Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Nancy F. Muñoz
Sponsored
Became law2
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.
Upgrades violation of a stalking restraining order to a crime of the third degree.*
Out of committee1
Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.
In committee68
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
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.
Clarifies that permitting sexual abusers to reside with a child constitutes endangering welfare of a child.
Exempts from sales tax certain sales by or to any senior citizens club organized for pleasure, recreation, or other nonprofitable purposes.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
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.
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.
Requires sex offender's tier designation to be completed and reviewed by the court prior to release from incarceration.
Permits eligible claimant who is proportionate owner paying entire property tax bill to collect entire homestead property tax reimbursement amount.
"One Strike, You're Ours;" adds use of Internet as aggravating factor in child sex crimes and requires lifetime electronic monitoring of offender.
Requires breath or blood test in motor vehicle accidents involving pedestrians.
Requires hospitals to maintain passive audio or visual mechanism for alerting emergency department staff to presence of non-ambulance vehicles containing patients.
Grants discretion to Parole Board in determining whether inmate should be released on parole.
Appropriates $5 million to Cranford Township for flood control projects.
Permits advanced practice nurses to certify person as handicapped for purposes of handicapped parking.
Restricts access to motor vehicle accident reports under certain circumstances.
Requires DOT to construct noise barriers on Interstate 78.
Provides exemption from 3-day cancellation provision of home improvement contract in case of bona fide emergency.
Requires that sexual abuse against a child be reported to law enforcement officials.
Increases penalty for harboring or concealing certain sex offenders.
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.
Imposes surcharge on motor vehicle offenses to fund upgraded electronic systems for police vehicles.
Requires all prison commissary profits be turned over to Victims of Crime Compensation Office.
Changes restrictions on certain county or municipal stream cleaning activities.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Exempts homestead from attachment in medical malpractice judgment.
Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of 25 years to life for aggravated sexual assault against a child under 13 and increases penalties for harboring certain sex offenders.
Establishes process for county colleges to offer baccalaureate degree nursing programs.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Requires assisted living residences and certain facilities under DCA, DCF, and DHS to be equipped with standby emergency power generators.
Requires suspension of member of Legislature indicted for certain crimes or offenses that, upon conviction, require forfeiture of office.
Adds two nurse educators to the New Jersey Board of Nursing.
Creates commission to study effectiveness of county government; appropriates $95,000.
Prevents county park facility from having primary purpose of hosting private events.
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.
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.
Establishes right of way for funeral processions.
Upgrades crime of soliciting or recruiting for criminal street gang while on school property.
Requires persons under age 17 to wear helmets when operating non-motorized scooters.
Requires recalls on motor vehicles to be repaired prior to sale.
Prohibits service repair contractors from charging hourly rates for travel time.
Exempts senior citizens, disabled persons, and veterans from E-ZPass account monthly service charge.
Provides free tuition at public institutions of higher education for surviving spouses and dependent children of military personnel killed in performance of duties.
Requires sellers of used motor vehicles to complete and submit form.
Establishes 24-hour hotline for information concerning the crime of human trafficking; appropriates $75,000.
Concerns sale of cemetery, grave, monument and historical markers.
Allocates nondedicated portion of State realty transfer fee collections to municipal property tax relief.
Increases and indexes maximum homestead property tax deduction under gross income tax.
Reduces period of time that member of Legislature may be absent, without excuse, before member's seat is deemed vacant.
Permits municipal board of library commissioners to reduce library tax rate when municipality acquires new ratables.
"Highway Accident Property Tax Relief Act;" requires State to reimburse municipalities for costs of providing certain emergency services.
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.
Requires emergency action plans for delivery of oxygen to patient residences during public health emergency.
Provides for screening newborn infants for genetic mutations associated with hereditary hemochromatosis.
"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.
Establishes cross-acceptance of local master plans; intermunicipal review of certain development applications.
Excludes certain federal employee Thrift Savings Fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Requires bail agencies to collect at least 10 percent of bail bond amount.
Prohibits payment of more than one copayment, coinsurance or deductible for series of vaccinations used in preventive treatment of rabies under certain health benefits plans.
