Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Gary S. Schaer
Sponsored
Became law4
Makes it unlawful to discriminate against employees because of religious practices.
Mandates alternate testing dates because of days of religious observance for certain applicants seeking licensure.
Provides for religious accommodation regarding admission procedures at licensed heath care facilities.
Requires hospital trustees to undergo training approved by DHSS.
Vetoed1
Provides certain law enforcement officers and firefighters cannot be suspended without pay for more than 180 calendar days. *
Passed the General Assembly3
Establishes pilot program in Department of Education to provide instruction in personal finance to high school seniors.
Requires alternative testing arrangements be provided to certain students unable to attend tests at their regular administration due to religious observance.
Provides that a nursing home resident has a right to receive food that meets the resident's religious dietary requirements.
Out of committee3
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Authorizes certain water commission to administer a franchise fee and distribute proceeds to commission's owner municipalities.
Authorizes the State Treasurer to enter a reciprocal debt collection agreement with the federal government, enables the implemention of the agreement, and the sharing of certain State taxpayer information with the U.S. Treasury thereunder.
In committee5
Requires offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections in all counties.
Requires health care representative to make health care decisions for incapacitated patient in accordance with patient's religious beliefs.
Provides for religious accommodation regarding donations of anatomical gifts.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or their spouses and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
The "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act."
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Authorizes the State Treasurer to enter a reciprocal debt collection agreement with the federal government, enables the implemention of the agreement, and the sharing of certain State taxpayer information with the U.S. Treasury thereunder.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
Establishes "Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation Commission"; establishes measures for local government efficiency; appropriates $95,000.
Establishes Joint Committee on Housing Affordability.
Permits law enforcement officers, including county sheriff and corrections officers, to participate in intergovernmental transfer program; permits waive of accumulated sick leave and seniority privileges by such officers.
Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Requires Office of Attorney General to provide annual gang education seminars for school administrators.
"The Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection Act." **
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct performance review audits.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to purposely disrupt funeral through certain conduct. *
Prohibits minors under 14 from using tanning facilities and requires written parental consent for minors 14 to 18.
Requires court to conduct inquiry at prosecutor's request concerning source of bail funds where defendant is charged with crime with bail restrictions. *
"Violence Prevention in Health Care Facilities Act," requires certain health care entities to establish violence prevention programs to protect health care workers.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in foreign companies doing business in Iran.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
Permits oaths, affirmations and affidavits to be taken by certified court reporters.
"Electronic Waste Recycling Act."
Broadens the exception for small businesses under the UEZ sales tax rebate program. **
Provides for the transfer of certain college credits.
Provides for instruction in autism and other developmental disabilities awareness and methods of teaching students with autism and other developmental disabilities for candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers and paraprofessionals. **
Concerns Early Intervention Program services for children with autism.
Establishes New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force.
Extends funding for autism medical research and treatment.
Places the burden of proof and burden of production on school districts in due process hearings conducted to resolve special education issues.
Appropriates $40 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Establishes the New Jersey Schools Development Authority and revises the school construction program established under the "Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act."
Makes certain changes to the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
The "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007"; authorizes issuance of $200 million in bonds; appropriates $5,000.
Amends language in annual appropriations act to eliminate moratorium on Medicaid reimbursement to new pharmacies and medical supplies sold in pharmacies. *
Vetoed · 1
Requires certain public contract bid advertisements to contain certified cost estimates or estimate ranges of projected contract costs and specifies grounds for rejections of all bids. **
Passed the General Assembly · 15
Prohibits certain elected officials from receiving dual health benefit coverage.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
The "Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006."
Bars the disclosure of personal identifying information of grand jury witnesses except for name; creates a fourth degree offense for attorney disclosure.
Requires hospitals to report certain injuries to local and State police.
Authorizes civil action for certain economic damages against owner or keeper of pet animal that injures or kills another person's pet animal.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Prohibits individuals from purchasing more than one handgun in a calendar month.
Requires weekly reporting of construction and building permit approvals to municipal tax assessor.
Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for emergency medical technicians, police officers, and firefighters. *
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.
Exempts comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilitites from ambulatory care assessment.
Out of committee · 26
Establishes certain nutritional restrictions on food and beverages served, sold or given away to pupils in public and certain nonpublic schools.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."
