Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Amy H. Handlin
Sponsored
In committee79
Creates a civil "rape shield" law.
Prohibits simultaneous holding of certain State, county and municipal elective offices; provides for transition period between offices.
Clarifies penalties court may impose in sentencing certain adults and juveniles guilty of making false public alarms.
Requires electronic bulletin board on DCA website for local units to advertise shared services opportunities; requires development of computerized survey to match local units together to implement shared services.
Requires suspension of local elected and appointed officers and employees indicted for certain offenses that, upon conviction, require forfeiture of office or position.
Concerns criminal background checks for certain school employees.
Prohibits sex offenders from entering school property.
Requires ELEC to provide ethics training for governmental affairs agents.
Requires all elected or appointed local government officers to receive ethics training.
Prohibits member of Legislature from representing any person or party other than the State in connection with any proceeding of municipal, county, or State government entity.
Limits payment to certain public employees for accumulated sick leave upon retirement; requires fine and reprimand or termination for violation of sick leave by public employee.
Creates "Comprehensive Anti-Nepotism Act."
Concerns eligibility for unemployment insurance for certain seasonal workers.
Concerns repayment of unemployment insurance benefits obtained fraudulently.
Amends definition of "racketeering activity" in RICO statute to include unemployment insurance fraud offenses.
Limits compensation provided to presidents of public institutions of higher education.
Establishes the "New Jersey Right to Work Act"; prohibits payroll deduction of union dues from wages or salaries of public employees.
Directs AG to enter into agreement with U.S. Attorney General to empower certain corrections officers to investigate immigration status of inmates.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Prohibits dual government employment and office holding; requires pension forfeiture by convicted elected officials; bans use of campaign funds for criminal defense costs; revises legislative conflict of interest standards.
Removes provision permitting dismissal of de minimis violations for offenses involving corruption of public resources.
Increases civil penalty for first offense violation of campaign finance requirements; makes first offense punishable with forfeiture of candidacy or office.
Requires candidates keep detailed records of how campaign funds are spent for the ordinary and necessary expenses of holding public office.
Establishes system for early resolution of medical injury claims.
Requires managed care plans to disclose allowed amounts for out-of-network health care services under certain circumstances.
Increases maximum penalty under "Local Government Ethics Law."
Prohibits improper release of photographs or videos captured by public entities.
Prohibits governmental collection of biometric identifiers without consent.
Imposes criminal penalties for illegally obtaining or disclosing personally identifiable health information.
Increases penalties for the unlawful disclosure or use of taxpayer information by State tax officials.
Requires judge approval prior to installation of video camera by public entity.
Requires administrative agency to include privacy impact statement when adopting, amending, or repealing rule.
Restricts access to recorded data imbedded in motor vehicle computer systems.
Requires judicial approval prior to installation or use of automated license plate reader by law enforcement agency.
Establishes pilot project to install global positioning system (GPS) devices on certain State vehicles.
Requires electric public utilities to undertake vegetation management practices near power lines.
Authorizes Commissioner of Education to convene meeting when a constituent municipality in a regional school district is impacted by natural or other disaster; provides for temporary modification of tax levy apportionment methodology.
Concerns collective bargaining by executive county superintendents.
Regulates receipt of things of value by members and employees of Legislature and officers and employees of Executive Branch.
Requires issue advocacy organization using certain candidate information in advertisements to register with ELEC as political committee or continuing political committee.
Prohibits loans as political contributions by certain persons; prohibits certain inducements for political contributions; reduces permitted amount of outstanding loans in certain cases.
Restricts business entities that make campaign contributions from performing certain local government contracts.
Requires Local Finance Board in DCA to exercise oversight of certain local authority employment contracts and approve, when applicable, employee and board member travel expenses in excess of $250.
Establishes certain restrictions on aerial advertising above sports and entertainment facilities.
Increases penalties for contractors who victimize clients during states of emergency.
Prohibits candidates and elected public officials charged with crimes from using campaign contributions for their legal defense.
Prohibits member of Legislature from performing certain no-bid contracts.
Establishes new standard and procedure for forfeiture of elective public office for accepting illegal contributions; removes illegal contribution threshold for such forfeiture.
