Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Michael J. Doherty
Sponsored
Out of committee2
Provides for commencement of short term tax exemptions and abatements as of date of completion of project.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for application filed prior to July 1, 2007.
In committee10
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.
Prohibits county agency from arranging for emergency shelter services to be provided in different county, unless counties agree.
Authorizes business entities to designate representatives in court proceedings without the necessity for representation by an attorney.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $500 income tax deduction.
Appropriates $18,725,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Grants county governing body final authority to determine expenditures for courtroom facilities.
Establishes a limited education grant program for certain school districts sending pupils to a district that is experiencing overcrowding in its school facilities.
Allows students eligible for kindergarten enrollment in the subsequent school year to enroll in a choice district without prior enrollment in the sending district.
Immunizes employers from civil liability for certain disclosures regarding employees and former employees.
Requires proof of lawful presence in the United States to obtain certain benefits.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Designates State office building in Asbury Park as "Thomas S. Smith, Sr. State Office Building."
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. **
Passed the General Assembly · 1
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Out of committee · 13
Appropriates $11.295 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central New Jersey.
Appropriates $18,725,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Permits certain sheriff officers to enforce weight limits on certain trucks. **
Establishes United We Stand license plate to support United States State Department's Rewards for Justice Program. *
Supplements Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission compact.
Repeals law creating State poet laureate.
Concerns local housing authority crime reporting.
Appropriates $12,377,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
Appropriates $14,663,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $3,000,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $38,445,876 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $44,031,468 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $45,220,823 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" and certain farmland preservation bond funds for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 41
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.
Requires organization that receives State family planning services funds to be separate from organization that provides abortion services.
"Post-Viability Protection Act."
Creates the offense of murder of an unborn child.
Eliminates mandatory county appropriation of amount certified by county college board of school estimate.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Directs the DOE to provide to every public school district George Washington's portrait to display; appropriates $135,000.
Excludes certain education savings account earnings from taxation under the gross income tax, and makes certain educational benefits available to the beneficiaries of those accounts.
Establishes special license plates to fund certain programs for pregnant women.
Requires instruction on the Founding Fathers of the United States as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
"Ban on Trafficking in Baby Body Parts Act."
Prohibits Medicaid funding for abortifacients.
Requires family of juvenile in county detention center to reimburse county.
Exempts certain municipalities from payment for certain State Police services.
Provides that only citizens or legal residents of the United States may be employed in performing of certain State contracts.
Excludes certain federal employee retirement fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Provides that budget cap adjustment for the opening of a new school facility may be taken over several budget years in certain circumstances.
Revises operations of county educational audiovisual centers and authorizes establishment of regional centers.
Provides tax credits for certain participants in federal Environmental Performance Track Program.
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Allows Governor to appoint poet laureate who will serve at pleasure of Governor.
Appropriates $11.295 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central New Jersey.
Decreases and eliminates certain fees and penalties.
Exempts vanpool rentals from domestic security fee imposed under P.L.2002, c.34.
Supplemental appropriation of $10 million to Department of Treasury for the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to administer certain programs.
Expands eligibility for NJ Distinguished Service Medal and commemorative Vietnam service medal and ribbon to certain former State residents.
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
"New Jersey Medical Care Availability and Patient Protection Act of 2003."
Provides additional State aid for school facilities projects in certain waiver districts.
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.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of operations that have continued from "Desert Shield/Desert Storm."
Requires annual written authorization of payroll deductions for political contributions.
Enacts the "New Jersey Parentage Act of 2003."
Extends for five additional years use of special appraisal method when acquiring certain lands for open space or farmland preservation purposes.
Removes tolls from the Garden State Parkway.
Permits use of deadly force against black bears in certain cases.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.