Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Christopher J. Connors
Sponsored
Became law1
Authorizes State Treasurer to exchange certain parcels of real property in Stafford Township, Ocean County.
Out of committee1
Revises "Radiologic Technologist Act" to include additional specialty designation of radiologist assistant.
In committee69
Authorizes special Distinguished Flying Cross license plates.
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Requires health insurers to cover Lyme disease.
Creates new penalty for convictions or juvenile adjudications of arson; establishes Arson Investigation Fund.
Establishes the Public School Educational Funding Commission.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Allows judgment for restitution of stolen public funds to be levied against convicted employee's pension contributions.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
Exempts medical alarm equipment, services and telecommunications costs from the "Sales and Use Tax Act."
Creates the "School Tax Policy Funding Commission."
Increases income limits for Home Care Expansion Program; appropriates $8 million.
Concerns donations to certain charitable organizations.
Requires DEP to assume responsibility for dredging of waterways providing boat access to lagoon communities; appropriates $6,000,000.
Establishes special dredging account; directs $5,000,000 of sales tax collected annually be deposited therein; directs DEP to administer account and dredging program with certain requirements.
Appropriates $26,140,000 for dredging projects and dredged material disposal projects related to navigational waterways.
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
Eliminates compulsory liability and no-fault automobile insurance; reinstates financial responsibility laws; applies doctrine of contributory negligence in motor vehicle accidents; permits file and use of rates.
Requires any individual seeking elective public office to disclose when filing petition of nomination whether he or she has been convicted of a criminal offense.
Establishes a New Jersey Coordinating Council on the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Generating Facilities.
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.
Requires hospitals to report information about patient infections to DHSS.
Provides certain veteran benefits to veterans of the global war on terror conflicts and those of certain military engagements served during certain periods.
Establishes a joint legislative and executive branch State Revenue Forecasting Integrity Commission to provide a revenue forecast for annual State budget purposes.
Establishes municipal authority to supervise, discipline and terminate employment of construction code officials.
Establishes "Internet Predator Investigation and Prosecution Fund" with $200 assessment on persons convicted of certain offenses.
Authorizes county to control greenhead fly population; appropriates $250,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $150 million to DOT for repair or construction of bridges on Route 72 connecting Long Beach Island to the mainland.
Extends payment of homestead property tax reimbursement to non-eligible surviving spouse for portion of tax year during which deceased spouse lived.
Requires that certain schools, child care centers and playgrounds be notified of hearing concerning issuance or place-to-place transfer of liquor store license.
Requires notaries public to be U.S. citizens.
Directs DEP to establish beach access program; authorizes the use of shore protection funds and other public moneys therefor.
Repeals State and local hotel and motel occupancy taxes and voids existing municipal implementing ordinances.
Requires additional fines for certain crimes against minors to fund Amber Alert system.
Establishes State-Administered Retirement Systems Study Commission.
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
Provides for joint environmental commissions comprised of five or more participating municipalities.
Clarifies that punitive damages may not be awarded against public entities or public employees acting within the scope of their employment in any action.
Revises regulation of the practice of notaries public.
Imposes mandatory minimum terms of incarceration on juveniles who use guns to commit acts which, if committed by adults, would constitute serious crimes.
Requires electric public utilities to notify interested parties upon petitioning BPU for approval to operate high power electric transmission line.
Establishes procedure for conducting or nullifying special election following tie vote for candidates for public office.
Requires assessment of bay scallop resource, and authorizes DEP to establish a bay scallop fishery.
Establishes civil action for damages against organizations that support terrorism.
Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to DLPS to assist local police departments in paying for new N.C.I.C. terminals.
Extends supplemental workers' compensation benefits to workplace injuries and deaths occurring after December 31, 1979.
Eliminates the New Jersey inheritance tax and repeals chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
Revises laws restricting operation of personal watercraft and permits local police enforcement.
Adds commissioner from the Board of Commissioners of Pilotage in the Division of Coastal Resources, DEP to the Domestic Security Preparedness Planning Group.
Requires State to reimburse counties and municipalities for salary and fringe benefit costs of employee on official leave of absence for military service in war on terror; makes an appropriation.
Revises fee schedule for property assessment appeals.
Increases cost of living adjustment in pension allowances and survivor benefits payable to certain former public safety officers and their survivors.
Increases cost of living adjustment in pension allowances and survivor benefits payable to certain former public safety officers and their survivors.
Permits conversion of fines for violation of certain municipal ordinances into tax liens.
Authorizes distributors providing vehicles to armed forces members to issue temporary registrations.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential and other private property under redevelopment laws.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Requires reduction in number of State employees to FY2000 level; establishes procedure to control creation of new State positions and filling of vacancies.
Requires public hearings on proposed off-track wagering facilities to be held in municipalities contiguous to site where proposed facitities will be located.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $600 million from the General Fund for supplemental homestead rebate payments to homeowners and tenants.
Requires certification by homeowners' association that federal law will not be violated by sale in age-restricted community.
Eliminates certificate of need requirement for home health care services provided by a hospital.
Permits waiving of illegal parking charges in certain cases.
Implements measures to document eligibility for charity care.
Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years.
Prohibits permanent change of child custody during period of active military duty; provides that absence due to active military duty, by itself, is not sufficient to justify modification of a child custody or visitation order.
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.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.
Requires coordination of emergency operations plans and creation of emergency plan for certain animals. *
Requires Office of Attorney General to provide annual gang education seminars for school administrators.
Requires propane gas supplier or marketer to distribute to customers certain disclosures; establishes panalties for violations. *
Establishes New Jersey Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry in Division of Consumer Affairs. **
Upgrades simple assault against a private school teacher to aggravated assault; adds definition of "school" to criminal code. *
Upgrades penalties for recruiting minors and confined persons to be in criminal street gang. *
Provides a military service exemption to the requirement of continuous enrollment under the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Requires DMVA to evaluate resources, costs and benefits of providing home health care aides for qualified veterans.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
Appropriates $8,279,750 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $8,552,405 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.
Appropriates $39,430,430 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds, and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "ur
Appropriates $40 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $11 million from "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Appropriates $45.15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $15,375,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Passed the General Assembly · 12
Classifies victim impact statements as confidential communications.
Allows military personnel extended period to qualify for exclusion of capital gain from income of the sale or exchange of a principal residence.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service. *
Allows municipalities to provide free or reduced fee beach badges to active military and NJ National Guard personnel.
Increases VCCB assessments.
Prohibits electronic printing of certain debit card information on certain sales receipts.
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders. *
Requires retail mercantile establishment to provide manufacturer's rebate at time of consumer purchase.
Prohibits display of gift card account numbers.
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Appropriates $33 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Out of committee · 22
Clarifies certain provisions in the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights." *
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Makes escapees responsible for apprehension costs.
Removes time restrictions on sale of poppies.
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them. *
Requires certain advertising disclosures by certain funeral establishments.
Requires that chiropractic physicians, podiatric physicians, allopathic physicians, and osteopathic physicians be reimbursed at same rate as other health care providers under various health and accident plans.
Criminalizes organized retail theft and establishes crime of leader of organized retail theft enterprise.
Establishes sex offender monitoring program. *
Requires any person responsible for conducting remediation to submit written notification and a remedial action workplan under certain conditions; requires DEP to adopt rules setting forth notice requirements. **
Upgrades penalty for failure to register as sex offender; imposes penalty for failure to verify address and requires verification prior to release.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Regulates operation of sweepstakes in New Jersey.
Authorizes provision of interest-free loans from new home warranty security fund for homeowners to replace polybutylene water piping.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates $48.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
"Nicole's Law;" permits victim of sex offense to obtain restraining order against offender.
Requires the State Police to establish a recently relocated offenders section within the Megan's Law sex offender Internet registry. *
Exempts sales and use tax on initiation fees, membership fees and dues and certain parking services.
Requires hospitals to report certain information concerning infection rates to DHSS and requires DHSS to make information public.
In committee · 68
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Requires the Department of Law and Public Safety, in consultation with the Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force, to operate a website concerning domestic security preparedness and response efforts.
