Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, Senate.
Richard J. Codey
Sponsored
Became law6
Requires certain conditions be met in order for school districts to provide their employees with tuition assistance for coursework or additional compensation upon acquisition of academic credits or completion of a degree program.
Permits wager to be placed at racetracks or casino simulcasting facilities in advance for races not simulcast at facility under certain circumstances if race is simulcast at other facilities in the State.
Permits racetrack permitholders to provide for single parimutuel pool for each running or harness horse race.
Establishes assisted living facility and comprehensive personal care home resident rights.
Appropriates $84,495,199 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Exempts certain collocations of wireless equipment from site plan approval.*
Vetoed2
Requires contracting units and boards of education to credit contractors with interest earned on certain funds withheld from payment to contractors. *
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students.
Passed the Senate2
Establishes task force to preserve original Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital main building.
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
Out of committee8
Limits NJBEST asset-based fees and requires that program offer multiple age-based investment options.
Authorizes exchange wagering on results of in-State and out-of-State horse races through exchange wagering system.
Provides for notification to law enforcement authorities of discharge of certain persons brought to screening services for evaluation and assessment for mental health services.
Establishes State Mental Health Facilities Evaluation Task Force.
Requires development of interscholastic athletic head injury safety training program; requires certain measures to protect student athletes with concussions; and requires continuing education for athletic trainers.*
Requires birthing facilities to screen newborns for congenital heart defects prior to discharge.
Updates provisions governing Board of Education Employees' Pension Fund of Essex County to comply with Internal Revenue Code.
Establishes "Yellow Dot" program in Division of Highway Traffic Safety.
In committee43
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Authorizes the issuance of restraining orders in situations where the domestic violence statutes do not apply.
Authorizes Commissioner of Education to increase the State share of certain county vocational school district school facilities projects.
Phases in official advertising rate increases; provides for biennial rate adjustments thereafter upon CPI changes.
Clarifies definition of illegal gambling to address Internet gambling; voids credit card debt incurred through illegal gambling; authorizes State to recover illegal gambling losses.
Prohibits use of public funds by employers for certain employee influence activities.
Requires State designated children's hospitals to have Pediatric Emergency Physician on duty at all times in emergency department.
Prohibits certain persons convicted of certain crimes from serving as governmental affairs agents.
Permits conduct of lottery games on Internet.
Requires members of Legislature and officers and employees of Legislative Branch to disclose to Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards when charged, indicted, or convicted of crime while in office or employment.
Increases compensation for persons wrongfully imprisoned.
Requires DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
Upgrades certain sex crimes against minors.
Provides penalties for sexually offensive or abusive communication through social networking websites.
Bars certain officials from elective office and political activity for certain time periods.
Allows New Jersey gross income taxpayers to elect to deduct certain losses from certain investment arrangements discovered to be criminally fraudulent.
Revises State share calculation for debt service aid for new school facilities projects of county vocational school districts.
Requires disclosure of all fees and charges associated with prepaid debit cards on the package of such cards.
Facilitates the cooperation between certain major sports and entertainment venues.
Permits New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association of New Jersey to use purse funds received from off-track and account wagering for care of retired race horses.
Authorizes the Legislative Counsel in the Office of Legislative Services to accept proper and sufficient service of process on behalf of the State Legislature when either or both Houses are named defendants in any legal proceeding.
Requires each public school to observe a period of silence on September 11 of each school year.
Provides for State assumption of the costs of the county prosecutors' offices.
Requires ten years of legal experience to be eligible to be appointed county prosecutor.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to certain food service contracts.
Requires mandatory jail time for certain driving while intoxicated convictions with high blood alcohol concentration.
Clarifies possession of machine guns and assault firearms by certain law enforcement officers.
Requires causes of driver inattention to be noted in traffic accidents.
Requires continuing education for athletic trainers.
Regulates sale of certain bicycles with quick release wheels.
Requires posting on State and local government websites information concerning assignment and use of vehicles.
Designates production of electricity from certain resource recovery facilities as Class I renewable energy.
Regulates advertising of manufacturer's rebates by retail mercantile establishments.
Establishes eligibility and staffing requirements for pediatric medical day care facilities.
Requires development of interscholastic athletic head injury safety training program; requires certain measures to protect student athletes with concussions; and limits liability of districts and nonpublic schools for certain actions by youth sports team
Establishes Inspector General of Statewide Interscholastic Sports to monitor the operating and financial activities of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Limits settings where certain surgeries may be performed.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Provides State recognition of certain Indian tribes for certain limited purposes, establishes process for future recognition of tribes and revises membership and duties of New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs.
Makes changes to manner in which State-administered retirement systems operate and to public employee pension benefits.
Increases compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
Permits participation agreements between casinos and casino service industry enterprise licensees for purchase or lease of slot machines, which pay licensees portion of proceeds from operation thereof.
Requires schools that participate in Statewide interscholastic sports programs to annually inform student-athletes about National Collegiate Athletic Association eligibility standards for participation in collegiate athletics.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
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. *
Revises provisions of "New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009" concerning public-private higher education construction and improvement projects and municipal ordinances to adopt stimulus measures.
Establishes "New Jersey Property Assessment Clean Energy (NJ PACE) Municipal Financing Program."
Vetoed · 1
Establishes penalties for use of bump key to commit certain crimes.
Passed the Senate · 5
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website; requires certain public entities receiving State funds to establish similar website. *
Directs NJTA to reduce tolls no longer required for payment of Access to the Region's Core Tunnel project.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for business enterprises that are owned by or that employ veterans.
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS for $7,453,000 for family planning services, and requires filing of State Plan Amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to persons with incomes up to 200% of federal poverty level.
Imposes certain registration and reporting requirements to prevent illegal trade of tigers.
Out of committee · 6
Allows public contractors paying benefits to count benefit costs toward compliance with local "living wage" ordinances. *
Prohibits certain private transfer fees and imposes disclosure 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.*
Modifies employer UI tax rates.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
In committee · 7
Establishes advocacy pilot program for mentally ill offenders.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
Makes it a crime to communicate or transmit sexually suggestive communications to a minor under certain circumstances.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Requires health insurers and SHBP to provide certain mental health benefits for eating disorders under same terms and conditions as for other illnesses and diseases.
"Group Home Fire Safety Act."
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of a charter school.