Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, Senate.
Brian P. Stack
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Establishes 21-day grace period for property tax installment payments by senior citizens meeting income requirements.
Out of committee6
Broadens small qualified business exception under UEZ sales tax rebate program.
Requires all automobile passengers to wear seat belts.
Permits transcript or videotape of testimony before local issuing authority to be admissible in ABC appeal.
Permits municipalities to transfer the responsibility for hiring adult school crossing guards to the local school district and any charter schools located in the municipality. *
Concerns unemployment benefits for corporate owners and officers.
Provides increased time frame for issuing summons pursuant to traffic control signal monitoring systems and for destruction of records; establishes certain payment methods. **
In committee38
Requires Department of Transportation to conduct an early warning, traffic congestion avoidance pilot program.
Increases penalties for failing to secure a child in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat while operating a motor vehicle.
Extends payment of sales tax revenues into UEZ assistance fund in those zones designated pursuant to P.L.1993, c.367.
Concerns location of certain highway entry or exit ramps and schools.
Establishes a 1,000 foot drug free zone around playgrounds and other public parks, buildings and housing facilities.
Authorizes the conferral of certain academic degrees by religious corporations.
Makes chief of police contractual municipal employee and establishes in DLPS "Chiefs of Police Performance Evaluation Commission."
Requires notice to New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation by municipal authorities of applications for development on proposed Abbott district school facilities sites and a six-month moratorium on such development under certain circumstances.
Permits municipalities to enact an ordinance requiring drivers arrested for DUI to be held in custody.
Codifies COAH growth share methodology; permits municipally-funded rental vouchers to be used to satisfy affordable housing obligation and requires their use prior to regional contribution agreement.
Eliminates a parent's right to inherit under certain circumstances.
Limits rent increases in certain low income rental projects financed by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency.
"Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Reform Act."
Upgrades simple assault committed against domestic violence victims to aggravated assault.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from selling ovens without including brackets or similar devices.
Establishes penalty for failure to yield to funeral processions.
Requires written residential leases to be provided in both English and Spanish in certain municipalities.
Requires owner of multiple dwelling to eradicate infestation of bedbugs at own expense.
Allows firms, designated as qualified UEZ businesses, that experience economic hardship to lower employment levels without losing that designation.
The "Save the Hudson River Palisades Act."
Requires certain sanitation procedures for mattresses and product labeling regarding such procedures.
Requires ATM operators to disclose balance inquiry fees.
Requires creditor to provide certain disclosures to borrower prior to residential mortgage loan closing.
Eliminates inheritance rights and the right of recovery in certain civil actions for a surviving parent who abandoned a decedent child.
Requires installation of low-flow toilets and low-flow showerheads in multiple dwellings having 3 or more units.
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons.
Requires proof of firearms safety training as a condition for issuance of firearms purchaser ID cards and permits to purchase handguns.
Requires residential mortgage lenders to provide debtors with certain information about curing default prior to initiation of mortgage foreclosure action.
Allows credit against certain charges to CATV customers opting out of premium service within 30 days of CATV company notice of network or programming change.
Requires licensed exterminators to provide warranty after extermination of bedbugs at residential premises.
Reduces tax levy for free public libraries to one-sixth of a mill per dollar of assessable property.
Authorizes special license plates for county and municipal emergency management volunteers.
Concerns utilities' excavation of property under State or local ownership.
Prohibits imposition of sewerage service connection fee upon municipalities and boards of education.
Permits use of excess municipal construction code fee collections for property tax relief.
The "Save the Hudson River Palisades Act."
Establishes a random selection process for PERC arbitrators.
Requires certain arbitrators to file financial disclosure statements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Permanently disqualifies certain persons convicted of child endangerment from working with children.
Requires staff members of adoption agencies to undergo criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks. *
"New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act." *
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.
Expands consumer protections under New Jersey's motor vehicle "lemon law."
Appropriates $33 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $1,068,921 from "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Appropriates $8,430,250 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $54,917,725 from various Green Acres funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Upgrades unlawful possession of a machine gun or assault firearm to a crime of the second degree.
"Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act"; creates Mortgage Stabilization Program and Housing Assistance and Recovery Program; imposes additional requirements on lender foreclosing mortgage; appropriates $40 million from the "Long Term Obligation and Capi
Provides for improved structure and fiscal management of higher education in New Jersey. *
Allows UEZ municipalities to include certain homeland security expenses as eligible for funding from enterprise zone assistance fund.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Requires assisted living facilities to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Requires DHSS to report certain patient safety indicators on a hospital by hospital basis and prohibits hospitals from charging for certain medical errors. **
Establishes "New Jersey Lung Cancer Research Fund"; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns.
Makes emergency medical technician certification valid for five years.
Passed the Senate · 5
Clarifies intent of Legislature to protect certain senior tenants; aligns housing age restrictions with federal law.
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship.
Provides for annual cost-of-living increase in amount of Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance payment. *
Provides that person who impersonates law enforcement officer and commits crime is guilty of third degree crime.
