Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
Nancy F. Muñoz
Sponsored
Out of committee3
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Upgrades the disorderly persons offense of desecration of a venerated object to a crime of the third degree if the object desecrated is a military monument.
Bars solicitation of professional employment for 30 days after date of accident or disaster under certain circumstances.
In committee87
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Makes changes in Primary Care Physician and Dentist Loan Redemption Program.
Establishes guidelines for operating authorized emergency vehicles in emergency situations.
Establishes September 11th Memorial License Plate; dedicates fees therefrom to support a memorial and victims injured in attack.
Removes license suspension penalty for persons with only one outstanding parking fine; permits Motor Vehicle Commission to refuse registration to persons with outstanding parking fine.
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits of elected official convicted of crime involving office held.
Imposes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment and forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of crimes involving or touching their office or employment.
Provides free tuition at public institutions of higher education for surviving spouses and dependent children of military personnel killed in performance of duties.
Requires DOT to construct noise barriers on Interstate 78.
Establishes statutory procedure for annexation of municipality by another county.
Clarifies that permitting sexual abusers to reside with a child constitutes endangering welfare of a child.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Child Protection Zone Act."
"Judy and Nikki's Law"; provides for life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child 16 years of age or younger.
Provides immunity from civil liability to anyone who in good faith uses an automated external defibrillator in an emergency.
Establishes 24-hour hotline for information concerning the crime of human trafficking; appropriates $75,000.
"Highway Accident Property Tax Relief Act;" requires State to reimburse municipalities for costs of providing certain emergency services.
Prohibits DOT from entering into certain contracts concerning short-line freight rail services.
Exempts senior citizens, disabled persons and veterans from E-ZPass account monthly service charge.
Exempts from sales tax certain sales by or to any senior citizens club organized for pleasure, recreation, or other nonprofitable purposes.
Allows corporation business tax credit for full cost of purchasing portable defibrillators.
Requires persons under age 17 to wear helmets when operating non-motorized scooters.
Requires Division of Criminal Justice to establish program to train municipal and county law enforcement officers to detect computer crime.
Creates housing purchase matching grant program for members of United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard who have served in certain military operations.
Prohibits certain employment or supervision of relatives of certain members of the Legislature.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Establishes right of way for funeral processions.
Excludes certain federal employee Thrift Savings Fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Provides that public employee pension benefits are calculated on base salary exclusive of various forms of extra compensation.
Allows judgment for restitution of stolen public funds to be levied against convicted employee's retirement allowance or pension contributions.
Imposes mandatory term of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole on persons who commit particularly brutal sexual assaults.
Expands domestic violence protection for adoptive parents.
Establishes "Alan M. Augustine Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; appropriates $100,000.
Requires sex offender's tier designation to be completed and reviewed by the court prior to release from incarceration.
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.
Establishes parental orientation program in certain school districts.
Increases penalties for failing to yield to pedestrian when pedestrian is seriously injured.
Prohibits unmuffled use of compression release engine brakes; creates fine.
Increases and indexes maximum homestead property tax deduction under gross income tax.
Requires amount by which actual State General Fund revenue exceeds anticipated State General Fund revenue for a fiscal year to be appropriated as State school aid.
Allocates nondedicated portion of State realty transfer fee collections to municipal property tax relief.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Requires insurers and State health care coverage programs to cover cost of HPV vaccine.
Permits eligible claimant who is proportionate owner paying entire property tax bill to collect entire homestead property tax reimbursement amount.
Permits municipal board of library commissioners to reduce library tax rate when municipality acquires new ratables.
Requires HMOs that contract with DHS to reimburse hospitals for emergency services based on cost of those services.
Establishes "Government Functions and Services Study Commission," appropriates $95,000.
Creates housing purchase matching grant program for reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces and the New Jersey National Guard who have served in certain military operations; appropriates $2,000,000.
Creates commission to study effectiveness of county government; appropriates $95,000.
Requires use of uniform silver flags to mark certain pesticide applications.
