Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, Senate.
Gerald Cardinale
Sponsored
Became law8
Clarifies provisions of "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act" concerning municipal electric power systems and rural electric cooperatives. *
Allows inactive licensees to complete required continuing education at any time prior to reactivating license.
Requires insurers to inform certain insureds and applicants of the availability of earthquake endorsements.
Prohibits electronic printing of certain information on certain sales receipts.
Permits fiduciary to employ and compensate accountants from fiduciary funds and permits certain out-of-State banks to be treated similarly as New Jersey banks. *
Modifies provisions of "The Check Cashers Regulatory Act of 1993."
Validates certain marriages solemnized by persons who were not authorized to solemnize marriages.
Enacts "New Jersey Cemetery Act, 2002."
Passed the Senate8
"Home Improvement Contractors' Registration Act."
Continues tax exempt status of certain real property used by religious corporations during reconstruction or relocation of worship facility under certain circumstances and thereafter. *
Requires certain insurers to make available ordinance or law coverage.
Upgrades offenses involving use of false government documents.
Concerns cable television competition and urges the President and Congress to allow States to have certain regulatory power to create that competition. *
Provides for a mandatory minimum term of two years for leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
Prohibits surrender charges for individual deferred annuities under certain circumstances.
Prohibits interest in revaluation firms operating within county by municipal assessors and county tax board personnel; prohibits related business entities from representing taxpayers appealing revaluations completed by revaluation firm.
Out of committee13
Permits wine tastings and samplings by certain Class C alcoholic beverage licensees.
Exempts direct sellers from the workers' compensation law.
Creates the "September 11th, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act." *
Directs the DOE to provide to every public school district George Washington's portrait to display; appropriates $90,000. *
Permits the incorporation of ophthalmic dispensers and technicians.
Specifies bona fide negotiations in eminent domain proceedings and clarifies establishment of compensation for business owners.
Exempts manufacturers of orthotic appliances from licensing under the "Orthotist and Prosthetist Licensing Act."
Requires examinations of joint insurance funds and certain reporting by those funds.
Permits corporation with one or two employees who are the only shareholders to opt out of workers' compensation.
Deregulates policy forms used by surplus lines insurers.
Reduces standard nonforfeiture rate for certain individual deferred annuities.
Prohibits certain communications tower facilities from being erected within 750 feet of the property line of a public or private school or child care center under certain circumstances. **
Enacts new law to regulate and license pharmacists.
In committee124
Requires owners of water supply reservoirs prone to downstream flooding to implement flood protection programs.
Disqualifies workers from UI benefits for illegal workplace drug use.
Permits qualified retired law enforcement officers who were employed by law enforcement agencies outside the State to carry firearms.
Clarifies use of background check information in issuing permits to carry a handgun.
"Women's Right to Know Act."
Redefines meaning of campaign contribution to be net after deduction for fund-raising event expense.
Prohibits persons convicted of violent crimes from possessing body armor.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2 million to the Department of State for a grant to the John Harms Center for the Arts for debt reduction.
Permits only licensed chiropractors to perform spinal adjustments to correct vertebral subluxations.
Establishes Justice Network (JNET) Project.
Increases penalties for motorists who fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
Raises capital requirements for check cashers and eliminates certain licenses issued to certain check cashers within 2,500 feet of existing check cashers.
Modifies the tort liability of product sellers.
Reduces gross income tax rates by 15%.
Eliminates redundant fingerprinting for certain gun permit applicants.
Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct an oral recitation from the Declaration of Independence before the opening of each school day in grades 3-12; appropriates $10,000.
Requires State to reimburse counties for costs of defending and indemnifying county prosecutor under certain circumstances.
Reduces corporation business tax rates by 15%.
Permits direct shipping of alcoholic beverages from out of State to New Jersey consumers under certain conditions.
Permits "Family Support Act" to reimburse for documented, unreimbursed costs, appropriates $100,000.
Requires parental notification of abortion performed on minor.
Permits certain private health care institutions to determine circumstances under which it will decline to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining measures.
Provides for annual support from General Fund and appropriates $150,000 for current fiscal year for oyster resource enhancement program.
Proposes a series of amendments to the statutes governing forfeiture.
Includes same sex marriages among marriages declared void; provides that New Jersey will not recognize marriages in other jurisdictions which are void in New Jersey.
Revises the method of appropriating sums for the operation of a joint public library system.
Amends school board members' Code of Ethics to direct board members to protect the health, welfare, and good moral character of children.