Requires newly licensed registered professional nurse to attain baccalaureate degree in nursing within 10 years of initial licensure as a condition of renewal of the license.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Dedicates 0.1 percent of cigarette tax revenue to anti-smoking initiatives.
Concerns payment of leave time to employee in year of employee's retirement.
Requires certain common interest community associations to publish certain information; requires that homeowners' association contracts for management and maintenance include 24-hour emergency services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for development of Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Requires schools to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit administration of epinephrine to any student having anaphylactic reaction.
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Prohibits sale of certain products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.*
Requires pharmacies and prescribers to notify patients about how to ensure proper and safe disposal of unused prescription drugs.
Establishes the "New Jersey Family Collaborative Law Act." *
Provides that crime victims do not have to pay fees to obtain records relating to the crime and that requests for such records are not public information.*
Dedesignates portions of Route 24.
Establishes requirements for pharmacists to dispense biological products.*
Establishes certain requirements for hospitals regarding patient-designated caregivers.
Allows gross income taxpayers to use their gross income tax returns to make voluntary contributions to ALS Association for services to New Jersey residents.
Permits transmittal of certain land use documents via email.
Amends law concerning county and municipal stream cleaning activities.
Prohibits sale of powdered alcohol.
Requires continuing care retirement communities to provide residents with information on influenza vaccines for older adults.
Requires development and maintenance of database to advise public about open bed availability in residential substance use disorders treatment facilities.
"Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015"; authorizes the court to issue protective orders for victims of certain nonconsensual sexual conduct.
Expands scope of law governing registration of security guards; designated as " Detective Vincent Santiago's Law." *
"New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act."*
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates $88,592,361 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Requires warning sign to be posted at pontoon boat rental businesses; designated as "Christopher's Law."
Passed the General Assembly · 13
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
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.
Revises grades and sentencing determinations for certain controlled dangerous substances.**
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Requires law enforcement officers to search domestic violence restraining order registry upon conducting an arrest.
Requires DEP to establish "private wildlife habitat certification program"; creates affirmative defense against municipal nuisance ordinances for properties certified under the program.
Prohibits purchase of certain items by scrap metal businesses.
Revises procedures for processing incomplete Medicaid applications; exempts asset transfers of up to $500 per month during look back period for determining eligibility for long-term care services.*
Expands the Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of sexual assault and stalking.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.*
Requires DMAVA to develop online historic tour identifying locations of war battles and places of significance to war efforts in State. *
Out of committee · 24
Establishes DOT roadside memorial program for fallen police officers, sheriff's officers, EMS workers, and firefighters; designated as "Patrolman Joseph Wargo's Law.**
Establishes compensation limits for licensed public adjusters during certain emergencies.
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities through accountability and transparency; designated as "Stephen Komninos' Law."
Permits attending advanced practice nurse to determine cause of death and execute death certification of patient if nurse is patient's primary caregiver.
Authorizes Attorney General to coordinate Statewide law enforcement efforts against opioid drug abuse.*
Increases age for helmet requirement for bicycling, roller skating, and skateboarding to 17 and younger; extends helmet requirement to ice skaters and operators of non-motorized scooters.*
Clarifies statutory exemptions from mandatory immunizations for students.
Designates State Route 173 between Clinton and Phillipsburg as "173rd Airborne Brigade Highway."
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature. *
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.
Permits court to order involuntary outpatient treatment in any county; concerns patient compliance with taking medication.
Provides for certification for emergency medical technicians to administer opioid antidotes.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network, and updates crime of animal fighting; amends RICO concerning dog fighting.**
Requires certain information regarding Down syndrome be provided to certain parents and families.
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Increases transparency and accountability at PANYNJ.
Provides for licensure of ambulatory care facilities to provide integrated primary care services including behavioral health care.
Extends "Overdose Prevention Act" immunity provisions to certain professionals and professional entities, and permits needle exchange programs to obtain standing order for opioid antidote dispensation.*
Designates State Highway Route No. 35 bridge between Brielle and Point Pleasant Beach as "Veterans of All Wars Memorial Bridge."
Requires State agencies to periodically review administrative rules and regulations to ensure continued efficacy.
