Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, General Assembly.
Christopher Bateman
Sponsored
Became law18
Revises membership and board of New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange.
Removes 20-year title search as prerequisite for tax title holder's claim for $12 party search expense.*
Establishes special license plate to promote agriculture.
Provides for payment of certain individual and provider claims against HIP Health Plan of New Jersey, Inc. and American Preferred Provider Plan, Inc.; appropriates $50,000,000 from the tobacco settlement proceeds.*
Allocates certain motor vehicle surcharges for alcohol treatment programs.
Modifies probate code with regard to settlement of intestate estates when heirs are missing or unknown.
Establishes the "New Jersey Individual Development Account Program," appropriates $2 million from federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds. **
Removes requirement that two-thirds of a savings bank's board must reside in New Jersey.
Removes the requirement that a savings bank must use the word "savings" in its name.
Provides for expedited approval process for certain applications by financial institutions and updates parity provisions for financial institutions.
Provides for the merger of subsidiaries into financial institutions.
Allows banks and certain other lenders to act as title insurance producers.*
Clarifies that the law concerning liability for underground storage tanks under certain circumstances applies to underground storage tank facilities.
Creates new motor vehicle offense; clarifies municipal prosecutors' duties concerning plea agreements.
Limits cost of Y2K examinations of domestic fraternal benefit societies and appropriates an amount necessary to pay balance of costs. *
Replaces "Revised Uniform Principal and Income Act" with "Uniform Principal and Income Act of 2000."
Makes supplemental appropriations in the Department of Community Affairs of $3,000,000 for additional flood aid for Bound Brook Borough and $2,000,000 for additional flood aid for Manville Borough.
Creates Prosecutors Part with other benefits in PERS.
Passed the General Assembly7
Expands scope of implied consent for BAC testing to include certain underage drivers who have consumed alcohol.
Permits municipalities and counties to indemnify volunteers who negligently operate municipal motor vehicles.
Authorizes Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of the New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission to establish NJ Higher Education International Network.
Allows certain State employees to receive paid post-retirement medical benefits.
Increases loan to value amount permitted under mortgage guaranty insurance.
Expands the power of banks to include buying and selling platinum bullion.
Exempts State-chartered credit unions from sales and use tax.
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Adds new causes of action for divorce based on irreconcilable differences.*
Directs that certain juvenile justice records be available to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors on a 24-hour basis.
Clarifies exclusion of disability pensions from gross income for gross income tax purposes.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain property tax due and payable on destroyed or damaged residence.
Establishes collateral requirements for certain deposits in and sets standards for certain investments by the State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund.
Prohibits sale of certain merchandise at excessive prices during certain emergencies. *
Appropriates $50 million to acquire real property in areas affected by Hurricane Floyd, pay relocation expenses, and compensate for lost property taxes.
Supplemental appropriation of $99,000 to DHS for a grant to PeopleCare Center, Inc. in Bridgewater.
Prohibits certain State aid adjustment for the Manville Borough School District.
Authorizes counties, municipalities, municipal utilities authorities and sewerage authorities to impose intensity of use fee concerning sewer and water connectors.*
Requires managed care plans to contract with providers that meet certain standards when providing services for hemophiliacs.
Prohibits denial of PIP benefits on basis of consumption of alcohol.
Permits disclosure of certain patient information by organized delivery systems for research purposes.
Requires pharmacies to display informational pamphlet about PAAD program; makes an appropriation.*
Revises laws regulating pawnbrokers, dealers of secondhand goods and buyers of precious metals; makes it a crime to unlawfully engage in business of pawnbroking.
Repeals disorderly persons offense concerning student possession of paging devices on school property from criminal code and reconstitutes that provision in Title 18A with new sanctions. *
Allows PERS retiree to earn $15,000 aggregate annual compensation in PERS-covered employment without reenrollment. *
Appropriates $7,000,000 for New Jersey Fire Engine and Equipment Museum.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property and improvements in Montgomery Township, Somerset County to the Montgomery Township Board of Education and to grant an easement to that property.
Provides for the conversion of a health service corporation to a for-profit health insurer and the establishment of a foundation for the value of that corporation. *
Requires ten years legal experience to be eligible to be appointed county prosecutor.
Allows consumer lenders under the "New Jersey Licenses Lenders Act" to make consumer loans up to $50,000.
Allows prescription of 90-day supply for Ritalin.
Allows certain former judges who resigned in good standing to perform marriages.
Concerns record retention by certain financial institutions.
