Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Christopher Bateman
Sponsored
Became law4
Requires certain notices when public agencies take possession of abandoned vehicle.
Authorizes a county college board of trustees to grant voting rights to the graduating class representative on the board and requires the board chairman to cast deciding vote in the event of a tie under certain circumstances.
Permits criminal history record check for unpaid volunteers in schools and requires applicant to be reimbursed for costs of check; permits the reimbursement of paid school personnel for such costs.
Revises membership of the New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange board.
Passed the General Assembly1
Requires New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission to provide information clearinghouse on website for businesses interested in relocating to State.
Out of committee4
Adds new causes of action for divorce based on irreconcilable differences.
Expands scope of implied consent for BAC testing to include certain underage drivers who have consumed alcohol.
Directs DEP to acquire certain obsolete vessels to use as artificial reefs; appropriates up to $250,000.
Authorizes DCA Commissioner to prepare and make available to the public a green building manual.
In committee49
"Common Interest Community and Homeowners' Association Act."
Establishes Community Dispute Resolution Commission to facilitate community association dispute resolution.
Establishes certification of property managers of common interest communities.
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.
Authorizes counties, municipalities, municipal utilities authorities and sewerage authorities to impose intensity of use fee concerning sewer and water connectors.
Establishes municipal court jurisdiction over certain juvenile delinquency cases.
Appropriates $2,000,000 for New Jersey Fire Engine and Equipment Museum.
Provides alternatives concerning patterns of repeated unauthorized absences from school by a child between the ages of six and 16 years.
Exempts State-chartered credit unions from sales and use tax.
Enables authorized persons to obtain criminal background checks on juveniles to determine suitability for work with children, the elderly and the developmentally disabled.
Requires ten years legal experience to be eligible to be appointed county prosecutor.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain property tax due and payable on destroyed or damaged residence.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood testing; permits use of reasonable force to obtain blood sample in certain cases.
Provides standards for expert witnesses in medical malpractice actions against physicians.
Permits municipalities to apply excess development fees collected to certain infrastructure improvement costs.
Decreases certain motor vehicle fines.
Limits annual license fees for radon businesses to $1,000.
Adds murder to the list of predicate crimes in the felony murder statute.
Authorizes transfer of State property and removes use restrictions.
Bases certain UI surcharges on total wages paid and allows all employers option of treating surcharge for Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund as payroll deduction.
Permits victim to petition the court to require defendant to be present during certain phases of criminal proceeding.
Provides reimbursement of group life insurance premiums to members of National Guard, appropriates $1,000,000.
Revises membership of Executive Commission on Ethical Standards; renames commission; requires ethics training for State employees; increases penalties for ethics violations.
Requires "permanent injury" under limitation on lawsuit threshold to seriously impact life of injured person to pierce threshold.
Eliminates provision excluding parents of pupils in special education classes from group of parents that may pay certain field trip costs.
Prohibits smoking in casino gaming areas and casino simulcasting facilities.
Requires prescription drug container label include expiration date that is on manufacturer's container.
Revises Medicaid reimbursement methodology for certain special hospitals and specifies reimbursement methodology for certain group homes whose residents use the special hospital.
Changes law governing certain motor vehicle liens.
Requires fingerprinting for certain disorderly persons offenses.
Establishes "Volunteer Emergency Services Highway Reimbursement Fund."
Exempts law enforcement, fire, and other emergency vehicles from idling restrictions when operators thereof are engaged in official duties.
Requires imposition of 250 hours of community service for public servant convicted of certain crimes.
Requires new State buildings to be designed and managed to meet Silver level certification under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System.
Requires the award of Outstanding Scholars Recruitment Program scholarships to home-schooled students and prohibits the denial of a scholarship due to a student's lack of class rank.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
The "Flood Disaster Relief Act of 2007"; appropriates $20 million.
Appropriates $1 million to Bound Brook and $1 million to Manville for flood damage assistance.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by certain flood victims.
Authorizes certain non-emergency mutual agreements between municipalities for law enforcement purposes.
Excludes deferred compensation of certain public school and federal tax-exempt organization employees from current taxation under the gross income tax.
Indexes the maximum gross income tax deduction for homestead property taxes to certain changes in the State average residential property tax.
Requires public school districts to provide an annual, in-school community service opportunity for high school pupils; requires DOE to include community service statistics in annual school report card.
Exempts solar energy systems from real property taxation and from fees for municipal construction permits.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Expands scope of implied consent for BAC testing to include certain underage drivers who have consumed alcohol.
Adds new causes of action for divorce based on irreconcilable differences.
Authorizes DCA Commissioner to prepare and make available to the public a green building manual. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Shortens time period after which interest is charged for late payment of workers' compensation benefits.
Requires assignment of same inspector or team of inspectors who found a construction code violation to reinspection thereof.
Prescribes maximum overall length and width of recreational vehicles.
Revises statutes governing compensation for victims of crime.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
Appropriates $6.515 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Excludes certain commercial lines insurance risks from provisions of standard fire policy.
