Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, General Assembly.
Michael Patrick Carroll
Sponsored
Became law1
Permits municipalities to amend zoning ordinances without COAH approval under certain circumstances.
Passed the General Assembly1
Specifies use of actual enumeration of State's population by Apportionment Commission and Redistricting Commission to establish legislative and congressional districts.
Out of committee7
Provides special license plates for Purple Heart recipients.
Clarifies law with regard to commissions of executors of estates.
Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct an oral recitation from the Declaration of Independence before the opening of each school day in grades 3-12; appropriates $10,000.
Requires administrative law judge to make final decision in contested cases.
Exempts certain partnerships, firms or corporations associated with former member of Judiciary from current restrictions regarding holders of, or applicants for, casino licenses.
Establishes 10 year limitation on surveyor's liability with exception for adverse possession cases.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct one-half of their federal self-employment taxes from gross income under the gross income tax.
In committee29
Prohibits public and certain private affirmative action programs based upon race, ethnicity, sex, color or national origin.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Clarifies definition of "a place of public accommodation" under the Law Against Discrimination.
Authorizes appointment of investigatory experts by council resolution in certain municipalities.
"Women's Rights to Know Act."
Repeals the "Federal Clean Air Mandate Compliance Act."
Prohibits Medicaid funding for abortifacients.
Exempts certain motorists from disqualification for organizational and special registration plates for certain vehicle offenses.
Broadens authority of surrogates with regard to the investment of certain funds held for the benefit of minors.
Limits awards of attorneys' fees, filing fees and costs of suit to certain persons in consumer fraud actions.
Concerns municipal rent control ordinances.
Establishes pilot investment program for funds of minors under certain circumstances.
Provides for a presumption of joint physical custody in a child custody determination; addresses relocation.
Changes date of school board members election, special school elections and election of fire district commissioners to general election; establishes separate presidential primary in February; eliminates school budget elections.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets and capital gains under the gross income tax.
Regulates use of human embryos fertilized in vitro.
Directs Commissioner of Transportation to issue permit for a certain sign.
Dedesignates portions of Route 24.
Prohibits use of punch card type election ballot.
Provides for availability of certain source codes used in counting votes to State and counties.
Changes way electors for President and Vice President of the United States are selected in State.
Establishes special license plates to fund certain programs for pregnant women.
Requires naturalized U.S. citizens to provide certain information on voter registration form.
Repeals grandparents visitation statute.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for employers who allow their employees to telecommute.
Allows for a gross income tax deduction for any honorably discharged member of the US Armed Forces, reserve unit or national guard.
Provides immunity to governmental entities distributing emergency cell phones and pagers.
Prohibits discriminatory rental practices of government funded premises.
Prohibits human cloning.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Provides for presumption of death for persons exposed to catastrophic events.
Concerns certain public benefits available to persons affected by September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on US.
Permits local units to establish snow removal funds.
Requires proof of valid motor vehicle insurance before release of impounded motor vehicle in certain cases.
Proposes a series of amendments to laws dealing with court fees in the Special Civil Part of Superior Court.
Eases restrictions on issuance of personalized and courtesy license plates.
Allows candidate for school board to sign own nominating petition.
"Leonard Cohen's Law"; concerns hospital patient transfers.
Removes requirement that a public utility employee's Social Security number appear on employee's identification badge.
Gives county surrogate the option to deposit minors' funds in any federally insured bank within the United States.
"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act."
Requires State to sell and convey portion of Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital property to Morris County.
Vetoed · 1
Amends "The New Home Warranty and Builders' Registration Act" to enhance oversight and accountability.
Passed the General Assembly · 9
Eliminates certain fees charged to adoptive parents in particular cases.
Empowers acting sheriffs to perform real estate sales in sheriffs' absences and empowers notaries public to take affidavits made attendant to such sales.
Increases miles of highway eligible for 65 MPH designation; specifies segments for such designation.
Requires the licensing of bail runners as private detectives.