Requires DEP to study and assess downstream river or stream capacity of water supply reservoirs, set minimum and maxium levels for each reservoir, and require that specific levels be maintained at Woodcliff Lake Reservoir.
Appropriates $350,000 for New Bridge Landing Historical Site.
Establishes Rail Transit Vital Site Preservation and Reservation Fund; appropriates $30,000,000.
Requires Highway Authority to eliminate toll collections on alternative toll plazas on Garden State Parkway.
Amends Tort Claims Act to provide that public entities are liable for certain personal injuries.
Authorizes legal fees and costs against public entity filing legally groundless suits against citizens who are critical of the public entity.
Authorizes certain out-of-state police officers to carry handguns in this State.
Exempts health care supplies and equipment, purchased for use in providing health care services, from sales tax.
Revises State funding formula for public education.
Revises State funding formula for public education and provides funding for nonpublic school pupils and pupils being home schooled.
Requires certain toll roads' executive directors to waive tolls under certain conditions.
Establishes statutory standards to guide authorities in evaluating applications for permits to carry handguns.
Streamlines requirements for retired police officer to carry handgun.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Appropriates $100,000 to DHSS for grant to New Hope, Inc. of Bergen County to assist single first-time mothers and their babies.
Requires organization that receives State family planning services funds to be separate from organization that provides abortion services.
Revises procedure for issuing permits to carry a handgun.
Allows certain co-owners of homesteads on which property taxes have been paid to receive full and not proportionally reduced property tax deduction under the gross income tax.
Authorizes special license plates for Offices of Emergency Management volunteers.
"Peoples Prison Act;" creates special correctional program for certain violent offenders.
Establishes rehabilitation as condition for parole of certain inmates.
Exempts physicians who exceed speed limit while responding to emergency calls from penalties.
Testimony or other evidence adduced at a private hearing by or on behalf of the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards shall be deemed public.
Repeals surcharge paid by insurers of school boards not in SHBP; requires payment of surcharge amounts for FY97, FY98 and FY99 to schools boards.
Limits payment to public employee for accumulated sick leave upon retirement; requires fine and reprimand or termination for violation of sick leave by public employee.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Provides for the regulation of self service dispensing of fuel at service stations.
Provides for two-year post-employment restriction on certain employees of the Department of Banking and Insurance.
Provides exception to definition of managing general agent.
Promotes competition in telecommunications market and ends certain personal property taxes and replaces that revenue.
Requires insurance exchanges to be members of the New Jersey Surplus Lines Insurance Guaranty Fund.
Requires completion of workers compensation cases 120 days from end of hearing in certain cases.
Permits governmental entities to provide coverage under the State disability benefits plan to designated categories or classes of employees.
Clarifies how street money may be used on or close to election day.
Provides for awarding of certain costs to defendants who prevail in DEP enforcement actions.
Specifies that gun purchase applications from State residents shall be deemed approved and issued if licensing authority fails to act on them within 30 days.
Exempts physicians from jury service under certain circumstances.
Revises statute concerning child custody award; creates a presumption in favor of primary caregiver parent.
Provides for DMV credits of certain motor vehicle registration fees to lessees.
Permits consideration of factors other than cost in awarding State leases.
Allows counties and municipalities to comply with certain publication requirements by means of the Internet.
Prohibits recovery of economic and noneconomic loss in lawsuits arising from certain motor vehicle accidents.
Provides for annual deposit of 10% of county forfeiture funds by county prosecutor in "County Forfeiture Defense Fund."
Requires writ of execution to contain unique identification number of defendant in order to avoid cases of mistaken levy or attachment against innocent party.
Provides for prompt notification to health care licensing boards when health care practitioner suspected of injuring a patient or suspected of other wrongdoing.
Requires testimony by health care providers to be given by persons licensed in this State and to conform to currently accepted medical standards.
"Fairness in Public Facility Financing Act."
Exempts State-chartered credit unions from sales and use tax.
Bars State Police from charging retail firearms dealers to access National Instant Criminal Background Check system.
Limits liability of physicians to their medical malpractice insurance coverage.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DHSS for research in Ataxia Telangiectasia.
Prohibits New Jersey Highway Authority from issuing bonds.
Repeals law relating to transportation development districts and provides for establishment of transportation enhancement districts.
Clarifies rights of federally licensed collectors of curios and relics under New Jersey firearms statutes.
Establishes disaster needs and volunteer resources database program.
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reduce government spending and to reform system of property taxation.
