Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
DiAnne C. Gove
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Requires assessment of bay scallop resource, and authorizes DEP to establish a bay scallop fishery.
In committee47
Requires health insurers to cover Lyme disease.
Establishes municipal authority to supervise, discipline and terminate employment of construction code officials.
Supplemental appropriation of $150 million to DOT for repair or construction of bridges on Route 72 connecting Long Beach Island to the mainland.
Requires notaries public to be U.S. citizens.
Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to DLPS to assist local police departments in paying for new NICS terminals.
Eliminates the New Jersey inheritance tax and repeals chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Permits conversion of fines for violation of certain municipal ordinances into tax liens.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
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.
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.
Provides certain veteran benefits to veterans of the global war on terror conflicts and those of certain military engagements served during certain periods.
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.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Allows PERS ordinary disability retiree to earn up to $3,000 in PERS-covered employment annually before cancellation of disability benefit and reenrollment in PERS.
Extends payment of homestead property tax reimbursement to non-eligible surviving spouse for portion of tax year during which deceased spouse lived.
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Makes annual compensation paid to surviving spouses of certain blind or disabled veterans payable from date of veteran's death.
Establishes task force to study issues facing returning members of the United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard and make recommendations on how State should address issues.
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.
Concerns custody and parenting time for military parents.
Creates new offense of theft by financial exploitation of a vulnerable person.
Allows municipalities to provide free or reduced fee beach badges to fully disabled veterans.
Converts loan awarded to Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum from loan to grant.
Clarifies that non-credit courses are eligible courses under the volunteer tuition credit program.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to develop and promote NJ Heritage Weekend.
Creates gallery space on State House grounds for display of certain art works.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support historic preservation.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism and NJ Historical Commission to provide volunteer opportunities on Internet website.
Authorizes Division of Travel and Tourism to accept gifts and grants to promote NJ tourism.
Requires NJ State Council on the Arts to establish "Artist Colony" designation and select certain municipalities or areas therefor.
Establishes Historic Sites Broadcast Pilot Program.
Requires new or replacement historical and roadside markers to have website; requires Division of Travel and Tourism to create and maintain quick reference code to be displayed on markers.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to create a Discover NJ Passport.
Establishes NJ Business and the Arts Commission to promote art Statewide.
Requires NJ State Council on the Arts to provide an Internet listing of art galleries in NJ.
Requires NJ State Council on the Arts to establish living treasure designation to recognize distinguished NJ artists.
Requires protection of fine arts elements in public buildings that are to be renovated.
Directs Department of State to establish "New Jersey Crafted Program" to promote sale of goods crafted in NJ.
Establishes visual art competition in recognition of NJ's 350th anniversary and requires art to be displayed in State House.
Authorizes NJ State Council on the Arts to accept gifts for use by council.
Creates New Jersey Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act.
Exempts veterans' organizations from motor vehicle registration fee.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Concerns adding names of certain veterans to certain civil service eligibility lists.
"New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program Act;" establishes New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program and allows voluntary contributions on gross income tax returns to support homeless veterans.**
Permits certain military funeral buglers to receive New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon.*
Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as an official State flag.
Allows municipalities to provide veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Permits chief administrator of MVC to waive CDL skills test for certain applicants with military experience operating commercial motor vehicles.*
Designates State Highway Route 7 bridge between Township of Belleville and Borough of North Arlington "Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes De Oca Memorial Bridge." *
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Requires professional boards to provide credits toward requirements for licensure for veterans with substantially equivalent training.*
Provides for EMT and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic certification for certain veterans.
Transfers New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority from DCA to Department of State.
Appropriates $38.5 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Authorizes a teacher leader endorsement to the instructional certificate.
Out of committee · 29
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Tri-County Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
Permits cancellation of municipal charges and fees under $10.
Prohibits first responders from photographing persons being assisted or disclosing photographs of such persons without their consent.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for business enterprises that are owned by or that employ veterans.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate the teacher certification of veterans.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats pilot program in New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Concerns child custody and parenting time arrangements related to certain military service absences.*
Permits mayors to appoint municipal emergency management coordinators from among residents of municipalities subject to a shared services agreement.
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority to hold regular meetings in various counties in the State.*
Provides for representation of certain regions of State on New Jersey Turnpike Authority.*
Permits county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages to create identification cards for certain veterans for certain purposes.
Provides for discounted resident trapping license fees for senior citizens.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Lieutenant Scott Jenkins' Law; creates certain new criminal offenses aimed at theft from carriers; amends theft statutes.*
Criminalizes second or subsequent drunk driving offenses in certain cases.
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.
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Creates exemption from certain MVC fees for prisoners of war.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Requires mortgage lenders to maintain vacant, age-restricted dwelling units during foreclosure.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Concerns assessment of penalties for certain fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits and requires recovered penalties deposited into unemployment compensation fund.
Provides standards for home elevation contractors.
In committee · 100
Revises child pornography law.
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
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.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
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.
Establishes a New Jersey Coordinating Council on the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Generating Facilities.
Repeals State and local hotel and motel occupancy taxes and voids existing municipal implementing ordinances.
Revises law concerning sexually oriented businesses.
Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders.
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential and other private property under redevelopment laws.
