Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
David W. Wolfe
Sponsored
Became law2
Directs the Department of Education to develop a school district dating violence policy and requires school districts to provide dating violence education in the health curriculum.
Provides temporary reduction of annual cap on corporation business tax benefit certificate transfer program for certain technology and biotechnology companies and temporarily suspends certain tax credits for certain film and digital media content product
Out of committee1
Increases and establishes certain business filing fees.
In committee40
Creates new $100 assessment for convictions of certain sexual offenses to fund counseling for victims and their families; establishes Sexual Offender Victim Counseling Fund.
Provides New Jersey certification as a school administrator or principal to any applicant with similar certification in another State.
Allocates at least $100 million from Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for coastal and inland Blue Acres land acquisition projects in flood-prone areas.
Revises certain endorsements to the instructional certificate, requires certified teachers in licensed child care centers located in Early Childhood Program Aid districts, and establishes a loan program to assist in the attainment of certification.
Denies custody and visitation rights to minor child by family members of individuals convicted of certain crimes.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program beginning in tax year 2002.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions made for efforts in relief of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Allows adopted person access to his original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Concerns telemarketing political calls.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.
Prohibits members of the Legislature from acting on certain bills in which they have personal interest; redefines personal interest.
Eliminates the public vote on a school district budget which is within cap.
Eliminates remarriage prohibition for PFRS death benefits; provides retirement allowance to certain survivors of PFRS members.
Requires private vocational schools to provide adequate written notification when planning to close facilities.
Increases annual income limits for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Authorizes criminal history record background checks of employees and volunteers of nonprofit domestic violence victim serving organizations.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Provides that PFRS definitions of widow, widower and spouse will include domestic partners of all PFRS members.
Requires members of NJ Legislature to file statement of financial affairs.
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to DHS to develop community residences for Division of Developmental Disabilities clients on the waiting list.
Provides NJ STARS II Program eligibility to certain students who attained an associate's degree through a joint program offered by a school district and a county college.
Increases penalties for violations committed by provisional driver's license holder.
Permits voter registration up to 29 days before an election; reduces polling place hours by one hour in the morning.
Requires school districts to disseminate information that stresses the importance of rigorous coursework.
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to the families of NJ troops overseas.
Changes political party affiliation deadline from 50th to 21st day before primary; changes date after which absentee ballots must be available from 40th to 21st day before any election.
Restricts gifts to certified homemaker-home health aides from patients.
Requires home health agencies and health care service firms to place certified homemaker-home health aides to perform certain home-based services.
Requires school districts to identify in the school budget question presented at annual school election the percentage change in school tax levy between the prebudget and budget years.
Enhances penalty for leaving the scene of a boating accident.
Revises voting requirement necessary for the dissolution of a limited purpose regional school district.
Requires certain public restrooms to be equipped with baby-changing stations.
Requires each school district to adopt a dating violence policy to prevent and address incidents involving dating violence.
Requires certain veterinarians to provide written notification to animal owner if boarded animal will not be subject to 24-hour supervision; "Betsy's Law."
Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.
Increases and establishes certain business filing fees.
Provides temporary reduction of annual cap on corporation business tax benefit certificate transfer program for certain technology and biotechnology companies and temporarily suspends certain tax credits for film and digital media content production expe
Requires third party testing and certification prior to advertising, packaging, or labeling a product as "flushable."
Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 35 as "Chosin Few Memorial Highway."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Authorizes the court to include provisions for animals in domestic violence restraining orders.*
Lengthens service life of certain school buses to 15 years.
Establishes standards for certain fertilizer applications, requires certification of professional fertilizer applicators, and regulates labeling and sale of certain fertilizers. *
Requires development of interscholastic athletic head injury safety training program; requires certain measures to protect student athletes with concussions; and requires continuing education for athletic trainers.*
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Requires DCF to develop and adopt Statewide youth suicide prevention plan.
Revises provisions of "Franchise Practices Act" relating to motor vehicle franchises.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
Vetoed · 1
Requires, after study, DEP to adopt total maximum daily loads for Barnegat Bay ecosystem, and requires DEP to adopt nutrient standards for NJ marine waters.*
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Requires that school districts use a model contract developed by the Commissioner of Education when employing a superintendent of schools.
Requires investigating law enforcement officer to contact next of kin of unconscious motor vehicle accident victim who has been transported to hospital emergency room.
Requires DOE to develop and distribute information regarding hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and expands role and membership of New Jersey Student Athlete Cardiac Screening Task Force.
Provides for the designation of new charter school authorizers. *
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.*
Out of committee · 10
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Requires State agencies to review operations and to implement use of Internet to conduct public business when cost savings may be realized, with certain exceptions.
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Regulates advertising of manufacturer's rebates by retail mercantile establishments.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Makes various changes concerning payments to public employees for unused sick leave, sick leave injury in State service, and PERS and TPAF disability retirement.
Appropriates $28,364,422,000 in State funds and $13,204,231,842 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2010-2011.
