actions to $50 million.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Enacts the "Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage Act."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes program authorizing lease of historic buildings and structures in State parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Provides that 20% of fee charged for initial certified copy of birth certificate shall be used to support certain activities of NJ Cord Blood Bank.
Dedicates up to $400,000 annually of fees collected at Island Beach and Liberty State Parks to special funds to be used to support certain park programs, and makes appropriations from the funds.
Revises law concerning sexually oriented businesses.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Requires NJ Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program to give additional weight in ranking system to projects including green or blue roofs.
Requires construction of new buildings, facilities, and structures using State, EDA, or NJ Schools Development Authority funds to include green or blue roofs.
Establishes program to provide financial assistance towards installation of blue roofs and green roofs; authorizes use of Global Warming Solutions Fund for certain such purposes.
Limits sale and manufacture of flame retardant chemical decabromodiphenyl ether.
Excludes certain federal employee Thrift Savings Fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Directs Attorney General to publicize information about human trafficking hotlines; mandates law enforcement training on responding to the needs of victims of the crime of human trafficking.
Requires owners of certain newly developed shopping centers to provide electric vehicle charging stations.
Directs installation of electric vehicle charging stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Permits voter registration of certain persons at age 17 for voting at next election occurring on or after 18th birthday.
Requires school districts to annually disseminate information to students and parents or guardians on the dangers of distributing sexually explicit images through electronic means.
Establishes pilot program in DEP for chemical cleanouts in schools.
Revises definition of class I renewable energy to include energy produced by certain geothermal heat pumps.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain sales of personal computers and certain sales of school supplies and equipment during first full weekend of August.
Prohibits certain sex offenders from selling from ice cream trucks.
Requires insurers to cover treatment for sickle cell anemia; requires DHSS to provide information to public about sickle cell anemia.
Requires insurers to provide coverage for medications and dose-intensive chemotherapy/bone marrow transplants and umbilical cord blood transplants for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
Establishes a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during a qualified period.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Establishes "Smart Housing Incentives Act."
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Prohibits cemetery company from charging additional fee for rendering certain services on Sunday.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Revises allocation of fees for certain NJPDES permits.
Permits voter registration at polling place on days of municipal, primary, and general elections.
Allows jurors to designate donation of their jury duty fees to various charitable funds.
Prohibits Internet posting of certain information on law enforcement officers.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Requires health benefits coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances and provides reimbursement therefor.
Requires insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer.
Excludes from PAAD income eligibility withdrawals from an IRA.
Increases civil penalties for medical waste violations and intentional ocean pollution.
Requires State to use pervious concrete whenever appropriate.
Permits municipality to hire private company to provide construction officials, subcode officials, and technical assistants.
Requires lighting and security cameras at sexually oriented businesses; imposes civil penalty for permitting access to minors; permits negative secondary effects study; permits tax on sexually oriented business.
Establishes 24-hour hotline for information concerning the crime of human trafficking; appropriates $75,000.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support improvement of State parks and forests.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Applies current laws banning political contributions by certain business entities holding public contracts to State colleges and universities.
Establishes bribery in official and political matters applies to person soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept benefit as consideration to act even though not yet in office or otherwise qualified to act.
Permits counties to share county tax administrators.
Prohibits feeding of black bears and requires use of bear-resistant containers, dumpsters, or food boxes in certain areas located in bear habitat and under certain circumstances, including garbage collection.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Revises certain solar renewable energy programs and requirements; provides for aggregating net metering on certain properties owned or leased by local government units and school districts.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Designates DMVA headquarters building as "General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. Building."
The "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2013," authorizes bonds for $400 million; appropriates $5,000.
Prohibits enforcement, for a period of 12 months, of homeowners' association bylaws prohibiting domesticated animals if owner is FEMA designated displaced individual following emergency declaration by President or Governor.
Authorizes retired law enforcement officers to provide security in public schools.
Establishes regulatory and reporting program for all ammunition sales.
Provides for life imprisonment without parole for killing an emergency responder.
Requires firearms to be unloaded and securely locked or stored within home.
Increases references required for application for handgun permit and firearms identification card from two to five.
The "Preserve New Jersey Act of 2013"; implements constitutional dedication of sales tax revenue for open space, including flood prone areas, farmland, and historic preservation purposes.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for development of Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Amends Offshore Wind Economic Development Act concerning offshore wind energy facilities and wind energy zones.
Requires certain common areas and facilities of assisted living facilities to be generator ready; provides related tax relief.
Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
Provides gross income tax deduction for costs of purchasing and installing battery backups for certain home solar electrical generators.
Establishes special license plates supporting American Red Cross.
Establishes a charter school review board in DOE to review charter school applications and modifies aspects of the charter school program including approval, monitoring, and evaluation of charter schools.
Prohibits sale and possession of undetectable firearms manufactured using three dimensional printing technology.
Prohibits the administration of State assessments via the Internet prior to 2016-2017 school year.
Permits adoptees and certain others to obtain adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information.
Clarifies that electronic funds transfers are included within the scope of the civil statute concerning issuing bad checks.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
Requires each school district to offer a summer payment plan for school district employees.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Requires blood sample to be obtained from driver involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death; designated as "Michelle"s Law."
Requires driver's license examination to include questions on distracted driving; makes it a violation for motorists to talk or text on hand-held wireless devices while vehicle is temporarily stopped.
Establishes the "New Jersey Collaborative Family Law Act."