Designates State Highway Route 15 in Sussex County as "Senator Robert E. Littell Memorial Highway."
Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.
In committee · 152
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Suspends pension of any retired public employee who resumes public employment with compensation more than $15,000.
"Direct Tax Relief for New Jersey Families Act"; Establishes the New Jersey Direct Property Tax Relief Program; increases the renter's gross income tax credit for property taxes; and increases the earned income tax credit.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Creates a civil "rape shield" law.
Requires suspension of local elected and appointed officers and employees indicted for certain offenses that, upon conviction, require forfeiture of office or position.
Prohibits sex offenders from entering school property.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Requires candidates keep detailed records of how campaign funds are spent for the ordinary and necessary expenses of holding public office.
Prohibits improper release of photographs or videos captured by public entities.
Prohibits governmental collection of biometric identifiers without consent.
Imposes criminal penalties for illegally obtaining or disclosing personally identifiable health information.
Increases penalties for the unlawful disclosure or use of taxpayer information by State tax officials.
Establishes pilot project to install global positioning system (GPS) devices on certain State vehicles.
Provides public servant is guilty of official misconduct if he knowingly obtains, arranges or provides "no-show" job for himself or another.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Requires eligibility checklist and audit for enrollment in PERS of certain public employees who provide professional services; imposes fine on certifying officer or supervisor for ineligible enrollments.
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
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.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
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.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Permits boards of education to convey certain school property to nonprofit senior citizen organizations for nominal consideration.
Makes all persons convicted of sexual assault subject to the No Early Release Act; specifies that any use of force elevates sexual assault to aggravated sexual assault.
Prohibits information from certain medical malpractice claims from being used by employers or medical malpractice insurers.
Reduces gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years.
Establishes threats of violence against prosecutors, law enforcement officers and their family members as a second degree crime, subject to the No Early Release Act sentencing.
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.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Eliminates general purpose, supplemental and mansion realty transfer fees.
Repeals the New Jersey estate tax.
Increases penalties for injuring school crossing guard or student pedestrian in crosswalk.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
Permits a tax deduction under the New Jersey gross income tax for taxpayers who operate or maintain for their employees a licensed child care center or who have paid the cost of outside child care.
Revises New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act and other laws relating thereto.
Requires court to deny defendant's right to copy or reproduce images of child pornography as part of discovery.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Revises child pornography law.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Clarifies that first aid, ambulance or rescue squads, as entities, have immunity from civil damages in certain circumstances.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Prohibits awarding alimony to domestic violence offenders; permits termination of alimony based on conviction for crime or offense involving domestic violence.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Authorizes the establishment of probationary periods for nontenured faculty members at State colleges.
Prohibits dual elective office holding and holding of elective office and public office or position.
Specifies failure to restrain a cat, dog, or other domestic companion animal while the animal is riding in a motor vehicle is not cruel or inhumane transport.
Prohibits sale of products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.
Concerns access to information maintained by Prescription Monitoring Program.
Eliminates the New Jersey inheritance tax and repeals chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Creates new offense of theft by financial exploitation of a vulnerable person.
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.
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.
Permits health care providers to report certain patient health problems to MVC.
Repeals Kyleigh's Law decal requirement; requires MVC to provide parents of graduated driver license applicants detailed information about program's conditions and restrictions; imposes penalties on parents when licensees fail to comply.
Prohibits smoking in automobiles when children are present.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
"Reproductive Donation Safety Act."
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Allows pension calculation to be based on compensation increase in excess of actuarially assumed experience only if employer pays unfunded liability.
Makes members of county boards of taxation ineligible for membership in State-administered retirement system or for health care benefits coverage under plan for public employees.
Repeals traffic control signal monitoring system pilot program; prohibits future use of red light cameras in State.
Provides for disclosure of person's medical records related to AIDS or HIV infection for investigations or prosecutions of crime of diseased person committing act of sexual penetration; makes crime ineligible for expungment.
Denies custody and visitation rights to minor child by family members of individuals convicted of certain crimes.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Requires driver's license to display license holder's blood type.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Clarifies "knockout game" assault as third-degree aggravated assault; provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for such assault.
