Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Tim Eustace
Sponsored
Became law8
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice or represent oneself to others concerning certain licensed or certified health care related professions.**
Prohibits health care facilities from discharging prescription medications into sewer or septic systems in certain circumstances.***
Permits a child who moves out of a school district due to a family crisis to remain enrolled in that district until the end of the school year.
Bans charging workers' compensation claimants for medical expenses, gives Division of Workers' Compensation sole jurisdiction over work-related medical claims.
Protects minors by prohibiting attempts to change sexual orientation.
Provides that participation by New Jersey residents in contests of skill does not constitute unlawful gambling. *
Requires emergency operations plans in certain senior occupied buildings.
Provides limited exemption from development regulations to allow certain structures to be raised as high as the highest applicable flood elevation standard.**
Passed the General Assembly3
Encourages development of electric vehicle charging stations in transportation projects.
Concerns payment of independent contractors.
Requires businesses receiving State economic development subsidy to report campaign contributions greater than $10,000.
Out of committee10
Establishes grant program in DCA to provide funding to youth mentoring programs.
Establishes the "New Jersey Employer Identity Disclosure Act".*
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to provide natural gas refueling, propane refueling, and electric vehicle recharging stations at certain rest areas on New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlanti
Establishes small business loan guarantee program in EDA to support capital purchases and operating expenses and permits certain qualified businesses in regional centers to qualify for certain EDA loans.
Concerns importation and delivery of motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Concerns sale of certain motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Eliminates 10% surcharge on employer UI taxes during fiscal year 2014.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
"Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act"; provides student-athletes, parents, and coaches with information on sudden cardiac arrest and establishes protocol concerning removal-from-play for athletes exhibiting symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest.
In committee29
Requires that all emergency departments have necessary pediatric equipment available.
Prohibits certain breeding and sales practices; requires persons selling cats or dogs to provide certain information; and provides penalties.
Requires review and approval by New York and New Jersey legislatures of toll increases or new tolls proposed by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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.
Establishes pilot program in Department of Education to provide instruction in personal finance to elementary school students.
Requires public schools which have automated external defibrillators to adopt policies concerning usage.
Exempts certain materials and labor used to convert traditional motor vehicles into plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicles from sales and use tax.
Imposes moratorium on construction and land use approvals in 100-year floodplains.
The "Rainwater Capture and Water Conservation Incentives Act."
Permits toll-free passage on State toll roads for certain buses traveling to casinos.
Establishes energy efficiency standards for battery chargers.
Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program; appropriates $95,000.
Permits temporary casino gaming at Meadowlands Complex for 2014 Super Bowl.
Permits temporary casino gaming at Meadowlands Complex for 2014 Hambletonian Race.
Requires disclosure of information about contributions and expenditures for candidates for elective public office, or for public questions, by publicly traded corporations doing business in State.
Prohibits the use of county and municipal vehicles by part-time elected local government officers.
Requires BPU to conduct pilot program to allow free parking for alternative fuel vehicles and alternative technology vehicles.
Permits certain businesses to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of alternative power generation devices; requires toll road authority contracts to provide for alternative power generation devices at service stations.
Increases firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase a handgun fee.
Establishes the "New Jersey Sunshine in Litigation Act"; requires disclosure of judgements, records, and settlements concerning public hazards.
Requires BPU to provide grants for cost of purchase and installation of certain electric metering equipment for solar electric power generation systems.
Establishes prescription drug donation repository program.
Establishes Capture, Control, and Conserve Reward Rebate Program in DEP to encourage property owners to implement certain techniques to conserve water or control stormwater runoff.
Increases flexibility, clarity, and available tools of optional municipal consolidation process.
Extends alternate route police training certification for military personnel for time deployed.
Establishes "Collaborative Mental Health Care Pilot Program" in DOH; appropriates $750,000.
Increases penalties for improper prescribing of drugs.
Includes auxiliary police officers in Emergency Services Length of Service Award Program.
Requires forms for homestead property tax reimbursement, veterans' property tax exemption, veterans' property tax deduction, and senior and disabled property tax deduction to be available in certain languages.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
"Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act"; provides student-athletes, parents, and coaches with information on sudden cardiac arrest and establishes protocol concerning removal-from-play for athletes exhibiting symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest.
Eliminates 10% surcharge on employer UI taxes during fiscal year 2014.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 32
Authorizes deployment of integrity oversight monitors in implementation of certain recovery and rebuilding projects.*
Requires the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to develop and distribute a document containing student loan repayment information for school districts and nonpublic high schools to disseminate to students.
Requires State Treasurer to disseminate information about organ and tissue donation; designates April each year as "Donate Life Month."
Requires plans, specifications, and bid proposal documents for certain local public contracts to address soil contamination, and requires contracting unit to approve change order under certain circumstances related thereto.*
Requires DOE to develop educational fact sheet for distribution to parents concerning sports-related eye injuries.
Allows municipalities to provide veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Prohibits minors under 14 years of age from using spray tanning in tanning facilities and prohibits minors under 17 years of age from using tanning beds.**
Permits chief administrator of MVC to waive CDL skills test for certain applicants with military experience operating commercial motor vehicles.*
Authorizes placement of horse racing wagers using mobile gaming devices at in-State racetracks subject to commission rules and regulations.
Reappropriates $3 million from "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" to fund State flood control projects.
