Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Reed Gusciora
Sponsored
Became law6
Requires professional campaign fund raisers to register and file quarterly reports with ELEC.
Requires that voting machines produce voter-verified paper record; provides that results of audit become official tally; provides for waiver if paper record not commercially available; provides for State funding for paper record. *
Prohibits telemarketers from using technology designed to misrepresent their identity. *
Changes laws governing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates institutional liens for persons treated at State and county psychiatric facilities. **
"Polysomnography Practice Act." *
Revises criteria for new historic sites to obtain historic site property tax exemption. *
Passed the General Assembly8
Encourages cellular telephone retailers, distributors and manufacturers to establish voluntary "take-back" programs and recycling and reuse programs for cellular telephones; directs DEP Commissioner to establish task force examining these issues. *
Supplements Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission compact.
Prohibits product testing with traditional animal test methods if federally recommended alternative test method exists, with certain exceptions; and provides for injunctive relief for violations.
Clarifies jurisdiction concerning matters involving death or serious bodily injury and motor vehicles offenses arising out of same incident. *
Establishes additional bases for disqualification of bidder under "Local Public Contracts Law" and clarifies existing law. *
Provides for plaque in State House to honor Hutchins F. Inge, first African-American State Senator.
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for preservation and promotion of graves of signers of Declaration of Independence; appropriates $200,000.
Requires poll workers to have certain training in the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990".
Out of committee20
The "Pesticide Use Reduction Recognition Act."
Permits certain minors to consent to medical care or treatment for HIV infection or AIDS. *
Requires nursing homes to compile and provide certain staffing information to the public. *
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Establishes Task Force on the Oversight of Group Homes for Persons with Developmental Disabilities.
Provides exemption from cleanup liability at Superfund sites to certain persons.
Requires DEP Commissioner to establish list of environmentally responsible companies and recognition and grant program for certain exemplary companies; requires companies on list be given preference whenever possible in the awarding of State contracts. *
Provides for payment of standby water service under Condo Services Law.
Concerns employee personnel files.
Requires services under State contracts to be performed in the United States. *
Provides protection from contribution suits to parties who settle under the Spill Act or who receive a no further action letter. *
Creates study commission on the death penalty.
Prohibits cemetery company from charging additional fee for rendering certain services on Sunday.
Establishes a computers for schools program in DOC.
Requires local decision to revoke liquor license be accorded great weight in appeal proceeding.
Requires all voting machines to produce a voter-verified paper record.
Requires polling places be more accessible for individuals with disabilities and elderly; limits waivers to two consecutive years.
Requires hospital and satellite emergency departments to provide care to sexual assault victims and information about emergency contraception and the contraceptives upon request.*
Creates credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons.
Prohibits use of public school corrective actions available under federal law unless actions are scientifically based and proven effective in bringing about desired organizational change.
In committee89
Requires all EMTs to be trained and certified in the performance of cardiac defibrillation.
Revises provisions of the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act."
Permits municipality, local board of health or regional health commission to prohibit indoor smoking in public premises to protect public health.
Includes emergency contraceptives in protocols for sexual assault victims.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Establishes demonstration needle and syringe exchange program in DHSS.
Revises lifeguard pension benefits.
Permits certain sheriff officers to enforce weight limits on certain trucks.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter and Public School Teacher Home-buyer Assistance Act."
Requires each board of education to offer instruction in comprehensive family life education.
Authorizes adoption of municipal transfer of development rights programs.
Creates Vehicles for the Future Study Commission.
Enhances penalties for illegally operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.
Prohibits taking of horseshoe crabs.
Requires certain minimum percentage of alternative fueled vehicles purchased by State to be fuel cell-powered vehicles.
Provides State purchasing preference to fuel cell-powered equipment.
Prohibits sale of certain printers or printer devices with disabling computer mechanisms.
Establishes corporation business tax credit for purchase of certain fuel cell-powered motor vehicles.
