Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, Senate.
Stephen M. Sweeney
Sponsored
Became law12
Permits local authorities to appropriate and transfer available surplus funds to municipality or county that created authority.
Encourages State purchase of "Jersey Fresh," "Jersey Grown," and other NJ agricultural products and commodities. *
Applies prevailing wage to custom fabrication of woodwork and plumbing, heating, cooling and ventilation or exhaust duct systems.
Streamlines certain permitting in smart growth areas. *
Enhances rights and remedies of employees who disclose or refuse to participate in fraudulent employer practices.
Establishes pilot program for satellite-based monitoring of certain sex offenders and authorizes certain sex offenders to submit to annual polygraph; appropriates $3 million. *
Prohibits the sale of gasoline containing MTBE.
Increases the minimum wage; creates New Jersey Minimum Wage Advisory Commission. *
Appropriates moneys from the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" for loans for dams restoration and repair projects and to finance the costs of State dam restoration and repair projects.
Permits unemployment benefits for workers "locked-out" by their employers. *
Appropriates $46.225 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $13,845,980 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern NJ.
Passed the Senate3
Permits the consolidation of a county vocational school district and county special services school district into a single school district.
Requires persons transacting business in this State and making payments to unregistered unincorporated construction contractors to withhold gross income taxes from those payments. *
Appropriates $1,263,166 from "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects. *
Out of committee23
Grants Abbott district status to Salem City School District.
Permits a farm income averaging credit under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Permits expanded use of farm vehicles.
Permits project labor agreements in certain public works projects not related to buildings. *
Extends eligibility for thoroughbred breeder awards, in certain circumstances, to owners and breeders of New Jersey horses that win purse money in out-of-State races.
Increases maximum bond amount filed with Department of Agriculture by certain purchasers of milk or cream and agriculture commodities.
Concerns certain workers' compensation survivor benefits and certain supplemental benefits.
Establishes program for removal of mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles. *
Modifies trigger to end additional UI benefits during training.
Appropriates $39.8 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires appointing authority to perform criminal history record background check on applicant or employee for employment, appointment, retention or promotion in a position designated with a domestic security classification. *
Upgrades criminal trespass under certain circumstances.
Requires prenotification of certain plant closings.
Clarifies coverage for compensation insurance purchased by NJ Horse Racing Injury Compensation Board for certain standardbred horsemen.
Permits federally qualified health centers to be reimbursed for off-site services.
Provides for municipal regulation of liverycar service; establishes livery and taxicab license plates.
Increases liability limitation for owners or operators of vessels that discharge a hazardous substance.
Revises statutes regarding acupuncturists.
Authorizes Dept. of Agriculture to establish surety fund and assess fees for benefit of perishable agricultural commodity growers, and modifies amount of surety required to be filed by licensed purchasers of such commodities.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts in order to satisfy certain urban revitalization goals.
Authorizes deer hunting with bow and arrow on Sundays.
Makes the unlawful use or possession of a scanning device or reencoder a crime.
Concerns grievance arbitration clauses in public employment collective negotiation agreement.
In committee75
Applies prevailing wage requirement to certain custom fabrication.
Provides for third party payment of registered nurse first assistant when insurer covers payment for surgical first assistant services.
Requires drug testing of foster parents and DYFS caseworkers.
Requires criminal history record background checks for DYFS caseworkers.
Permits voting by absentee ballots for any reason; requires county board of elections to contact persons using these and certain other ballots under certain circumstances.
Establishes criminal penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage.
Requires independent contractors to submit to background checks to work within certain industries.
Amends "Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act" to address terrorist and criminal acts.
Prohibits certain family members of legislators from working in district offices.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Requires vendors of legal services to fully itemize bills to public entities and prescribes penalties.
Prohibits certain elected officials from receiving dual health benefit coverage.
Prohibits public entity from compensating officer or employee who is member of Legislature for time off to attend legislative meetings.
Makes permanent that UI benefit weeks equal base weeks up to 26 weeks.
Concerns provision of employment services and training services.
Requires firefighter 1 certification for participation in certain firefighting activities.
Permits voting by absentee ballot for any reason.
Authorizes creation of 32nd urban enterprise zone in Salem City.
Prohibits sale to minors of anabolic androgenic steroids prohibited by World Anti-Doping Agency.
Allows the receiving district in a sending-receiving relationship to restrict the number of students from its sending districts that are permitted to enroll in the interdistrict public school choice program.