Permits MVC to issue registration plates to certain mechanics who rehabilitate and sell used motor vehicles.
Prohibits campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations that purchase or acquire property involved in eminent domain proceedings.
Requires public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes or found at fault in certain civil actions to reimburse public entities for legal expenses.
Prohibits awarding of municipal professional services contracts to members of Legislature.
Establishes certain minimum standards for State contracts paid on hourly basis.
Prohibits awarding of municipal professional services contracts to certain elected officials.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Underground Utility Lines.
Establishes a "Local Authorities Review Commission."
Requires prequalification process for prospective bidders on school district transportation contracts; authorizes debarment of bidders convicted of certain crimes; authorizes disqualification of bidder or termination of transportation contract for certain
Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to require implementation of shared services arrangements and to approve school district collective negotiations agreements prior to execution of agreement.
Requires retail motor fuel dealer to use generator during power outage.
Establishes new crime of official interference with transportation.
Establishes a fixed term for Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director of PANYNJ; requires approval from Governors of New Jersey and New York prior to employment of directors.
Requires State Comptroller to receive and provide certain independent authority employee information on State Comptroller's website.
Requires bi-state transportation authorities to make advance notification of certain projects or operations expected to impede traffic.
Establishes various good governance requirements at certain bi-state authorities.
Establishes various good governance requirements at State and local authorities.
Prohibits elected or appointed officials, and immediate family members, from participating in farmland preservation programs.
Bans campaign contributions and certain political communication by corporations and labor organizations.
Prohibits certain political activity by governmental employees and by public employee unions.
Requires State Treasurer to post information about State contracts for legal services on special website.
Prohibits use of traffic checkpoints for collecting biological samples from drivers.
Requires PANYNJ to evaluate certain land holdings to determine if proposed use is consistent with core mission.
Requires PANYNJ to conduct cost-benefit analysis and provide analysis to governors and legislatures of NY and NJ prior to approving certain projects.
Requires PANYNJ to set certain performance goals and prepare annual progress reports.
Directs PANYNJ to review operations for opportunities to have private entities conduct operations or provide services.
Requires signs displaying clear instructions be posted in vicinity of parking meters.
Implements certain governance and transparency reforms at PANYNJ.
Provides governance, transparency, and accountability reforms at PANYNJ.
Provides that members of first aid, rescue and ambulance squads and Offices of Emergency Management are exempt from prohibition against talking or texting on hand-held device while driving under certain circumstances.
Requires DHS to ensure distribution to senior citizens of notice from Division of Consumer Affairs concerning risks and prevention of fraud.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Authorizes municipalities to impose penalties on creditors that fail to timely remedy code violations of certain properties in foreclosure.*
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging, and requires companies offering text messaging services to allow customers to block all incoming and outgoing text messages.
Prohibits sale of certain products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.*
Requires pharmacies and prescribers to notify patients about how to ensure proper and safe disposal of unused prescription drugs.
Requires municipalities which license peddlers and solicitors to accept certain background check results from other municipalities.**
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.
Exempts Holocaust reparations payments from legal process, and from estate recovery under Medicaid program.
Provides that crime victims do not have to pay fees to obtain records relating to the crime and that requests for such records are not public information.*
Grants immunity from liability for certain professional services rendered during emergencies under certain circumstances.
Exempts certain offers and sales of securities from registration.*
"New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act."*
Upgrades crime of false public alarm under certain circumstances and establishes reporting requirements concerning crime.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates $88,592,361 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Vetoed · 3
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Establishes telemarketing fraud investigation unit.
Reinstates moratorium on imposition of Statewide non-residential development fees until January 2015.
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.*
Imposes moratorium on DHS transitions and transfers of certain individuals with developmental disabilities to new residential placements until certain conditions are met. *
Requires OLS to provide certain notices and reports to legislators and legislative staff by electronic means only.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to evaluate NJT fare increases and determine whether increases are necessary and fair to NJT customers.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Out of committee · 17
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Establishes compensation limits for licensed public adjusters during certain emergencies.
Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs.*
Requires that certain health care facilities be generator ready; allows health care facilities to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of generators.