Permits granting residency credit points to candidates taking municipal police and fire promotional examinations.
Exempts biodiesel from motor fuels tax.
Requires DHSS investigation and provides for receivership and imposition of enforcement remedies of nursing homes under certain circumstances.
Requires DEP to implement Phase II of California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State in 2006.
Enacts the "New Jersey Parentage Act of 2003."
Revises laws limiting access to sterile syringes and hypodermic needles to prevent spread of blood-borne diseases.
Requires the approval of the Legislature for the elimination of the core curriculum content standards for world languages; and directs the State Board of Education to require the completion of 10 credits in world languages for a State-endorsed high schoo
Requires removal by developer of snow from streets and roads in new subdivisions under certain circumstances.
Regulates the use of cameras in public school restrooms.
Establishes the "New Jersey False Claims Act."
Requires municipal police forces to have cardiac defibrillators; establishes minimum number of units for each municipality.
Provides for special Purple Heart license plates.
Requires written agreements between manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages.
Revises criteria for determining whether a rifle is an assault firearm.
Clarifies possession of machine guns and assault firearms by certain law enforcement officers.
Requires municipal police forces to have cardiac defibrillators; establishes minimum number of units for each municipality.
Creates grant program for nonprofit animal welfare organizations; appropriates $100,000.
Requires Rutgers to study feasibility and estimate costs of transportation efficiency; directs allocation of $50,000 from Transportation Trust Fund.
Makes certain DLPS employees who were formerly prosecutors members of PERS Prosecutors Part.
Allows cap law exception to pay for increased municipal insurance costs.
Establishes State rental assistance program patterned after federal section 8 program; appropriates $50 million.
Authorizes municipalities to require conformity with traffic performance objectives as a condition of subdivision or site plan approval.
Authorizes adoption of timed-growth ordinances by municipalities.
Makes owner of residential rental premises criminally liable for consequences of certain housing violations.
Restricts sales of automotive refinish coatings to licensed auto body repair facilities.
Permits municipalities to require bond from residential rental landlords in certain circumstances.
Limits disclosure of customer information by financial institutions to nonaffiliated third parties.
Allows certain State employee disciplinary matters to be submitted to binding arbitration.
Eliminates enhanced penalties for certain crimes occurring on or in proximity to school property except when such crimes occur in the presence of a child.
Excludes certain deferred compensation of public school and charity, state and local government, and federal employees from current taxation under the gross income tax.
Requires nonpublic schools to establish procedures for the maintenance of, and access to, pupil records and authorizes parental review of tests.
Permits certain persons convicted of welfare fraud to be employed by a school district or a DOE supervised entity after proving rehabilitation.
Requires certain tax-exempt institutions to reimburse school districts for the local educational costs of students who reside in tax-exempt institutional facilities and are enrolled in the district.
Requires public school districts to prepare annual report on school district contracts.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $700,000 to the College of New Jersey to renovate the WiIliam Green Farmhouse.
Prohibits sale and distribution of matches and lighters to persons under 18 years of age.
Requires high schools to include driving safety instruction as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.
Supplemental appropriation of $6 million to DHS for Social Services for the Homeless grant program and $2 million to DMVA to assist homeless veterans.
Directs DHSS to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum nursing staff ratios for general hospitals and nursing facilities and sets limits on medical residents' hours.
Requires health insurers to cover Hepatitis B vaccination costs.
Allows holders of provisional licenses to carry three passengers when driving to or from school or after school extracurricular activity on school grounds.
Authorizes Historic Trenton license plates.
Establishes pilot program in Department of Law and Public Safety using infrared sensors to facilitate roadside truck safety inspections.
Prohibits heavy trucks or truck-trailer combinations on certain county roads.
Directs NJ Transit to study expansion of Princeton area passenger rail service; allocates $250,000.
Authorizes use of photo radar devices for enforcement purposes on certain local streets.
Authorizes local officials to inspect commercial motor vehicles at weigh stations.