Prohibits certain sex offenders from selling from ice cream trucks.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
Increases penalties for kidnapping of children under the age of 16 and clarifies requirements for sentencing for first degree crime where victim suffers harm.
Establishes "Seniors Helping Seniors Who are Blind or Visually Impaired Demonstration Program" in DHS; appropriates $360,000.
Allows gross income tax filers to designate contributions to VetGroup, Inc. for services for veterans.
Authorizes special license plate for distinguished service medal recipients.
Requires State reimbursement to municipalities of cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption.
Provides immunity from civil liability for persons performing animal rescue and authorizes formation of emergency animal rescue response units.
Revises computation of accidental death benefit payable to beneficiaries of certain members of SPRS killed in line of duty.
Directs Commissioner of Transportation to use monies from Transportation Trust Fund for certain projects.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and State park admission for persons with certain types of military service.
Authorizes Naval combat service license plate.
Increases senior citizen stabilization aid to $500 and makes certain regional districts eligible for senior citizen stabilization aid.
Establishes State security officer program to augment security at State's nuclear power plants; levies $1 surcharge on traffic fines for funding.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Increases minimum period of imprisonment from 45 to 90 days for injuring someone while driving with revoked license.
Makes annual compensation paid to surviving spouses of certain blind or disabled veterans payable from date of veteran's death.
Provides for mandatory terms of imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor; amends murder statute.
Requires addition of bittering agent to certain engine coolants and antifreeze to render it unpalatable.
Clarifies that responsibility for investment of assets under management of Division of Investment vests in State Investment Council.
Upgrades crime of soliciting or recruiting for criminal street gang while on school property.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Authorizes adoption of timed-growth ordinances by municipalities.
Provides immunity from liability for certain recreational activities and from injuries caused by acts of God.
Prohibits sale of gasoline containing MTBE; directs DEP to seek waiver from EPA oxygen requirements for purpose of discontinuing use of MTBE; and establishes Transportation Energy Security Council to monitor good faith compliance effort.
The "New Jersey Freedom to Fish Act."
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
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.
Establishes the level of State school aid for the 2002-2003 school year; establishes the Save Our Schools Fund to finance increased State aid.
Requires State park and forest restroom facilities to include an exclusive family restroom.
Prohibits additional jughandles on roads or highways in the State.
Abolishes the Victims of Crime Compensation Board and creates in its stead an Office of Victims' Services in, but not of, the Department of Law and Public Safety.
Establishes certain hiring preference for children of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Changes membership of State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees.
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Clarifies certain provisions in the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."
Increases fees for attorneys representing crime victims.
Provides for establishment of liens on net proceeds of settlements, judgments or awards.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
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.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Revises law concerning sexually oriented businesses.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides that raffle license applicant that previously held license for five years would not be denied license based on number of members.
Exempts veterans from fees for certain special military license plates.
Provides that raffle license applicant that previously held license for five years would not be denied license based on number of members.
Authorizes municipal dredging of lagoon community waterways and levying of special assessment or issuing of bonds to finance such dredging.
Requires boards of education to provide greater public access to information on employment compensation of certain school administrators and requires annual audit to include test measures for State and federal income tax compliance.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment and forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes involving or touching their office or employment.
Removes limousine services from sales and use tax imposition.
Increases personal needs allowance to $55 for low income persons residing in certain facilities.
Exempts municipal parking from sales and use tax.
Provides an exclusion for military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use proceeds from sale of former World Trade Center site for security improvements at its marine terminals.
Authorizes municipalities to adopt ordinances requiring maintenance and repair of certain wharves, piers, docks and bulkheads.
Excludes the value of certain manufacturer's rebates from the sales price of motor vehicles taxable under the sales and use tax.
Requires account numbers to be truncated on merchants' copies of sales receipts.
Increases prison time for certain persons convicted of a motor vehicle offense when license suspended for DUI.
Extends penalties for driving under the influence to include any substance that impairs driving ability; deems driver's consent to non-invasive drug tests.
Criminalizes fifth or subsequent drunk driving offenses.