Provides for review of developments of intermunicipal impact by affected municipalities.
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
Creates State Board of Examiners for Fire Sprinkler Fitters and establishes new qualifications for persons installing fire sprinkler systems.
Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts with significant enrollment growth.
Limits documentary service fees charged by automotive dealers.
Requires certain certification for participation in certain firefighting activities.
Exempts certain services performed for unions from UI coverage.
Establishes Office of Minority Teacher Recruitment in Department of Education.
Requires one half of natural resource damage payments to State to be remitted to municipality where damage occurred.
Revises business permit exemptions for certain persons performing electrical work and requires registration of qualified journeyman electricians.
Provides for regional economic impact report and review by affected municipalities for certain proposed large scale retail developments.
Removes statutory requirements concerning salaries for certain county officers.
Provides terrorism damages exclusion for commercial risks under standard fire insurance policy.
Establishes additional penalties for motor vehicle right-of-way violations.
Concerns expenses of suits against third parties in workers' compensation cases.
Prohibits public school districts from joining under certain circumstances voluntary associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports programs.
Prohibits imposition of the corporation business tax on certain foreign corporations that only store personal property in this State incident to its importation.
Creates State Board of Examiners for Fire Sprinkler Fitters and establishes new qualifications for persons installing fire sprinkler systems.
Includes sale and use of pre-written computer software delivered by any means as sale or use of tangible personal property subject to the New Jersey sales and use tax.
The "Public Dam Rehabilitation Project Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $90,000,000 and appropriates $5,000.
Requires executors to post bond and provide periodic accountings to the court where beneficiary is developmentally disabled.
Prospectively changes certain length of service award program vesting requirements.
Clarifies determination of assessed value of certain petroleum refinery property subject to local taxation, appropriates funds necessary to reimburse municipalities for certain property tax refunds.
Limits expenditure of State funds on State advertisements or promotions that feature the Governor.
Establishes $2 surcharge upon building permits for payments to Community Health Law Project.
Clarifies that cruelty to animals includes the use of an animal to injure another animal or the use of any direct or indirect means to inflict the cruelty.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in financial institutions located in Delaware if that state does not reverse its Coastal Zone Act ruling that impacts a proposed New Jersey facility.
Provides for the appointment of prosecutor's agents.
Expands tax credit provisions for air toxics surcharge.
Extends the life of certain school buses from 12 to 15 years.
Requires responsible business practices by large employers regarding wages and benefits.
Creates 14 additional judgeships; raises court fees.
Requires county boards of chosen freeholders to establish county special services school districts.
Requires municipality to remit to county and school district at least 10 percent and 5 percent, respectively, of annual service charge received under long term tax exemption agreement.
Requires employers to provide rest and meal breaks.
Authorizes county correctional facilities to provide mental health services.
Requires release of bid list prior to bid date under "Local Public Contracts Law."
Permits county juvenile corrections officers to carry firearms when authorized by governing body.
Requires public schools to include instruction on humane treatment of animals as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Increases threshold and reduces gross receipts tax assessment on certain ambulatory care facilities.
"Satellite Monitoring of High Risk Sex Offenders Act."
Authorizes municipality to request DEP to require additional remediation of certain landfill sites.
Requires DHS to prepare pamphlet for parents on keeping children safe from predators.
Allows New Jersey S corporations to elect to transfer corporation business tax credits to shareholders to apply against the shareholders' gross income tax liability.
Provides energy and utility service sales tax relief benefit to certain manufacturers located near state with minimal or no sales tax.
Requires all cats and dogs released from pounds and shelters be sterilized with certain exceptions, and establishes penalty for noncompliance.
Exempts certain physician's offices operating magnetic resonance imaging or computerized axial tomography services from requirement to obtain license to operate those services.
Revises scope of P.L.2004, c.89, expediting certain State permits in smart growth areas.
Prohibits member of incorporated fish and game protective association or society from enforcing fish and game laws.
Allows certain chiropractors licensed in other states to be licensed in New Jersey.
Makes various changes to law governing uses of monies in the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Remediation, Upgrade, and Closure Fund.
Eliminates ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment.
Makes permanent sex offender monitoring pilot program.
Increases maximum age to join New Jersey State Firemen's Association from 45 to 50.
Requires compensation for part-time instructional staff at public institutions of higher education to be pro-rated to full-time compensation.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Ends automatic adjustment of campaign contribution limits for committees; adjusts limits for candidate committees.
