Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Samuel D. Thompson
Sponsored
Became law1
Extends eligibility for higher education tuition assistance to certain former members of New Jersey National Guard and increases number of tuition-free credits available to National Guard members and their dependents.
Passed the General Assembly1
Requires DMVA to send Servicemembers' Advisory Notice to members of National Guard called to active duty.
In committee45
Provides immunity from liability for certain recreational activities and from injuries caused by acts of God.
Requires the Director of the Division of Taxation to establish a gross income tax payment system by credit card or debit card.
Authorizes DMV to offer a red heart-shaped identifying symbol on personalized license plates.
Provides that new ratables will be phased into the calculation of equalized valuation over a ten-year period in determining eligibility for State school aid.
Allows property taxpayers an additional year to file tax appeal after revaluation.
Includes auxiliary police officers in Emergency Services Length of Service Award Program.
Establishes that passenger vehicles other than police vehicles have a useful life of five years and allows local units to bond for such vehicles.
Establishes "Grandparenting Resource Center Pilot Program" and appropriates $3,000,000.
Mandates training for judges and judicial personnel regarding problems and issues faced by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
Creates the "Grandparents' Court Liaison Program."
Directs the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Human Services to work with institutions of higher education in the development of certain family programs.
Requires HMFA to prioritize projects affordable to extended family care givers; amends Fair Housing Act to allow funding to programs supporting extended family care.
Requires DHS and DHSS to provide information about federal and State benefits to persons providing kinship care.
Combines the filing of application for the NJ SAVER rebate, homestead rebate, homestead property tax reimbursement, and homestead property tax credit with the New Jersey gross income tax return.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $4.4 million to DLPS for purchase and distribution of thermal imaging cameras for local police services.
Expands FamilyCare Health Coverage Program to cover single adults and couples without dependent children with incomes up to 133% of poverty level.
Appropriates $16 million to DHSS for grants of $2 million each to the State's designated children's hospitals.
Establishes a hospital accounting management system and appropriates $2 million to DHSS.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests for disabled veterans.
Exempts sales of returnable plastic containers and pallets from sales and use tax.
Excludes gratuities from calculation of workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance premiums for limousine or livery services.
Upgrades tampering generally; upgrades tampering with prescribed medicine to second degree crime.
Authorizes creation of sports and entertainment districts in certain municipalities.
Reduces statute of limitations for medical malpractice liability actions to four years.
Requires health insurers to cover treatment ordered by health care provider for covered person based on generally accepted standards of health care practice, subject to appeal; creates Carrier Appeals Program.
Permits law enforcement personnel to examine account records of E-ZPass customers when theft of a transponder has been reported.
Dedicates $20 million annually in realty transfer fee revenues to pay for development, improvement, and repair of State parks, forests, recreation areas, historic sites, natural areas and fish and wildlife areas.
Requires interactive computer services to disable access to images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act.
Concerns medical malpractice procedures and liability.
Requires penalties to be levied against renters and homeowners who violate affordability controls on affordable housing units.
Limits to $5,000 per election amount contributed to and by county committee of a political party.
Upgrades crime of kidnapping minor less than 16 years of age and increases applicable term of imprisonment.
Prohibits sale and distribution of alcohol without water machines.
Eliminates restrictions on the submission of separate school budget proposals for additional funds and maintains school district surplus at 3% in the 2005-2006 school year and thereafter.
Revises the calculation of courtesy busing school budget cap adjustment for courtesy busing performed along a hazardous route.
Prohibits former elected official from receiving for five years compensation from charitable or non-profit organization when official's candidate committee donated campaign contributions to organization.
Directs State owned or operated marinas to provide a 50% discount on boat launching fees for senior citizens on weekdays.
Revises maximum price at which ticket brokers or season ticket holders may resell tickets.
Requires insurers and State health care coverage programs to cover cost of HIV vaccine.
Special legislation to permit appointment of Guillermo Rivera, Jr. to the Keansburg Police Department and enrollment in PFRS.
Special legislation to permit appointment of John O'Connor to the Keansburg Police Department and enrollment in PFRS.
Eliminates requirement that candidate campaign treasurer reports be filed with county clerk for legislative, local and school board candidates.
Prohibits candidates and elected public officials charged with crimes from using campaign contributions for their legal defense.
Implements measures to strengthen oversight of hospital charity care subsidies.
