Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Jeff Van Drew
Sponsored
Became law19
Regulates assignment of slot machine annuity jackpot periodic payments; provides for offset of annuity jackpots for child support arrearages. **
Prohibits transmission of certain unsolicited fax advertisements over telephone lines.
Provides for protection of certain publicly owned archeological sites and findings by various State and local government entities. *
Amends and clarifies the rights of handicapped, blind or deaf persons when accompanied by service or guide dogs.
Extends eligibility for thoroughbred breeder awards, in certain circumstances, to owners and breeders of New Jersey horses that win purse money in out-of-State races.
Authorizes county clerk to act as local registrar and authorizes registration district to designate county clerk as local registrar. *
Amends the definition of "tourism lodging" in the "Tourism Improvement and Development District Act."
Designates New Jersey Route No. 83 as "Trooper Bertram T. Zimmerman III Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Provides Standard for registered professional guardians; appropriates $95,000. **
Increases terms of various casino industry licenses and revises procedure for testing and approval of slot machines.
Transfers administration of certain casino taxes to Casino Control Commission; provides for phased elimination of casino complimentaries tax. *
Extends certain casino tax obligation to 50 years; gives CRDA general bonding authority; authorizes CRDA to bond for certain purposes; extends incentive program and adds five districts under CRDA Urban Revitalization Act; expands CRDA board. *
Appropriates $17,623,600 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern NJ.
Revises eligibility criteria for two CRDA-administered programs: Atlantic City Expansion Fund and Urban Revitalization Act.
Distinguishes campgrounds from private residential leasehold communities.
Directs Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission to authorize use of certain electronic devices in conducting bingo; increases bingo prize amounts and authorizes commission to change prize amounts.
The "New Jersey Tourism Restructuring Act."
Concerns grievance arbitration clauses in public employment collective negotiation agreement.
Authorizes State to sell and convey certain real property located in Sea Isle City, Cape May County.
Passed the General Assembly11
Permits school bus operator to display "Stop When Red Lights Are Flashing" on rear of bus.
"Pharmacy Quality Improvement and Error Prevention Act." *
Requires DOT and DEP to conduct study on options to alleviate congestion on Route 47.
Provides for civil action against person committing act of cruelty against domestic companion animal.
Appropriates $1,080,000 from the 1996 Dredging Bond Act for the Intracoastal Waterway Feasibility Study. *
Requires State to offer surplus State police vehicles to volunteer fire companies.
Skinner's Law; increases penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury.**
Concerns penalties for passing a school bus.
Reduces time period after which interest is charged for late payment of workers' compensation benefits.
Authorizes creation of sports and entertainment districts and imposition of additional taxes therein to finance development of sports and entertainment facilities.
Extends burial of indigent veterans to those who did not serve in time of war; clarifies role of DMVA in identifying deceased veterans; provides additional funding for burial of indigent veterans.
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Requires candidates seeking office of Governor or member of Legislature to disclose prior conviction for criminal offense.
Establishes aid program for certain municipalities with State correctional facilities.
Authorizes Commissioner of Education to increase the State share of certain county vocational school district school facilities projects.
Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the parent, spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Establishes criminal and civil penalties for transmission of certain commercial electronic mail messages. *
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support New Jersey promotion activities and programs.
Requires NJ Division of Travel and Tourism to report to Governor and Legislature every six months on status of tourism industry.
Requires DHSS to post information about assisted living residences on its website and provide to public upon request. *
Establishes annual hunting license for hunting on semiwild and commercial shooting preserves; sets fee therefor.
Requires drug facilitated sexual assault warning notices be posted in bars.
Requires telemarketers to have signed consent form or written request before making telemarketing sales calls to customer on NJ Do Not Call List.
Grants tenure or permanent status to certified fire officials and inspectors under certain conditions.
Requires certain persons to report suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation against vulnerable adults. *
Directs DHSS to adopt regulations prohibiting overcowding of animals in kennels, pet shops and other retail establishments; establishes penalties.
Directs prison administrators to notify local news media of inmate escapes.
Prohibits imposition of the corporation business tax on certain foreign corporations that only carry passengers into and out of the State in a motor vehicle or motorbus.
Authorizes police training commission to contract for private entity's recommendations for pre-entry standards for police academies.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service.
Provides circumstances when housing nonprofits may join with local units in joint insurance funds.
Concerns abandonment of private bridges that carry a State highway.
Provides Government Records Council will be independent agency; clarifies that council may employ outside legal counsel; directs council to perform annual assessment of its performance and file annual report with Governor and Legislature.
Prohibits certain uses of State funds by contractors and grantees.
Appropriates $1,080,000 to DEP for the Intracoastal Waterway Feasibility Study.
Permits special improvement districts to enter into certain financing arrangements with private lenders.