Directs Medicaid to establish medical home demonstration project.
Out of committee · 40
Makes FY 2009 supplemental appropriations totaling $22,500,000 to provide food, energy and legal aid assistance to individuals and families under the "New Jersey Economic Assistance and Recovery Plan."
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Establishes the "Main Street Business Assistance Program;" appropriates $50 million.
Authorizes certain law enforcement officers and corrections officers to possess and use stun guns while on duty.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Amends special probation statute to increase participation in drug court program; permits court to reduce certain fees. *
"Pharmacy Quality Improvement and Error Prevention Act."
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for active duty members of United States Armed Forces, Reserve components thereof, and National Guard from New Jersey. *
Requires public and nonpublic high schools to have person trained in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on site at all school athletic events and practices.
The "New Homebuyers' Bill of Rights Act."
Enhances protections for new homebuyers.
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Exempts sale of recreational safety helmets from sales and use tax.
Revises cosmetology and hairstyling statutes. *
Establishes compelling circumstances exception to mandatory driver's license suspension under conditional discharge statute; allows court to revoke remainder of suspension for compelling circumstances.
Establishes Prisoner Reentry Commission in the Department of Corrections.
Strengthens State construction code.
Requires hospitals to report certain injuries to local and State police.
Establishes a "Silver Alert System." *
Provides veterans' organizations right to receive unclaimed veterans' cremains after one year. *
"Urban Enterprise Zone Jobs Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of the Treasury to provide tax credits for contributions to entities which provide tuition scholarships to children in certain urban enterprise zone municipalities.
Requires public notice of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board meetings.
Requires certain persons to report suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation against vulnerable adults.
Authorizes EDA to develop and finance parking structures in certain urban and suburban areas. **
Permits victim of domestic abuse to terminate residential lease under certain circumstances; provides procedure for tenant to recover security deposit.
Permits municipalities and counties to make certain traffic engineering decisions without DOT approval.
The "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Enacts the "Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage Act."
Regulates operation of snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and dirt bikes, and certain other vehicles and off-road vehicles; requires DEP to designate three sites on State-owned land where snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and dirt bikes may be used. *
Prohibits sale and distribution of novelty lighters. *
Establishes the Troops to College Program in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to assist veterans in making the transition into the college classroom. *
Establishes pilot program in Department of Education to provide instruction in personal finance to high school seniors.
Adds contact via electronic device to prohibited contact enumerated in permanent restraining orders for convicted stalkers. *
Permits counties to create County Homelessness Trust Funds.
Establishes registry of offenders of individuals with developmental disabilities in DHS.
Prohibits use of wireless telephones or electronic communication devices by operators of public transit vehicles while vehicles are moving. *
Requires railroad company to negotiate in good faith with certain entities for sale of railroad right of way proposed for abandonment.
Requires all wireless telephones and electronic communication devices issued by public entities to be activated to receive Amber Alerts.
"New Jersey Foreclosure Fairness Act"; imposes additional foreclosure notice requirements; amends "Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act."
Redirects appropriations in "Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act" (2009) to provide more effective foreclosure relief to homeowners.
In committee · 30
Provides that reports and publications produced by State be primarily available on Internet, provides for notice of availability of reports and publications.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Exempts charges for residential storage space and dues for residential health and fitness facilities from the sales and use tax.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Regulates expiration dates and dormancy fees for certain prepaid bank cards, such as mall gift cards.
Clarifies that crime victims' rights must be recognized by all courts in the State.
Requires retailers to post warnings of lead poisoning from improper paint removal.
The "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act."
Permits limited exchange of certain juvenile information to facilitate delivery of services to at risk children and their families.
Reduces municipal library tax levy cap from 15% to 4%.
"Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
"Group Home Fire Safety Act."
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."
Permits direct shipping of wine to New Jersey consumers.
Establishing a "Silver Alert System" for missing elderly people.
Prohibits substitution of prescribed epilepsy drugs by pharmacists without prior notification to and written consent of physician and patient.
Permits municipalities to recover certain costs and fees from alcoholic beverage licensees charged with violations.
Requires school board member and local elective office candidates to file financial disclosure statements; requires criminal background disclosure for school officials and school board member candidates.
Makes Housing Assistance and Recovery Program effective immediately.
Prohibits use of wireless telephones or electronic communication devices while in charge of certain rail operations.
Makes it a crime to communicate or transmit sexually suggestive communications to a minor under certain circumstances.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain minimum three foot safety distance when overtaking bicycles.
Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Requires physicians to provide patients opportunity to view obstetrical ultrasound or sonogram prior to performing abortion.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
Authorizes central municipal court to hear cases brought by county office of consumer affairs.
Redirects appropriations in "Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act" (2009) to provide more effective foreclosure relief to homeowners.
Criminalizes driving under the influence with person 17 years of age or younger in vehicle.
Expedites payment of PFRS accidental death benefit.