Prohibits black bear hunting until completion of report submitted by Rutgers; appropriates $95,000.
Provides additional PERS death benefit coverage.
Eliminates award of attorneys' fees, filing fees and costs of suit for technical violation of the consumer fraud act.
Increases income eligibility limits for PAAD program and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program by $5,000.
Expands membership and revises authority of Fish and Game Council.
Raises vehicle registration fees for heavy vehicles and dedicates portion to Transportation Trust Fund Account.
Amends "Alcoholic Beverage Tax Law" to provide funding for programs seeking to end discrimination against persons in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.
Provides for the State purchase and use of recycled materials in public work.
Requires dealers to notify MVC of certain trade-ins within 21 working days.
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Permits certain managers in the public sector to negotiate collectively under the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act."
Requires the State to reimburse counties for costs incurred in connection with the operation of county prosecutors' offices.
Requires sharing of revenues derived from major developments situated near municipal borders under certain circumstances.
Requires removal of animal used for attack.
Permits concurrence with Pennsylvania of companion legislation regarding Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
Provides for automatic expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances.
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" concerning gender identity or expression discrimination.
Creates new crime of the third degree for persons who commit certain serious crimes while in or on a motorbus, rail passenger service, other public conveyance or a place of public accommodation.
Concerns criteria regarding designation of real property as property tax-exempt.
"Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
Permits holders of restricted brewery licenses to sell to retailers not more than half of maximum amount of malt alcoholic beverages they brew each year.
Directs Commissioner of DHS to prepare annual Access to Employer-Based Health Insurance for NJ FamilyCare Enrollees report.
Establishes "New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act."
Carried from the Senate
Became law8
Requires all services under State contracts or subcontracts be performed within US. *
Provides exemption from cleanup liability at Superfund sites to certain persons.
Creates study commission on the death penalty and imposes moratorium on imposition of death penalty. *
Requires hospital and satellite emergency departments to provide care to sexual assault victims and information about emergency contraception and the contraceptives upon request. *
"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces.
Provides that surviving domestic partner would have the same intestacy rights as a surviving spouse and would have authority to make funeral arrangements. *
Permits certain minors to consent to medical care or treatment for HIV infection or AIDS.
Provides protection from contribution suits to parties who settle under the Spill Act or who receive a no further action letter. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 47
Establishes "New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project."
Expands campaign communications required to feature identification to include telephone calls featuring recorded messages made in regard to candidates and public questions.
Requires ELEC to review its Internet site and recommend improvements in format and content.
Directs ELEC to collect $100 annual fee from legislative agents; dedicates moneys annually to ELEC. *
Prohibits legislative agents from accepting contingency fees to influence legislation or regulation.
Appropriates $2 million to the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC); imposes one-time assessment on legislative agents for ELEC Internet upgrade.
Establishes Property Tax Convention Task Force; appropriates $250,000.
"Kinship Legal Guardianship Notification Act."
Provides for fast track permitting of biotechnology related industries.
Provides that intersections with non-operational traffic control signals are to be treated as stop intersections under certain circumstances.
Prohibits transmission of certain unsolicited fax advertisements over telephone lines.
Requires ownership label or notice on ATMs.
Requires nursing homes to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Prohibits delivery of unsolicited credit cards and limits recipients' liability for unauthorized use of unsolicited credit cards or checks.*
Restores Department of the Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch. **
Provides that information about location of a shelter for victims of domestic violence shall not be a public record.
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to compile and provide certain staffing information to the public. *
Requires regional municipal and county utilities and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners to provide reduced sewer and water connection fees for certain affordable housing projects. *
Prohibits sale or distribution of cigarettes in packs of less than 20.
Requires DLPS to establish policy for State Police and local law enforcement in working with Safe Return Program to recover lost individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders. *
Amends the State's guardianship law. *
Provides paid and unpaid leaves of absence for service with public employee unions and allows full cost purchase of PERS credit for period of leave.
