Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Michael J. Doherty
Sponsored
Became law1
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Tri-County Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
Out of committee2
Provides one-third of motor vehicle fine moneys generated through State Police issued tickets go to municipality where violation occurred.
Permits counties to share county tax administrators.
In committee51
Exempts certain municipalities from payment for certain State Police services.
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.
Grants county governing body final authority to determine expenditures for courtroom facilities.
Requires proof of lawful presence in the United States to obtain certain benefits.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
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.
Limits the transportation costs of school districts sending students to county vocational school districts located outside the county of residence.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Requires public referendum prior to issuance of general obligation bonds by local units.
Establishes NJ Water Supply and Pharmaceutical Product Study Commission.
Provides for awarding of certain costs to defendants who prevail in DEP enforcement actions.
Permits DEP air quality regulation of certain outdoor wood burning units only in response to complaint.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Specifies that certain images generated by body scans violate State statutes prohibiting invasion of privacy, pornography, and endangerment of child welfare under certain circumstances.
Establishes program authorizing lease of historic buildings and structures in State parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Extends certain PERS benefits to veterans of "Operation Uphold Democracy".
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Expands calibers of rim-fire rifles permitted on State wildlife management target ranges.
Exempts agricultural driver's licensees from certain graduate driver law restrictions when operating farm equipment and vehicles.
Establishes a limited education grant program for certain school districts sending pupils to a district that is experiencing overcrowding in its school facilities.
Provides public employee salaries at all levels of government cannot exceed salary of Governor.
Extends property tax benefit to veterans who performed active service in U.S. Armed Forces during Cold War.
Allows gross income tax refunds to be credited against a taxpayer's delinquent local property taxes and adjusts administration of setoffs against gross income tax refunds and homestead rebates or credits.
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Removes imposition of sales and use tax on sales of massage, bodywork and somatic services.
Prohibits use of body imaging scanners to screen passengers and airline crew members.
Restricts use of accumulated sick leave by public employees in year prior to retirement.
Bars certain employees of certain public agencies from participating in PERS; repeals law permitting PERS and TPAF members on leave who work for labor organization to purchase pension credit.
Makes certain body searches third degree crime of sexual assault under certain circumstances.
Establishes special license plates for veterans.
Authorizes reimbursement for EMT training from EMT Training Fund for certain volunteer firefighters.
Implements Governor's "Tool Kit" proposals for public employer-public employee collective negotiation agreements.
Repeals traffic control signal monitoring system pilot program; prohibits future use of red light cameras in State.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Requires Motor Vehicle Commission to issue exempt certificates for motor vehicles not required to be inspected.
Requires shore municipalities accepting government funds for storm-damaged beach replenishment to provide free beach access and public toilet facilities.
Blocks beach fees in shore municipalities accepting certain government provided beach replenishment funding and dedicates two percent of taxable receipts under the sales and use tax collected in the shore municipalities to the shore municipalities.
Authorizes chiefs of part-time municipal police forces to issue firearms ID cards and handgun purchase permits.
Directs all fines imposed by municipalities for violations of red light cameras to Highway Safety Fund.
Repeals N.J.S.3B:23-18, concerning intestate property distribution under certain circumstances.
Provides additional State aid to, and increases tax levy growth limitation for, certain school districts experiencing significant increases in tuition costs, appropriates $1,719,000 from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE.
Modifies "inherently beneficial use" definition for purposes of zoning variance to discourage siting of wind and solar energy facilities on agricultural land and open space.
Expands eligibility for reduced-cost spaying and neutering program to any disabled State resident.
Designates State Route 173 between Clinton and Phillipsburg as "173rd Airborne Brigade Highway."
Provides that a teaching staff member dismissed by a district due to a reduction in force who subsequently retires must be removed from preferred eligible lists and has no right of reemployment.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Designates portion of U.S. Route 206 bypass in Hillsborough Township as "Peter J. Biondi Bypass."
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Passed the Senate · 1
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of 25 years to life for aggravated sexual assault against a child under 13 and increases penalties for harboring certain sex offenders.**
Out of committee · 6
Requires State Comptroller to review, and make recommendations for improvement of, the procurement process of the State, public institutions of higher education, independent State authorities, units of local government, and boards of education.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Prohibits law enforcement agency from conducting certain checkpoints and inspections limited only to motorcycles.*
Appropriates $16,250,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Codifies regulation exempting firearms records from State's open public records law. *
Clarifies definition of reasonably necessary deviation when legally transporting firearm or weapon in motor vehicle.
In committee · 27
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Permits sale of home-baked goods under certain circumstances.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use E-Verify program.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Clarifies that harassment made anonymously or otherwise through electronic communication devices constitutes a petty disorderly offense.
Requires physicians to provide patients opportunity to undergo obstetrical ultrasound or sonogram within 48 hours of performing abortion.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Immunizes employers from civil liability for certain disclosures regarding employees and former employees.
The "New Jersey Parental Rights Program Act."
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Establishes public bidding and contracting procedures for Rutgers, the State University that mirror those in place for the State colleges.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax to $1,000,000.
Allows public contractors paying benefits to count benefit costs toward compliance with local "living wage" ordinances.
Provides for philosophical exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Abolishes Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, transfers bridges to NJ DOT and Penn DOT, removes tolls.
Eliminates prohibition against purchasing more than one handgun in calendar month.
Clarifies that breath test warnings given to suspected drunk drivers are to be in English; requires applicants for driver's licenses to be able to read and understand English and directs MVC to offer examinations only in English.
Restricts certain campaign contributions by public employee labor organizations.
Establishes Hunterdon-Somerset Flood Advisory Task Force.
Lengthens amber light at traffic signal with red light camera; sets penalty for failing to stop before turning right on red when detected by red light camera; implements half-second delay for red light camera violations.
Lengthens yellow light at traffic signal with red light camera; sets penalty for failing to stop before turning right on red when detected by camera; implements one second delay for red light camera violations.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.