Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Jeff Van Drew
Sponsored
Became law3
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property, known as Eagle Manor, located in Township of Fairfield in Cumberland County.
Requires certain public school students to be screened for dyslexia and other reading disabilities.**
Vetoed5
Prohibits sale of certain laser pointers that exceed certain power output.*
Requires State Auditor review of certain Department of Corrections privatization contracts.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.
Permits real estate licensees to prepare broker price opinions and comparative market analyses.
Permits real estate licensees to prepare broker price opinions and comparative market analyses.
Passed the Senate4
Permits Governor to 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.*
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority to hold regular meetings in various counties in the State.*
Restores Fiscal Year 2011 reductions to Garden State Preservation Trust payments in lieu of taxes; appropriates $3,400,000 to DCA.
Increases statute of limitations for prosecution of theft of firearm. *
Out of committee45
Requires State Comptroller to review, and make recommendations for improvement of, the procurement process of the State, public institutions of higher education, independent State authorities, units of local government, and boards of education.
Enhances penalty for tampering with evidence after fleeing the scene of an accident resulting in death.
Requires municipalities to submit economic growth plans to DCA for approval of continued participation in the urban enterprise zone program.
Requires State to offer surplus State police vehicles to certain volunteer fire and emergency service organizations.
Requires municipalities to exempt 100% disabled veterans from construction permit surcharge fees for improvements to promote living unit accessibility; appropriates $20,000 for municipal reimbursements.
Excludes veteran disability compensation from income qualification limits under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Allows municipalities to provide veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
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.
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, subject to availability, for burial of indigent veterans.*
Prohibits imposition of corporation business tax on certain foreign corporations carrying passengers into and out of State in motor vehicle or motorbus.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Requires State to enable applicants for State agency-issued permits to track online the progress and status of their permit application.
Provides for representation of certain regions of State on New Jersey Turnpike Authority.*
Authorizes property tax deferment for deployed military personnel.
Prohibits law enforcement agency from conducting certain checkpoints and inspections limited only to motorcycles.*
Permits pet owners to board public transportation with domesticated animals during emergency evacuation.
Requires DCA to establish training and certification program and arbitration standards for new home warranty arbitrators and publish a "New Home Buyer's Bill of Rights."
Establishes telemarketing fraud investigation unit.
Directs Board of Nursing to encourage nursing schools to give academic credit to students for training received in US military as corpsmen and medics.
Removes licensing requirement for recreational bingo games.
Requires certain purchasers of precious metals and jewelry to maintain certain records; grandfathers certain municipal ordinances regarding sales of used and secondhand jewelry.*
Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.
Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
Designates portion of U.S. Route No. 40 in Buena Borough, Atlantic County as "Peter 'Pete' Dandrea Section of the Harding Highway."
Establishes "State Vehicle Reduction Task Force."
Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes.
Requires issuance of construction permits for installation of wheelchair ramps on residential real property within 3 business days of application.
Designates New Jersey Route 47 from Wildwood City to Maurice River Township as "Veterans Memorial Highway at Delsea Drive."
Appropriates $16,250,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Directs State Board of Education to incorporate the International Dyslexia Association's definition of dyslexia into special education regulations.
Requires DOE provide professional development opportunities related to reading disabilities; mandates certain school district personnel annually complete two hours of professional development related to reading disabilities.*
Codifies protections set forth in certain case law and limits use of eminent domain under the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law."
Requires municipalities to submit economic growth plans to DCA for approval of continued participation in urban enterprise zone program; allow zone funds to pay for storm related recovery costs for five years.
Codifies regulation exempting firearms records from State's open public records law. *
Modifies process for contested case hearings by OAL with regard to telephone and video conferences, delegation of final decision authority, oral decisions, checklist decisions, electronic filings, and settlements.
"Common Interest Community Manager Licensing Act."
Requires DCA to compile on department's website information about post-disaster reconstruction.
Clarifies authorization for cluster developments under MLUL.
Permits municipal-wide reassessment if interior inspections were performed in the municipality within previous eight years.*
Clarifies definition of reasonably necessary deviation when legally transporting firearm or weapon in motor vehicle.
Establishes directed bait and human food fishery for menhaden, and clarifies existing law regarding taking of menhaden.
Concerns time frames for establishing or enforcing property rights related to adverse possession.
Establishes exclusive State regulatory authority over apiary activities and allows for delegation of monitoring and enforcement authority to municipalities.*
Extends Right to Farm Act protections to commercial beekeepers, with some restrictions.*
Permits counties and municipalities to use snow removal reserve funds for clearance of debris following declaration of emergency by President or Governor.
In committee165
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."
Directs State Comptroller to identify and recommend certain programmatic budget reductions for certain State agencies, authorities, and instrumentalities.
Directs DOT Commissioner to allocate Transportation Trust Fund monies for concept development and design of Route 55 extension.
Creates "Task Force on the Extension of Route 55."
Requires DOT and DEP to conduct study on options to alleviate congestion on Route 47.
Reduces State hotel and motel occupancy fee from five to two percent starting FY2011; preserves dedication.
Expresses additional rationale for existing statutory prohibition of self-service dispensing of motor fuel at service stations.
Concerns recorded telephone messages.
Revises qualifications and requirements for permits to carry handgun; establishes annual fee of $100.
Requires carriers to process and render a decision on applications for individual health benefits plans within one week.
Revises qualifications for handgun permit, establishes crimes for certain handgun use; establishes annual fee of $100.
Directs DOT to establish roadside accident memorial program.
Extends for two years expiration date of certain permits pursuant to "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Requires inmates serving "No Early Release Act" sentences be placed in State correctional institutions and prohibits their participation in Residential Community Release programs until they are eligible for parole.
Tightens eligibility criteria and supervision protocols for early release program; directs Attorney General to evaluate program.
Establishes bill of rights for parents of persons with developmental disabilities.
Concerns UEZ program funding to qualifying municipalities.
Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
Establishes aid program for certain municipalities with State correctional facilities.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that certain drivers display decal.
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Permits certain retired law enforcement officers to possess hollow nose ammunition.
Requires civilian employees of DOC to be trained in gang awareness.
Requires 40 hours annual in-service training for State corrections officers.
Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 15-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities.
Revises animal cruelty offenses concerning abuse, abandonment, neglect, and improper euthanizing of animals, increases criminal and civil penalties therefor; establishes such penalties for new offenses; repeals conflicting sections of law.
Transfers the Div. of Fish and Wildlife and related entities to the Dept. of Agriculture.
Revises animal fighting laws; establishes minimum penalty for criminal animal cruelty offenses; establishes additional penalties for animal cruelty offenses.
Permits levy cap exclusion for certain monies expended by local unit for shared services.
Permits municipalities to contract with animal and humane societies which engage in animal foster care.
Provides fair standards for elections and recall of officers for homeowners' associations.
Establishes program for directing motorists to agricultural tourism establishments.
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging, and requires companies offering text messaging services to allow their customers to block all incoming and outgoing text messages.
Directs DOT to allow wineries to erect tourist-oriented directional signs on roads and highways.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to Cold War veterans.
Permits certain self-employed individuals to purchase small employer health benefits plans.
Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile and homeowners insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Invalidates consumer contracts which require a waiver of right to file a consumer complaint.
Prohibits financial institutions from charging any fee on sales and use tax portion of retail sales transaction.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, and Warren Counties, and requires existing bus stops to be used.
Requires public and nonpublic schools, local recreation departments, youth serving organizations and camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events, and public schools to train pupils in defibrillator use and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Requires public bodies under Open Public Meetings Act to display U.S. flag and recite Pledge of Allegiance at beginning of meeting.
"State Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
"One Strike, You're Ours;" adds use of Internet as aggravating factor in child sex crimes and requires lifetime electronic monitoring of offender.
Requires inmates with sufficient means to pay their incarceration costs.
Makes certain repeat offenders ineligible for parole.
Requires person convicted of criminal sexual contact with person with intellectual disability to register under Megan's Law.
"Pharmacy Quality Improvement and Error Prevention Act."
Authorizes mayors to veto proposed actions of municipal authorities.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service.
Eliminates certain components of realty transfer fee.
Provides tax credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for certain costs incurred in purchase and installation of certain environmentally responsible business equipment.
Excludes from gross income under the gross income tax certain United States military compensation paid to members of units of the NJ National Guard and reserve components of the United States Armed Forces.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for active duty members of United States Armed Forces, Reserve components thereof, and National Guard from New Jersey.
Allows for a gross income tax deduction for any honorably discharged member of the US Armed Forces, reserve unit or national guard.
Prohibits certain unsolicited political calls by political organizations or candidates to persons in this State.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Eliminates statute of limitations for civil actions arising out of the sexual abuse of a child.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecutions for criminal sexual contact and aggravated criminal sexual contact.
Requires reduction in number of State vehicles over five fiscal years.
Requires DEP to test certain DEP water wells and monitoring stations and report results thereof.
Requires reduction in number of positions in State service; establishes procedure to control creation of new State positions and filling of vacancies.