Adds two members to Water Supply Advisory Council.
Provides that public school pupils may choose not to participate in certain experiments involving animals and requires schools to provide alternative education projects.
Revises charity care distribution formula.
Authorizes $3 assessment on municipal court costs to upgrade Automated Traffic System.
Establishes State rental assistance program patterned after federal section 8 program; permits allocation of funds under the Fair Housing Act to program as permitted purpose. *
Extends authority for municipalities to establish transfer of development rights programs and sets forth parameters for creation thereof.
Establishes program for removal of mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles. *
Establishes crime of human trafficking; adds to racketeering; authorizes victim compensation and services; provides certain affirmative defenses. **
Makes the unlawful use or possession of a scanning device or reencoder a crime. *
Makes various changes to the Garden State Preservation Trust Act.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Permits units of local government to limit award of public contracts to business entities that make political contributions; requires certain business entities to file annual disclosure statement. **
Appropriates $1,289,407 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for Mercer County College.
Establishes requirements for reducing fine particle diesel emissions from certain vehicles and equipment; creates fund for financing costs associated therewith; increases penalties for idling and authorizes DEP to establish additional restrictions on sch
Appropriates $16,181,750 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $2.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Authorizes NJ Commerce and Economic Growth Commission to establish a Foundation for Technology Advancement. *
Bans sale of certain mercury thermometers.
Creates World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Requires health insurers and SHBP providing dependent coverage to provide for election of coverage by certain dependents until their 30th birthday. *
The "Bounty Hunter Licensing Act."
Requires State Board of Education to include two hours of instruction in suicide prevention as part of professional development for public school teaching staff members and to revise the Core Curriculum Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Educ
The "Identity Theft Prevention Act" *
Establishes prevailing wage standards for State building service contracts.
Makes FY2006 supplemental General Fund appropriations of $4 million to DHS for home heating assistance and $9 million to Treasury for energy assistance programs. *
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Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Requires lenders to provide debtors with amount necessary to cure debt and attach copy of 14 day notice to application for final judgment in certain foreclosure actions.
Prohibits sale or lease of unsafe or recalled children's products and their use by licensed child care facilities.
Establishes voluntary Statewide physician joint purchasing alliance.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey-Local Open Space Acquisition.
Provides immunity from civil liability for school personnel and school bus contractor employees who use reasonable force or restraint to stop fights on school property or to defend themselves against a student assault. **
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons. *
Removes confidential employee status from investigators in Division of Criminal Justice.
Incorporates federal standards governing sale and transfer of firearms to aliens and non-residents. *
Creates the "Biometric Identifier Privacy Act."
Requires certain information to be included in a retailer's advertisement of merchandise for sale.
Requires charge to nonresidents for E-ZPass transponders. *
Establishes the New Jersey-Africa Commission.
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Bars sex offenders from positions in youth serving organizations.
Provides for civil action against person committing act of cruelty against domestic companion animal.
Authorizes local board of health to declare as a nuisance premises in which there have been multiple arrests for illegal sale or possession of drugs.
Decreases certain motor vehicle fines and lengthens time to provide proof of insurance.
Permits transcript or videotape of testimony before local issuing authority to be admissible in ABC appeal.
Establishes certain nutritional restrictions on food and beverages served, sold or given away to pupils in public and certain nonpublic schools. *
"Bloodborne Disease Harm Reduction Act"; permits establishment of sterile syringe paccess programs, appropriates $10,000,000. *
Permits limited pharmacy sales of syringes and needles without prescription.
Establishes the Commercial and Technology Part in the Superior Court.
Concerns magazine subscriptions.
Concerns tax preparation services for certain clients.
Directs public school officials regarding the administration and implementation of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001." *
Requires Attorney General to prepare pamphlet for parents on keeping children safe from predators. *
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Out of committee · 61
Extends certain financial disclosure requirements to lobbying conducted through advertisements and direct mail to general public.