Abolishes the State Real Estate Appraisers Board and transfers regulation of appraisers to the New Jersey Real Estate Commission.
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature. *
Establishes publicly accessible domestic violence Internet registry.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to commercial mobile service devices.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Requires PANYNJ be subject to NY Freedom of Information Law and NJ open public records act.
Increases transparency and accountability at PANYNJ.
Increases mandatory retirement age for Administrative Law Judges, Workers' Compensation Judges and county prosecutors from 70 to 75.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Permits public-private partnership agreements for certain building and highway infrastructure projects; provides for EDA oversight.
Establishes a process to integrate certain health data and other data from publicly supported programs for population health research.*
In committee · 178
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Suspends pension of any retired public employee who resumes public employment with compensation more than $15,000.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
Repeals "Statewide Non-Residential Development Fee Act."
Concerns alternate methods of wage payment.
"Direct Tax Relief for New Jersey Families Act"; Establishes the New Jersey Direct Property Tax Relief Program; increases the renter's gross income tax credit for property taxes; and increases the earned income tax credit.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Amends RICO to add certain crimes involving public servants.
Provides public servant is guilty of official misconduct if he knowingly obtains, arranges or provides "no-show" job for himself or another.
Requires legislators to certify in writing, upon introduction of legislation, that no monetary benefit will be derived from it; requires certification be filed with the Legislative Ethics Commission.
Provides that a school business administrator appointed by a school district after a certain date will not be eligible for tenure and may be dismissed pursuant to the terms of the employment contract.
Directs BPU to adopt best practices and standards for public utility disaster response.
Requires electric public utilities to repair or install street lights within certain time periods after municipal notification.
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 implement flood mitigation plans for certain electric distribution substations; prohibits rate increase pending implementation of flood mitigation plans.
Exempts properties within flood zones from variance requirements to raise structure.
Tax Relief for New Jersey Families Act; provides income tax credits for property tax relief, quadruples the homestead property tax credit and increases the earned income tax credit.
Directs board of trustees of county college to post information on the compensation paid to college president on its website.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to adopt guidelines for the employment contracts of county college presidents.
Provides for permanent debarment from government contracting of any person who is convicted of certain crimes involving government contracts.
Requires certain public contracts for insurance coverage and consulting services to be awarded through competitive contracting process.
Establishes a Business Part in the Superior Court.
Prohibits public entities from engaging certain governmental affairs agents.
Allows Hurricane Sandy victims to claim gross income tax deduction for certain personal casualty losses.
Establishes crime of participation in criminal street gang initiation ritual.
Creates the "Local Unit Audit Teams" program in the Department of the Treasury.
Provides for public comment period at certain sessions of each house of the Legislature.
Allows physicians to jointly negotiate with carriers over contractual terms and conditions.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Makes all persons convicted of sexual assault subject to the No Early Release Act; specifies that any use of force elevates sexual assault to aggravated sexual assault.
Increases maximum penalty for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in certain cases.
Reduces gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years.
Establishes threats of violence against prosecutors, law enforcement officers and their family members as a second degree crime, subject to the No Early Release Act sentencing.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Decreases membership of county boards of taxation to 2004 level.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.
Clarifies that first aid, ambulance or rescue squads, as entities, have immunity from civil damages in certain circumstances.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Concerns collective negotiations for school employees; repeals law prohibiting school boards from imposing terms and conditions of employment.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
"Home-Based Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing, or retailing activities.
Prohibits dual elective office holding and holding of elective office and public office or position.
Requires independent State authority member to disclose contractual relationship between authority and authority member's relatives.
Concerns access to information maintained by Prescription Monitoring Program.
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential and other private property under redevelopment laws.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
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.
Imposes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment and forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of crimes involving or touching their office or employment.
Exempts homestead from attachment in medical malpractice judgment.
Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.
Requires assisted living residences and certain facilities under DCA, DCF, and DHS to be equipped with standby emergency power generators.
Provides public access to certain information received or possessed by legislators.
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.
Requires suspension of pay of local elected officials during period between indictment and conviction for certain offenses involving moral turpitude.
Provides for licensure of pediatric respite care facilities.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act."