Appropriates $84,495,199 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Revises the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
In committee · 87
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Abolishes Council on Affordable Housing for failure to comply with legislative directives.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Establishes in DEP the Environmental Science Review Board and Environmental Policy Review Board to review proposed environmental regulations for consistency with planning policies and science.
Prohibits elected officials and public employees from enrolling for health benefits with more than one public entity; provides civil action for treble expenses by public entity providing additional coverage.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Requires DEP to assume responsibility for dredging of waterways providing boat access to lagoon communities; appropriates $6,000,000.
Establishes special dredging account; directs $5,000,000 of sales tax collected annually be deposited therein; directs DEP to administer account and dredging program with certain requirements.
Appropriates $26,140,000 for dredging projects and dredged material disposal projects related to navigational waterways.
Ends the transitional energy facilities assessment, caps the State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures the balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and NJIT.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
Provides for Autism Advocate in Division of Advocacy for the Developmentally Disabled.
Eliminates PERS credit and health care benefits for appointees to State or local agency, board, commission, authority or instrumentality with annual compensation less than $20,000 and weekly hours fewer than 35.
Provides sales tax exemption for sales of prepared foods.
Permits certain persons holding elective public office to remain eligible for enrollment in PERS.
Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for justices, judges, administrative law judges, county prosecutors, and workers' compensation judges from 70 to 75.
Requires school districts to provide for the safe operation of electrically operated partitions in classrooms or other school facilities.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
"Janet's Law"; requires public schools, recreational fields and youth camps to have automated external defibrillators for youth athletic events, and public schools to include pupil training in use thereof and in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Provides for automatic enrollment in PAAD and Senior Gold programs under certain circumstances.
Permits municipality to determine permissible parking distance from intersection, crosswalk or "stop" sign.
Requires joint municipal planning board review of long-range facilities plans developed by regional school districts.
Authorizes the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations concerning the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation.
Permits any full-time employee of school board to attend annual New Jersey Education Association convention without loss of pay.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
Delays implementation of paid family leave for two years.
Revises and expands duties and responsibilities of State Auditor in performance of certain audits and reviews.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Includes screening for toxoplasmosis in newborn screening program.
Recodifies offenses against animals under State criminal code; increases degree of crime for certain offenses.
Establishes offense of soliciting image of minor with unlawful purpose.
Establishes animal cruelty offenses pertaining to chaining or other restraint of animals.
Requires water purveyors and licensed operators to notify municipalities they service regarding water supply and water quality issues.
Provides grants and tax credits for school districts and private contractors for installing cameras on school buses.
Exempts initiation fees, membership fees, and dues of certain golf clubs and organizations from sales and use tax.
Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee.
Permits use of overseas absentee ballots for all elections.
Allows TPAF retiree to be employed as certificated superintendent or administrator for limited time frame due to critical need without TPAF reenrollment.
Requires public body to publish notice of public meeting on official Internet website.
Permits county board of chosen freeholders to appoint interim member of county tax board under certain circumstances.
Requires Family Part under certain circumstances to dispose of charge of contempt of a domestic violence order on an emergency basis, without setting bail.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Decreases BPU membership from five to three members.
Prohibits sale of food and beverage packaging and containers made with bisphenol A.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Prohibits enrollment in PERS of public employee who is also public contractor; requires member to designate only one position as basis of enrollment.
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Increases enrollment threshold in PERS and TPAF to $10,000; requires assessment of adding annual minimum hour requirement to qualify for service credit.
Revises membership and duties of Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission.
Limits payment upon retirement to $10,000 to State and local public officers and employees for accumulated sick leave.
Prohibits certain public officers and employees from receiving dual health care benefit coverage.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts.
Establishes "Smart Housing Incentives Act."
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Directs Attorney General to publicize information about human trafficking hotlines; mandates law enforcement training on responding to the needs of victims of the crime of human trafficking.
Reduces number of paid holidays from 13 to 10 for all State and local government employees.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election and eliminates vote on school budgets except for separate proposals to spend above cap which will also occur at general election.
Authorizes courts to include animals in domestic violence restraining orders.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use E-Verify program.
Requires municipalities to reimburse qualified private communities for street paving costs.
Provides criminal penalties for unauthorized use of images or likeness of minors and establishes civil action.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Imposes criminal penalties for discharges of untreated sewage from containment devices installed on watercraft.
Prohibits siting of industrial wind turbines within 2,000 feet of any residence or residentially zoned property.
"Save Barnegat Bay Act"; establishes Save Barnegat Bay Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on lawn fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, dedicates portion of beach tag fees, and provides for donations.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax.
Reduces maximum rate of interest to be charged for delinquent taxes from 18% to 12%.
Provides State income tax credit for removal of lawns near Barnegat Bay.
"Barnegat Bay Protection Act"; establishes Barnegat Bay Protection Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on lawn fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, and provides for donations.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Specifies additional offenses and penalties for torturing or tormenting an animal; designated as Patrick's Law.
Clarifies that fishing license is not required to fish at a private community lake.
Filed · 1
Exempts beach bars, amusement parks and carnival amusement rides from noise restrictions of "Noise Control Act of 1971" during certain time periods and subject to certain conditions.