Requires reduction in number of State employees to FY2000 level; establishes procedure to control creation of new State positions and filling of vacancies.
Increases personal needs allowance to $55 for low income persons residing in certain facilities.
Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years.
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.
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.
Reestablishes senior citizen supplemental stabilization aid.
Clarifies that harassment made anonymously or otherwise through electronic communication devices constitutes a petty disorderly offense.
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 DEP rejection of new solid waste facility registration if affected municipality disapproves proposed facility location.
Requires BPU to provide funding for purchase and installation of photovoltaic technologies for age-restricted community clubhouse facilities from societal benefits charge.
Requires use of electronic mail for community notification under Megan's law.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
Requires certain offenders to register under Megan's Law; upgrades the crimes of invasion of privacy and peering into a window of a dwelling for a second or subsequent offense.
Prohibits seller of real estate to transfer realty transfer fee liability to buyer.
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
Provides for mandatory terms of imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor; amends murder statute.
Provides that trespassing in nuclear power plant is third degree crime.
Authorizes municipal dredging of lagoon community waterways and levying of special assessment or issuing of bonds to finance such dredging.
Establishes civil action for damages against organizations that support terrorism.
Permits local government units to increase service charge imposed for check payments returned for insufficient funds.
Requires certain documentation as proof of voter identity to vote; updates procedures for challenging voters regarding proof of identity.
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.
Allows judgment for restitution of stolen public funds to be levied against convicted employee's retirement allowance or pension contributions.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Establishes a 2.0 percent cap on annual appropriations increases for certain State government spending.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Increases penalty for commercial drivers who use a hand-held telephone or electronic communication device while driving.
Transfers all probation functions and employees to Bureau of Probation in State Parole Board.
"Melanie A. Cantwell Law;" requires MVC to issue modified license to person convicted of driving under the influence.
Excludes veteran disability compensation from income qualification limits under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
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.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Provides for immediate driver's license suspension under certain circumstances.
Makes escapees responsible for apprehension costs.
"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.
Prohibits use of hands-free wireless telephones and electronic communication devices while providing instruction in the operation of a motor vehicle.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Heating Oil and Propane Reserves.
Requires State to purchase certain vehicle tires and motor oils to minimize fuel usage.
Directs DOT to study and report on implementation of truck stop electrification systems to reduce truck idling and fuel usage.
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 "Internet Predator Investigation and Prosecution Fund" with $200 assessment on persons convicted of certain offenses.
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.
Ends transitional energy facilities assessment (TEFA), caps State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
'"Invest in New Jersey First' Act;" requires preference in awarding certain contracts for critical infrastructure projects.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Directs New Jersey Turnpike Authority to designate Garden State Parkway as memorial highway to POW-MIA's.
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.
Exempts, for five years, certain new business activities in pinelands area from compliance with Pinelands Commission development approval process.
Permits advertising on exterior of DOC motor vehicles; revenues to fund tourism grants.
Provides for promotion of tourism attractions within New Jersey at service areas along certain toll roads.
Directs DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to advertise local events and historic sites on variable message signs.
Establishes "Tourism Mentor and Matchmaker Program" in Department of State.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to create interactive Explore NJ mobile electronic communication device application.
Provides 50 percent exemption of sales and use tax for sales of one-of-a-kind-art.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to create webpage listing wall murals in NJ.
Authorizes special "Support the Arts" license plates; dedicates proceeds to New Jersey State Council on the Arts to support arts in NJ.
Requires DOT to develop common design for signs that indicate historic site or district.
Requires NJ State Council on the Arts to create website listing art in public buildings in NJ.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support the arts.
Establishes "Art in Storefronts" initiative within the Main Street New Jersey program.
Allows CRDA to finance certain highway projects outside of Atlantic City Tourism District.
Appropriates $20,000,000 from General Fund to the Department of State for travel and tourism advertising and promotion to communicate that New Jersey's tourism destinations are operational despite damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Allows municipality to petition county for removal of abandoned vessel; provides that vessel shall not be deemed abandoned for period of not more than six months following declared state of emergency.
Amends "Main Street New Jersey" program to provide assistance to arts and tourism organizations.
Authorizes NJ State Council on the Arts to establish program to promote developing artist projects on website and collect donations for projects on behalf of artist.
Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.
Concerns valuation of property condemned for dune construction or beach replenishment.
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 disclosure of water damage prior to household appliance sales.
Requires Adjutant General to consider need for inpatient hospice care for admission to veterans' facilities; permits waiver of State residency requirement.
Permits municipalities impacted by Hurricane Sandy to borrow for current expenses through December 31, 2014, and repay special emergency notes over a 10-year period.
Revises current law permitting paid leave of absence for municipal police officers.
Expands notification when an offender is released from custody or transferred within the criminal justice system.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to include information on life insurance plans in its student loan repayment information document.
Increases penalties for certain heroin offenses by revising threshold amounts for first, second, and third degree crimes of manufacturing, distributing, and dispensing heroin.
Provides for payment to small municipalities, in certain cases, of certain penalty moneys assessed for violations of fish and game laws.
Eliminates statute of limitations for theft of fine art and amends theft statute concerning such art.
"New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act;" provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans.