Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, Senate.
Thomas H. Kean Jr.
Sponsored
Became law3
Appropriates $17.45 million in 1992 and 2003 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects and $1.371 million in 1992 bond act monies to fund State dam restoration projects.
Renames "New Jersey Trauma Center" at University Hospital as "Eric Munoz Trauma Center."
Provides standards and procedures for museum to acquire title to property that is on loan to museum but has not been claimed by lender for period of time.
Out of committee7
Directs Attorney General to publicize information about human trafficking hotlines; mandates law enforcement training on responding to the needs of victims of the crime of human trafficking.
Authorizes county colleges and county vocational school districts to establish aviation related job certification, training, and internship programs and provides a corporation business tax credit for funds donated to support such programs.
Authorizes the court to include provisions for animals in domestic violence restraining orders.*
Expands eligibility under transit hub tax credit by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
The "Reinsurance and Surplus Lines Stimulus and Enhancement Act."
Permits eligible claimant who is proportionate owner paying entire property tax bill to collect entire homestead property tax reimbursement amount.
Removes cap on .53% hospital total operating revenue assessment and raises cap on ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment to increase charity care subsidy monies.
In committee47
Authorizes bars and restaurants to offer special discounts to certain persons under certain circumstances.
Establishes New Jersey General Accounting Office.
Increases penalties for harboring or concealing a sex offender.
Establishes a Medical Malpractice Court.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
"Judy and Nikki's Law"; provides for life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child 16 years of age or younger.
Requires notification of certain domestic violence victims through the Victim Information and Notification Everyday System (VINE).
Establishes new limits for campaign contributions by individuals, certain groups and campaign committees.
Requires sex offender's tier designation to be completed and reviewed by the court prior to release from incarceration.
Grants discretion to Parole Board in determining whether inmate should be released on parole.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act"; increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Modifies calculation of adjusted tax levy for municipalities and counties to allow two-year levy cap banking and eliminate levy cap penalty when debt servicing expenditures are reduced.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for income earned in aviation related employment during or after qualified aviation related job training.
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" to provide every person engaged in raising a dog for guide or service the right to access public facilities.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Establishes the "Safe Drop Off of Drugs Program" for the collection and disposal of unused prescription drugs and other medicines; authorizes use of recycling tax revenues for program; establishes Corporation Business Tax Credit for companies providing d
Establishes Innovation zone program and creates innovation zone around Aviation Research and Technology Park in Atlantic County.
Designated "New Jersey Economic Development Promotion Act"; streamlines and reorganizes State economic development statutes in order to promote administrative efficiency.
Expands duties of State Auditor to include performance audits at request of legislator; establishes Performance Audit Committee, consisting of eight public members, to help conduct performance audits.
Appropriates $5 million to Cranford Township for flood control projects.
Establishes parental orientation program in certain school districts.
Requires municipalities accepting long-term tax exemption payments in lieu of taxes to distribute portion of payments to county and other taxing districts; limits payment in lieu of tax agreements to 15-20 years.
Prohibits good faith allegations of child abuse from being used against the accuser in a child custody proceeding; makes it a disorderly persons offense to file a false allegation of child abuse.
Establishes "Government Functions and Services Study Commission."
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Requires training and registration for in-house security officers.
Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
Consumer Relief Act of 2010; establishes temporary sales and use tax rate reduction periods for sales of certain goods and services.
Permits a waiver for high-performing school districts from the State system for monitoring school districts.
Amends State college law to remove certain employees from civil service system and allow boards of trustees to conduct collective bargaining.
Concerns collective negotiations for public institutions of higher education.
Authorizes formation of State college risk management groups and joint liability funds.
Requires municipality to report all long and short-term financial and tax agreements to DCA; makes reporting a condition for receipt of special Municipal Aid.
Changes title of animal cruelty investigator to "municipal humane law enforcement officer" and defines term in statute.
Creates advisory council to oversee revision of core curriculum content standards.
Amends State college law to allow boards of trustees to conduct collective bargaining.
Amends State college law to remove certain employees from civil service system.
Makes unauthorized impersonation of another person a crime of the third degree.
Requires suspension of local elected and appointed officers and employees indicted for certain offenses that, upon conviction, require forfeiture of office or position.
Increases production limitations and revises privileges of limited and restricted breweries.
Permits high performing school districts to be monitored by the DOE under the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) every seven years rather than every three years.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Reduces period of time that member of Legislature may be absent, without excuse, before member's seat is deemed vacant.
Provides for competitive contracting for health benefits plans by certain local units of government and boards of education.
"Caylee's Law," establishes penalties for failing to report to authorities or otherwise concealing death or disappearance of a child.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Makes various pension system changes concerning eligibility, retirement allowance formula, compensation definition, position eligible for service credit, non-forfeitable rights, prosecutors part, PFRS special retirement, employer contributions. *
Makes various changes to SHBP and SEHBP concerning eligibility, cost sharing, plan choice, benefit change application, coverage waiver, multiple coverage; requires contributions toward health care benefits by public employees and certain retirees. *
Makes various changes concerning payments to public employees for unused sick leave, sick leave injury in State service, and PERS and TPAF disability retirement.
Makes position of treasurer of school moneys optional.
Prohibits misleading use of senior-specific certifications or professional designations in connection with sales of securities.
Authorizes formation of State college risk management groups and joint liability funds. *
The "Offshore Wind Economic Development Act"; establishes offshore wind renewable energy certificate program, and authorizes EDA to provide tax credits for qualified wind energy facilities in wind energy zones.
Concerns creation of benefit corporations.
Revises financial assistance under Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant Program; repeals requirement to study implementation.
Appropriates $14,818,787 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Revises method of regulation and collection of surplus lines insurance premium taxes.
Concerns rights of financial counterparties to terminate and settle certain agreements with certain insurers in the event of insolvency or liquidation.
Vetoed · 2
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
"Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act"; expands existing film and digital media production tax credit programs.
Passed the Senate · 7
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of National Guard members.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website; requires certain public entities receiving State funds to establish similar website. *
Permits farm wineries to create alternating proprietorship for production of wine.*
Provides partial sales tax exemption for energy and utility service to certain manufacturers. *
Requires school districts to report to DOE certain information on students removed from school pursuant to "Zero Tolerance for Guns Act."
Establishes "Property Tax Levy Cap Task Force" to monitor impact of changes to levy cap law.
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in port district of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Out of committee · 21
Regulates captive insurers.
Establishes the "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact."
Requires State Treasurer to disseminate information about organ and tissue donation; designates April each year as "Donate Life Month." *
Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.
Requires certain NJ Transit Corporation employees to undergo criminal history background checks and wear photo identification.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Establishes a permanent Interdistrict Public School Choice Program.
Increases specialized care nursing facility beds for persons with Huntington's Disease.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children. **
Permits Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to waive statutory liability-to-policyholders' surplus ratio on application by mortgage guaranty insurance company.
Prohibits certain private transfer fees and imposes disclosure requirements.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to the "American Red Cross-NJ Fund".
Exempts sales of certain homes and seasonal rentals from the bulk sale notification requirements.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers, and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.*
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.*
The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act;" alters State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and CATV companies.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
Revises statutes concerning crematories and the cremation of human remains.
In committee · 31
Requires prosecutors to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
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 special Gold Star Family license plates.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
"Jessica Lunsford Act;" concerns sentencing of sex offenders and persons who harbor them; requires electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders and creates child protection zones.
Requires DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
"Zero-Based Budget Act;" requires State Treasurer to develop and integrate certain zero-based budgeting practices and procedures in preparation and submission of Governor's annual budget message.
Increases the penalty for certain gang related crimes.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Requires uniform billing and reporting of infection rates by ambulatory surgical centers and requires DHSS to make reported information public.
Provides for asset disregard for Medicaid recipients under long-term care insurance partnership.
Prohibits sale of products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.
Clarifies that retention of unearned wages by a public servant is theft under certain circumstances.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of the Treasury to provide tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children eligible to enroll in certain schools.
Prohibits substitution of prescribed epilepsy drugs by pharmacists without prior notification to and written consent of physician and patient.
Requires municipality to comply with State audit prior to receiving State aid.
Establishes innovation zone program and creates innovation zone around Aviation Research and Technology Park in Atlantic County.
Exempts sales of certain seasonal rentals and other dwelling units from the bulk sale notification requirements.
Establishes Inspector General of Statewide Interscholastic Sports to monitor the operating and financial activities of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Establishes and enhances certain insurance fraud prevention measures.
Permits ambulatory care facility to deduct Medicaid payments when calculating gross receipts assessments.
Permits ambulatory care facility to deduct up to $125,000 in Medicare reimbursements when calculating gross receipts assessment.
Provides credit against ambulatory care facility assessment liability for value of unreimbursed care provided to hospital charity care patients.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Requires a board of education to consult with appropriate nonpublic school representatives prior to any change in the provision of nursing services.
Decreases the minimum corporation business tax on certain New Jersey subchapter S corporations by 25%.
Specifies additional offenses and penalties for torturing or tormenting an animal; designated as Patrick's Law.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $6.3 million to DHSS for certain grants to counties for women's health services.
Conditions receipt of special State financial assistance on implementation of efficiency and oversight measures; permits use of State aid for certain administrative and oversight costs.
Expands civil rights protections to include pregnancy and breast-feeding; requires employers to provide daily break to breast-feeding mothers.