Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, Senate.
Christopher J. Connors
Sponsored
Became law2
Allows municipalities to provide free or reduced fee beach badges to active military and NJ National Guard personnel.
Establishes NJ Alzheimer's Disease Study Commission.
Passed the Senate6
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund. *
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Permits waiving of illegal parking charges in certain cases.
Permits cancellation of municipal charges and fees under $10.
Allows corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit for certain unreimbursed mental health treatment of veterans. *
Clarifies that non-credit courses are eligible courses under the volunteer tuition credit program.
Out of committee5
Expands the provisions of Operation Recognition to veterans of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Requires account numbers to be truncated on certain sales receipts.
Changes membership requirements of the Veterans' Services Council.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by veterans.
In committee76
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential and other private property under redevelopment laws.
Requires prosecutors to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
Requires reduction in number of State employees to FY2000 level; establishes procedure to control creation of new State positions and filling of vacancies.
Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years.
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.
Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Supplemental appropriation of $150 million to DOT for repair or construction of bridges on Route 72 connecting Long Beach Island to the mainland.
Requires additional fines for certain crimes against minors to fund Amber Alert system.
Clarifies that harassment made anonymously or otherwise through electronic communication devices constitutes a petty disorderly offense.
Reestablishes senior citizen supplemental stabilization aid.
Requires Department of the Treasury to calculate State motor vehicle fleet miles per gallon average and to increase it over four years.
Directs DOT and NJT to study and report on transportation infrastructure needs in coastal counties.
Establishes, in the Division of Fish and Wildlife in DEP, a program to encourage school children to avoid drug use and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Requires BPU to provide funding for purchase and installation of photovoltaic technologies for age-restricted community clubhouse facilities from societal benefits charge.
Requires DEP rejection of new solid waste facility registration if affected municipality disapproves proposed facility location.
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Requires assessment of bay scallop resource, and authorizes DEP to establish a bay scallop fishery.
Authorizes municipalities to adopt ordinances requiring maintenance and repair of certain wharves, piers, docks and bulkheads.
Establishes a New Jersey Coordinating Council on the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Generating Facilities.
Concerns awarding of professional services contracts by public agencies and requires certain disclosures by State and local government officials and candidates for elective public office.
Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to DLPS to assist local police departments in paying for new National Crime Information Center terminals.
Increases prison time for certain persons convicted of a motor vehicle offense when license suspended for DUI.
Requires use of electronic mail for community notification under Megan's law.
Criminalizes fifth or subsequent drunk driving offenses.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Repeals State and local hotel and motel occupancy taxes and voids existing municipal implementing ordinances.
Permits conversion of fines for violation of certain municipal ordinances into tax liens.
Revises law concerning sexually oriented businesses.
Extends veteran's property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Converts loan awarded to Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum from loan to grant.
Extends payment of homestead property tax reimbursement to non-eligible surviving spouse for portion of tax year during which deceased spouse lived.
Authorizes counties to reduce greenhead fly populations; appropriates $50,000.
Requires State reimbursement to municipalities of cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption.
Requires public hearings on proposed off-track wagering facilities to be held in municipalities contiguous to site where proposed facilities will be located.
Makes annual compensation paid to surviving spouses of certain blind or disabled veterans payable from date of veteran's death.
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
Eliminates certificate of need requirement for home health care services provided by a hospital.
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.
Allows lawsuits by home improvement contractors against homeowners to be brought in county in which residential or non-commercial property is located.
Clarifies that punitive damages may not be awarded against public entities or public employees acting within the scope of their employment in any action.
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Creates new penalty for convictions or juvenile adjudications of arson; establishes Arson Investigation Fund.
Imposes mandatory minimum terms of incarceration on juveniles who use guns to commit acts which, if committed by adults, would constitute serious crimes.
Establishes civil action for damages against organizations that support terrorism.
Imposes mandatory term of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole on persons who commit particularly brutal sexual assaults.
Requires DEP assume responsibility for dredging of waterways providing boat access to lagoon communities; appropriates $6,000,000.
Provides temporary period for making certain estate tax refund claims and directs notice be given to certain affected parties.
Excludes the value of certain manufacturer's rebates from the sales price of motor vehicles taxable under the sales and use tax.
Establishes "Internet Predator Investigation and Prosecution Fund" with $200 assessment on persons convicted of certain offenses.
Increases penalties for identity theft when victim is a senior citizen or veteran.
Dedicates up to $400,000 annually of fees collected at Island Beach and Liberty State Parks to special funds to be used to support certain park programs, and makes appropriations from the funds.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Heating Oil and Propane Reserves.
"Invest in New Jersey First' Act;" requires preference in awarding certain contracts for critical infrastructure projects.
Requires health insurers to cover Lyme disease.