Supplemental appropriation of $150,000 to DHSS for a grant to Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey, Inc.
Requires members of the judiciary to file annual financial disclosure statements.
Enables authorized persons to obtain criminal background checks on juveniles to determine suitability for work with children, the elderly and the developmentally disabled.
Concerns chapter 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Clarifies membership of board of directors of foundation created pursuant to the conversion of a health service corporation.
Raises capital requirements for check cashers and eliminates certain licenses issued to certain check cashers within 2,500 feet of existing check cashers.
Revises "pawnbroking law."
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Revises statutes relating to election offenses.
Provides immunity for volunteer licensed health care professionals and free standing clinics and creates volunteer physician license.
Establishes evidentiary privilege for environmental audits in certain cases.
Requires that certain State-owned farmland be deed-restricted for farming use only and revises law regarding inventory of State-owned land suitable for agriculture production.
Makes various changes to the individual and small employer health benefits programs.
Provides "cap" exception for amounts expended by municipalities for volunteer emergency services.
Provides for interlock devices to curb drunk driving.
Clarifies that county prosecutor is State employee for purpose of New Jersey Tort Claims Act.
Establishes additional penalities for DWI with child as passenger.
Repeals civil usury statute.
Provides that the State shall pay PFRS accrued liability service credit costs in certain cases.
Authorizes additional purposes for which certain insurance funds may be established or used by a local unit.
Expands the types of insurance authorized for school board joint insurance funds.
Establishes Community Dispute Resolution Commission to facilitate community association dispute resolution.
Establishes certification of property managers of common interest communities.
Transfers deer depredation farmer permit program from Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife to Department of Agriculture; makes various changes to that program; and appropriates $500,000.
Extends privilege for republication of statements by certain members of police departments and county prosecutor's offices.
Establishes off-track wagering facilities and account wagering system for parimutuel betting on horse races.
Requires Department of Banking and Insurance to maintain records of damages resulting from motor vehicle accidents with deer.
Establishes special priority of acquiring lands in flood-prone areas for recreation and conservation purposes using monies from Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund.
The "New Jersey Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act."
Prohibits black bear hunting.
Clarifies municipal prosecutors' duties concerning plea agreements.
Provides for the use of electronic and digital processes with respect to certain documents and information.
Provides municipal courts alternatives with respect to truancy of pupils of mandatory school attendance age.
Authorizes UEZA to designate an additional zone.
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor.
Appropriates $2.0 million to the Division of Fish and Wildlife for bear management.
Prohibits black bear hunting for five years; requires development of plan for bear population control; and appropriates $95,000.
Appropriates $300,000 to DEP for Griggstown Historic District repairs.
Limits homeowners' association right to certain statutory lien; establishes alternative dispute resolution procedures; appropriates $99,000.
Provides certain enforcement powers to DCA concerning homeowners' associations; requires registration.
Authorizes DCA to establish bidding and conflict of interest guidelines for homeowners' associations.
Alters transition period for control of homeowners' association board; clarifies when developer has ceased actively selling under "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act."
Amends condominium laws to require certain standards in bylaws.
Establishes standards of fairness, due process and accountability for homeowners' associations concerning meetings, access to records and audits.
Provides full PFRS credit for transferred PERS service of certain PFRS members at State cost.
Clarifies duties of municipal prosecutors concerning shoplifting offenses.
Mandates universal screening of newborns for treatable causes of blindness.
Makes it a crime to kill or injure a domestic companion animal.
Allows certain lenders to act as title insurance producers.
The "Abandoned Cemetery Maintenance and Preservation Act."
"Dental Claims Processing and Payment Responsibility Act."
Supplemental appropriation of $75,000 to Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to fund Air Victory Museum.
Provides options regarding determination of value of North Princeton Developmental Center.
Grants civil service preference to graduates of police training course.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 44
Appropriates $26.3 million in federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds.
Provides for presumption of death for persons exposed to catastrophic events.
Concerns certain public benefits available to persons affected by September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on US.
Establishes a New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit.
Establishes New Jersey Cultural Trust.
Increases the maximum number of votes of a member of a mutual savings and loan association.
Permits local units to establish snow removal funds.
Requires insurers to provide certain notice concerning flood insurance.*
Recognizes validity of trust funds for pets.
Permits establishment of small employer health benefits purchasing alliances. *
Permits municipalities and counties to install in-street pedestrian right-of-way signs under State guidelines.
Expands certain veterans' benefits to certain participants in the Lebanon Crisis of 1958.