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Limits amount of appeal bond in civil actions to $50 million.
"PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act."
Subjects Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to New York's Freedom of Information Law and New Jersey's Open Public Records Act.
Authorizes court to include in domestic violence restraining orders a provision making the order applicable to a pregnant victim's child upon birth of the child.
Prohibits distribution of images and information produced by red light cameras.
Requires filing of financial and conflict disclosure statements as condition of development approval.
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Clarifies that retention of unearned wages by a public servant is theft under certain circumstances.
Requires that police obtain warrant to seize cell phone data.
Requires that police obtain warrant to attach GPS device to suspect's motor vehicle.
Excludes certain institutions of higher education from prevailing wage requirements.
Expands definitions of "abused child" or "abused or neglected child" to include prenatal exposure of child to controlled substances.
Transfers responsibility for establishment and enforcement of ethical standards for local officials and school officials to the State Ethics Commission.
Requires newly-constructed grocery stores to have generators.
Requires electric distribution lines be located underground in areas affected by severe weather or natural disasters.
Requires local governing body and DCA to suspend collection of certificate of occupancy and related inspection fees for homes being rented by persons identified by FEMA as displaced individuals.
Recodifies offenses against animals under State criminal code; increases degree of crime for certain offenses.
Establishes mandatory penalties for committing burglary and theft during a state of emergency.
Prohibits public utility from filing rate increase petition under certain circumstances.
"Appraisal Management Company Registration Act."
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Eliminates dual governmental pay to members of Legislature for legislative duties.
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.
Permits counties and municipalities to use snow removal reserve funds for clearance of debris following declaration of emergency by President or Governor.
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special horse racing permit for steeplechase races; allows wagering on such races.
Permits persons at racetracks, off-track wagering facilities, and casino simulcasting facilities to place instant racing wagers.
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.
Requiring municipal auditors to test whether tax exempt properties remain eligible for exemption.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Allows New Jersey gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions for Hurricane Sandy relief in New Jersey.
Provides sales and use tax rebate for certain purchases made by, or on behalf of, individuals and small businesses affected by natural disasters.
Requires electric public utilities to file with BPU and implement distribution infrastructure protection plans; prohibits rate increase pending implementation of plans.
Protects home addresses of law enforcement officers from being released by governmental entities.
"New Jersey Residents' Power Protection Act"; requires use of emergency power generators by various facilities and businesses; provides related tax incentives.
Provides gross income tax deduction for costs of purchasing and installing battery backups for certain home solar electrical generators.
Requires each school district to offer a summer payment plan for school district employees.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge expelled from a public sewer system or public sewage treatment plant are not hazardous substances for purposes of "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Requires disclosure of original purchase price for land to be sold to a county, county agriculture development board, or municipality for farmland preservation purposes.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Enacts the "NJ Family First Employer Act"; establishes award for certain employers.
"Permit Transparency Act"; requires State entity to post on official website number of permits applied for and issued, revenue derived, number of employees involved, and salary of such employees.
"New Jersey Disaster Victims' Bill of Rights"; authorizes $500 million emergency State bonds and appropriates money for municipal property tax relief program.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
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.
Expands notification when an offender is released from custody or transferred within the criminal justice system.
Requires wholesalers, terminal facilities, motor fuel retail dealers, grocery stores, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and residential rehabilitation facilities to install appropriate wiring for use of generator during power outage.
Prohibits boards of education from charging students a fee to participate in extracurricular activities.
Concerns liability, standards of care, and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
Concerns liability and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
Requires certain health care facilities to offer, and health care workers to receive, annual influenza vaccination.
Provides civil immunity for certain volunteer physicians, nonprofit clinics and federally qualified health centers.
Provides immunity from civil liability for person who sends text message to motor vehicle operator.
Provides credit against ambulatory care facility assessment liability for value of unreimbursed care provided to hospital charity care patients.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.
Provides extended validity to wastewater service area designations and sewer service area designations, and revises certain aspects of wastewater management planning process.
Grants subpoena power to Office of Inspector General at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in furtherance of investigations.
Allows gross income tax deductions totaling $300,000 over five taxable years for certain primary care physicians.