Creates historic preservation tax credit pilot program for corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Requires certain safety measures at certain swimming pools.
Requires prenotification of certain plant closings.
Prohibits Governor, Legislators and members of CRDA from holding any financial interest in casino licensees or applicants, or their holding or intermediary companies. *
Permits in-person wagering at casinos on results of professional sports events, subject to voter approval.
Deletes unintentional addition to statutes concerning workers' compensation.
Establishes additional factors to be used when calculating value of land to be acquired for farmland preservation purposes; and excludes, from taxation, income from certain sales of land for farmland preservation purposes.
Prohibits telecommunications, utility or cable television companies from charging certain customers prior to actual billing due date.
Extends expiration date of CAFRA coastal centers until their State Plan designated center status is determined. *
Prohibits taking and processing of fish on certain vessels in marine waters.
Appropriates $26,743,525 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Changes project listing requirements for certain farmland preservation programs; appropriates $44 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for State farmland acquisitions; and appropriates $1,009,225 in bond funds for soil and water c
Reforms State's workforce investment system, establishes Center for Occupational Employment Information.
Establishes Cultural and Heritage Tourism Task Force. *
Revises regulation of horse racing in regard to future wagers, minimum wagers, unclaimed vouchers, lost tickets, certain simulcast races, and nonresident account wagering.
Makes various changes to Casino Control Act.
Establishes Internet gambling public awareness campaign.
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Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to NJ Commerce and Economic Growth Commission for tourism promotion and grants to regional tourism councils.
Prohibits certain unsolicited political calls by political organizations or candidates to persons in this State.
Establishes New Jersey Travel and Tourism Commission.
Directs DOT Commissioner to allocate Transportation Trust Fund monies for concept development and design of Route 55 extension.
Establishes grant program to rehabilitate veterans' organizations posts; appropriates $300,000.
Designates sign language "H" as State hand signal for children to indicate they need help.
Establishes certain customer protection requirements for cable televison customers.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex and Warren Counties.
Directs New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police and the Police Academy Directors Association to establish pre-entry physical and psychological fitness standards for applicants for police training academies.
Provides that employees no longer must pay full cost of purchase of PERS, PFRS or TPAF credit for military service.
"Michael's Law;" imposes mandatory jail time and rehabilitation for third or subsequent drunk driving offenses.
Grants Abbott district status to the school districts of Buena Regional, Commercial Township, Fairfield Township, Salem City and Woodbine.
Designates five State songs.
Requires notification, public hearing and economic impact analysis prior to change in security classification or reassignment of staff or inmates in State correctional facilities.
Regulates telephone customer service practices.
Repeals no-fault automobile insurance law and maintains the mandatory liability insurance law for motor vehicles.
Excludes income of school district residents who rank in the top 1% of income from DOE calculation of district factor group scores.
Provides paid health benefits under State Health Benefits Program to certain TPAF veteran retirees.
Makes certain repeat offenders ineligible for parole.
Upgrades crime of luring and enticing a child.
Provides enhanced benefits to survivors of certain PFRS members.
Provides for representation of regions of the State on New Jersey Turnpike Authority and abolishment of Parkway tolls upon retirement of certain debt.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million from the General Fund to the Department of Education for Teacher Quality Mentoring.
Reduces rate of State hotel and motel occupancy fee after State FY2004 from 5% to 1%; revises dedications of fee revenue.
Restores Homestead Property Tax Reimbursement program for tax year 2001 claims, removes residence duration restrictions for tax years thereafter; appropriates $25 million.
Authorizes special license plates for military retirees.
Dedicates certain revenues in Maritime Industry Fund for dredging and dredging disposal projects.
Permits purchase of temporary service credit in TPAF and PERS even if the service did not result without interruption in permanent employment.
Creates "Real Property Revaluation Review Commission."
Establishes the Travel and Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund.
Makes No Early Release Act applicable to persons convicted of child pornography crimes.
Authorizes former mayors and deputy mayors to solemnize marriages.
Revises rules governing the recycling of certain construction or demolition debris.
Requires DOT and toll road authorities to develop and adopt herbicide and pesticide management plans.
Excludes from taxation income from certain sales of land for open space and farmland preservation purposes.
Prohibits insurer offering managed care plan from denying participation in its network to a health care provider willing to meet its contract terms.
Establishes incest as a crime of the third degree.
Supplemental appropriation of $2,200,000 to Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to fund grant to Wildwood City to construct new Pedestrian Boulevard Connector from Pacific Avenue to the boardwalk.
Criminalizes driving under the influence and having an accident with person 17 years of age or younger in vehicle.
Expresses additional rationale for existing statutory prohibition of self-service dispensing of motor fuel at service stations.
Establishes special license plates for World War II veterans.