Regulates dormancy fees for money orders.
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.
Eliminates requirements for private passenger automobile insurers and agents to provide certain information on premium options.
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.
Permits certain child care centers to receive $1,500 grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund. **
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 · 1
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Passed the General Assembly · 7
Decreases certain motor vehicle fines and lengthens time to provide proof of insurance.
Provides for the registration of daily money managers.
Requires that notice of hearing on certain zoning changes be by certified mail only.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Prohibits unfair discrimination in the issuance, renewal or rating of life insurance policies based on future foreign travel.*
Revises procedures for the use of eminent domain in municipal redevelopment programs.
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Out of committee · 34
Requires residential mortgage lender to provide debtor with contact information in certain notices, and include copies of notices to court in certain foreclosure actions. *
Establishes New Jersey State Building Green Building Technology Task Force.
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. *
Establishes procedures for placement of individuals in Division of Developmental Disabilities Moderate Security Unit.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them. *
Clarifies the law concerning the emergency administration of epinephrine to students for anaphylaxis. *
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Requires certain health care professionals to provide information and screening for postpartum depression.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Requires examinations of joint insurance funds and certain reporting by those funds.
Defers expiration date of law permitting physicians and dentists to engage in joint negotiations with insurance carriers.
Prohibits use of certain underwriting guidelines by insurers pertaining to guide dogs, service dogs, or hearing assistance dogs harbored on the insured property.
Appropriates $1,263,166 from "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Establishes defibrillator grant program in DCA.
Requires certain State buildings to be designed and managed to meet high performance green building standards. *
Establishes the crime of corruption of public resources.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus land and improvements thereon known as North Princeton Developmental Center to Montgomery Township in Somerset County.
Allows joint insurance funds to include treasurers, tax collectors and municipal court judges and administrators under blanket bond coverage. *
The "New Jersey Real Estate Timeshare Act."
Appropriates moneys from the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" for loans for lake dredging and restoration projects, or stream cleaning and desnagging projects.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
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.
Appropriates $15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes in Highlands Region.
Requires ATM independent sales organizations to provide certain withdrawal options. *
Requires Attorney General to defend certain local law enforcement officers.
Clarifies that the definition of "racketeering activity" in the RICO statute includes securities fraud offenses.
Provides statute of limitations for residential mortgage foreclosures.
Requires affordable housing be built to green building standards; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to issue standards.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Eliminates the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in certain circumstances. *
Allocates $6 million annually in revenue from retail margin surcharge assessed on certain commercial customers to benefit only those customers.
Establishes Organized Retail Theft Task Force.
Exempts sales and use tax on initiation fees, membership fees and dues and certain parking services.
In committee · 119
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.
Changes compensation trigger for reenrollment of PERS retiree from $15,000 in aggregate to $15,000 per public employer.
Repeals "Nursing Home Quality of Care Improvement Fund Act."
"Property Tax Reduction Work Act"; permits local units to recruit residents to perform services in return for property tax vouchers.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Provides that no more than four of the seven public members appointed to the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council may be of the same political party.
Establishes a pothole repair and research program in the Department of Transportation and provides funding from new motor vehicle tire fee revenue.
Allows deduction against gross income for unreimbursed expenses incurred by organ donor.
Requires health insurers to cover diagnostic testing and long-term antibiotic treatment of chronic Lyme disease and co-infections of Lyme disease.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Exempts certain alternative electrical energy systems from real property taxation.
Extends certain benefits to members of U.S. Reserves and State organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
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.
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential property under redevelopment laws.
Establishes single personal financial disclosure form for local government officers, candidates for Governor and member of Legislature, members of Legislature and school officials; revises criminal law on gifts to public servants.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Authorizes special Distinguished Flying Cross license plates.
Establishes State-Administered Retirement Systems Study Commission.
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Prohibits political contributions by persons or businesses investing or rendering advice regarding investment of certain State funds.
Prohibits campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations performing public contracts.
Prohibits certain relatives of legislators from being employed or assigned in certain positions.
Prohibits elected officials from holding more than one elective office.
Requires all elected officials and candidates and certain other public officials to file financial disclosure statement.
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.
Clarifies that certain ethical standards apply to Governor and Governor's staff.
Establishes new standard and procedure for forfeiture of elective public office for accepting illegal contributions; removes illegal contribution threshold for such forfeiture.
Revises calculation of budget caps and increases allowable surplus for public school districts.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Repeals the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in certain circumstances.
Allows an adopted person 18 years of age or older access to his original birth certificate and other related information.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Creates study commission on the death penalty.
Establishes guidelines for operating authorized emergency vehicles in emergency situations.
"New Jersey Medical Care Availability and Patient Protection Act of 2004."
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits of elected official convicted of crime involving office held.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $4.4 million to DLPS for purchase and distribution of thermal imaging cameras for local police services.
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
Establishes State's and local government's right of first refusal regarding conveyances of certain large tracts of land.