Eliminates certain check casher licenses under certain circumstances.
Prohibits assessment on certain municipalities for State Police patrol services.
Requires DEP to approve permits for proposed Linden marine transfer station.
Provides for removal of tolls from the Garden State Parkway and the assumption of outstanding bonded indebtedness of the New Jersey Highway Authority.
Allows limited file and use for automobile insurance rates in competitive market and repeals current expedited automobile insurance filing system.
Allows property-casualty insurers to withdraw from writing in this State within a specified time after filing notice and plan of withdraw with the Department of Banking and Insurance.
Excludes certain contributions to small employer SEP and SIMPLE retirement savings plans for employees from gross income under the gross income tax.
Requires credit card issuers to ascertain whether the applicant is the person to whom the card is to be issued.
Prohibits denial of credit on the basis that individual was a victim of identity theft.
Requires members of the Judiciary and members of the Legislature to file annual financial disclosure statements.
Permits parents and legal guardians to obtain information on sex offenders residing within one-half mile.
Specifies criteria for funding domestic violence shelters.
Extends application period for retired police officers to carry firearms.
Mandates eye test every eight years for drivers.
Limits liability of physicians to their medical malpractice insurance coverage.
Requires testimony by health care providers to be given by persons licensed in this State and to conform to currently accepted medical standards.
Concerns regulation of lending practices; prohibits certain abusive and predatory lending practices.
Appropriates $100,000 to DCA for grant to Lodi Borough for cost of Saddle River Flood Management Plan.
Appropriates $100,000 to DCA for grant to Paramus Borough for cost of Saddle River Flood Management Plan.
Appropriates $100,000 to DCA for grant to Passaic City for cost of Saddle River Flood Management Plan.
Appropriates $100,000 to DCA for grant to Oradell Borough for cost of Saddle River Flood Management Plan.
Appropriates $100,000 to DCA for grant to Wallington Borough for cost of Saddle River Flood Management Plan.
Appropriates $100,000 to DCA for grant to Garfield City for cost of Saddle River Flood Management Plan.
Appropriates $100,000 to DCA for grant to Rochelle Park Township for cost of Saddle River Flood Management Plan.
Appropriates $100,000 to DCA for grant to South Hackensack Township for cost of Saddle River Flood Management Plan.
Appropriates $100,000 to DCA for grant to Saddle Brook Township for cost of Saddle River Flood Management Plan.
Provides for a system of scheduled first-party coverage for both economic and noneconomic losses; eliminates adversarial proceedings; reduces rates 33%.
Establishes an 11-member Regulatory Review Commission.
"Nutritionist and Dietitian Certification Act."
Requires members of the Judiciary and members of the Legislature to file annual financial disclosure statements.
Requires municipal binding referenda to approve qualified common interest community assessment reductions.
Authorizes mayor in certain municipalities to appoint members of local boards, authorities or commissions for term corresponding with that of appointing mayor.
Revises conditions of eligibility to be "grandfathered" as a licensed home inspector.
Provides exemption from municipal rent control for up to 30 years for abandoned properties rehabilitated into multiple dwellings.
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
Authorizes local governmental units to use proceeds from certain forfeited property to defray related investigation and prosecution costs.
Requires conclusion of eviction proceedings for nonpayment of rent not later than 30th day following service of complaint on tenant.
Establishes certain requirements regarding replacement of life insurance policies and annuity contracts.
Clarifies obligation of cemeteries to hold consumer prepayments for cemetery services in trust accounts.
Prohibits use of certain underwriting guidelines pertaining to dogs harbored on property insured under homeowners policies.
Authorizes certain certified animal control officers and certified animal cruelty investigators to possess firearms.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Authorizes establishment of State tax amnesty.
Repeals law creating State poet laureate. *
Provides for the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
Provides for certification for emergency medical technicians to administer epinephrine.
Permits BPU to authorize the securitization of deferred balances of electric public utilities for the provision of basic generation service.
Establishes protection of water resources and flood-prone areas as high priorities under open space acquisition program. *
Establishes lead-safe housing grant and loan program and registry plan; makes appropriations. *
Permits municipalities to enact ordinance to hold DUI arrestees in protective custody. *
Requires installation of carbon monoxide detectors in single and two-family homes upon initial occupancy or change of occupancy.
Passed the Senate · 12
Designates September 11 in each year as "Red, White, and Blue Ribbon Day" in honor of victims of September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
Requires identity check for flight instruction. *
Authorizes counties, with voter approval, to impose special levy to fund water resources preservation and restoration projects.