Allows veteran or personal representative to withdraw honorable discharge papers from county clerk.
Establishes sex offender monitoring program. *
Transfers certain authority over limousine operators from DOT to MVC.
Concerns sale or lease of unsafe or recalled children's products.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Directs Division of Developmental Disabilities to prepare plan to ensure community-based living for certain individuals with developmental disabilities.
Directs DOE to include information about State adult disability services in booklet for parents of special education students and to require schools to designate staff member as parent liaison.
"Safe Patient Handling Act"; requires health care facilities to establish safe patient handling programs. *
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Exempts from sales tax all hybrid and certain highly fuel efficient vehicles.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes certain cities to establish a municipal hospital authority.
Clarifies that penalties for unauthorized parking in handicapped parking space are effective even when not posted.
Provides unemployment benefits for spouses of armed services members under certain conditions. *
Eliminates the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in certain circumstances. *
Authorizes Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to establish additional air terminals.
Consumer Electronics Warranty Lemon Law.
Requires governmental affairs agent to report particular items in annual appropriation legislation or appropriation legislation supplemental thereto on which agent acted.
Makes changes concerning Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism.
Makes it a primary offense for motorists to talk on or text message with hand-held wireless telephone or electronic communication device while driving. *
Requires hospitals to implement infection prevention programs.
Makes it an unlawful employment practice to subject an employee to a hostile work environment.
Requires hospitals to report certain information concerning infection rates to DHSS and requires DHSS to make information public.
Expands program eligibility and enhances benefit amount under the New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
In committee · 31
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.
Increases the maximum amount of bonds issued by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority for the Public Library Project Fund from $45 million to $95 million to provide library construction and technology grants.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Repeals the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in certain circumstances.
Requires sharing of revenues derived from major developments situated near municipal borders under certain circumstances.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the Meadowlands Conservation Trust.
Authorizes creation of urban enterprise zones in Garfield, Harrison, Keansburg, and two joint urban enterprise zones, one in Cliffside Park and Fairview, and one in Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough.
Establishes school property tax freeze program for resident homeowners age 65 or older and disabled homeowners.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Requires NJ Sports and Exposition Authority to notify and receive input from Hackensack Meadowlands District municipalities concerning certain Meadowlands complex projects.
Requires that public officers or public employees convicted of crimes involving their office or employment be sentenced to mandatory prison terms and forfeit pension benefits.
Prohibits cemetery company from charging additional fee for rendering certain services on Sunday.
Supplemental appropriation to DOT of $14,800,000 as State contribution toward improvements of certain portions of Route 17.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for special education and courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3%
Requires forfeiture of public office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher; disqualifies person from future office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher or conviction of crime involving dishonesty.
Prohibits the use or possession of cellular picture phones to invade another person's privacy and prohibits camera or picture cell phones in schools.
Creates Bergen County Transportation Trust Fund.
Prohibits boards of education from charging students a fee to participate in extracurricular activities.
Increases personal needs allowance to $55 for low income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes universal credit equivalency program to provide seamless transfer of college credits by institutions of higher education.
Provides that unused State real property will be offered for sale after three years.
Exempts membership fees, initiation fees, or dues for access to health and fitness, athletic, or sporting clubs of certain charitable organizations from sales and use tax.
Establishes Lane Splitting Task Force.
Establishes New Jersey Sickle Cell Disease Task Force.
Establishes prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse public awareness campaign; designated Jason's Law.
Requires county superintendent of schools to determine routes and bid and award contracts for all nonpublic school busing in the county.
Requires in-network hospitals to notify patients of out-of-network health care professionals who provide services in hospital.
Eliminates statute of limitations in wrongful death actions arising out of murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter where a conviction was not obtained.
Amends language in annual appropriations act to eliminate moratorium on Medicaid reimbursement to new pharmacies and medical supplies sold in pharmacies.
Filed · 2
Establishes the "New Jersey Tax and Fiscal Policy Study Commission" to study the State and local tax structure and related fiscal issues.
Establishes Division of Risk Management in the Department of the Treasury; reorganizes Office of Information Technology; requires consolidation of enhanced 9-1-1 public safety answering points.