Establishes Office of Airline Consumer Advocate and consumer bill of rights for airline passengers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Allows disabled veteran's surviving spouse to claim property tax exemption when veteran's disability declaration is granted after death.
"Independence, Dignity and Choice in Long-Term Care Act"; reallocates State long-term care expenditures.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to purposely disrupt funeral through certain conduct. *
Requires DMVA to evaluate resources, costs and benefits of providing home health care aides for qualified veterans.
Appropriates $6.515 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $8,100,000 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 central 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
Provides for the transfer of certain college credits.
Designated the "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Education and Research Program Act."
Reorganizes and renames NJ Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission as NJ Commerce Commission; transfers Division of Travel and Tourism to Department of State.
Appropriates $6 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations 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.
Vetoed · 2
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Requires certain public contract bid advertisements to contain certified cost estimates or estimate ranges of projected contract costs and specifies grounds for rejections of all bids. **
Passed the General Assembly · 4
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service. *
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Out of committee · 14
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. *
Establishes Veterans' Oral History Foundation. *
Clarifies powers of public safety directors.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
"Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority Act." *
Changes when proof of veteran status is required for civil service examinations for certain veterans. *
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates $48.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $21,588,646 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes, and $600,000 for county farmland preservation program strategic plans.
Upgrades tampering generally; upgrades tampering with prescribed medicine to second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Establishes New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property and improvements in the Township of Holmdel, Monmouth County.
Makes changes concerning Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism.
In committee · 52
Prohibits certain contributions by certain entities and individuals doing business with counties or municipalities; limits amount of contribution by principals and officers of such entities.
Provides that PERS member holding more than one position covered by PERS has to designate one position as the basis for enrollment.
Revises State funding formula for public education.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Allows certain individuals and private small business employers to purchase SHBP coverage.
Establishes a pothole repair and research program in the Department of Transportation and provides funding from new motor vehicle tire fee revenue.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Clarifies that the term "deadly weapon" includes an animal.
Requires campaign contribution to be accompanied by certification that contributor has not been convicted of crime.
Prohibits person convicted of crime from making campaign contribution.
Provides that campaign contributions received from certain persons convicted of crimes will be forfeited and paid to ELEC for enforcement purposes.
Prohibits use of campaign funds by candidate or legislative leader convicted of crime; requires that such funds be paid to ELEC for enforcement purposes.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Requires legislators with simultaneous PERS-covered elected office or employment to choose one position for receipt of PERS credit.
Directs ELEC to collect fees from certain firms that employ legislative agents; increases certain penalties imposed by ELEC and Executive Commission on Ethical Standards; dedicates funds to those commissions.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DHSS for grant to North Jersey Community Research Initiative.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
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.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.
Authorizes local unit to appoint insurance fund commissioners, its chief financial officer or its municipal clerk to oversee insurance fund.
Establishes "Virtual Medical Monitoring Service Pilot Program" in DHSS; appropriates $150,000.
Includes same sex marriages among marriages declared void; provides that New Jersey will not recognize marriages in other jurisdictions which are void in New Jersey.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for applications filed prior to July 1, 2007.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Increases pensions paid to surviving spouses under Prison Officers' Pension Fund.
Provides New Jersey certification as a school administrator or principal to any applicant with similar certification in another State.
Establishes the level of State school aid for the 2002-2003 school year; establishes the Save Our Schools Fund to finance increased State aid.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Exempts certain physician-owned or operated ambulatory health care facilities from ambulatory care gross receipts assessment if facility is Medicaid or NJ Family Care provider.
Authorizes MVC to give refunds for unexpired portions of motor vehicle registration periods in certain cases.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires fire sprinkler systems in new buildings or structures used to house three or more equine animals.
Establishes universal credit equivalency program to provide seamless transfer of college credits by institutions of higher education.
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.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 7% to 6%.
Exempts membership fees, initiation fees, or dues for access to health and fitness, athletic, or sporting clubs of certain charitable organizations from sales and use tax.
Removes limousine services from sales and use tax imposition.
Prohibits unauthorized use of deceased service member's name, portrait, or picture for certain purposes.
Defines compensation for calculation of PERS contributions and benefits as amount taxed for Social Security purposes for new members.
Requires in public schools instruction on the contributions of United States veterans and the observance of patriotic exercises on certain holidays.
Enters New Jersey in Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact.
Requires county superintendent of schools to determine routes and bid and award contracts for all nonpublic school busing in the county.