Permits local construction code official to inspect traveling carnival-amusement rides.
Requires removal of certain sites from contaminated site list within 90 days after completion of cleanup. *
Prohibits certain adverse employment actions against volunteer fire, ambulance, first aid or rescue personnel. *
Increases maximum death benefit of group life insurance policies paid for by fire district or municipality maintaining volunteer fire department.
Requires municipal budgets to include fund for certain separation benefits. *
Provides for fingerprinting of certain applicants or employees and exchange of criminal history records.
Provides civil immunity to public entities and public employees for acquisition, stockpiling, distribution and dispensing of certain drugs and vaccines to mitigate the effects of exposure to nuclear, chemical and biological agents. **
Appropriates $3,400,000 to DCA to fund Watershed Moratorium Offset Aid.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of the global war on terror. *
Out of committee · 19
Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness.
Designated the "Interior Designers Certification Act."
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers. *
"New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002." *
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Provides for mandatory terms of imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor; amends murder statute; requires lifetime parole supervision for certain sex offenders. *
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Sets State's mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Regulates Internet pharmacies and electronic prescriptions.
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Raises N.J. Environmental Infrastructure Trust's statutory debt ceiling to $1.6 billion.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
"New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act." *
Modifies escheat law for bank accounts and eliminates certified mail requirement for notice concerning potential escheat. *
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to qualified handicapped persons at sheltered workshops.
Affords tax exemption for portions of certain tax-exempt buildings used for exempt purposes by exempt entities; subjects portions of certain tax-exempt buildings to property taxation if leased to profit-making entity or used for nonexempt purposes.
Establishes right of person engaged in military service for more than 90 days to cancel motor vehicle lease without penalty.
Makes various revisions to the "New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002." *
In committee · 35
Establishes the level of State school aid for the 2002-2003 school year; establishes the Save Our Schools Fund to finance increased State aid.
Requires designated employees trained in the use of defibrillators to be available for high school athletic events; appropriates $1.2 million.
Eliminates automatic liens and removes financial liability for certain family members of patients in psychiatric facilities, developmental centers or receiving other residential functional service.
Eliminates statute of limitations on prosecution on certain sexual offenses.
Eliminates statute of limitations in civil cases involving certain sexual offenses.
Creates continuing education and nurse recruitment pilot program in DMVA and provides funding to existing nurse education program in DHS; appropriates $498,000.
Excludes income of school district residents who rank in the top 5% of income as reported on State Income Tax forms from calculation of district income for school aid purposes.
"Health Care Claims Payment Responsibility Act."
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for an endowment to the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center to be established at Kean University.
Increases per pupil amounts for certain nonpublic school aid programs and provides for annual increase in amounts based on the Consumer Price Index.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $5,500,000 in FY 2002 to the DOE for use by the Commissioner of Education for certain nonpublic school aid purposes.
Establishes an environmental testing laboratory in the Department of Environmental Protection; appropriates $3 million.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DMVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial.
Prohibits removal of certain offenders from sex offender registry.
Requires school boards to offer instruction to acquaint students with the non-violence philosophy of certain leaders.
Amends definition of veteran for certain military engagements.
Prohibits delivery of unsolicited credit cards and limits recipients' liability for unauthorized use.
"Nurse Retention Stipend Program Act"; appropriates $1 million.
Provides for annual deposit of 20% of county forfeiture funds by county prosecutor in county fund for alcohol and drug abuse programs.
Clarifies that crime victims' rights must be recognized by all courts in the State.
Revises New Jersey's firearms statutes to conform with federal Brady Law.
Establishes identification guidelines and record-keeping requirements and revises fee schedules for notaries public.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.
Establishes civil commitment procedure for violent predators.
"Post-Viability Protection Act."
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Requires injured parties covered by PIP to provide certain information to treating health care providers.
Expands the Good Samaritan Act to immunize doctors from civil liability for emergency care provided in a hospital.
Requires Medicaid program to increase reimbursement for ambulance services provided to Medicaid recipients who are also Medicare-eligible to Medicare rate.
Requires health insurers, Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for comprehensive program of pediatric feeding and swallowing services.
Provides for inactive insurance producer licenses and the required hours of continuing education needed to renew a producer license.
Prohibits smoking in restaurants and bars.
Repeals "Fire Service Resource Emergency Deployment Act."
Excludes certain payments to affiliates from "points and fees" definition.