Reinstates State sick leave injury program for State employees who are members of PFRS or SPRS.
Reinstates sick leave injury program for State corrections officers and juvenile justice officers under certain circumstances.
Allows judge to admit evidence of prior sexual offenses in current sexual offense actions.
Establishes pilot project to permit overseas and military voters to vote in certain elections using Internet.
Requires shore municipalities to provide active members of the military and veterans free access to beaches.
Permits a joint meeting by the Senate and Assembly Budget Committees to review and veto utility rate increases approved by BPU.
"Consumer Credit Fairness Act."
Increases certain penalties for vehicular homicides involving intoxicated drivers; designated "Josh's and Craig's Law."
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."
Provides annual salary supplement for teachers earning National Board certification; appropriates $500,000.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Provides certain veteran benefits to veterans of the global war on terror conflicts and those of certain military engagements served during certain periods.
Provides for one-time increase of PFRS retiree annual pensions under $32,000.
Provides for appointment of certain municipal court judges at the local or county level.
The "Wildlife Rehabilitation Act"; establishes Wildlife Rehabilitation Board and continuing education requirements and permit program for wildlife rehabilitators.
Designates four State songs.
Prohibits certain unsolicited checks.
Requires debt collectors, in certain circumstances, to cease debt collections against certain victims of identity theft.
Requires reduction in number of State vehicles over five fiscal years based on cost analysis.
"Vader's Law"; revises law to enhance penalty for injuring or harming certain dogs.
Requires certain companies providing local telephone service within 10-mile radius of nuclear electric generating facility to adhere to certain service quality standards.
Establishes maximum fees for licensing and administration of raffles by Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission and certain municipalities.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Requires medical bills be standardized and accompanied by explanatory disclosure form.
Establishes restrictions and requirements for use of fishing gear and conch, fishing, and lobster pots on artificial reefs.
Permits chief financial officer to recommend reduced appropriation for reserve for uncollected taxes in certain circumstances.
Phases out sales and use tax imposed on charges for certain initiation fees, membership fees and dues.
Authorizes special Distinguished Flying Cross license plates.
Makes "Skinner's and Michelle's Law" violators subject to No Early Release Act sentencing guidelines.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Establishes designated driver motor vehicle license plates.
Establishes licensing program in Department of Agriculture for farmed deer and other cervids.
Requires DEP to allow for correction of technical and administrative permit application violations; and subjects adoption of DEP technical manuals to "Administrative Procedure Act."
Requires DEP to conduct analysis of "Pollution Prevention Act."
Criminalizes second or subsequent drunk driving offenses in certain cases.
Designates July 30th of each year as "Corrections Officers Day."
Changes date for election of fire district commissioners from third Saturday in February to day of primary election.
Concerns homeowners insurance coverage with respect to dogs harbored on insured property.
Requires Division of Fire Safety regulations to establish annual Statewide Type 1 propane tank permit.
Concerns withholdings and deductions from employee wages for certain payments.
Establishes penalty for failure to include bittering agent in antifreeze.
Amends statute of limitations for civil actions for injury based on sexual abuse; increases liability of certain entities and individuals.
Creates State Beach Task Force.
Establishes cruelly restraining a dog as a criminal and civil animal cruelty offense.
Requires gas stations to install generators.
"Compounding Pharmacy Quality Assurance Act"; requires accreditation of compounding pharmacies.
Establishes process for recovering cost of caring for animals involved in animal cruelty violations.
Establishes that police cruisers have a useful life of five years and allows local units to bond for such vehicles.
Repeals State moratorium prohibiting taking of horseshoe crabs from State waters.
Requires that candidates for certain teaching certificates, in addition to existing requirements, also pass a written test on the foundations of teaching reading and diagnosing reading difficulties.
Requires 20 hours of professional development requirement for public school teachers to be devoted to reading disabilities.
Provides family leave insurance for certain first responders.
Establishes Consumer Finance Advisory Board; abolishes certain advisory boards in DOBI.
Authorizes school district hiring preference for veterans.
Amends Fiscal Year 2013 annual appropriations act to prohibit application of budget adjustment factor when determining Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain nursing facilities.
Prohibits enforcement, for a period of 12 months, of homeowners' association bylaws prohibiting domesticated animals if owner is FEMA designated displaced individual following emergency declaration by President or Governor.
Establishes recreational fishing license plate; dedicates fees to coastal fishing research.
Requires certain energy assistance organizations to establish energy assistance grant income verification procedures and to maintain monies received from State in separate account.
Requires DEP to update Shore Protection Master Plan.
Requires school districts to employ a certain number of student assistance coordinators based on district enrollment.
Reestablishes historic driving privileges afforded holders of agricultural driver's licenses in operating farm equipment and vehicles.
Eliminates ambulatory care facility assessment.
Requires gasoline stations to be generator ready; provides related tax relief.
Provides for early termination of terms of office for certain appointed municipal court positions when two or more municipalities enter into agreements to establish joint or shared municipal courts.
Establishes Medicaid demonstration project to cover room and board services for certain terminally ill patients in the home or other non-institutional setting.
Concerns tolls during declared state of emergency.
Excludes .22 caliber tubular magazines from large capacity ammunition magazine definition.
Establishes additional standards regulating the conduct of licensed public adjusters.
Makes disabled persons receiving disability payments pursuant to federal Railroad Retirement Act eligible to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Provides certain employees access to certain personnel records.
Establishes farmland preservation inheritance tax deduction program within Department of Agriculture.
Permits public employees to request payroll deductions for payment to multiple credit union accounts.
Prohibits DEP from reducing fishing quotas established by federal or regional entities, unless authorized by law.
Reduces fire service requirement for exempt fireman certificate.
Concerns permits, letters of exemption, and enforcement with regard to agricultural activities under "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act".
Prohibits permanent change of child custody during period of active military service; provides that absence due to active military duty, by itself, is insufficient justification to modify a child custody or visitation order.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to fund the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University.
Codifies current State Board of Education regulations which limit who may serve as case managers for students with disabilities to members of child study teams and certain speech-language specialists.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the NJ World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Requires notice prior to lapse of life insurance policy due to nonpayment of premium.
Requires OAL to maintain Internet database summarizing all State rule-making actions.
Designates Stone Harbor Boulevard Interchange of Garden State Parkway as "Christopher Meyer Memorial Interchange."
Authorizes municipalities to contract with appropriately trained municipal firefighters to provide paramedic services.
Requires DHS to approve providers that serve persons with developmental disabilities in all areas of State.
Prohibits incarcerated individuals from receiving Medicaid, Work First New Jersey, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Extends Class Two special law enforcement training for time deployed.
Requires any State entity administering State or federal public benefit programs to verify recipient's personal information against death records to prevent payment to deceased individual.
Establishes Common Core State Standards Evaluation Task Force; delays use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers until task force submits final report.
Creates State Dredging Task Force.
Establishes pilot project to install global positioning system (GPS) devices on certain State vehicles.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Authorizes the establishment of federal impact aid reserve account.
Establishes flat digital striped bass motor vehicle license plates.
Requires electric or gas public utilities to apply residential rates and charges to any business heated or cooled by residential heating or cooling system.
Establishes mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for harming or threatening to harm animal owned or used by a law enforcement agency or a search and rescue dog.
The "Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator Act;" establishes licensure requirements for wildlife rehabilitators.
Permits certain school districts to be eligible for 2013 State grant funding or for debt service aid for school facilities projects despite having already obtained approval for the local share of the project.
Makes $3 million supplemental appropriation to Department of State for Per Capita Library Aid in FY 2014.
Provides gross income tax credits to support development of New Jersey-based small business start-ups.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Filed1
Fred Baker's Law; establishes July 30th of each year as "Corrections Officer Day."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Revises statutes concerning dental hygienists and dentists.
"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 dissolution of free public libraries.
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring or interfering with a service animal or guide dog; designated as "Dusty's Law." *
The "Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act."
Revises statutes and enhances penalties for offenses involving child pornography; makes crime of causing a child to engage in a prohibited sexual act subject to "No Early Release Act."
Clarifies charitable contributions are not a factor in determining where person is domiciled under New Jersey gross income tax.
Appropriates $32,976,962,000 in State funds and $13,427,159,762 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2013-2014.
Vetoed · 4
Permits a student to participate in certain voluntary surveys if the district sends prior written notification to the student's parents; limits use of information obtained from survey.*
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.*
Allows establishment of county-wide purchasing system for certain school district services; offers employment protections for certain food or custodial services employees; and regulates subcontracting by districts and public higher education institutions
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Passed the Senate · 5
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of 25 years to life for aggravated sexual assault against a child under 13 and increases penalties for harboring certain sex offenders.**
Permits licensed dealers to display and auction firearms at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations.
Codifies in statute case law developed legal standards for establishing grandparent and sibling visitation with a child when visitation objected to by child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian.*
Requires minimum geographic cost adjustment for school districts in all counties.
Renames Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility as "William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility."
Out of committee · 20
Creates crime of threatening the life of certain animals; designated as Dano and Valder's Law.**
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
Allows a gross income tax credit to certain taxpayers for capital improvements made to principal residence.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
Provides partial sales tax exemption for energy and utility service to certain manufacturers.
Provides for indication of veteran status on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by MVC.*
Alex DeCroce's Law, enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights." *
Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as an official State flag.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for compressed natural gas used to fuel certain bus operation.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
The "Bio-based Heating Oil Act."
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program and provides a State match for contributions to NJBEST accounts for families meeting certain income guidelines.
Requires transfer of certain records to DOLWD and DHS.
Requires gubernatorial candidates' statements be posted online.
Extends the time line for performing certain budget-related tasks in school districts that have moved the annual school election to November.
Enables collection of voluntary contributions for New Jersey Nonprofit Veterans Organizations through gross income tax returns.*
Grants credit against business taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Increases State hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues required to be annually appropriated to fund certain arts and cultural, historical, and tourism-related programs and activities.
In committee · 62
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Provides penalties for sexually offensive or abusive communication through social networking websites.
Permits sale of home-baked goods under certain circumstances.
Permits State aid to fund start-up costs for local shared services projects.
Requires prosecutors to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Repeals sections of law pertaining to transfer of civil service and non-civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency.
Prohibits adoption of new rules exceeding federal standards unless specifically authorized by State law or necessary to protect public health, safety, or welfare.
Provides exception to local cap law for purchases of fuel efficient vehicles and permits loans by New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust for those purchases.
Exempts from real property taxation during construction any building, or portion thereof, to be used for a property tax-exempt purpose.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Specifies that certain images generated by body scans violate State statutes prohibiting invasion of privacy, pornography, and endangerment of child welfare under certain circumstances.
Establishes program authorizing lease of historic buildings and structures in State parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.
Establishes conflict resolution procedures through Department of Agriculture for complaints against commercial fishing docks and fish processing facilities.
Repeals restriction on weights and measures officers' and employees' duties.
Permits veteran's property tax deduction for tax year when veteran was previously qualified to receive deduction and became owner of real property after October 1 of pretax year.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and harassment under certain circumstances.
Authorizes hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Eliminates imposition of sales and use tax on charges for initiation fees, membership fees, or dues for access to or use of certain health and fitness clubs and organizations.
Prohibits motor fuel wholesaler from increasing price more than once in 24-hour period.
Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members on federal active duty to receive temporary suspension of payment of interest on mortgage loan.
Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.
Includes death by auto or vessel and certain assaults as crimes with bail restrictions.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday during first weekend of August for certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional materials.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping for certain retired military personnel.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service, and their immediate family members.
Eliminates development review fees charged by Pinelands Commission.
Requires certain commissions to maintain meeting minutes; establishes Governor's authority to approve or veto the minutes of those commissions.
Requires Police Training Commission to develop accelerated training course for certain corrections officers.
Phases out cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.
Requires additional public participation and health impact study as conditions of conversion of health service corporation to domestic stock insurer; dissolves the Health Service Corporation Conversion Temporary Advisory Commission.
"Telecommunications-Cable Television Deregulation Ensuring Consumer Protection Act"; revises State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and cable television companies.
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information.
Establishes gross income tax credit for cost of certain postage for sending goods to members of United States Armed Forces and National Guard who are serving their country away from home.
Establishes Sex Offender Management Commission; amends Megan's Law in response to federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Revises "Administrative Procedure Act" concerning conflicts between rules of different State agencies.
Shortens term of municipal court judges from three years to one year.
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Clarifies insurance coverage for certain home and health care agency employees under their own private passenger automobile insurance.
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Allows municipality to restrict amount of alcoholic beverages carried into certain private establishments.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Allows certain fuel dealers and distributors refunds of petroleum products gross receipts tax and credits against motor fuel tax for certain bad debts from sale of fuel.
Establishes DOT roadside memorial program for fallen police officers, EMS workers, and firefighters.
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to the families of NJ troops overseas.
Permits certain public and private entities to qualify for BPU grants or low interest loans for cost of alternative power generation devices.
Requires electric public utilities to repair or install street lights within certain time periods after municipal notification.
"Consumer Protection Act of 2012."
Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from tax levy and appropriation cap, as applicable, for school districts, municipalities, and counties.
Clarifies DOBI's regulatory authority over certain flood insurance claims.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Extends alternate route police training certification for military personnel for time deployed.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Regulates operation of low-speed electric bicycles.
Increases penalties for certain heroin offenses by revising threshold amounts for first, second, and third degree crimes of manufacturing, distributing, and dispensing heroin.