Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Nicholas J. Sacco
Sponsored
Became law3
Upgrades crime of soliciting or recruiting for criminal street gang while on school property.
Permits certain officials to possess pepper spray in quantity carried by law enforcement officers.
"Angelie's Law"; regulates the operation of certain autobuses.*
Vetoed4
Expands DNA database to include samples from disorderly persons.*
Revises eligibility criteria for shore protection funding.
Allows development on piers in coastal high hazard areas in certain urban municipalities.
Sets forth certain standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones.
Passed the Senate1
Prohibits purchaser of used motor vehicle from waiving dealer's obligation regarding emissions control equipment.
Out of committee7
Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.
Waives commercial driver's license requirements for certain Office of Emergency Management drivers.
Establishes grant program in DCA to provide funding to youth mentoring programs.
Requires DOT Commissioner to erect signs informing motorists of State's "move over" law.
Designates Paterson Plank Road bridge in the Town of Secaucus as "Joseph F. Tagliareni, Jr. Memorial Bridge."
Exempt certain persons from all-terrain vehicle use restrictions.
Requires all lamps and lighting devices on motor vehicles be kept in working order.
In committee17
Requires NJT to purchase alternative fuel vehicles.
Authorizes certain municipalities to establish safety requirements for certain bars and taverns.
Requires health insurance coverage for hair headpieces for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Prohibits motor fuel wholesaler from increasing price more than once in 24-hour period.
Changes from two to four number of consecutive general elections where more than 750 votes or less than 250 votes may be cast before election district is redrawn.
Requires notice of development applications be given to residential tenants on that property.
Requires video cameras at certain ATMs.
Requires adult corrections officers in State facilities to complete in-service training program.
Provides for forfeiture of vehicle where weapon was unlawfully possessed.
Establishes design-build delivery system for New Jersey Turnpike Authority projects.
Expands eligible municipalities under the "Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act" to include Harrison Town in Hudson County.
Establishes State payment in lieu of taxes to municipalities for loss of revenues due to an overburden of tax-exempt cemetery property; appropriates $66 million.
Requires public utilities and cable television companies to accommodate and relocate facilities when necessary for transportation infrastructure projects at direction of DOT.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing certain surcharges on consumers.
Increases insurance requirements on operators of autobuses; requires driver of autobus to possess commercial driver license.
Requires disclosure of data recording devices in motor vehicles; limits access to recorded data.
Establishes that volunteer firemen appointed to paid positions are not required to be recertified in certain instances.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education.***
Passed the Senate · 1
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing surcharges on consumer credit card purchases.
Out of committee · 6
Directs NJTA to study and report on potential revenue generating services of NJTA rest areas and service plazas.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.*
Requires training program for school bus drivers and aides on interacting with students with special needs.
Creates crime of cyber-harassment.
Exempts from disclosure as public record personal identifying information provided to government agency for emergency notification purposes.
Establishes a School Security Task Force.
In committee · 9
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Permits farm wineries to create alternating proprietorship for production of wine.
Requires certain arbitrators to file financial disclosure statements.
Authorizes creation of urban enterprise zones in Garfield, Harrison and Keansburg as well as a joint urban enterprise zone in Cliffside Park and Fairview.
Repeals traffic control signal monitoring system pilot program.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Requires Division of Addiction Services to grant residential drug treatment program licenses to certain programs operating in State correctional facilities and county jails.
Expands NJ Meadowlands Commission responsibilities to include flood control activities.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Highway Work Zone Safety.