Prohibits display of political party affilliation on mail-in ballot envelopes.
Requires OLS to make audiovisual recordings of legislative sessions available to public in electronic form.
"One Strike, You're Ours;" adds use of Internet as aggravating factor in child sex crimes and requires lifetime electronic monitoring of offender.
Establishes special license plates to fund diabetes research and education.
Upgrades crime of soliciting or recruiting for criminal street gang while on school property.
Requires sellers of used motor vehicles to complete and submit form.
Establishes Bill of Rights license plate to fund historic preservation.
Requires all prison commissary profits be turned over to Victims of Crime Compensation Agency.
Bars direct solicitation letters from attorneys to accident victims and other persons.
Requires health benefits coverage for bone mass measurement.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Child Protection Zone Act."
Prohibits first responders from disseminating photographs of accident victims and patients to public without consent of victim or patient.
Requires DOT to create map showing refueling facilities where alternative fuel is dispensed.
Establishes cross-acceptance of local master plans; intermunicipal review of certain development applications.
Requires breath or blood test in motor vehicle accidents involving pedestrians.
Concerns collective negotiations for public institutions of higher education.
Requires hospitals to maintain passive audio or visual mechanism for alerting emergency department staff to presence of non-ambulance vehicles containing patients.
Directs hospitals to establish protocols for dispatch and patient transport by specialty care transportation units used for inter-facility transfers.
Prohibits public property from being named or renamed after person sooner than one year after person's death.
Provides exemption from 3-day cancellation provision of home improvement contract in case of bona fide emergency.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from advertising rebates without disclosing form in which rebate is redeemable.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Grants discretion to Parole Board in determining whether inmate should be released on parole.
Increases penalties for harboring or concealing a sex offender.
Appropriates $5 million to Cranford Township for flood control projects.
Mandates that gift cards and certificates be redeemable at full value in perpetuity; places requirements on establishments accepting store gift cards.
Provides credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for costs of electric power infrastructure for use by heavy duty vehicles to reduce idling times.
Requires municipality to report all long and short-term financial and tax agreements to DCA; makes reporting a condition for receipt of special Municipal Aid.
Imposes surcharge on motor vehicle offenses to fund upgraded electronic systems for police vehicles.
Concerns sale of cemetery, grave, and historical markers and plaques.
Concerns sale of cemetery, grave, and historical markers and plaques.
Prohibits service repair contractors from charging hourly rates for travel time.
Requires recalls on motor vehicles to be repaired prior to sale.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Reduces period of time that member of Legislature may be absent, without excuse, before member's seat is deemed vacant.
Changes restrictions on certain county or municipal stream cleaning activities.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to develop online historic tour identifying locations of war battles and places of significance to war efforts in NJ.
Requires that sexual abuse against a child be reported to law enforcement officials.
Carried from the Senate
Vetoed1
Bars solicitation of professional employment fo 30 days after date of accident or disaster under certain circumstances.**
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Disqualifies member of board of education or member of charter school board of trustees for conviction of certain crimes and requires member to undergo criminal history background investigation. *
Decreases certain public document copy fees; amount of fee dependent upon whether letter size page or legal size page. *
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to the "American Red Cross-NJ Fund".
Regulates captive insurers.
Prohibits certain private transfer fees and imposes disclosure requirements.
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.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by veterans.
Allows the parent of a public school pupil eligible for transportation services to waive pupil's right to those services for the school year.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Requires DCF to develop and adopt Statewide youth suicide prevention plan.
Requires certain qualifications for employment as a surgical technologist.
Requires DOE to include cheerleaders in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
Vetoed · 2
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Establishes new crimes concerning service dogs and upgrades crimes against certain other animals.
Directs DOT to allow wineries to erect tourist-oriented directional signs on roads and highways. *
Authorizes free State park and forest admission and free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for persons with certain types of military service. *
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.
The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act," alters State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and CATV companies.
Out of committee · 27
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Establishes "New Jersey Fire and EMS Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline.