Requires the Director of the Division of Taxation to establish a gross income tax payment system by credit card or debit card.
Requires DOT to conduct mosquito abatement on storm water drainage facilities; appropriates $1.25 million. *
Permits master deed of condominium to reflect proportional common and limited common elements interests of each owner as fractions.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Bars imposition of sanctions imposed personally on elected officials on grounds arising out of votes cast in furtherance of the duties of their office.
Out of committee · 13
Clarifies that punitive damages may not be awarded against public entities or public employees acting within the scope of their employment in any action.*
Allows vendors to retain 1% of sales tax collected as consideration for collecting and promptly remitting the same.
Requires DOT to submit proposed noise mitigation measures to county for county to select type of noise mitigation measure to be employed.
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Permits person registering to vote to declare political affiliation on voter registration form. *
Provides for life sentence without parole eligibility for persons convicted of murder under certain circumstances.
Requires that administrative rules be written in simple language. *
"Congestion Reduction and Transportation Trust Fund Renewal Act."
Creates Lake Hopatcong Commission; appropriates $3 million.
Appropriates $135 million to the DEP for dam, lake, and stream projects.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Provides single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula, eliminates "regular place of business" requirement to allocate less than 100% of income to New Jersey, provides airline-specific sales fraction. *
Provides property tax exemption for maximum of two parsonages of any congregation of any religious corporation in the State.
In committee · 36
Requires part-time service by new PERS members to be credited at one half the length of that service for certain benefit calculation purposes.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on Class C beneficiaries and nieces and nephews of a decedent.
Supplements and repeals certain statutes dealing with evidence and service of process.
Revises New Jersey's firearms statutes to conform with federal Brady Law.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Establishes special license plates supporting literacy programs.
The Death Tax Elimination Act; repeals the transfer inheritance tax.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Exempts public entities operating public recreational facilities from liability for damages resulting from personal injury.
Includes same sex marriages among marriages declared void; provides that New Jersey will not recognize marriages in other jurisdictions which are void in New Jersey.
Establishes State Police toll-free hot line for reporting possible sex-related crimes involving juveniles over interactive computer services, appropriates $150,000.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Reduces sales and use tax rate from 6% to 5.5% on July 1, 1999 and to 5% on July 1, 2001.
Provides that DEP may only assess direct program costs in permit fees.
Expands definition of antique cannon to include replicas.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.
"Ban on Trafficking in Baby Body Parts Act."
Provides for motor fuel tax rebates and pass-through of cost savings to motor fuel users during period of higher retail pricing and makes appropriation therefore.
The "Dormitory Fire Safety Act."
Appropriates $7.5 million annually in tobacco settlement monies for cancer research.
Authorizes school boards to establish a firearm safety program.
"Post-Viability Protection Act."
Directs Secretary of State to establish toll-free telephone service to facilitate contacting of Executive Branch State agencies.
Changes earliest date of construction or rehabilitation of housing granted credits without controls.
Provides for nonbinding referendum as to the permanent berthing of the Battleship U.S.S. New Jersey; makes an appropriation.
"The New Jersey Scouts Honor Act of 2000."
Authorizes local government units to construct locally funded public indoor recreation facilities on certain lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes.
Provides that certain municipal records concerning persons under age 18 will not be publicly accessible.
Invalidates votes cast for general election candidate who dies; provides candidate with next largest vote elected.
Increases penalties for lying about conduct of law enforcement officer.
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority to establish memorial program for members of the State Police who were killed in line of duty.
Provides for 30-year indeterminate term for compulsive and repetitive sex offenders.
Allows certain individuals and private small business employers to purchase SHBP coverage.
Establishes World Trade Center Memorial Commission.
Eliminates mandatory county appropriation of amount certified by county college board of school estimate.
Modifies Fair Housing Act and State Planning Act to assist in provision of affordable housing.
Filed · 1
The "New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act;" appropriates $8.98 million.