Establishes required funding level for charter school students and revises procedure for evaluation of the charter school program.*
Requires certain landlords to notify tenants when property is in flood area.
Eliminates corporation business tax on regular income of S corporations.
Requires the Administrative Director of the Courts to annually report on the school-based probation program.
Expands access to certain juvenile records; establishes right of victims to attend juvenile delinquency proceedings.
Incorporates balanced and restorative justice principles in juvenile justice system.
Creates Coordinating Committee on Youth in Department of State; appropriates $50,000.
Creates Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program; appropriates $25,000.
Appropriates $95,000 to DEP for grant to Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program (NORWESCAP) for venison donation program.
Supplemental appropriation of $99,000 to DHSS for grant to HealthDecisions New Jersey to support New Jersey Comfort Care Coalition.
Appropriates $75,000 for Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey.
"Structured Settlement Protection Act." *
Provides school districts with additional State aid for special education pupils if costs exceed a certain amount. *
Supplemental appropriation of $150,000 from General Fund for New Jersey Naval Militia Joint Command.*
Provides for special volunteer license for physicians who practice under certain limited circumstances.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening.
Increases penalties for fraudulent motor vehicle insurance identification cards.*
The "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
Requires as part of Regional Efficiency Aid Program that DCA conduct study of number and kind of interlocal services agreements entered into between local units since 1973.
"Leonard Cohen's Law"; concerns hospital patient transfers.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program beginning in tax year 2000.
Establishes the Spread the Word Program in DOE to provide donated books to certain elementary school children; appropriates $25,000. *
Appropriates $14.9 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes in northern NJ.
Appropriates $11.8 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Removes requirement that a public utility employee's Social Security number appear on employee's identification badge.
Appropriates $26.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation projects in northern NJ.
Appropriates $12,886,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for direct easement purchases by State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $21,014,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DMAVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial. *
"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act."
Requires State to sell and convey portion of Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital property to Morris County.
Eliminates certain requirements applicable to members of the New Jersey National Guard who receive higher education tuition waivers and requires State to pay the tuition costs.
Vetoed · 4
Amends "The New Home Warranty and Builders' Registration Act" to enhance oversight and accountability.
Concerns the sales and use tax on uncollectible credit sales.
Establishes off-track wagering facilities and account wagering system for parimutuel betting on horse races.
Permits person to obtain relief from judgment or order of paternity or child support if genetic evidence establishes person is not the father of the child.
Passed the General Assembly · 21
Enacts the "Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001."
Supplemental appropriation of $8 million to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Tax Rate Reduction Award Program.
Permits conveyance of surplus State real property at no cost to a county or municipality for certain public purposes. *
Punishes certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Authorizes the Commissioner of Commerce and Economic Development to establish a New Jersey Corporate Overseas Network Program.
Concerns public works subcontractors.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation. *
Establishes toll-free telephone hotline for reporting guns and other weapons in public schools.*
Requires school disticts to report to DOE certain information on students removed from school pursuant to "Zero Tolerance for Guns Act."
Directs DOE to identify the content standards and progress indicators for districts which choose to acquaint students with the non-violence philosophy of certain leaders. *
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Juvenile Justice Commission aftercare program.
Authorizes the establishment of youth courts to resolve certain complaints against juveniles.
Requires record keeping and sharing on minor delinquent activity.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to the Department of State for model youth programs.*
Provides for the establishment of a pilot program to promote exports and makes technical clarification to "New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission Act of 1998."
Requires DOT to conduct mosquito abatement on storm water drainage facilities; appropriates $1.25 million. *
Establishes State Capital Coordinating Council on Emergency Evacuation Routes and Procedures.
Requires surcharge for passenger restraint violation; establishes Child Safety Seat Distribution Program Fund.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Out of committee · 61
Revises PFRS funding to reduce local employers' contributions by $150 million for FY 2001.
Prohibits certain practices by homeowners' insurers.
"Highway Accident Property Tax Relief Act;" requires State to reimburse municipalities for costs of providing certain emergency services.*
Creates 12 additional Superior Court judgeships; establishes a Special Business Part in the Superior Court; provides for appropriations. *
Imposes mandatory life imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault against minor or victim who suffered serious bodily injury; imposes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact against minor or victim who suffered serious bodily injury. *
Authorizes procedures for identification and preservation of abandoned cemeteries.
Creates low interest loan program for elevating single family homes in special flood hazard areas.
Changes date of primary elections in year 2004 to first Tuesday in March.