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. *
Authorizes special Gold Star Family motor vehicle license plates for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.*
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" to provide every person engaged in raising a dog for guide or service the right to access public facilities.
Makes various changes concerning payments to public employees for unused sick leave, sick leave injury in State service, and PERS and TPAF disability retirement.
Expands DNA database to include samples from certain violent arrestees.
Requires health insurers to cover oral anticancer medications on no less favorable basis than intravenous anticancer medications.*
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children. *
Designates bridge on Route 36 over Shrewsbury River as "Captain Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge."
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
Provides standards and procedures for museum to acquire title to property that is on loan to museum but has not been claimed by lender for period of time.
Makes certain requirements concerning downhill skiing.
Limits certain unused sick leave pay and vacation leave carry-forward for school and local employees; limits sick leave use by new public employees before retirement.
Establishes NJ Center for Oral Health at UMDNJ Dental School.
"Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act"; provides for use of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms and requires physicians and advanced practice nurses to pursue continuing education in end-of-life care.*
"Revised State Medical Examiner Act"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DHSS.
Establishes Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Demonstration Project in DHS.
Provides credit against ambulatory care facility assessment liability for value of unreimbursed care provided to hospital charity care patients.
Repeals obsolete statutes concerning the status of women.
"Pamela's law;" criminalizes possession and sale of mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone, commonly known as "bath salts."*
Permits attending advanced practice nurse to determine cause of death and execute death certification when physician is not available.
Appropriates $84,495,199 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $10,250,780 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund and 2007 Historic Preservation Fund to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects, and appropriates $600,000 from "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" for associated administrative
Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $23 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Establishes New Jersey Multiple Sclerosis Task Force.
In committee · 110
Extends veteran's tax deduction to certain persons undergoing training for deployment in Operation "Iraqi Freedom."
Abolishes Council on Affordable Housing for failure to comply with legislative directives.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Revises New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act and other laws relating thereto.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Requires reduction in number of State employees to FY2000 level; establishes procedure to control creation of new State positions and filling of vacancies.
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.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service.
Provides for Statewide evacuation strategy for hospitals and other health care facilities.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Prohibits posting of certain personal information on the Internet or misrepresentation of identity on the Internet for the purpose of harassment of a minor child.
Provides that municipalities with minimum amounts of developable land may file certification with the Council on Affordabe Housing, even if no petition for substantive certification is filed.
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
Authorizes county colleges and county vocational school districts to establish aviation related job certification, training, and internship programs and provides a corporation business tax credit for funds donated to support such programs.
Requires suspension of local elected and appointed officers and employees indicted for certain offenses that, upon conviction, require forfeiture of office or position.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
Reduces statute of limitations for medical malpractice liability actions to four years.
Prohibits candidates and elected public officials charged with crimes from using campaign contributions for their legal defense.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires notification of certain domestic violence victims through the Victim Information and Notification Everyday System (VINE).
Permits board of education to accept donations for purpose of providing property tax relief.
Permits municipal police officers to make arrests for any disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offense outside the territorial limits of their municipality.
Establishes crime of participation in criminal street gang initiation ritual.
Expands duties of State Auditor to include performance audits at request of legislator; establishes Performance Audit Committee, consisting of eight public members, to help conduct performance audits.
Requires employers to provide time off from work for members of certain volunteer organizations to respond to fires under certain conditions.
Grants immunity from civil liability to persons reporting information concerning crimes related to terrorism.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
Excludes charges for certain membership and initiation fees and dues from sales and use tax.
Authorizes special plate for holders of "Combat Action Ribbon."
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Requires managed care plans to pay health care claims based on assignment of benefits.
Requires the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners maintain minutes of meetings; provides Governor veto over minutes.
Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.
Requires specific reduction of sulfur content in heating oil, and scheduled increase of blending biofuels therein after July 1, 2011, unless requirements are waived by Governor pursuant to Executive Order.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Provides public servant is guilty of official misconduct if he knowingly obtains, arranges or provides "no-show" job for himself or another.
Establishes 6-member "Prescription Drug Labeling Task Force."