Requires newly hired State employees be New Jersey residents.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Prohibits nonrenewal of homeowners insurance policies based on proximity to water or risk of windstorm related claims.
"Breann's Law" requires health insurers, the State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide "out of network" coverage for children with catastrophic illnesses.
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.
Makes public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes or found at fault in certain civil actions liable and subject to pension garnishment for public legal expenses and illegally obtained funds.
Allows judgment for restitution of stolen public funds to be levied against convicted employee's retirement allowance or pension contributions.
Concerns custody and parenting time for military parents.
Creates new offense of theft by financial exploitation of a vulnerable person.
Authorizes municipal dredging of lagoon community waterways and levying of special assessment or issuing of bonds to finance such dredging.
Increases income eligibility standard for certain residential electric customers under the "Lifeline Credit Program" and "Universal Service Fund."
Prohibits first responders from disseminating photographs of accident victims and patients to public without consent of victim or patient.
Authorizes county vocational school district to reduce required local share if the reduction is agreed to by board of education and county governing body.
Permits local government units to increase service charge imposed for check payments returned for insufficient funds.
Allows municipalities to provide free or reduced fee beach badges to fully disabled veterans.
Requires certain documentation as proof of voter identity to vote; updates procedures for challenging voters regarding proof of identity.
Provides for discounted resident trapping license fees for senior citizens.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Prohibits towing and transportation of boats during emergency evacuations.
Implements recommendations of the Assembly Coastal New Jersey Evacuation Task Force.
Requires DMVA, through State veterans service offices, to provide surviving beneficiary of deceased service member with comprehensive benefits packet.
Requires public institutions of higher education and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs' to include link on their websites for access to educational information. *
Establishes "New Jersey Veterans' Hospital Task Force."
Authorizes special Gold Star Family motor vehicle license plates for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty. *
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 $14,818,787 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Passed the Senate · 5
Authorizes municipalities and fire districts to require physician's certificate as condition for service or continuing service by volunteer fire fighters; requires municipalities and fire districts to reimburse them for out-of-pocket costs.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website; requires certain public entities receiving State funds to establish similar website. *
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for business enterprises that are owned by or that employ veterans.
Re-aligns enforcement responsibility of State Housing Code concerning multiple dwellings from municipalities to the State under the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law." *
Out of committee · 9
Lowers age of eligibility for surviving spouse under homestead property tax reimbursement program; extends payment of homestead property tax reimbursement to non-eligible surviving spouse for portion of tax year during which deceased spouse lived. *
Requires Pinelands Commission members, officers, employees, or agents to follow State ethics code. *
Requires State Soil Conservation Committee to adopt standards concerning soil restoration measures. *
Establishes standards for certain fertilizer applications, provides for certification of professional fertilizer applicators, and regulates sale and labeling of certain fertilizers.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Requires State Comptroller to review, and make recommendations for improvement of, the procurement process of the State, public institutions of higher education, independent State authorities, units of local government, and boards of education.
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.
In committee · 25
"Ricci's Law;" revises ignition interlock device requirements for certain drunk driving offenses.
Allows counties to establish emergency management registry for individuals with special needs.
Requires State and county offices of emergency management to designate critical infrastructure in need of emergency power generators.
Expands emergency operations plans to include care for domestic animals.
Establishes commission authorized to identify and locate emergency shelters.
Requires State and local emergency operations plans include provisions to address needs of families of emergency responders serving during a disaster or emergency.
Requires the State Police to implement reverse lane strategy on certain roads.
Provides for Statewide evacuation strategy for hospitals and other health care facilities.
Directs Office of Emergency Management to develop and undertake annual public awareness campaign concerning State's emergency coastal evacuation plan.
Establishes coastal operations team to review county evacuation plans.
Requires that newly built schools be constructed to serve as emergency shelters.
"Jessica Lunsford Act;" concerns sentencing of sex offenders and persons who harbor them; requires electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders and creates child protection zones.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Revises Special Municipal Aid program.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Requires MVC to provide information concerning Selective Service registration requirements.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Requires municipalities to reimburse qualified private communities for street paving costs.
Establishes a 2.0 percent cap on annual appropriations increases for certain State government spending.
Prohibits use of volunteer driving activities in underwriting for private passenger automobile insurance; revises charitable immunity statute as applied to volunteer drivers.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
"Barnegat Bay Protection Act"; establishes Barnegat Bay Protection Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on lawn fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, and provides for donations.
"Caylee's Law," establishes penalties for failing to report to authorities or otherwise concealing death or disappearance of a child.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate the teacher certification of veterans.
Filed · 1
Establishes standards for certain fertilizer applications, requires certification of professional fertilizer applicators and regulates labeling and sale of certain fertilizers.