Alters minimum live thoroughbred horse racing date schedule required for off-track and account wagering licensure.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
"New Jersey Fair Market Drug Pricing Act"; establishes New Jersey Rx Card Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Requires permanent handicapped person identification cards and parking placards to be renewed every five years.
Designates "New Jersey, U.S.A." as State song.
Requires certain malls to provide motorized carts to customers.
Authorizes special Save Retired Racehorses license plate.
Provides immunity to former employers for disclosure of health care employee performance information to prospective employers.
Requires written agreement to transfer interest in real property; eliminates proof of agreement by clear and convincing evidence.
Supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to DLPS for the South Jersey Regional Internet Crime Unit.
Directs State Police to develop hand alert for children to signal they are in danger.
Increases penalties for drunk driving with minor as passenger.
Authorizes Boy Scouts license plate.
Increases pensions for certain PFRS retirees when special retirement benefit for active PFRS members increases to 70%.
Allows emergency medical technicians to transfer to and enroll in PFRS.
Provides a credit under the corporation business tax and gross income tax for the cost of certified tourism investment projects.
Requires public hearing by Commissioner of Transportation regarding certain highway construction projects.
Directs MVC to expand driver's test to include additional questions on school bus and school zone and crossing safety.
Revises penalties for illegally passing school bus.
Requires that driver education curriculum include information on automobile insurance.
Reduces State hotel and motel occupancy fee from five to two percent starting FY2005; preserves dedication.
Establishes ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $75,000.
Requires review of certain privatization contracts.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for instruction by public school districts on child abduction prevention.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for instruction by public school districts on child abduction prevention.
Permits public employess to purchase PERS credit for three years of service with certain private employers.
Proposes amendment to State Constitution to change term of members of the General Assembly to four years.
Requires funding of casino regulation during period when annual appropriations act is not in effect.
Supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DCA to complete the Cape May County Public Training Academy.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DOC for Bayside State Prison locking system replacements.
Changes salary base for PERS Prosecutors Part benefits from final compensation to highest compensation.
Makes prisoners responsible for their own support and maintenance and provides the State with a lien for the cost thereof.
Provides procedures to permit State employees to take off up to 80 hours per year of compensatory time in lieu of monetary compensation for overtime worked.
Provides paid post-retirement medical benefits to certain retired veteran State employees.
Requires Public Guardian for Elderly Adults to serve as guardian for elderly person adjudicated incompetent in cases where the person's spouse or heirs do not assume the guardianship.
Regulates use of Social Security numbers.
Authorizes 32nd UEZ in Buena borough, Atlantic County.
Authorizes 32nd UEZ in Buena Vista Township, Atlantic County.
Entitles prosecutorial authority to judgment for costs of conviction.
Appropriates $100,000 to the DEP for deer fencing.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" and "New Jersey, U.S.A." as State songs.
Supplemental appropriation of $1.2 million to Maurice River Township for the siting of a State correctional facility.
Makes employment matters not exempted by statute mandatory subjects of public employment collective bargaining.
Reinstates PFRS and SPRS accidental death benefits to certain surviving spouses who remarried.
Requires State Auditor review of certain Department of Corrections privatization contracts.
Establishes aid program for certain municipalities with State correctional facilities.
"The Development Subsidy Job Goals Accountability Act."
Exempts certain physician-owned or operated ambulatory health care facilities from ambulatory care gross receipts assessment if facility is Medicaid or NJ Family Care provider.
Provides for monies from penalties assessed for construction delays to be awarded to affected businesses.
Requires certain qualified UEZ businesses which relocate outside of a zone to reimburse the General Fund for zone incentives.
Eliminates certain components of realty transfer fee.
Revises calculation of school district budget caps, increases allowable surplus for public school districts, and revises adjustment for special education costs.
Directs Commissioner of DEP to establish license renewal fee for clam harvesting licenses and permits.
Appropriates $1 million for Pinelands Property Tax Stabilization aid.
Authorizes Commissioner of Education to reduce or eliminate any penalty imposed upon a school district which exceeds per pupil administrative cost limit for the district's region.
Designates portion of New Jersey Route 55 that runs through Cumberland County as "Veterans Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Allows access to housing, public facilities and transportation for certain working dogs, provides penalties for violation.
Repeals air toxics surcharge.
Creates a directory of registered telemarketers.
Increases PFRS benefits for active members when PFRS funded at 101%, for retirees over three fiscal years thereafter.
Establishes the New Jersey School Counts County College Scholarship Program; appropriates $2,000,000.
Requires disclosure to subscribers of certain cable television costs.
Provides paid SHBP benefits to State employees with 20 years of service who retire on PERS or TPAF veterans retirement allowance.
"Pre-existing State Correctional Facilities Construction Bond Act of 2005," authorizes bonds for $110,000,000 and makes an appropriation.