Permanently disqualifies certain persons convicted of child endangerment from working with children.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Exempts military personnel receiving combat zone pay from the gross income tax.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Allows school districts to qualify for assistance under the New Jersey Shade Tree and Community Forestry Assistance Act.
Denies custody and visitation rights to minor child by family members of individuals convicted of certain crimes.
Prohibits sale of products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.
Makes various statutory changes to "Child Care Licensing Act."
Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Designates New Jersey Route No. 15 as "Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway."
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
Authorizes special "We Support the Arts" license plates with proceeds to the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Authorizes "Proud to Be an American" license plate with proceeds to veterans' and emergency management organizations.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside.
Requires DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Requires Treasurer and Divisions of Pensions and Benefits and Investment Directors to report on status of State-administered pension plans to Legislature by April 15 and December 15 each year.
Requires that ordinary disability retirement in certain State-administered retirement systems be granted only if member has qualified for federal Social Security Disability benefits.
Allows pension calculation to be based on compensation increase in excess of actuarially assumed experience only if employer pays unfunded liability.
Restricts use of accumulated sick leave by public employees in year prior to retirement.
Limits payment upon retirement to $10,000 to State and local public officers and employees for accumulated sick leave.
Requires newly licensed registered professional nurse to attain baccalaureate degree in nursing within 10 years of initial licensure.
Requires the State Police to establish a recently relocated offenders section within the Megan's Law sex offender Internet registry.
Requires Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission to study financial impact of all enacted mandated health benefits.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
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.
Permits historic motor vehicles to be used for pleasure driving one day per week.
Permits direct shipping of wine to New Jersey consumers.
Revises law concerning meetings of public bodies.
Enters New Jersey in Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact.
"New Jersey Public Water Supply Fluoridation Act."
Requires installation of automatic rain sensors on lawn sprinklers on commercial, retail and industrial property.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Permits water supply service and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings to promote water conservation.
Reinstates certificate of need requirement for ambulatory surgical facilities.
"Safe Places Safe Kids Act;" makes it a crime to commit certain offenses in school zones and near playgrounds.
Establishes process by which a fiduciary is discharged.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
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.
Prohibits dual elective office holding and holding of elective office and public office or position.
Allows planning and zoning board members to satisfy training requirements on Internet.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Provides energy and utility service sales tax relief benefit to certain manufacturers throughout the State.
Makes part-time elected officials and commission and authority appointees ineligible for PERS, DCRP and health benefits; requires pension credit forfeiture if employed former personal services contractor falsely certifies position as full-time.
Requires installation of automatic rain sensors on lawn sprinklers.
Bars certain employees of certain public agencies from participating in PERS; repeals law permitting PERS and TPAF members on leave who work for labor organization to purchase pension credit.
Limits unused sick leave pay and vacation leave carry-forward for school and local employees; permits local unit to pay certain benefits over 10 years; limits sick leave use by public employee before retirement.
Amends State college law to remove certain employees from civil service system and allow boards of trustees to conduct collective bargaining.
Authorizes the establishment of probationary periods for nontenured faculty members at State colleges.
Increases penalties against Medicaid fraud.
Provides criminal penalties for unauthorized use of images or likeness of minors and establishes civil action.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
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."
Permits a waiver for high-performing school districts from the State system for monitoring school districts.
Establishes Inspector General of Statewide Interscholastic Sports to monitor the operating and financial activities of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Establishes and enhances certain insurance fraud prevention measures.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax.
Requires requestor to submit request for access to missing government record under certain circumstances.
Increases production limitations and revises privileges of limited and restricted breweries.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax to $1,000,000.
Repeals State inheritance taxes.
Expands DNA database to include samples from persons arrested for any crime.
Criminalizes participation in criminal street gang.
Specifies additional offenses and penalties for torturing or tormenting an animal; designated as Patrick's Law.
Prohibits use of emergency warning lights or other insignia to impersonate law enforcement officer; prohibits sale of these lights to unauthorized persons and increases penalties for unauthorized use.