Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Jerry Green
Sponsored
Became law4
Authorizes Governor to prevent rent gouging in areas declared to be in state of emergency.
Provides that use for recreation and conservation purposes of lands included in certain adopted redevelopment plans does not subject those lands to Green Acres diversion requirements and process when they are eventually used for other purposes as designa
Provides separate standards for handicapped access in public buildings versus multi-family dwellings.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Passed the General Assembly1
Permits master deed of condominium to reflect proportional common and limited common elements interests of each owner as fractions.
Out of committee7
Forgives the reimbursement of State aid by former constituent district of a dissolved regional school district.
Prohibits smoking by minors in facilities receiving State funds.
Requires coverage for certain nonprescription formulas under certain health benefits plans, including SHBP. **
Establishes professional standards for county sheriffs and their employees.
Concerns local housing authority crime reporting.
Establishes Joint Committee on Affordable Housing.
Extends authority for municipalities to establish transfer of development rights programs and sets forth parameters for creation thereof.
In committee14
Adds the fact that the crime was committed against a child under the age of 16 as an aggravating factor in sentencing.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Requires institutions of higher education to develop campus security plans.
Increase penalties for failure to properly use child restraint systems in motor vehicles.
Supplemental appropriation of $574,736 to Piscataway Township School District for the educational costs of children housed on the Rutgers campus.
Appropriates $317,000 in FY 2001 to the DOE for aid to the Bound Brook School District for extraordinary costs of recovery from Hurricane Floyd.
Permits eviction for good cause of tenants who are creating nuisance; requires court to notify landlord when restraining order has been issued barring tenant from residential rental property.
Restricts bail options for second and subsequent offenses occurring while released.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Clarifies that the term "deadly weapon" includes an animal.
Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Suspends during certain State fiscal years the statutory dedications of State realty transfer fee revenues and temporarily cancels the direction to suspend that State revenue source.
Designates third Saturday in June of each year "Juneteenth Independence Day" in New Jersey.
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Filed1
Provides that school pupil may not be on board a school bus unless driver is on board.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Provides that school pupil may not be on board a school bus unless driver is on board.
Concerns local housing authority crime reporting.
Appropriates $11.05 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern New Jersey.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 24
Prohibits imposition by water utilities of standby fees or charges for certain fire protection systems. ***
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history.
Restricts surgical debarking or silencing of dogs.
Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for high school students and new full-time students at institutions of higher education.**
Concerns public works contracts and project labor agreements with labor organizations. *
Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness.
Revises Clean Communities Program and makes available recycling grants to counties and municipalities. *
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the income of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. *
Revises receivership statutes.
Expands municipal power to address abandoned properties. *
Increases maximum penalty for "State Uniform Construction Code Act" violations from $500 to $2,000. *
Requires DMVA and DOT to conduct study on feasibility of integrating Civil Air Patrol in State's homeland security initiatives. *
Designates State office building in Asbury Park as "Thomas S. Smith, Sr. State Office Building."
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. **
Requires prequalification of certain persons who perform school construction management services. *
Establishes New Jersey Obesity Prevention Task Force.
Extends eligibility for State veterans' benefits to veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Establishes a minimum per diem base pay of $100 for members of National Guard called to State active duty.
Provides State-paid health care benefits coverage through SHBP for certain National Guard members called to State active duty for 30 days or more.
Establishes right of person engaged in military service for more than 90 days to cancel motor vehicle lease without penalty.
"Domestic Partnership Act"; establishes domestic partnerships. *
Establishes Office of the Child Advocate. **
Vetoed · 1
Requires release of bid list prior to bid date under "Local Public Contracts Law."
Passed the General Assembly · 18
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Upgrades simple assault committed against domestic violence victims to aggravated assault.
Establishes hiring preference for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty seeking appointment to municipal police forces.
Upgrades crime of leaving the scene of a fatal accident to a crime of the second degree.
Authorizes U.S. Supreme Court justices and all U.S. Court of Appeals judges to solemnize marriages.
Repeals provision allowing vehicles, under certain conditions, to enter and proceed through stop intersection without stopping twice.
Provides that intersections with non-operational traffic control signals are to be treated as stop intersections under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Commission to Examine Strategies for Strengthening Familial Bond Between Children and Incarcerated Parents."
Establishes the New Jersey-Africa Commission.
Requires municipal and county utilities to provide reduced sewer and water connection fees for certain affordable housing projects.
Directs Adjutant General of DMVA to develop and report plan to provide home-based and outpatient health care to NJ veterans. *
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Extends military leave benefits for members of the Reserve and National Guard called to federal active duty for extended periods of time.
Excludes housing and subsistence allowances of National Guard members on State active duty from gross income under the gross income tax.
Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student who is called to active duty for certain military operations.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Prohibits public colleges from charging tuition and fees to students who are spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or in Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Requires staff members of residential child care facilities to undergo criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks.
Out of committee · 28
Prohibits sale of tobacco products in vending machines and establishes requirements for retail sales of tobacco.
Requires payment of prevailing wages in construction related to New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission and EDA assistance. *
Establishes new method of establishing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates financial liability of certain family members. *
Designated the "Clean Indoor Air Act."
