Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, Senate.
Ronald L. Rice
Sponsored
Became law5
Modifies development application process under the "Municipal Land Use Law."
Requires licensed health care professionals and facilities to bill Medicare beneficiaries within 90 days of date insurance payment is finalized.
Requires the New Jersey Schools Development Authority to biannually compile information on school facilities project contracts awarded to minority and female contractors.
Requires State entities to examine opportunity of minority and women-owned financial institutions to serve as senior managing underwriters, imposes reporting requirements, and enables establishment of aspirational levels of utilization and relative compe
Clarifies that gang related incident offense report is to be forwarded to Superintendent of State Police for inclusion in Uniform Crime Report.
Vetoed4
Requires local unit or authority to provide director of the Division of Local Government Services with report concerning law suits to which it is a party before budget is approved.
Requires municipalities eligible for Special Municipal Aid to submit budgets for special improvement districts and municipal public benefit corporation for DCA review, requires State Comptroller conduct audits of municipalities receiving aid.
Authorizes waiver of license revocation process for certain child support obligors. *
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Passed the Senate5
Requires Commissioner of Transportation to publish notice of certain transportation-related infrastructure projects and activities on single, searchable Internet website, and directs State Comptroller to monitor publication of those notifications.
Authorizes party to a final divorce judgment or judgment for the dissolution of a civil union to request name change without notifying opposing party.
Establishes Interagency Council on Preventing and Reducing Homelessness. *
Requires State Comptroller to perform compliance audit to verify municipal implementation of corrective action plan following performance audit.
Extends deadline for filing nominating petitions each year new legislative districts are established by Apportionment Commission.
Out of committee12
Revises law relating to title recordation.
Provides for county welfare agency monitoring of welfare emergency assistance motel placements, annual inspection of hotels used for emergency assistance recipients and notice of mobile health van services.
Revises laws concerning local redevelopment, relocation assistance and eminent domain.
Establishes crime of entering into certain restricted airport areas.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to ameliorate disparities among school districts with respect to educational technology.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
Provides that 20% of fee charged for initial certified copy of birth certificate shall be used to support certain activities of NJ Cord Blood Bank. *
Prohibits snowplow operators from depositing snow in front of private driveways more than once each snow event.
Enhances disclosure and oversight of certain local unit salary actions.
Allows gross income tax deduction for first $200,000 earned by certain new physicians and dentists in first seven taxable years of practice in NJ. *
Establishes the Office of Dropout Prevention and Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in DOE, and the Student Dropout Prevention Task Force.
Codifies responsible contractor requirements for contractors bidding for work through the Weatherization Assistance Program.
In committee94
Revises certain procedures for real property tax appeals.
"Employment and Training Opportunity Act"; requires housing projects receiving public funds to give hiring, training and purchasing preferences benefitting low-income and severely handicapped residents.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to establish the "Senior Citizen Home Repair and Modification Program;" appropriates $10 million.
Provides that taxes assessed on new property during period pending municipal-wide property revaluation shall not exceed 105 percent of taxes assessed on replaced property.
Establishes division in Department of Treasury to oversee and enforce equal employment opportunity requirements with regard to public works contracts.
Prohibits DHS from closing or changing purpose of State developmental center without passage of approving resolution by Legislature.
Provides certain State department heads cannot holdover in office for more than 120 days; requires Governor, upon expiration of term of county prosecutor and certain other county officials, to nominate successor within 120 days.
Regulates certain servicing activities provided by mortgage servicing organizations for residential mortgage loans and obligations related to such loans.
Provides for the transfer of tenure for a charter school teacher who is subsequently employed in a non-charter public school located in the charter school district of residence.
Requires DCA to provide Internet resources for homeowner assistance programs and makes an appropriation.
Establishes program in Department of Law and Public Safety for Attorney General to audit, investigate and review superintendents of elections and county boards of elections.
Permits the sealing of certain criminal records; revises eligibility for expungement of criminal and juvenile delinquency records.
Authorizes certain municipalities to impose a tax on the storage of empty shipping containers to fund redevelopment plan activities.
Exempts sales to homeowner assistance and recovery programs from realty transfer fees.
Provides for information that may be requested for issuance of certain driver's licenses.
Establishes identification cards for persons without permanent residence.
Revises and expands duties and responsiblities of Inspector General and establishes position of Deputy Inspector General for certain State departments to oversee and monitor allocation and spending of State funds at local level.
Creates cause of action for failure to maintain certain vacant properties; requires out-of-state creditors to designate in-State representative.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Prohibits contracts of executive directors of housing authorities from including incentive bonuses for certain achievements.
Requires three-day attorney review period for residential leases.
Requires employers to verify employment eligibility of new employees and prohibits employment of unauthorized aliens.