Provides full PFRS credit for transferred PERS service of certain PFRS members.**
Provides for the continuity of certain contracts, securities and instruments affected by introduction of the Euro.
Establishes the NJ Teacher Youth Mentoring Matchmaker Program in the DOE.
Appropriates to $2,431,028 to AOC to implement a program to identify and divert certain chronic juvenile offenders from court system to alternative dispositions.
Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 for services to sex offenders in secure Juvenile Justice Commission facilities.
Appropriates $4 million to AOC to reduce juvenile probation officer caseloads.
Appropriates $60,000 to AOC for an online database of juvenile services accessible to service providers and judicial staff.
Appropriates $204,514 to AOC for a Juvenile Central Registry.
Provides State tax credit allotments for wages paid to youths employed through the Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program.
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Permits person registering to vote to declare political affiliation on voter registration form. *
Appropriates $34,000,000 from budgeted appropriations under the State Partnership Agreement Program for grant to Warren County Pollution Control Financing Authority to pay solid waste facility debt service costs. *
Establishes that police cruisers have a useful life of five years and allows local units to bond for such vehicles.
Requires insurers that provide certain prescription drug benefits to cover costs of contraceptives.
Exempts certain sales of platinum and palladium and certain investment coins, medallions and currency from sales tax. *
Requires at least 10% of tobacco settlement monies be used to fund substance abuse treatment and prevention.
Extends period of restricted sale of poppies to raise funds to benefit veterans.
Increases the amount of bonds issued for county college capital projects which qualify for State debt service aid support.
Requires cell phone use to be noted in traffic accidents.
The "Multiple Dwelling State Tax Credit Act." *
Permits eviction for good cause of tenants who are creating nuisance; requires court to notify landlord when restraining order has been issued barring tenant from residential rental property.*
Authorizes use of revenue allocation financing by certain municipalities and the use of additional financing mechanism by municipalities in certain areas.
Prohibits uniform residential site improvement standards from designating responsibility for ownership or maintenance of improvements.
Makes certain acts of animal cruelty crimes of the fourth degree; requires juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain animal cruelty offenses to receive court-ordered psychological counseling. **
Establishes the crime of Bias Intimidation. *
Requires that notices of hearing on certain zoning changes be by certified mail only.
Permits the offering or furnishing of discount coupons and promotional items in the sale of motor fuels under certain circumstances.
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act." *
Increases Public Health Priority Funding by $480,000.
Creates defibrillator grant program in DHSS for municipalities; appropriates $1.7 million. *
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law.
Provides for aggregation of pension credit to qualify for paid SHBP benefits in retirement.
Revises rules concerning secured transactions; replaces chapter 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Requires carbon monoxide detectors in hotel rooms only if room contains fuel-burning appliance or shares common wall or floor with area utilized as garage.
Prohibits insurers from requiring filing of municipal court complaint as precondition to payment of certain claims.
Supplemental appropriation of $6 million to DHS for Social Services for the Homeless grant program and $2 million to DMAVA to assist homeless veterans.
Creates video camera grant program in DLPS for municipalities; makes an appropriation.
Raises threshold for public advertisement of contracts under "County College Contracts Law."
Revises payment procedures for New Jersey Merit Rating Plan surcharges.
Prohibits basing fees for certification of radon testers upon number of measurement devices used.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct one-half of their federal self-employment taxes from gross income under the gross income tax.
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. *
Establishes a 3-year pilot program of fire safety evacuation training for certain care givers; appropriates $100,000.
Provides property tax exemption for maximum of two parsonages of any congregation of any religious corporation in the State.
Exempts 1996 and subsequent model year motor vehicles equipped with on-board diagnostic systems from emissions testing; requires check of functioning of on-board diagnostic system.
Supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DCA to fund grant to ASPIRA, Inc. of New Jersey to pay off mortgage on Statewide headquarters building.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for certain active and retired employees. *
Expands mission of NJ organized militia in DMAVA and increases size and rank of leadership.
Regulates self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements.
Designates U.S. Highway Route No. 9 southbound bridge over Raritan River as the "Ellis S. Vieser Memorial Bridge"; appropriates $2,500.
Authorizes use of revenue allocation financing by certain municipalities and the use of additional financing mechanism by municipalities in certain areas.
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Upgrades the crime of terroristic threats to a crime of the second degree.
Requires part-time service by new PERS members to be credited at one half the length of that service for certain benefit calculation purposes.
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law; appropriates $9 million in State funds and $9 million in federal funds.