Clarifies that animal cruelty investigations may be conducted by county sheriff's office; appropriates $100,000.
Requires paramedics, emergency medical technicians and mobility assistants to undergo criminal history record background check.
Requires breaks from work for certain employees.
Creates more specific gambling offenses connected with fights between animals under the animal cruelty laws; establishes minimum jail time for first offenders.
Authorizes trained and qualified county corrections to carry a firearm at all times in New Jersey.
Establishes pilot program to study feasibility of regionalization of certain school districts; appropriates $150,000.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for assisted living programs.
Authorizes appointment by counties of special law enforcement officers to supplement staff of sheriff's officers.
Extends useful life of certain school buses from 12 to 16 years.
Prohibits certain unsolicited checks.
Requires children under 16 years old to wear personal flotation device.
Requires State to hold local public hearing prior to State, county, or nonprofit organization acquiring and preserving any open space in already substantially preserved municipalities.
Provides annual salary supplement for teachers earning National Board certification; appropriates $500,000.
Concerns certain workers' compensation survivor benefits and certain supplemental benefits.
Adds two members to Board of Pharmacy and specifies type of employer of three of the members.
Establishes "New Jersey Veterans' Hospital Task Force."
Suspends certain tolls during evacuation of coastal areas.
Clarifies certain restrictions on sending unsolicited fax advertisements over telephone lines.
Permits certain low-population, high land valued municipalities to reduce municipal library tax assessment.
Prohibits motor fuel wholesaler from increasing price more than once in 24-hour period.
Carried from the Senate
Became law9
Requires candidates seeking office of Governor or member of Legislature to disclose prior conviction for criminal offense.
Provides circumstances when housing nonprofits may join with local units in joint insurance funds. *
Authorizes police training commission to contract for private entity's recommendations for pre-entry standards for police training academies. *
Appropriates $1,080,000 to DEP for the Intracoastal Waterway Feasibility Study.
Permits special improvement districts to enter into certain financing arrangements with private lenders.
Changes project listing requirements for certain farmland preservation programs; appropriates $44 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for State farmland acquisitions; and appropriates $1,009,225 in bond funds for soil and water c
Appropriates $26,743,525 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Reforms State's workforce investment system, establishes Center for Occupational Employment Information.
Establishes Internet gambling public awareness campaign.
Passed the Senate1
Establishes criminal and civil penalties for transmission of certain commercial electronic mail messages. *
Co-sponsored
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Establishes "New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project."
Changes minimum amount of campaign contribution which triggers obligation to report that contribution to ELEC to $300; requires reporting of all cash contributions. *
Requires professional campaign fund raisers to register and file quarterly reports with ELEC.
Expands campaign communications required to feature identification to include telephone calls featuring recorded messages made in regard to candidates and public questions.
Requires ELEC to review its Internet site and recommend improvements in format and content.
Bars legislators, Governor and department heads from lobbying activities for one year after leaving office or employment.
Prohibits employment or assignment in certain positions of relatives of certain officers of the Executive Branch, of independent authorities or of interstate agencies.
Prohibits legislative agents from accepting contingency fees to influence legislation or regulation.
"Kinship Legal Guardianship Notification Act."
Expands duties of racing commission to include advocacy of growth, development and promotion of horse racing.
Prohibits telemarketers from using technology designed to misrepresent their identity. *
Changes laws governing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates institutional liens for persons treated at State and county psychiatric facilities. **
Regulates expiration dates and dormancy fees for gift certificates and cards. *
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to compile and provide certain staffing information to the public. *
Prohibits sale or distribution of cigarettes in packs of less than 20.
Extends prevailing wage requirements to projects of county improvement authorities, the CRDA, the Educational Facilities Financing Authority, and the Health Care Facilities Financing Authority. *
Concerns "card check" method of union recognition.
Provides that public school pupils may choose not to participate in certain experiments involving animals and requires schools to provide alternative education projects.
Requires insurers and SHBP to cover mammograms for women under 40 under certain circumstances. *
Revises charity care distribution formula.
Authorizes members of the State Police to assist the United States Coast Guard in the enforcement of certain safety and security zones established by the Coast Guard. *
Permits certain lights on vehicles of members of volunteer emergency services. **
Appropriates $39.8 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Concerns regulation of certain agreements between casino and casino service industry licensees.
Revises 1% fee on transfer of residential property for more than $1 million, exempts certain transfers, and provides for refunds of certain fees paid. **
"The Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative."
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in foreign companies doing business in Sudan. *
Extends eligibility for sales and use tax exemption of energy and utility service purchases by certain manufacturing-intensive businesses in Urban Enterprise Zones and certain counties. *
Approves $6,585,306 in grants for certain historic preservation projects in southern New Jersey.
Increases liability limitation for owners or operators of vessels that discharge a hazardous substance.
Repeals air toxics surcharge. *
Creates World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Changes title of State park ranger to State park police officer.
Expands information which provider of electronic communication or remote computing services must disclose to authorized law enforcement agency.
Clarifies current law with regard to certain municipal providers of light, heat or power.
Authorizes Dept. of Agriculture to establish surety fund and assess fees for benefit of perishable agricultural commodity growers, and modifies amount of surety required to be filed by licensed purchasers of such commodities.
Establishes date of initial employment with board of education as effective date of provisional teaching certificate and provides that novice teacher will be a teaching staff member for all purposes.
The "Identity Theft Prevention Act" *
Makes FY2006 supplemental General Fund appropriations of $4 million to DHS for home heating assistance and $9 million to Treasury for energy assistance programs. *
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Establishes Joint Committee on Affordable Housing.
Permanently disqualifies certain persons convicted of child endangerment from working with children.
Prohibits public colleges from charging tuition to students who are parents, spouses or children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or in Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons. *
Permits instruction on backpack safety to be included in the curriculum of elementary, middle, and high school students as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires private and public employers to provide unpaid leaves of absence or reassignment of hours for National Guard members and Reservists engaged in training.
Requires charge to nonresidents for E-ZPass transponders. *
Prohibits sale to minors of anabolic androgenic steroids prohibited by World Anti-Doping Agency. *
Allows disabled veteran's surviving spouse to claim property tax exemption when veteran's disability declaration is granted after death.
Establishes the New Jersey-Africa Commission.
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Financing."
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Establishes New Jersey Health Care Worker Pension Policy Commission.
Authorizes local board of health to declare as a nuisance premises in which there have been multiple arrests for illegal sale or possession of drugs.
Requires public school district to provide paid time off when certain volunteer emergency aid workers are called to alarm during work hours.
Makes temporary insurance and temporary domestic security local cap exceptions permanent; exempts pre-July 7, 2004 contract obligations from current, lower cap. ***
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3% surplus for 2006-2007
Authorizes special license emblems for Fraternal Order of Police members.
Requires Internet-based telephone companies to connect 9-1-1 calls to appropriate emergency personnel; changes identification requirements concerning "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Assessment." *
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Prohibits campaign contributions by certain business entities performing State, county and local contracts; prohibits certain contributions by county committee of political party.
Extends certain financial disclosure requirements to lobbying conducted through advertisements and direct mail to general public.
Prohibits solicitation and making of political contributions on State property by certain persons.
Prohibits member of Legislature from acting on legislation in which member or family member of that member has personal interest.
Changes memberships of Executive Commission on Ethical Standards and Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards.
Increases monetary penalties for violations of "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law."
Establishes Election Advisory Commission.
Establishes early voting procedure; makes appropriation.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
The "New Jersey Freedom to Fish Act."
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain small business employers that provide health care benefits to employees.
Provides tax credit for certain taxpayers that provide health care benefits to employees. *
Increases the maximum amount of bonds issued by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority for the Public Library Project Fund from $45 million to $95 million to provide library construction and technology grants.
Requires nursing homes to compile and provide certain staffing information to the public. *
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Requires DEP Commissioner to establish list of environmentally responsible companies and recognition and grant program for certain exemplary companies; requires companies on list be given preference whenever possible in the awarding of State contracts. *
Provides additional retirement benefits for certain police and firefighter members of PFRS.
"New Jersey Identity Theft Prevention Act".
Requires criminal background checks of employees of private prisoner transport companies.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund.
Provides penalties for injuring or killing search and rescue dogs.
Removes license suspension penalty for persons with only one outstanding parking fine; permits Motor Vehicle Commission to refuse registration to persons with only one outstanding parking fine. *
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for active duty members of U.S. Armed Forces who are residents of, or who are based or stationed in, NJ. *
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for students who are called to active duty for certain military operations. *
Requires DEP to develop and maintain an integrated computer system.
Provides additional core curriculum standards aid for county vocational school district students who reside in Abbott districts.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Clarifies that cruelty to animals includes the use of an animal to injure another animal or the use of any direct or indirect means to inflict the cruelty. *
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Excludes housing and subsistence allowances of members of active and reserve components of U.S. Armed Forces, and of National Guard members on State active duty, from taxable gross income. *
Requires Division of Taxation to display Senior Gold prescription program information on tax return instructions.
Provides compensatory time off for certain essential attendance State employees.
Provides that TPAF and PERS veterans' retirement with 35 years of service shall be based on highest benefit year rather than last year of service.*
Revises pilotage laws.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to qualified handicapped persons at sheltered workshops.
Requires services under State contracts to be performed in the United States. *
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from imposing nonresident tuition fees on members of New Jersey National Guard and surviving children and spouses of Guard members killed in line of duty.
Increases membership of county boards of taxation.*
Increases PFRS disability, accidental death and special retirement benefits; increases members' contribution rate.
Prohibits use of certain underwriting guidelines by insurers pertaining to dogs harbored on the insured property. *
Prohibits dry cutting and grinding of masonry in certain cases.
Authorizes municipal governing body to create and maintain list of municipal residents in need of special assistance in case of emergency for public safety purposes.
Establishes a demonstration program for veterans home health care; appropriates $2 million.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges. **
The "Armed Services Unemployment Benefits Act."
Authorizes creation of urban enterprise zones in Garfield, Harrison, Keansburg, and two joint urban enterprise zones, one in Cliffside Park and Fairview, and one in Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough. *
Makes various revisions to the "New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002."
Requires municipalities appointing certain Class Two special officers to reimburse their former municipal employers for training costs.
Increases jurisdictional amount allowed for wage disputes heard by the Department of Labor.
Revises statutes governing New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
Creates credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons.
Clarifies test for determining when personal property is not a taxable fixture attached to real property.
"Hospital Infection Reporting Act."
"Billy's Law;" directs Department of Education to establish a register of qualified educational facilities outside the State for special education students and establishes procedures for the placement of such facilities on the register.
Establishes procedures for placement of individuals in Division of Developmental Disabilities Moderate Security Unit. *
Establishes Office of the Inspector General. *
Regulates use of after market collision parts for motor vehicle repairs.
"Family Health Care Coverage Act"; reestablishes NJ FamilyCare Program, expands eligibility for Medicaid program for parents and adults without dependent children and provides for pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates for GA program. *
Authorizes deer hunting with bow and arrow on Sundays.
Requires criminal history record background checks for public employees handling vital records.
Permits unemployment benefits for workers "locked-out" by their employers.
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. *
Regulates certain rental-purchase agreements.
Changes reimbursement structure for various transportation services provided to Medicaid recipients.
Establishes pilot program for satellite-based monitoring of certain sex offenders and authorizes certain sex offenders to submit to annual polygraph; appropriates $3 million. *
Extends expiration date of Pinelands Development Credit Bank.
Changes criteria for continued receipt of NJ STARS scholarship after first year of enrollment in a county college.
Establishes the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund in the NJHMFA to finance special needs housing projects through bond proceeds issued by the NJEDA; designated the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund Act.
Makes various changes to the "Law Against Discrimination"; repeals section 4 of P.L.1985, c.73.
Provides title of person who serves as Acting Governor for continuous period of at least 180 days will be "Governor of the State of New Jersey" for official and historical purposes.
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Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Allows release of AOC records concerning domestic violence to adoption agencies conducting home studies of prospective adoptive parents.
Requires reporting by certain persons of attemped or completed suicides by youth and establishes NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated.
Establishes New Jersey Parenting Education Network Program; appropriates $80,000.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons.
Requires humane treatment of calves raised for veal.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests and free hunting, fishing, and trapping licences for retired members of NJ National Guard.
The " Abandoned Cemetery Maintenance and Preservation Act."
Allows employee selection of physician and medical services under workers' compensation.
Allows worker selection of treatment providers under workers' compensation.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for applications filed prior to July 1, 2007.
Reduces sales tax rate on certain sales and admission charges at places of amusement in urban enterprise zone areas and provides that sales tax revenue be for municipal purposes.
Expands municipal power to address abandoned properties.
Establishes corporation business tax credit for certain remediation costs.
Requires Medicaid program to increase reimbursement for ambulance services provided to Medicaid recipients who are also Medicare eligible to Medicare rate.
Establishes low interest mortgage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Establishes standards for State and State authority design-build contracts and design-build-operate and maintain contracts.
Establishes procedures for issuance of certain bonds, notes and other obligations.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Requires school bus driver to inspect bus, activate safety device at end of transportation route to ensure that no pupil has been left on board.
Provides additional State school aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth and low per pupil property and income wealth.
Authorizes free State park admission and free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for persons with certain types of military service.
Clarifies that school bus for purpose of upgraded penalties in "school zone" criminal drug laws includes any bus owned and operated by board of education or by private contractor.
Establishes Workers' Compensation Review Commission.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid.
Revises lifeguard pension benefits.
Requires DHSS investigation and provides for receivership and imposition of enforcement remedies of nursing homes under certain circumstances.
Requires DEP to implement Phase II of California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State in 2006.
Permits certain self-employed individuals to purchase small employer health benefits plans.
Increases public members on New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.
"Pharmacy Benefits Management Company Act."
Prohibits nonprofit organizations from disclosing information concerning person under age 18 to third party under certain circumstances.
Protects privacy of an individual's financial information by prohibiting disclosure without the prior informed, affirmative consent of the consumer.
Provides non-forfeitable right to post-retirement medical benefits provided by law to certain public employees with 25 years of service.
Provides that persons incarcerated for crimes against law enforcement officers are ineligible for good time and work credits.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $1,000 income tax deduction.
Establishes hiring preference for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty seeking appointment to municipal police forces.
Clarifies that lifetime community supervision for sex offenders is parole supervision.
Establishes a juror voluntary charitable contribution system.
Directs Commission on Higher Education to establish program to allow certain volunteers to enroll in four-year public institutions of higher education on tuition-free basis.
Grants PFRS membership for certain Division of Parks and Forestry titles; allows current DEP employees in titles to transfer from PERS to PFRS.
Permits care and treatment of animals by certain persons and prohibits those persons from identifying themselves as veterinarians.
Extends eligibility for certain veterans' benefits to members of reserve components of US Armed Forces and NJ organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Establishes Commission on Juvenile Involvement in Gangs; appropriates $95,000.
Concerns collective bargaining between educational employers and employee organizations.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Creates the offense of trafficking in and possession of counterfeit commuter tickets.
Requires sellers of residential real estate, including owners, to disclose to purchaser knowledge of termite damage to property.
Provides for posting of radon testing results in public schools.
Requires DHSS to prepare booklet on MMR vaccine and availability of blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose.
Provides gross income tax deduction for health care plan costs.
"The New Jersey Living Wage Act"; sets minimum wage and benefit standards for businesses contracting with or assisted by public bodies.
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.
"County Corrections Officers Act."
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Requires school districts to notify DYFS of certain pupil absences.
Establishes toll-free hotline to report motorists who litter in New Jersey.
Requires certain long-term care facilities to provide training in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Requires certain long-term care facilities to provide list of certain services related to care of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Provides $3,000 income tax deduction for certain families providing home care for an elderly relative.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Requires State to pay expenses associated with nonpartisan municipal elections.
Establishes in-house counseling services for DYFS employees.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Excludes from gross income under the gross income tax certain United States military compensation paid to members of units of the NJ National Guard.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Repeals law enforcement powers of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and requires State to provide support to municipalities and counties in administering and enforcing animal control, animal welfare, and animal cruelty laws.
Authorizes local governments to finance animal shelter and care facilities operated by nonprofit organizations.
Permits immediate expungement of court records where the person is acquitted or discharged or where the charges have been dismissed.
Raises to $150,000 in gross contributions the threshold requiring charitable organizations to file audited financial statements under the "Charitable Registration and Investigation Act."
Increases minimum PFRS special retirement allowance from 65% to 70% of final compensation.
Allows State or State authority to terminate construction contract upon transfer of contractor's ownership or control; requires advance approval of subcontractor changes.
Requires State and State authorities to report to Legislature on certain contracts; requires State Auditor to review the financing of certain contracts.
Allows PAAD recipents margin of error in estimating income.
Authorizes leave for parents and guardians of children with special needs.
Prohibits insurer offering managed care plan from denying participation to any provider willing to meet terms of contract.
Prevents managed care plan from denying coverage for certain health care services provided to covered person solely because covered person did not present referral to provider who performed services.
Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
Provides that assisted living resident's security deposit is refundable if resident leaves facility.
Prohibits assessment on certain municipalities for State Police patrol services.
Provides that cash assistance from DHS kinship care programs shall not be considered income for certain State-funded programs.
Provides for third party payment of registered nurse first assistant when insurer covers payment for surgical first assistant services.
Establishes certain Dept. of Agriculture programs to promote marketing opportunities for farmers.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 19 members.
Establishes special license plates to fund diabetes research and education.
Provides immunity from liability for certain recreational activities and from injuries caused by acts of God.
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation.
Makes certain reforms in the process of estimating and certifying State revenues for the annual State budget.
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.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Establishes new Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Requires businesses to disclose any breach of security of computer systems to customers and to destroy certain personal information no longer retained.
Credits in Prosecutors Part at no cost prior regular PERS service of county first assistant prosecutors.
Establishes pilot program for CDL training.
Increases the amount of certain retirement income excludable from gross income.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Provides that TPAF and PERS veterans' retirement with 35 years of service shall be based on highest benefit year rather than last year of service.
Expands eligibility for NJ Distinguished Service Medal to certain long-term State residents.
Provides State matching funds to school districts in the amount of savings realized from the provision of educational or administrative services through an educational services commission.
"The New Jersey Living Wage Act"; requires businesses receiving certain public benefits to pay employees at least $6.50 per hour.
Requires the Director of the Division of Taxation to make applications for homestead property tax reimbursement program available by January 31 of each year.
Eliminates maximum age requirement for appointment as police officer or paid firefighter.
Adds certain forensic scientists to Prosecutors Part in PERS.
Provides for review of State agency regulations by State Planning Commission for their consistency with State Development and Redevelopment Plan.
Makes position of treasurer of school moneys optional.
Extends State veterans' benefits eligibility to those New Jerseyans who served on active duty missions related to the war on terror since September 11, 2001.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for NJ FamilyCare.
Requires hospitals to report information about patient infections to DHSS.
Supplemental appropriation of $2,800,000 to Judiciary to expand the drug court program Statewide.
Designates New Jersey Route 55 as "Veterans Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Imposes a $1 surcharge on employers hiring State inmates to provide financial assistance to municipalities where State prisons are located.
Extends definition of sick leave to include birth or placement for adoption of child.
Provides credit against gross income tax for first time home buyers with household incomes less than $100,000.
Establishes temporary Assembly Revenue Laws Study Committee.
Permits municipalities to contract with animal and humane societies which engage in animal foster care.
Establishes a 10-day trial period for cellular telephone service customers.
Provides certain motor vehicle-related benefits to certain military personnel.
Concerns lost or stolen E-ZPass transponders.
Increases the amount of bonds issued by EDA for county vocational school district school facilities projects.
Requires licensed towing company to notify local police, owner and lienholders after towing unattended vehicle.
Prohibits use of Social Security numbers for identification purposes except for internal verification.
Requires prequalification by State officials of prospective bidders for local public works contracts in same manner as prequalification of prospective bidders for State contracts.
Creates requirement and grant program for power-assisted door openers on certain public buildings; appropriates $600,000.
Requires Secretary of State maintain website listing State agency public hearings and meetings.
Requires dissemination of organ and tissue donation by State Treasurer, Personnel Commissioner, State contractors, and preparers of advanced health care directives; designates April of each year as Donate Life Month.
Requires reckless driving summons to note whether minor was in vehicle and makes minor's presence an aggravating factor.
Allows corporation business tax credit for value of supplies and equipment donated to public schools.
Provides that impairing another person's means of communication may constitute an act of domestic violence.
Directs State Athletic Control Board to provide for a medical insurance plan for certain professional boxers and to promote professional boxing.
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Revises school district budget cap adjustments for special education and courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, and provides adjustment for utility costs.
Revises certain provisions concerning highway construction contracts.
Provides for regional economic impact report and review by affected municipalities for certain proposed large scale retail developments.
Increases annual funding of Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund.
Requires SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for prostate cancer.
Expands powers of certain county bridge commissions to undertake additional projects.
Requires written prescriptions to be legibly printed or typed.
Permits concurrence with Pennsylvania of companion legislation regarding Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Broadens eligibility for various veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specific dates or specific locations.
Clarifies that Fish and Game Council has sole authority to regulate freshwater fishing, hunting, and trapping.
Provides that public schools will not be in session on Veterans' Day of each year.
Exempts manufacturers of marine equipment from air toxics surcharge.
Provides motor fuels tax refunds for fuel used in recreational boats.
Creates New Jersey Clinical Trials Registry in DHSS.
Requires public institutions of higher education to prorate salary for part-time faculty appointments based on salary for comparable full-time positions.
Provides for temporary voluntary deduction from compensation of State employees for donation to American Red Cross for disaster relief in Southeast Asia.
Provides State-paid SHBP benefits to TPAF retirees who retired with at least 20 years of service prior to May 1, 1988.
Concerns unemployment benefits for certain employees who participate in an early retirement incentive program.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in financial institutions located in Delaware if that state does not reverse its Coastal Zone Act ruling that impacts a proposed New Jersey facility.
Revises the eligibility criteria under the State earned income tax credit to equal the eligibility criteria of the federal earned income tax credit.
"Independence, Dignity and Choice in Long-Term Care Act"; reallocates State long-term care expenditures.
Exempts New Jersey teachers' purchase of qualified teaching materials from sales and use tax.
Requires certain employers to make charity care payments under certain circumstances.
Allows judge to admit evidence of prior sexual offenses in current sexual offense actions.
Requires DEP to approve water usage certification for water diverted on farmland enrolled in a State or local farmland preservation program.
Directs Commissioner of DHS to prepare annual Access to Employer-Based Health Insurance for NJ FamilyCare Enrollees report.
Requires approval from appropriation committees of the Legislature for employee bonuses proposed by certain public institutions of higher education.
Expands covered claims under New Jersey Surplus Lines Insurance Guaranty Fund to include liquor law liability insurance claims.
Prohibits outside employment by presidents of State colleges.
Requires conveyance of certain riparian lands for $1.
Establishes fund to reimburse medical expenses of professional boxers; increases boxing ticket receipts tax.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in financial institutions located in Delaware if that state does not amend its permitting laws to conform to the Compact of 1905.
Requires Commission on Higher Education to prepare report on certain State college personnel.
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential property under redevelopment laws.
Requires development and distribution of pamphlet and poster informing students of "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."