Permits municipalities hosting UEZs to establish set-aside programs favoring local businesses for construction projects using State funds.
Directs Motor Vehicle Commission to establish a regional service center in a city of the first class.
Requires county prosecutor to determine and report to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement whether persons held for certain violent crimes are lawful residents of the United States.
Establishes a three-year moratorium on the establishment of new charter schools.
Requires charter schools to appoint a certified school business administrator.
Prohibits State Board of Education from limiting number of certain two-year college credits that may be applied towards meeting teacher certification requirements.
Requires State institutions of higher education and associated hospitals or medical facilities to obtain legislative approval of any name change.
Strengthens State construction code.
Requires State, school, local government officials to report certain criminal offenses committed by other public officials to Attorney General; imposes penalties for reporting false allegations; requires creation of reportable offenses list.
Establishes the New Jersey-Africa Commission.
Enhances protections for new homebuyers.
Enhances protections afforded purchasers in planned real estate developments.
The "New Homebuyers' Bill of Rights Act."
Prohibits certain advertising on real property and related structures without prior permission of owner.
Requires affirmative vote of majority of full membership of municipal council in mayor-council form of government to approve contracts.
Concerns certificates of occupancy for public housing projects.
Prohibits municipalities from setting minimum fees for employment of its off-duty police officers.
Modifies basis for calculating charity care reimbursements, and increases certain insurance premium assessments and taxes to fund reimbursements.
Requires school districts to notify DOE of sicknesses resulting from confirmed or suspected air pollution or other contamination.
"New Jersey Foreclosure Fairness Act"; imposes additional foreclosure notice requirements; amends "Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act."
Provides that deed restrictions on affordable housing units are not extinguished by foreclosure proceedings.
Establishes regional substance abuse treatment facilities; appropriates $100 million.
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Requires ATM independent sales organizations to provide certain withdrawal options.
Prohibits certain disclosure of nonpublic personal financial information by financial institutions to nonaffiliated third parties.
Provides a gross income tax deduction for certain water supply and sewerage charges.
Requires insurers to provide coverage for medications and dose-intensive chemotherapy/bone marrow transplants and umbilical cord blood transplants for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Provides for registration and regulation of athlete agents.
Establishes hospitalization as defense to violation of abandoned motor vehicle law.
Establishes Division of Immigrant Affairs in DLPS.
Permits reduction of motor vehicle penalty points even if driver has license suspension for certain offenses in last 12 months.
Permits certain special law enforcement officers to carry firearms at all times when in State.
Establishes Juvenile Offender Community Conservation and Improvement Services Program.
Requires interactive computer service to remove images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act from computer server or other storage device controlled or owned by the interactive computer service.
Requires charter school board of trustee members to undergo criminal background checks and mandatory training.
Specifies certain requirements for approval of a charter school application.
Requires mandatory audit of new voter registration records before an election and of absentee and provisional ballots after an election in randomly selected districts.
Requires excuse for voting by mail-in ballot.
Permits the sealing of certain criminal records.
Provides mandatory minimum terms and fines for persons who travel to another municipality and sell or purchase controlled dangerous substances there.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Clarifies duties and responsibilities of police directors and chiefs of police.
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs.
Establishes a permanent Gang Land Security Task Force.
Makes residential mortgage fraud a separate crime.
Prohibits plea bargaining and eliminates sentence reduction in weapons cases involving minors.
Requires local school districts to assume administrative responsibility for charter school special education students referred for private school placements.
Provides Commission on Higher Education with authority to make final administrative decisions on appeals of certain credit transfer disputes.
Maintains affordability controls on low and moderate income housing in perpetuity.
Reestablishes and revises public contract set-aside program.
Requires audible alert mechanism on electronic voting machines.
Exempts from payment certain taxes and energy charges for manufacturing facilities.
Allows a gross income tax credit to certain taxpayers for capital improvements made to a principal residence.
Establishes DCA oversight of Passaic Valley Sewerage Comissioners.
Prohibits delivery of more than one magazine issue before billing information is obtained.
Amends FY 2011 appropriations act to provide supplemental appropriation of $5,599,000 to the Department of Human Services for orthodontic care for children and kinship care initiatives.
Prohibits boards of education from charging students a fee to participate in extracurricular activities.
Permits cities of the first class to exercise priority in reappointing certain laid-off, nonpermanent police officers.
Establishes minimum and maximum sentences and penalties for election officers and employees convicted of fraud.
Authorizes issuance of "municipal solid waste disposal only" license to certain applicants.
Clarifies permissible payment terms under residential leases and prohibits them from requiring prepayment of rent for entire lease term.
Requires civil service desk audit of provisional employees after layoff action by local employer.
