Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
Thomas P. Giblin
Sponsored
Out of committee2
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA
Directs New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Commission on Higher Education to promote the establishment of higher education and business partnerships.
In committee1
Establishes "Monica's Law" concerning domestic violence risk assessment pilot program.
Carried from the Senate
Vetoed1
Directs New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Commission on Higher Education to promote the establishment of higher education and business partnerships.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 30
Increases specialized care nursing facility beds for persons with Huntington's Disease. *
Disqualifies member of board of education or member of charter school board of trustees for conviction of certain crimes and requires member to undergo criminal history background investigation. *
Authorizes county colleges and county vocational school districts to establish green job certification programs.
Requires insurers to cover treatment for sickle cell anemia; requires DHSS to provide information to public about sickle cell anemia.*
Authorizes the court to include provisions for animals in domestic violence restraining orders.*
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses.
Modifies procedures available under the Drug Offender Restraining Order Act.
"Sara's Law;" requires Motor Vehicle Commission to establish next-of-kin program.
Requires Division of Taxation to display Senior Gold prescription program information on tax return instructions.
Establishes new procedure in "Administrative Procedure Act" to allow substantial changes to agency rule-making upon adoption.
Changes five year chapter expiration date for rules to seven years; changes procedures for readoption of rules. **
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.*
Streamlines process for State and local agency business permits related to economic development projects.
Authorizes sale and lease of unneeded public property to certain nonprofits for gardening and urban farming and exempts such urban farms from property taxation.
Prohibits certain private transfer fees and imposes disclosure requirements.
Permits DOT to contract with county or municipality for certain work on highways to prevent public hazards.
Requires Department of State to create uniform application form for use by small businesses to apply for certain State financial assistance programs.*
Provides corporation with right to renounce corporate opportunity doctrine.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support the Boys and Girls Clubs in New Jersey.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by veterans.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Requires DCF to develop and adopt Statewide youth suicide prevention plan.
Revises provisions of "Franchise Practices Act" relating to motor vehicle franchises.
Requires birthing facilities to screen newborns for congenital heart defects prior to discharge.
Eliminates separate presidential primary election; provides for delegates and alternates to political party national conventions to be elected at regular June primary election.
Authorizes Commissioner of NJDOT to procure revenue-generating sponsors for, and permit sponsorship acknowledgment and advertising on, safety and emergency service patrol vehicles and equipment.
Requires certain qualifications for employment as a surgical technologist.
Allows counties and municipalities to use open space trust funds for purchase of flood-prone properties.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
Revises statutes concerning crematories and the cremation of human remains.
Vetoed · 12
Requires designated fire command structure in municipal emergency operations plans involving mutual aid responses to fires.
Provides single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula and establishes airline-specific sales fraction.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Requires AG to study and report on graduated driver's license program. *
Expands treatment of mixed use projects under urban transit hub tax credit. *
Establishes a closing fund to provide financial resources for certain economic development projects.
Establishes the Workforce Shortage Loan Redemption Program.
Creates "Back to Work NJ Program"; makes an appropriation.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for employers who hire former prisoners.
Permits institutions of higher education to make supplemental contributions to ABP.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Passed the General Assembly · 11
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
Establishes "New Jersey Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns. *
Directs DOT to allow wineries to erect tourist-oriented directional signs on roads and highways. *
Concerns compensation and benefits of officers, employees, and members of State and local authorities. *
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.
Maintains right of corporate directors and officers to indemnification under certain circumstances.
Allows licensing authorities to grant a license to certain child support obligors under certain circumstances.*
Directs installation of electric vehicle charging stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Prohibits burial of Petty's Run archaeological excavation site.
The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act," alters State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and CATV companies.
Revises scope of practice of genetic counselors.
Out of committee · 59
Establishes NJ Alzheimer's Disease Study Commission.
Establishes new motorcycle safety provisions.
Establishes program for directing motorists to agricultural tourism establishments.*
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Requires the design of new public schools to incorporate the "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design" (LEED) guidelines.
Requires the incorporation of solar panels in design and construction of new public school facilities.
Permits limited pharmacy sales of syringes and needles without a prescription.
Grants EDA broader discretion to approve applications for corporation business tax certificate transfer program and business employment incentive program.
Requires applicants for liquor licenses and license transfers to notify residents within 200 feet of licensed premises.
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Establishes design-build delivery system for New Jersey Turnpike Authority projects. *
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. *
Regulates advertising of manufacturer's rebates by retail mercantile establishments.
Allows students with disabilities to bring service animal to school.*
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Reduces number of reports and publications printed by State; provides for most to be available primarily on Internet; requires notice of availability of reports and publications.*
Creates the criminal offense of affinity fraud.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Establishes "New Jersey Property Assessment Clean Energy (NJ PACE) Municipal Financing Program."
Permits Internet wagering at Atlantic City casinos under certain circumstances.