Excludes housing and subsistence allowances of members of active and reserve components of U.S. Armed Forces, and of National Guard members on State active duty, from taxable gross income. *
Concerns notice of worker rights under the "Conscientious Employee Protection Act" to certain employees. *
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to qualified handicapped persons at sheltered workshops.
Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student who is called to active duty for certain military operations.
Provides exemption from cleanup liability at Superfund sites to certain persons.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of Operations Northern and Southern Watch.
Establishes NJ STARS Program to provide scholarships for county college students. *
Revises pilotage laws.
Establishes New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC), a new State monitoring system for public school districts.
Reorganizes the State's workforce development system and redesignates the Department of Labor as the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Establishes in the DOE a three-year community service pilot program for juniors in high school beginning in the 2005-2006 school year. *
Provides legislative authorization for a certain project of the Delaware River and Bay Authority.
Credits coverage under Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare towards employer's minimum participation rate under NJ Small Employer Health Benefits Program.
Appropriates moneys from the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" to finance the costs of State flood control projects.
Establishes the Special Education Review Commission.
Requires DHS to apply for Home and Community-Based Services waiver for DDD and provide status reports to Legislature. *
Establishes NJ STARS II Program for NJ STARS scholars who advance to a New Jersey four-year public institution of higher education; appropriates $1,000,000 to Higher Education Student Assistant Authority. *
Passed the Senate · 6
Implements the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003."
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Expands eligibility for NJ Distinguished Service Medal and commemorative Vietnam service medal and ribbon to certain former State residents.
Provides paid and unpaid leaves of absence for service with public employee unions and allows full cost purchase of PERS credit for period of leave.
Requires vendors collecting New Jersey sales tax for locations in New Jersey to record and report on their returns the amount of sales tax collected within each municipality in New Jersey.
Concerns filing methods for tax documents and filing standards when electronic filing methods are utilized; requires certain tax preparers to electronically file gross income tax returns. *
Out of committee · 43
Concerns "card-check" method of union recognition. *
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes State rental assistance program patterned after federal section 8 program; permits allocation of funds under the Fair Housing Act to program as permitted purpose. *
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Restores Department of the Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch. **
Extends prevailing wage requirements to projects of county improvement authorities, the CRDA, the Educational Facilities Financing Authority, and the Health Care Facilities Financing Authority. *
"Cigarette Sales Act;" facilitates collection of taxes on retail sales of cigarettes shipped from outside this State. *
Permits voting by absentee ballot for any reason; requires increased identification when requesting and returning absentee ballots; authorizes automatic transmission of absentee ballot application for general elections. **
Revises charity care distribution formula.
Increases the amount of bonds issued for county college capital projects which qualify for State debt service aid support.
Establishes New Jersey Health Care Worker Pension Policy Commission.
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Creates Health Enterprise Zones in certain municipalities to encourage establishment of certain primary care practices in medically underserved areas.
Prohibits certain persons from serving as executors or administrators.
Authorizes members of the State Police to assist the United States Coast Guard in the enforcement of certain safety and security zones established by the Coast Guard. *
Revises outdoor advertising law and local tax treatment of certain outdoor advertising signs.
Redirects $100 million in unemployment taxes to Health Care Subsidy Fund, changes thresholds for employer unemployment taxes, and modifies UI benefits. *
Modifies catch and possession limits for taking of striped bass.
Appropriates $70,651,800 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populat
Appropriates $17,623,600 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern NJ.
Appropriates $75 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition or development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes. *
Appropriates $52,432,378 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Bans sale of certain mercury thermometers. *
The "Identity Theft Prevention Act" *
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Requires reporting of all cases of severe hyperbilirubinemia to DHSS. *
Makes a supplemental appropriation of donations received by the State for the New Jersey September 11th Memorial at Liberty State Park.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in foreign companies doing business in Sudan. *
Establishes the "School Construction Review Commission."
Requires DLPS to establish policy for State Police and local law enforcement in working with Safe Return Program to recover lost individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders.
Requires systematic maintenance check program for intermodal chassis and establishes party to be cited for chassis equipment defects. *
Permits the Director of the Division of Taxation to extend filing and payment deadlines under the New Jersey gross income tax to conform with similar federal personal income tax actions of the Internal Revenue Service.
Approves $6,585,306 in grants for certain historic preservation projects in southern New Jersey.
Changes title of State park ranger to State park police officer.
Extends eligibility for sales and use tax exemption of energy and utility service purchases by certain manufacturing- intensive businesses in Urban Enterprise Zones.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Fund.
Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DHSS for Office on Women's Health.
Appropriates $30,000,000 to the DEP from the "Wastewater Treatment Bond Act of 1985" for grants to or on behalf of local government units for wastewater treatment system projects.
Establishes prevailing wage standards for State building service contracts.
Ratifies the SMART Research and Development Compact in New Jersey; appropriates $25,000. *
Makes FY2006 supplemental General Fund appropriations of $4 million to DHS for home heating assistance and $9 million for energy assistance programs. *
Revises outdoor advertising law and local tax treatment of certain outdoor advertising signs.
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Permits police officer to impound uninsured motor vehicle.
Provides that PERS member holding more than one position covered by PERS has to designate one position as the basis for enrollment.
Requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 18 years of age and younger.
Requires health benefits coverage for certain therapies and applied behavioral analysis for the treatment of certain autism disorders.
Excludes from taxation income from certain sales of land for open space and farmland preservation purposes.
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation.
Eliminates the statute of limitations in civil actions for sexual abuse; clarifies accrual of certain causes of action and modifies the Charitable Immunity Act.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Creates crime of criminal negligent homicide, negligent assault with a firearm and reckless endangerment.
Provides additional State school aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth and low per pupil property and income wealth.
Permits local governments to restrict smoking in public places.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Provides corporations business tax and gross income tax credits for employers who support community rehabilitation programs.
Authorizes leave for parents and guardians of children with special needs.
Appropriates $25,000,000 to restore funding to statutory level for Homestead Property Tax Reimbursement program.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
Increases PFRS disability, accidental death and special retirement benefits; increases members' contribution rate.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; appropriates $420,000.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Amends the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003," and appropriates $5,000.
Promotes the performance of environmental audits.
Requires ATM facilities to be equipped with access to emergency telephone service.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $6 million to DMVA for renovation and restoration of Jersey City Armory.
Requires health benefits coverage for annual mammograms for women under 40 under certain circumstances.
Sets States mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Establishes involuntary outpatient commitment for certain persons who are mentally ill or gravely disabled and provides for involuntary inpatient commitment for certain persons who are gravely disabled.
Establishes 30-day grace period for consumer to cancel contract for cellular telephone service.
"Wastewater Treatment System Replacement Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $50,000,000 and appropriates $5,000.
Requires dissemination of organ and tissue donation by State Treasurer, Personnel Commissioner, State contractors, and preparers of advanced health care directives; designates April of each year as Donate Life Month.
Extends casino investment alternative tax obligation to 50 years; authorizes CRDA to bond for certain purposes; extends incentive program and adds five districts under CRDA Urban Revitalization Act.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Restores the former net operating loss deduction for corporation business tax years 2002-2005.
Provides compensatory time off for certain essential attendance State employees.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in companies doing business in countries that sponsor terrorism.
Establishes Toxic Mold Commission; requires mold inspection as condition of sale of residential property.
Requires public school district to provide paid time off when certain volunteer emergency aid workers are called to alarm during work hours.
Clarifies that Fish and Game Council has sole authority to regulate freshwater fishing, hunting, and trapping.
Provides for certain ex-spouses of retirants to receive pension under PFRS.
Provides for certain ex-spouses of retirants to receive pension under SPRS.
The "Dam, Lake, and Stream Restoration Bond Act of 2005," authorizes bonds for $200,000,000 and appropriates $5,000.
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%
Prohibits Pinelands Commission from imposing fees for development paid for with State funds or by non-profit organization.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Makes employment matters not exempted by statute mandatory subjects of public employment collective bargaining.
Increases penalties for harboring or concealing a sex offender.
Requires interactive computer service to remove images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act from computer server or other storage device controlled or owned by the interactive computer service.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges.
Requires school bus drivers to inspect bus for pupils remaining at end of route.
Prohibits sex offenders from using or possessing erectile dysfunction drugs; prohibits provision or sale of erectile dysfunction drugs to sex offenders.
Concerns sex discrimination in wage payment.
Establishes registry of community agency employees providing services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Creates crime of unauthorized surveillance.
Clarifies law concerning the emergency administration of epinephrine to students for anaphylaxis, increases number of delegates trained to administer epinephrine, and requires plan to reduce student exposure to allergens.
Criminalizes organized retail theft and establishes crime of leader of organized retail theft enterprise.
Authorizes special "Born to Run" license plate with proceeds to benefit Community FoodBank of New Jersey.