Creates crime of cyber-harassment.
Establishes special license plates supporting American Red Cross.
Exempts military personnel receiving combat zone pay from the gross income tax.
Allows planning and zoning board members to satisfy training requirements on Internet.
Criminalizes participation in criminal street gang.
Establishes Park Prescription Program authorizing medical practitioners to prescribe free State park access passes to patients with obesity-related conditions.
Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Enacts the "NJ Family First Employer Act"; establishes award for certain employers.
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.
Permits water supply service and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings to promote water conservation.
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.
Requires assisted living residences to have standby emergency power generators.
Requires DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
Requires carbon monoxide detectors in school buildings.
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.
Requires certain user fees for the provision of traditional municipal services to be included within the 2% municipal and county property tax levy cap.
Includes payday lending as a violation of the consumer fraud act.
Provides credit against ambulatory care facility assessment liability for value of unreimbursed care provided to hospital charity care patients.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.
Requires persons to report incidents of domestic violence to law enforcement and makes it a disorderly persons offense to fail to report.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children; appropriates $1,500,000 to Treasury.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Requires veterinarians to provide written prescriptions and certain notifications.
Enhances penalties for committing improper behavior in place of public accommodation.
Concerns human trafficking of a minor.
Allows gross income tax deductions totaling $300,000 over five taxable years for certain primary care physicians.
Prohibits certain sex offenders from selling from ice cream trucks.
Establishes a fixed term for Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director of PANYNJ; requires approval from Governors of New Jersey and New York prior to employment of directors.
Requires bi-state transportation authorities to make advance notification of certain projects or operations expected to impede traffic.
Establishes various good governance requirements at certain bi-state authorities.
Eliminates presumption of non-imprisonment for theft of a firearm.
Makes various changes to interest arbitration procedures; repeals sunset provision.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
Increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount for the New Jersey estate tax to $5 million over period of five years.
Requires anyone receiving opioid antidote to treat drug overdose be provided with information concerning substance treatment programs and resources.
Establishes a small business job creation and preservation account program to incentivize small business workforce expansion in New Jersey with income tax exclusions for interest.
Enters New Jersey in Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact.
Provides courts with sentencing discretion for certain convictions concerning possession of a firearm.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide advocates for victims of sexual assault.
Requires institutions of higher education to post information on sexual assaults on website and provide the information to prospective students.
Revises requirements for signage indicating accessible facilities for people with disabilities.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Creates pilot program concerning domestic violence; creates additional Superior Court judgeships.
Expands eligibility for property tax reimbursement program.
Limits authority of court to order one or both parents to pay post-high school education expenses on behalf of a child if both parents agree that they will not pay such expenses.
Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires DOLWD to promulgate standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by health care personnel.
Concerns county government dissolution.
Requires DOE to establish NJ Dyslexia website.
Requires suspension of driver's license for gross income tax deficiency under certain circumstances.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Updates factors for consideration for grandparent and sibling petitions seeking visits with child over objection of parent, guardian, or custodian; adds preference for child's temporary placement with grandparent under "Child Placement Bill of Rights Act.
Establishes a one-year pilot program in the Office of the Attorney General concerning field testing for synthetic drugs.
Permits certain breweries to sell beer at community farm markets.
Allows consumption of food on limited brewery premises.
Authorizes restricted breweries to annually sell up to 1,000 barrels of beer to in-State and out-of-state retailers.
Codifies in statute case law developed legal standards for establishing grandparent and sibling visitation with a child when visitation objected to by child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian.
Provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain crimes of domestic violence.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Establishes "Local Safe Corridor Fund"; increases penalties on roadway designated as local safe corridor and dedicates funds to local safe corridor safety initiatives.
Makes reforms to mental health treatment; clarifies law governing purchase of firearms by persons with history of mental illness.
Requires local units to recover contributions under Emergency Services Length of Service Award Program paid in excess of statutory limit; requires annual audits.
Links police and fire interest arbitration base salary cap to property tax levy; makes cap permanent.
"New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act."
Provides for notice to schools of court-ordered domestic violence restraints restricting contact in schools; increases penalty for violation of such orders.