Establishes alternative methods of casino licensure.
Provides dedicated line item on property tax bill to fund municipal free public libraries and joint free public libraries. *
Reduces number of printed copies of each State report or publication required to be filed with State Library; provides for State Library liaison at each State office.
Changes references of "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" or "developmental disability" and uses person-first language for persons with disabilities.
Provides for equitable adjustment to certain contracts with DOT for construction and maintenance of highways, streets or roads. *
Limits DEP regulation of medical diagnostic x-ray equipment in facilities performing 750 or fewer x-rays per year.
Expands existing film and digital media production tax credit programs; designated as the Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act.
Designates bridge on Route 36 over Shrewsbury River as "Captain Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge."
Permits sale of motorcycles on Sunday.
Provides for development of searchable "Bulletin NJ" local public bidding and employment database.
Increases workers' compensation for loss of hand or foot.
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of the borrower's death.
Reverses certain changes to laws governing State treatment of unclaimed property.
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Expands availability of general development plan approvals and long-term vesting of preliminary and final site plan approvals in Smart Growth areas.
Makes certain requirements concerning downhill skiing.
Revises financial assistance under Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant Program; repeals requirement to study implementation.
Expands gross income tax exclusion for pensions, annuities and other retirement income for certain taxpayers.
Allows corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit for certain wages paid to qualified interns in tax years 2012 and 2013.
Establishes a long-term capacity agreement pilot program to promote construction of qualified electric generation facilities. *
"Revised State Medical Examiner Act"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DHSS.
Allows for unemployment insurance beneficiaries to file, reopen, cancel or close claims online.
Requires Governor notify local governments to fly United States and State flags at half-staff upon death of member of Armed Forces of United States or National Guard who was State resident.*
Dedicates revenues derived from certain sales and uses subject to sales and use tax to provide enhanced incentives for breeding and development of certain racehorses in this State.
Consolidates certain business-related categories of gross income and provides 20 year carryforward of certain net losses under gross income tax.
Directs establishment of Atlantic City Tourism District; broadens powers and duties of CRDA; transfers Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority and its functions to CRDA.
Permits small, women or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Concerns creation of benefit corporations.
Phases out cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.*
Requires owners of certain newly developed shopping centers to provide electric vehicle charging stations.
Prohibits issuance of DEP permits or approvals for certain shopping centers not having electric vehicle charging stations.
Designates entire length of New Jersey Route No. 19 in Passaic County as "Congressman William J. Pascrell, Jr. Highway."
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers, and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.*
Provides for nursing reimbursement adjustment for cost of energy improvements.
Requires periodic inspection of exterior walls of certain buildings.
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.
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.
Creates "New Jersey Life Science Internship Challenge" program.
In committee · 118
Provides for motor fuels tax exemption to school bus contractors.
Establishes Lane Splitting Task Force.
Provides that sales by UEZ retailers of items delivered to location outside of the UEZ shall not qualify for partial exemption from the sales tax.
Provides gross income tax deduction for health care plan costs.
Provides in-network benefits to patient with disability for services provided by out-of-network provider under certain circumstances.
Requires informational posters about safe placement alternatives for newborn infants be posted in public restrooms used by females.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges and the county colleges.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games.
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and NJIT.
Refines certain review and approval responsibilities under the "Municipal Land Use Law" and the "map filing law."
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Provides for Autism Advocate in Division of Advocacy for the Developmentally Disabled.
Requires installation of low-flow toilets and low-flow showerheads in multiple dwellings having 3 or more units.
Authorizes county colleges and county vocational school districts to establish aviation related job certification, training, and internship programs and provides a corporation business tax credit for funds donated to support such programs.
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Prohibits display of gift card account numbers.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Expands offense of computer criminal activity to include accessing computer data for an unlawful purpose by means of a knowing misrepresentation as to identity of person requesting information.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Makes employment matters not exempted by statute mandatory subjects of public employment collective bargaining.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
"Janet's Law"; requires public schools, recreational fields and youth camps to have automated external defibrillators for youth athletic events, and public schools to include pupil training in use thereof and in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Establishes "Court Security Enhancement Fund" and increases court fees.
Provides prescriber or health care facility with discretion to number prescription blank forms consecutively.
Expands State programs to encourage investments in small technology companies.
Requires notification of rape care advocate under certain circumstances by law enforcement, prosecutors and medical providers.
Permits municipality to determine permissible parking distance from intersection, crosswalk or "stop" sign.
Expands homestead property tax rebate program for certain non-senior and non-disabled tenants based on revised income qualifications.
Allows New Jersey S corporations to elect to transfer corporation business tax credits to shareholders to apply against the shareholders' gross income tax liability.
Requires specific reduction of sulfur content in heating oil, and scheduled increase of blending biofuels therein after July 1, 2011, unless requirements are waived by Governor pursuant to Executive Order.
Provides for automatic expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances.