Requires that school districts use a model contract developed by the Commissioner of Education when employing a superintendent of schools.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain seasonal employers.
Makes various changes to interest arbitration procedures; repeals sunset provision.
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Requires State, local, and school appointed and certain elected officials to report behavior that may violate criminal laws or ethics statutes.
Provides partial sales tax exemption for energy and utility service to certain manufacturers.
Prohibits for 10 years applicability of new State and local rules and regulations to certain manufacturing facilities.
Upgrades and expands crime of criminal mischief under certain circumstances.
Removes expiration of required payment by public employees of percentage of cost of health care coverage provided by public employers.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements between nine most Superstorm Sandy-impacted counties; permits units transferred to be counted toward recipient municipality's fair share obligation.
Establishes publicly accessible Internet registry of offenders who cause bodily harm, or property theft or damage, against disabled persons, senior citizens, or veterans.
Excludes certain Medicaid income from gross income tax.
Requires PANYNJ to report monthly to counties within port district.
Clarifies that records custodians are not subject to penalties under State's open public records law if due diligence is exercised.
Reforms bi-state transportation authorities.
Imposes a two-year moratorium on increases in public utility rates.
Establishes "Government Crowdfunding Act" to allow government entities to conduct fundraising for certain government projects.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
"Drew's Law"; establishes 15 miles per hour speed limit in or near certain public parks.
Establishes "Career and Technical Education Scholar Awards" to annually recognize outstanding career and technical education students.
Increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount for the New Jersey estate tax to $5 million over period of five years.
Requires 10 percent bail; prohibits installment payments.
Makes it a fourth degree crime to operate as an unlicensed bail agent, per SCI recommendations.
Requires identification cards for bail agent, per SCI recommendations.
Concerns premium for executing bail bonds, per SCI recommendations.
Requires Attorney General to develop written guidelines concerning communication between bail agents and inmates; requires county correctional facilities to adopt policies in compliance, per SCI recommendations.
Implements reporting requirements for agricultural tourism pilot program; creates task force.
Increases fees for licensing and renewal of bail-bond agents to defray taxpayer costs per SCI recommendations.
Transfers authority to regulate bail agents from DOBI to DLPS; establishes Bail Agent Enforcement Unit, per SCI recommendations.
Prohibits certain communication with or solicitation of incarcerated individuals; provides license revocation for certain bail agents and agencies; creates fourth degree crime, per SCI recommendations.
Changes mandatory retirement age for Workers' Compensation Judges from age 70 to age 75.
Concerns Superstorm Sandy recovery.
Requires anyone receiving opioid antidote to treat drug overdose be provided with information concerning substance treatment programs and resources.
Implements recommendations of SCI report concerning bail bond industry.
Prohibits assessment of overlimit fee assessed by issuer of credit or debit cards in certain instances.
Limits overlimit fee assessed by issuer of credit or debit cards.
Limits late fees assessed by issuer of credit cards.
Imposes mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for habitual driver's license suspensions.
Prohibits local governments from requiring private employers to provide paid sick leave.
Reforms PANYNJ.
Establishes information sharing protocols in DLPS and promotes public awareness concerning computer crime.
Permits demonstration county to terminate its participation in the "Real Property Assessment Demonstration Program."
Establishes amber light duration at traffic control signals.
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault to crime of the fourth degree; upgrades second or subsequent offense to crime of the third degree.
Establishes a one-year pilot program in the Office of the Attorney General concerning field testing for synthetic drugs.
Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain court order prior to use of imaging surveillance device.
"Holocaust Reparations Tax Exemption Act"; exempts value of certain payments to Holocaust survivors and their eligible descendants from transfer inheritance and estate taxes.
Dedicates 0.1 percent of cigarette tax revenue to anti-smoking initiatives.
Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations related to use of educational technology in public school classrooms.
Reforms PANYNJ; "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015."
Provides transparency and accountability reforms at PANYNJ; modifies governance structure; provides legislative oversight of PANYNJ.
Establishes "Superstorm Sandy Homeowners Protection Act."
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
Links police and fire interest arbitration base salary cap to property tax levy; makes cap permanent.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."