Authorizes extension of municipal employee health care waiver program to other coverage.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Appropriates $11.05 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern New Jersey.
Establishes a Learning Through Listening Program in public school districts to assist students with print disabilities.*
Increases membership and term of office of certain county tax board members.
Concerns workers' compensation for occupational disease claims and workers' compensation benefits rates for surviving dependents.
Authorizes leases of municipally owned real estate to PAL or PBA.
Revises Clean Communities Program and makes available recycling grants to counties and municipalities.
Requires toll road authorities' towing and storage operators to inform motorists of towing fees; establishes penalties for non-compliance.
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group. *
Establishes low interest mortgage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Requires county prosecutors to investigate credible allegations of voter intimidation; requires Attorney General to direct investigation if county prosecutor fails to act. *
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates. *
Authorizes court to refrain from imposing driver's license suspension on defendant convicted of CDS offense if compelling circumstances exist. *
The "Responsible Pit Bull Ownership Licensing Act"; authorizes municipalities to require a license for a person to own, keep or harbor a pit bull.
Requires landlords to maintain list of tenants for emergencies and clarifies that unit owners rather than common interest associations are required to file certificate of registration.
Makes certain reforms in the process of estimating and certifying State revenues for the annual State budget.
Repeals law creating State poet laureate.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for application filed prior to July 1, 2007.
"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. *
Exempts from the sales and use tax sales made at concession stands located in State-owned veterans' homes.
Provides that preliminary eligible costs will equal estimated actual costs for certain health and safety school facilities projects.
Revises statutes concerning criminal history background checks; permits counties and municipalities to enact ordinance or resolution requesting background check for official governmental purpose.
In committee · 59
The "Multiple Dwelling State Tax Credit Act."
The "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
Prohibits use of unmarked police vehicles for routine traffic stops.
Grants paid leave for certain firefighters who are affiliates of certain Black or Hispanic firefighters' associations to attend State or national conventions.
Extends overtime pay requirements to certain workers.
Requires health benefits coverage for prescription drugs for treatment of epilepsy.
Establishes State Pediatric Epilepsy Resource Program; appropriates $50,000.
Increases minimum wage.
Concerns disqualification from unemployment benefits.
Provides family leave insurance.
Authorizes payment of unemployment benefits during leave related to birth and adoption.
Expands Medicaid to cover additional disabled children.
Establishes special license plates supporting literacy programs.
Establishes program to increase collection of unpaid motor vehicle fines.
Permits municipality, local board of health or regional health commission to prohibit indoor smoking in public premises to protect public health.
Establishes a computers for schools program in DOC.
Requires health insurers to cover Hepatitis B vaccination costs.
Permits municipal ordinances regulating time, place, manner and frequency of blasting activities.
Repeals prohibition against "negative check-off" fees on public institution of higher education tuition bills.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Appropriates $50 million to acquire real property in areas affected by Hurricane Floyd, pay relocation expenses, and compensate for lost property taxes.
Authorizes UEZA to designate an additional zone.
Prohibits black bear hunting for five years; requires development of plan for bear population control; and appropriates $95,000.
Permits municipality under State supervision to reduce operating costs through employee early retirement and termination incentive program.
Permits aid to State supervised municipalities to eliminate structural deficit.
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
Appropriates $50,000 to DHS for a grant to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to report directly to Governor.
Establishes Task Force on Equitable Compensation; appropriates $95,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $22.9 million in General and federal Funds to DHSS for supplemental charity care.
Increases penalties for possession of a weapon during drug offenses.
Enhances tax relief under the NJ SAVER and Homestead Rebate Act.
Requires annual audited financial reports of insurance companies.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Dedicates use of tobacco settlement monies for certain health-related purposes and appropriates $40 million in State funds and $40 million in federal funds to increase Medicaid inpatient reimbursement rates.
Establishes "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments.
Extends long-term foster care until the age of 21.
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
The "Multiple Dwelling State Tax Credit Act."
"Business Incentive for Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.
Provides for awarding contract to one of three lowest bidders under "Local Public Contract Law."
Makes apparel manufacturers and contractors liable for labor law violations of contractors.
Requires health insurers to cover medically necessary expenses for preventing infertility in women undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Prohibits searches of motor vehicles by police officers without probable cause.
Requires posting of warning signs concerning potential of infection, and provision of washing or disinfecting areas, at certain establishments or events where humans may come in contact with animals.
Renames and expands scope of Commission on Racism, Racial Violence and Religious Violence.
Moves division of Criminal Justice investigators from unclassified to cover service of civil service.
Requires State Police to establish trooper performance database and early warning system.
Permits persons convicted of certain third degree offenses to be employed by a school district or a DOE supervised entity after proving rehabilitation.
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.
Amends the "Fair Housing Act" to change details of regional contribution agreements.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose gifts, fees and other economic benefits provided to health care providers for promotional and marketing purposes to DHSS.
Exempts vanpool rentals from domestic security fee imposed under P.L.2002, c.34.
Authorizes municipalities to require conformity with traffic performance objectives as a condition of subdivision or site plan approval.
Permits immediate expungement of court records where the person is acquitted or discharged or where the charges have been dismissed.