Prohibits solicitation and making of political contributions on State property by certain persons.
Requires certain campaign and organizational treasurers to be trained by ELEC. *
Changes memberships of Executive Commission on Ethical Standards and Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards.
Establishes "Commission to Examine Strategies for Strengthening Familial Bond Between Children and Incarcerated Parents."
Clarifies that law enforcement agencies may access juvenile central registry information.
Requires insurers that provide outpatient prescription drug benefits and State Health Benefits Program to cover costs of prescription female contraceptives. *
Affords emergency services peer counselors confidentiality privileges.
Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Establishes NJ STARS Program to provide scholarships for county college students. *
Repeals provision allowing vehicles, under certain conditions, to enter and proceed through stop intersection without stopping twice.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Increases the maximum amount of bonds issued by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority for the Public Library Project Fund from $45 million to $95 million to provide library construction and technology grants.
Clarifies certain provisions in the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes. *
Authorizes court to refrain from imposing driver's license suspension on defendant convicted of CDS offense if compelling circumstances exist.
Establishes Inmate Education and Vocational Training Study Commission.
Revises laws restricting operation of personal watercraft and permits local police enforcement.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund.
Establishes special environmental prosecutor. *
Requires DEP to classify certain reservoirs and reservoir feeder streams as category one waters. *
Authorizes actions for damages for computer embezzlement.
Concerns lost or stolen E-ZPass transponders. *
Requires employer notifications to workers regarding temporary disability benefits.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Requires health clubs to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Establishes "Alan M. Augustine Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; appropriates $100,000. *
Regulates operation of motorized scooters and motorcycles. *
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to qualified handicapped persons at sheltered workshops.
Authorizes the State, with prior approval by the State House Commission, to use eminent domain power to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes provided lands are protective of drinking water sources.
"New Jersey Clean Water, Drought Mitigation and Water Resource Trust Fund Act." *
Establishes three-year demonstration "Senior Citizen Housing and Health Screening Center Program" in DHSS. *
Extends certain benefits to veterans of Operations Northern and Southern Watch.
Authorizes municipal governing body to create and maintain list of municipal residents in need of special assistance in case of emergency for public safety purposes.
Requires Medicaid program to pay recipients' Medicare prescription drug copayments.
The "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act"; creates Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council; and dedicates a portion of realty transfer fee revenue annually for certain State aid purposes in Highlands Region and the pinelands area. **
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges. **
Limits certain State and nonprofit open space acquisitions in municipalities. *
Provides for alternate disciplinary action review and appeal procedures through collective bargaining between State and its employees.
Provides that surviving domestic partner would have the same intestacy rights as a surviving spouse and would have authority to make funeral arrangements. *
Authorizes DEP to assess penalties for violations of the "Safe Dam Act" and to charge owners for repairs to dams.
Exempts solar energy systems from real property taxation.
"Billy's Law;" directs Department of Education to establish a register of qualified educational facilities outside the State for special education students and establishes procedures for the placement of such facilities on the register.
Concerns rental assistance grants and employment and training services and makes an appropriation. *
Supplemental appropriation of $4,998,581 to DHSS for AIDS Drug Distribution Program and other AIDS services.
"Family Health Care Coverage Act"; reestablishes NJ FamilyCare Program, expands eligibility for Medicaid program for parents and adults without dependent children and provides for pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates for GA program. *
"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus land in Township of Ewing, Mercer County, to winning auction bidder.
Increases the minimum wage; creates New Jersey Minimum Wage Advisory Commission.
"New Jersey Advance Directives for Mental Health Care Act."
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. *
Allocates monies from assessment on hospital operating revenues to support federally qualified health centers.
Prohibits computer-assisted remote hunting.
Appropriates $16,575,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $5.015 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Revises criteria for placing juveniles in detention.
Requires partners and other owners of pass-through entities to credit payments made on their behalf against estimated taxes to end "double withholding."