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Prohibits sale of blunt wraps.
Prohibits certain individuals from membership on county boards of elections.
Requires MVC to issue special organization registration plates to qualified organizations; repeals language granting chief administrator discretion in awarding plates.
Establishes the "Private Investment in Public Education Fund."
Provides for certain psychologists to prescribe medications.
Requires binding arbitration to determine contested cases involving dismissal or reduction in compensation of tenured public school employees.
Permits creation of local hire programs for public work contracts of political subdivisions.
Requires every State and local elected official using agent to represent or undertake scheduling of appearances therefore to disclose information about such service.
Permits municipalities to establish weapons free zones around schools and public facilities.
Filed1
Requires insurers to cover treatment for sickle cell anemia; requires DHSS to provide information to public about sickle cell anemia.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Limits amount of time vacant teaching position can be filled by substitute teacher.
Requires certain public officers and employees to reside in State. *
Establishes Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Demonstration Project in DHS.
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.
Vetoed · 4
Requires contracting units and boards of education to credit contractors with interest earned on certain funds withheld from payment to contractors. *
Establishes three categories for investigative findings of allegations of child abuse or neglect, and requires DCF to track and report certain unfounded cases that subsequently are substantiated.*
Makes FY 2011 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 for Women's Health and Family Planning Services, reduces FY 2011 appropriation for State Employees' Prescription Drug Program by $7,453,000, and requires filing of application for expansion of Medica
Establishes NJ Center for Oral Health at UMDNJ Dental School.
Passed the Senate · 2
Establishes NJ Health Care Reform Implementation Council.
Directs NJTA to reduce tolls no longer required for payment of Access to the Region's Core Tunnel project.
Out of committee · 20
Exempts certain State authorities and local government contracting units from bidding requirements when goods and services are procured below prices available under State contract; modifies process for contracting through certain cooperative purchasing a
Requires State Treasurer to disseminate information about organ and tissue donation; designates April each year as "Donate Life Month." *
Establishes "Bleeding Disorders Treatment Fund."
Establishes a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during a qualified period. *
Requires municipalities to exempt 100% disabled veterans from construction permit surcharge fees for improvements to promote living unit accessibility; appropriates $20,000 for municipal reimbursements.
Establishes aid program for certain municipalities with State correctional facilities.
Prohibits local officer or employee from lobbying or advocating before any body of the municipality where officer or employee serves. *
Concerns furloughing of direct care nurses employed by certain State institutions. *
Permits hiring of certain laid off law enforcement officers without utilizing Civil Service lists. *
Makes sundry changes to taxicab laws.
Jaden's Law; requires DHSS to prepare online brochure about the option to donate bone marrow.
Prohibits certain private transfer fees and imposes disclosure requirements.
Permits collective bargaining on matters covered by civil service; requires civil service examinations to be offered on continual basis; creates title reduction task force; requires posting of layoff plans.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
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.
Requires State, regional, and local authorities, boards, and commissions to establish an Internet website and post information related to each entity's mission, finances, meetings, and employees. *
Restores benefit under State earned income credit program to 25 percent of federal credit beginning in Tax Year 2011.
Allows all municipalities to sell and lease unneeded public property for "urban" farming and gardening purposes.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
Implements provisions of "Urban and Rural Centers Unsafe Buildings Demolition Bond Act"; appropriates $7,403,340.
In committee · 23
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Establishes advocacy pilot program for mentally ill offenders.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Revises State share calculation for debt service aid for new school facilities projects of county vocational school districts.
Expands membership of Police Training Commission to include representative from Northern New Jersey and South Jersey chapters of National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
Requires notice of development applications be given to residential tenants on that property.
Exempts senior homeowners from municipal building permit fees.
Defines "mobile home park" as "multiple dwelling" for inspection purposes.
Requires all State firefighter training to be accredited.
Permits tenant to be removed from leased housing due to criminal activity under certain circumstances.
The "Owners' Rights and Obligations in Shared Ownership Communities Act."
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
The "Jobs, Trade and Democracy Act."
Includes adult with onset physical disabilities as eligible criteria for assistance through Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of a charter school.
Establishes gross income tax credit for cost of certain postage for sending goods to members of United States Armed Forces and National Guard who are serving their country away from home.
Requires audits of managed care plan provider networks.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Prohibits retail motor fuel dealer from charging a credit card customer in excess of four percent of purchase price for same fuel to customer paying by cash.
Clarifies that conversions of housing cooperatives into condominiums are subject to notice provisions of "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act."
Regulates certain service contracts to perform maintenance, repair, replacement, or service of property used for personal, family, or household purposes.
"Telecommunications-Cable Television Deregulation Ensuring Consumer Protection Act"; revises State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and cable television companies.