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.
Creates low interest loan program for elevating single family homes in special flood hazard areas.
Requires State Treasurer to post information about State contracts for $17,500 or more on special website.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.
Concerns affordable housing in the Highlands Region.
Exempts construction, expansion or renovation of buildings or other structures for police departments, fire departments, and volunteer first aid, emergency, ambulance or rescue squads from "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Specifies criteria to determine degree of likelihood of development of lands proposed for acquisition for recreation and conservation purposes by local government units.
Creates defibrillator grant program in DHSS for municipalities; appropriates $1.7 million.
State Government Municipal Reimbursement Act.
Grants county planning board power to review site plans for land development affecting county roads.
Eliminates requirement that school bus drivers be fingerprinted for license renewal.
Establishes the offense of incest.
Permits children to obtain digital photo identification cards.
Requires Medicaid program to increase reimbursement for ambulance services provided to Medicaid recipients who are also Medicare eligible to Medicare rate.
Provides for "grandfathering" of certain persons as licensed professional counselors.
Prohibits Turnpike Authority from discontinuing peak-period discounts for E-Z Pass users.
Extends veteran's tax deduction to certain persons undergoing training for deployment in Operation "Iraqi Freedom."
Revises public school district budget cap adjustment for special education and establishes adjustments for utility costs, health benefits costs, legal fees, and membership dues for New Jersey School Boards Association.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for applications filed prior to July 1, 2007.
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.
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.
Limits political contributions by certain government contractors; revises disclosure standards applicable to State officials; expands disclosure for lobbyists; prohibits certain types of dual office holding.
Limits contributions to certain candidates and elected officials by certain public contractors; limits contributions by certain political party committees; repeals certain campaign contribution prohibitions.
Prohibits campaign contributions between county party committees; makes such contributions a third degree crime; increases to third degree crimes certain other campaign finance offenses.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.
Establishes the County School District Feasibility Study Commission.
Eliminates the public vote on a school district budget which is within cap.
Establishes Election Advisory Commission.
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes.
Prohibits certain elected officials and appointed officers from receiving dual health benefit coverage.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer recognizing income, gain or loss pursuant to a plan of complete liquidation to deduct its net operating loss carryovers notwithstanding the limitations on such deductions during the 2002-2005 tax years.
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.
Prohibits local governments from acquiring by condemnation any airport that has had its development rights purchased.
The "Health Insurance Affordability and Accessibility Reform Act."
Requires NJ refiners and suppliers to establish gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil reserves.
Permits people convicted of certain offenses to be employed by school district or DOE supervised entity after proving rehabilitation.
Authorizes court to provide alternatives for persons who default in payment of fines.
Eliminates enhanced penalties for certain crimes occurring on or in proximity to school property except when such crimes occur in the presence of a child.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
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.
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 training program for and recognizes position of technical assistant to construction code official.
Prohibits campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations that purchase or acquire property involved in eminent domain proceedings.
Repeals Highlands planning and environmental permitting provisions of "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act," and amends various statutes to reflect repeal thereof.
"Transportation Trust Fund Renewal and Enhancement Act."
Revises Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act; repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Revises certain provisions of the "New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002."
Reorganizes the provisions in Title 18A regarding public and nonpublic school pupil transportation.
Regulates employment practices and campaign contributions for redevelopment entities designated by municipal governing bodies.
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.
The "New Jersey Consumers Terrorism Protection Insurance Coverage Act;" establishes minimum terrorism insurance policy provisions.
Requires reduction in number of State employees to FY2000 level; establishes procedure to control creation of new State positions and filling of vacancies.
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.
Eliminates imposition of sales and use tax on charges for initiation fees, membership fees, or dues for access to health and fitness clubs or organizations.
Eliminates charges for initiation fees, membership fees, and dues of health and fitness, athletic, and sporting clubs and organizations from sales and use tax.
Prohibits county committee of a political party from contributing to or accepting contribution from another such county committee.
Defines compensation for calculation of PERS contributions and benefits as amount taxed for Social Security purposes for new members.
Upgrades possession of controlled dangerous substance in drug free school zone to second degree crime.
Exempts sales and use tax on initiation fees, certain membership fees and dues and certain parking services.
Requires electronic bulletin board on DCA website for State independent authorities to advertise shared services opportunities, and development of computerized survey to match State independent authorities with each other and with local units for shared
Provides for philosophical exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Provides for equal opportunity for businesses to apply for certain energy-related incentives and funding.
Provides for allocation of societal benefits charge among residential, small commercial and large commercial and industrial utility customers, establishes a credit against societal benefits charge and provides for certain energy assistance grants.
Requires county superintendent of schools to determine routes and bid and award contracts for all nonpublic school busing in the county.
Requires school districts to inform the parent or guardian of a student recommended to use certain medications of the possible side effects and potential negative consequences of those medications.
Filed · 1
Clarifies type of liability insurance coverage certain licensed auto body repair facilities must carry.