Provides a credit under the corporation business tax and gross income tax for film production expenses incurred in New Jersey and provides for the transfer of those tax credits to other taxpayers. *
Establishes NJ STARS II Program for NJ STARS scholars who advance to a New Jersey four-year public institution of higher education; appropriates $1,000,000 to Higher Education Student Assistant Authority. *
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Clarifies that the term "deadly weapon" includes an animal.
Provides family leave insurance.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments.
Changes in-service training requirement for licensed foster parents.
Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.
Eliminates mandatory license suspension for nonpayment of insurance surcharge; authorizes payment options.
Requires reporting by certain persons of attemped or completed suicides by youth and establishes NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated.
Limits operation of personal watercraft in coastal wetlands.
Designated the "Clean Indoor Air Act."
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize county services.
Requires humane treatment of calves raised for veal.
Creates the Medical Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Commission.
Prohibits sale of tobacco products in vending machines and establishes requirements for retail sales of tobacco.
Requires emergency first aid and first responder retraining for local law enforcement officers; establishes a "duty to act" in emergency situations for on-duty local law enforcement officers.
Amends the "Fair Housing Act" to change details of regional contribution agreements.
Establishes certain customer protection requirements for cable televison customers.
Upgrades crime of stalking when victim is 16 years old or less.
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
Establishes "Virtual Medical Monitoring Service Pilot Program" in DHSS; appropriates $150,000.
Provides for receipt for voter at primary or general election; allows receipt to be proof of eligibility to vote in subsequent election; provides State reimbursement.
Establishes the New Jersey Prescription Drug Cost Reduction Study Commission.
Supplemental appropriation for $250,000 to DHS for a grant to the New Jersey 2-1-1 Partnership.
Revises receivership statutes.
Requires that 10% of State portion of Work First New Jersey emergency assistance funding be used to pay for development of low-income rental housing.
Permits certain funds to be spent on temporary emergency housing; appropriates $1 million to DCA rental assistance program.
Expands municipal power to address abandoned properties.
Requires installation of protective fencing along certain overpasses.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Exempts State-chartered credit unions from sales and use tax.
Establishes standards for State and State authority design-build contracts and design-build-operate and maintain contracts.
Establishes procedures for issuance of certain bonds, notes and other obligations.
Provides for assessment, at municipal option, of additional realty transfer fee of $0.75 for each $500 of consideration or fractional part thereof recited in the deed in excess of $150,000, and provides for proceeds therefrom to be used for municipal ope
Authorizes a municipal court to impose certain sanctions on children with a pattern of repeated unauthorized absences from school.
Increases public members on New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.
"Pharmacy Benefits Management Company Act."
Provides SHBP coverage for certain services by marriage and family therapists and clinical social workers.
Protects certain compliant municipalities from builder's remedy under "Fair Housing Act" pending readoption of methodologies, criteria and guidelines.
Establishes criminal penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage.
Establishes special license plates supporting literacy programs.
Provides that the State shall pay health insurance premiums for survivors of certain police officers in PERS.
Requires mortgage lenders to include list of financial assistance programs with notice of intention to foreclose.
Establishes a juror voluntary charitable contribution system.
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Establishes Commission on Juvenile Involvement in Gangs; appropriates $95,000.
Authorizes a motion to dismiss in a cause of action arising from a defendant's valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petition for the redress of grievances.
Creates the offense of trafficking in and possession of counterfeit commuter tickets.
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
The "Steep Slope Protection Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Creates E-ZPass "Bill of Rights."
Establishes Fuel Cell Research Center at Rutgers; appropriates $500,000.
Requires State to pay expenses associated with nonpartisan municipal elections.
Provides criteria to be used by DEP when determining if certain wetlands are part of surface water tributary system.
The "Smart Growth Tax Credit Act."
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Authorizes local governments to finance animal shelter and care facilities operated by nonprofit organizations.
Prohibits imposition by water utilities of standby fees or charges for certain fire protection systems.