Provides public servant is guilty of official misconduct if he knowingly obtains, arranges or provides "no-show" job for himself or another.
Creates nine-member New Jersey Legislative Elections Public Financing Study Commission.
Requires study of availability of certain health care services by independent entity.
Prohibits penalizing pharmacy for dispensing forged or fraudulent prescription approved by certain State prescription drug benefit programs.
Establishes the "Healthy New Jersey Labor-Management" demonstration program.
"The Muhammad Ali/Rocky Marciano Boxing Reform Act"; enhances regulation of boxing.
Provides for attachment of real property relating to terrorism.
Extends the statute of limitations for certain sexual abuse cases.
Provides certain requirements for donation container solicitations by charities.
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.
Adds fraud via telecommunication or electronic means to list of prohibited activities for certain security transactions; increases penalties.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to Cold War veterans.
Prohibits false or secret compartments in motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Requires AG to defend challenges to certain municipal ordinances that establish residency requirements for convicted sex offenders.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Establishes low interest mortgage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Exempts membership fees, initiation fees, or dues for access to health and fitness, athletic, or sporting clubs of certain charitable organizations from sales and use tax.
Revises laws concerning pedestrian safety and traffic control; requires drivers to stop and remain stopped for pedestrians under certain conditions.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Establishes animal cruelty offenses pertaining to chaining or other restraint of animals.
Allows TPAF retiree to be employed as certificated superintendent or administrator for limited time frame due to critical need without TPAF reenrollment.
Requires each school district to adopt a dating violence policy to prevent and address incidents involving dating violence.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Establishes Lake Hopatcong Fund, dedicates $700,000 annually from pleasure boat registration fees to that fund, and appropriates $700,000 for FY2009.
Requires health benefits coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances and provides reimbursement therefor.
"Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act."
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Increases amount of Transportation Trust Fund monies that may be used for salaries and overhead of DOT and NJT.
Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Prohibits cruel restraint and confinement of dogs.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside.
Makes temporary insurance and temporary domestic security local cap exceptions permanent; exempts pre-July 7, 2004 contract obligations from current, lower cap.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Authorizes COAH to credit municipalities with 1.5 units of fair share affordable housing obligation for each unit of transitional housing occupied by a veteran.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts.
Permits historic motor vehicles to be used for pleasure driving one day per week.
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Removes confidential employee status of certain Casino Control Commission employees.
Concerns rights of DRPA employees.
Provides for continuing education for real estate brokers, broker-salespersons and salespersons, and creates a new licensing category of referral agents.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
Excludes certain federal employee Thrift Savings Fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Establishes innovation zone program and creates innovation zone around Aviation Research and Technology Park in Atlantic County.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for 50% of purchase cost of diesel engine conversion devices.
Establishes sales tax holiday for certain energy efficient products during third week of April and October.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Requires municipalities to include unique identifier on signs at certain handicapped parking spots.
Establishes special license plates to fund diabetes research and education.
Increases certain sentences and imposes bail restrictions on persons who violate domestic violence restraining orders under certain circumstances; authorizes the court to order evaluation and treatment.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Changes "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners" and "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" to "county commissioner" in new sections of law and revisions to current law; requires counties to change terms on website.
Amends RICO to add certain crimes involving public servants.
Revises certain provisions of farmland assessment law.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Imposes two-year moratorium on certain new outpatient radiation oncology services and establishes Outpatient Radiation Oncology Services Task Force in DHSS.
Clarifies that publication of all county ordinances may be by title and summary.
Requires school districts to employ a certain number of student assistance coordinators based on district enrollment.
Permits wineries to produce and sell certain distilled alcoholic beverages.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Revises list of documents required to be submitted when bidding on public contracts.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Requires all personal audio players distributed in New Jersey to contain warning about volume and hearing loss.
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program in Monmouth County.
Requires legislators to certify in writing, upon introduction of legislation, that no monetary benefit will be derived from it; requires certification be filed with the Legislative Ethics Commission.
Establishes moratorium on conversion of health service corporation to domestic stock insurer.
Prohibits sale of alcoholic energy drinks.
Requires government records to be made available on the Internet.
Permits voter registration of certain persons at age 17 for voting at next election occurring on or after 18th Birthday.
Provides refundable gross income tax credit for amount of annual homestead property tax that exceeds 7 percent of homestead owner's New Jersey gross income.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax.
Provides for access to adoptee's original birth certificate under certain circumstances.
Provides for one-time increase of PFRS retiree annual pensions under $32,000.
Temporarily renames NJ Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury as NJ Advisory Council on Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury; establishes Acquired Brain Injury Fund.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Requires that wheelchairs be secured using four-point securement system in paratransit vehicles.
Requires direct deposit for all State employee compensation on and after July 1, 2014.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Requires preservation of employee benefits and contractual rights as condition of sale of Atlantic City International Airport.
Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.