Requires the AG to develop guidelines for matters involving death or serious bodily injury and motor vehicles offenses arising out of same incident.
Revises provisions of the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act."
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Establishes special license plates supporting literacy programs.
Requires fire and casualty insurers to provide certain notices concerning flood insurance.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
The "Safe Schools and Communities Violence Prevention and Response Plan Act of 1999;" appropriates $5,100,000.
Establishes State Police toll-free hot line for reporting possible sex-related crimes involving juveniles over interactive computer services, appropriates $150,000.
Authorizes adoption of municipal transfer of development rights programs.
Requires municipal master plans under Municipal Land Use Law to be consistent with the State Development and Redevelopment Plan.
Establishes minimum registration fees for certain private passenger vans and noncommercial trucks equipped with wheelchair lifts.
Establishes special license plate to aid farmland and open space preservation.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Provides that contributory death benefits for members of JRS shall be provided through group life insurance policy providing such benefits to members of PERS.
Excludes certain deferred compensation of public school and charity employees from current taxation under the gross income tax.
Prohibits sex offenders from coaching youth sports teams.
Grants certain privileges to drivers of authorized emergency vehicles.
Prohibits parking along Interstate System or any limited access highway under DOT jurisdiction.
Establishes gross income tax deduction for taxpayers in disaster areas who suffered personal casualty loss caused by Hurricane Floyd.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Directs DEP to phase out the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a component of gasoline.
Requires hepatitis B immunization for admission to kindergarten or first grade and sixth grade at a public or private school.
Changes date for election of fire district commissioners from third Saturday in February to day of general election.
Supplemental appropriation of $78,000 to DHS for grant to Resource Center for Women and Their Families.
Authorizes expedited conveyance of certain derivative State property interests.
Exempts federally mandated safety-related activities at airports from freshwater wetlands permit requirement.
Provides for nonbinding referendum as to the permanent berthing of the Battleship U.S.S. New Jersey; makes an appropriation.
Permanently denies convicted criminals access to public records containing victim's information; protects certain criminal investigatory files and crime victim information from public access.
Permits municipality, local board of health or regional health commission to prohibit indoor smoking in public premises to protect public health.
Establishes farm brewery and winery-brewery beverage license and permits farm wineries to produce hard cider.
Requires DOC to reimburse counties at uniform rate for housing State prisoners.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $4.4 million to DLPS for purchase and distribution of thermal imaging cameras for local police services.
Requires designated employees trained in the use of defibrillators to be available for high school athletic events; appropriates $1.2 million.
Permits boards of education to establish comprehensive household safety education programs; appropriates $750,000.
Provides gross income tax credit for active members of certain volunteer organizations.
Establishes Internet Voting Pilot Program for use at 2001 primary election.
Increases penalties for lying about conduct of law enforcement officer.
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority to establish memorial program for members of the State Police who were killed in line of duty.
Directs DEP to acquire Oak Tree Pond tract in Middlesex County for new State park; and appropriates $6.8 million.
Requires health benefits coverage for nonprescription enteral formulas.
Supplemental appropriation of $150,000 to the DOE for aid to the Somerset Hills School District to assist with facilities reconstruction.
Revokes registration of drunk drivers' motor vehicles.
Clarifies that property taxpayer is authorized to redeem tax sale certificate by installment payments.
Expands Medicaid to cover additional disabled children.
Clarifies the use of external indices by the Director of the Division of Taxation in estimating certain sales tax liabilities.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.2 million to DHS for domestic violence programs.
Provides aid to certain school districts for extraordinary enrollment growth.
Concerns basic skills training.
Revises lifeguard pension benefits.
Extends dates for submission of school district budgets under certain circumstances.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Requires DEP to classify certain surface waters of the State as category one waters.
Shortens time period after which interest is charged for late payment of workers's compensation benefits.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for child and dependent care expenses.
Requires text of model codes to be reprinted in State regulations rather than incorporated by reference.
Establishes defibrillator grant program in DCA.
Establishes vote-by-mail pilot program for 2003 annual school elections in certain counties.
Exempts certain drivers from use of child passenger restraint systems and booster seats for certain children.
Provides for appointment of additional sending district representatives to certain receiving district boards of education and expands voting rights of the representatives.
Authorizes local government units to allow construction and operation of Olympic sport training facilities on parkland under certain conditions.
Modifies Fair Housing Act and State Planning Act to assist in provision of affordable housing.
Filed · 1
The "New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act;" appropriates $8.98 million.