Appropriates $2.5 million to DEP for Proprietary House restoration.
Allows State or State authority to terminate construction contract upon transfer of contractor's ownership or control; requires advance approval of subcontractor changes.
Requires State and State authorities to report to Legislature on certain contracts; requires State Auditor to review the financing of certain contracts.
Prohibits possession of tobacco in a public place and its purchase by persons under 18.
Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
Provides for the reduction of employee contribution rates when employer contribution rates are reduced in State-administered retirement systems.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.
Extends long-term foster care until the age of 21.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DHSS for grant to North Jersey Community Research Initiative.
Requires the Commission on Higher Education to develop an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing degree program for foreign medical school graduates.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Requires surcharge for passenger restraint violation; establishes Child Safety Seat Distribution Program Fund.
Establishes September 11th Memorial License Plate; dedicates fees therefrom to support a memorial and victims injured in attack.
Expands FamilyCare Health Coverage Program to cover single adults and couples without dependent children with incomes up to 133% of poverty level.
Repeals law relating to transportation development districts and provides for establishment of transportation enhancement districts.
Permits person with criminal record to obtain certain employment if disqualifying offense was committed more than 10 years ago.
Provides for enrollment in PERS of certain employees of the City of Newark.
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation.
Increases minimum wage.
Establishes the offense of incest.
Permits certain motor vehicle offenders to apply for a restricted use license.
Revises fines for drivers unable to exhibit a driver's license, insurance card or registration certificate.
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.
Abolishes death penalty in New Jersey; provides for resentencing for persons sentenced to death.
Concerns standards for the groundwater remediation of contaminated sites.
Permits all municipalities to adopt ordinances requiring bond from seasonal rental landlords in certain circumstances.
Requires retail food establishments to provide certain nutritional information for food or beverage items sold to its customers.
Requires all cats and dogs released from pounds and shelters be sterilized with certain exceptions; establishes special fund for sterilizations; increases certain dog-related fees and dedicates increases to the fund.
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Allows a deduction against New Jersey gross income for bicycle commuters.
Provides for regional economic impact report and review by affected municipalities for certain proposed large scale retail developments.
Requires written prescriptions to be legibly printed or typed.
Prohibits delegation of investment discretion of Director of Division of Investment to outside managers.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Provides for temporary voluntary deduction from compensation of State employees for donation to American Red Cross for disaster relief in Southeast Asia.
Provides DEP commissioner with veto authority over all hunts.
Limits expenditure of State funds on State advertisements or promotions that feature the Governor.
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits of elected official convicted of crime involving office held.
Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral or religious reasons.
Authorizes denying development applications of developers who defaulted on performance and maintenance bonds and establishes system for sharing notice of performance and maintenance bond defaults.
Revises the eligibility criteria under the State earned income tax credit to equal the eligibility criteria of the federal earned income tax credit.
Requires disclosure to subscribers of certain cable television costs.
Establishes "New Jersey Council on Child Poverty."
Requires public schools to include instruction on humane treatment of animals as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
"Recycling Enhancement Act."
Permits certain senior citizens or disabled persons to qualify as " eligible claimant" for homestead property tax reimbursement even if fourth quarter property taxes are delinquent.
Requires Division of Taxation to provide certain information to applicants deemed ineligible.
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Route 31 Purple Heart Memorial Highway," appropriates $2,500.
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment for sexual assault upon a minor.
Requires all municipal court administrators to be certified and provides for interim municipal court administrator appointments under certain circumstances.
Bars high-risk and moderate-risk sex offenders from residing within 2,500 feet of a school, child care center or playground.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for 50% of purchase of diesel engine conversion devices.
Prohibits transportation of nerve agent VX on public highways.
Requires partners and other owners of pass-through entities to credit payments made on their behalf against estimated taxes to end "double withholding."
Provides for plaque in State House to honor Walter Gilbert Alexander, first African-American Assemblyman.