Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Michael J. Doherty
Sponsored
In committee14
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.
Provides for commencement of short term tax exemptions and abatements as of date of completion of project.
Exempts certain municipalities from payment for certain State Police services.
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.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for applications filed prior to July 1, 2007.
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.
Authorizes temporary handicapped parking permits for certain relatives of nursing home residents.
Extends property tax benefit to veterans who performed active service in U.S. Armed Forces during Cold War.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Appropriates $39.8 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $25 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities and counties for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $2.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $52,432,378 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $18,000,000 to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects; approves $4,979,092 thereof for certain historic preservation projects in northern NJ.
Concerns availability, deductibles, and certain treatment under high deductible health plans paid through federally qualified health savings accounts.
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Supplements Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission compact.
The "Health Insurance Affordability and Accessibility Reform Act."
Concerns availability, deductibles, and certain treatment under high deductible health plans paid through federally qualified health savings accounts. *
Out of committee · 14
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes. *
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Requires services under State contracts to be performed in the United States. *
Requires all voting machines to produce a voter-verified paper record.
Creates credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons.
Credits coverage under Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare towards employer's minimum participation rate under NJ Small Employer Health Benefits Program.
Appropriates moneys from the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" for loans for dams restoration and repair projects and to finance the costs of State dam restoration and repair projects.
Establishes pilot program for satellite-based monitoring of certain sex offenders and authorizes certain sex offenders to submit to annual polygraph; appropriates $3 million. *
Appropriates $46.225 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $16,575,000 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 $25,389,500 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 northern NJ.
Appropriates $15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes in Highlands Region.
Appropriates $5.015 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $31,415,464 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 42
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.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Provides tax credits for certain participants in federal Environmental Performance Track Program.
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Requires annual written authorization of payroll deductions for political contributions.
Permits use of deadly force against black bears in certain cases.
Extends for five additional years use of special appraisal method when acquiring certain lands for open space or farmland preservation purposes.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires family of juvenile in county detention center to reimburse county.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
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.
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.
Permits certain sheriff officers to enforce weight limits on certain trucks.
Enacts the "New Jersey Parentage Act of 2003."
Extends certain benefits to veterans of operations that have continued from "Desert Shield/Desert Storm."
"Family Home Occupation Act;" classifies certain home-occupations as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing or retailing activities.
Excludes certain federal employee retirement fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Prohibits Medicaid funding for abortifacients.
Eliminates entitlement to workers' compensation cash benefits during imprisonment.
Requires instruction on the Founding Fathers of the United States as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies.
"New Jersey Medical Care Availability and Patient Protection Act of 2004."
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Supplemental appropriation of $2,800,000 to Judiciary to expand the drug court program Statewide.
Prohibits the use of public sector union dues for political activities and requires specific written authorization for such use in the private sector.
Provides a gross income tax deduction for an unborn child under certain circumstances.
Establishes special license plates to fund certain programs for pregnant women.
Designates New Jersey Route No. 15 as "Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Concerns affordable housing in the Highlands Region.
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.
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."
Exempts Picatinny Arsenal conversion plan from the provisions of the "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Revises calculation of budget caps and increases allowable surplus for public school districts.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey National Guard members and their families in need of assistance.
"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.
Appropriates $15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes in Highlands Region.