Designates State Highway Route 7 bridge between Township of Belleville and Borough of North Arlington "Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes De Oca Memorial Bridge." *
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Requires professional boards to provide credits toward requirements for licensure for veterans with substantially equivalent training.*
Allows certain military spouses with out-of-State teaching license to receive temporary instructional certificate in New Jersey.
Requires certain purchasers of precious metals and jewelry to maintain certain records; grandfathers certain municipal ordinances regarding sales of used and secondhand jewelry.**
Provides unemployment benefits for certain ex-service members.
Authorizes public schools to serve to students certain produce grown in community garden.
Authorizes the use of fraud prevention contractors by the Division of Taxation.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on responsible use of social media for middle school students as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Technology.
The "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act."
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.*
Allows nonpublic schools to participate in joint purchasing agreements entered into by two or more school districts.
Provides for temporary professional or occupational licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Requires development of a diabetes action plan by DOH.
Provides for licensure of pediatric respite care facilities. *
Appropriates $38.5 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Establishes conditional dismissal program in municipal court.
Expands notification when an offender is released from custody or transferred within the criminal justice system. *
Requires submission of certain mental health records to National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Requires that certain HIV testing be performed within 48 hours of request by victim.
Creates crime of cyber-harassment.
Requires collection and reporting of certain firearms information to interjurisdictional database; requires information relating to crime of firearms trafficking be included in annual Uniform Crime Report.*
Vetoed · 19
Imposes oversight upon Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
"Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act"; eliminates criminal liability for persons who seek medical assistance in response to drug overdose. *
Requires registered qualifying patient's authorized use of medical marijuana to be considered equivalent to use of any other prescribed medication.
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
Requires Energy Master Plan to include long-term capacity planning and infrastructure planning.
Creates Office of Clean Energy in BPU.*
Increases distributions to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore aid reductions; extends "poison pill" protection to total formula aid provided to each municipality.
Establishes Clean Car Commission.**
Requires that contract for private operation of State Lottery be subject to approval by Legislature.
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Concerns disclosure and reimbursement procedures of board of education and municipal employee health care benefit contracts.
"Corporate Disinvestment Property Tax Relief Act"; appropriates $13.5 million.*
Requires Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to establish public awareness campaign about new federally required health insurance exchange.
Authorizes municipalities to finance water conservation, storm shelter construction, and flood and hurricane resistance projects.*
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Requires certain police vehicles to be equipped with cameras.
Changes date of 2013 general election from November 5th to October 16th.
Passed the General Assembly · 59
Makes permanent certain temporary authorizations that expanded permitted investment by Director of Division of Investment of State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund and State pension funds.
Provides corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle charging stations.
Requires ATM independent sales organizations to provide certain withdrawal options.
Requires certain State departments, divisions, commissions, and authorities to consider use of green or blue roof in construction of certain new State buildings, facilities, and structures.*
Requires adoption of certain rules and regulations by DCA and DEP concerning blue roofs and green roofs.**
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Port Authority commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River and Bay Authority commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.*
Allows municipalities to designate redevelopment entities and certain non-profits to act as land banks.
Allows property taxpayers an additional 90 days to file tax appeal after revaluation.
Criminalizes purchase or possession of firearms ammunition by persons convicted of certain crimes.
Restricts health insurers from limiting access to pain medication.
Reverses certain changes to laws governing State treatment of unclaimed property.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to designation as charter school district of residence or expansion of a charter school.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for qualified investment in certain biotechnology businesses.
Enhances the reporting and disclosure requirements concerning State tax expenditures and limits the duration of new State tax expenditure enactments.
Requires Legislative approval of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey minutes.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Coordination Among Nonprofit Social Service Organizations.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act"; provides expedited process for foreclosing abandoned residential properties.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Provides bonus awards to certain businesses who hire employees who were previously unemployed for more than 13 weeks.
Provides for certain psychologists to prescribe medications.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs; establishes that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug.*
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.*
Authorizes creation of stormwater utilities for certain local government entities.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services to foreign country.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Requires Secretary of State to establish secure Internet website for online voter registration; authorizes use of digitized signature from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission database.*
Establishes grant program to provide rebate of sales and use tax paid for purchase of certain materials and supplies used for construction of certain off-track wagering facilities.*
Provides primary and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Establishes Consumer Finance Advisory Board; abolishes certain advisory boards in DOBI.
Provides disabled persons with discount on fishing license fees. *
Requires debt collectors, in certain circumstances, to cease debt collections against certain victims of identity theft.
Establishes 12-month moratorium on establishment of new virtual charter schools and creates Virtual Charter School Task force.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain failing schools under alternate route program.*
Permits certain witnesses under the age of 16 and victims of any age to testify by closed circuit television in prosecutions for crimes or offenses involving domestic violence.*
Amends "Flood Hazard Area Control Act" to require DEP to take certain actions concerning delineations of flood hazard areas and floodways.
"Disaster Information Access Act"; requires utility service providers to report severe weather and emergency related service interruptions; directs utility service providers and State Office of Emergency Management to present reported information online
Establishes "Task Force To Review Residential Community Release Programs" to review this State's halfway houses and make recommendations concerning security and inmate services.
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Study Commission."
Makes direct deposit the default distribution method for gross income tax refunds and allows gross income tax refunds via prepaid debit cards.*
Establishes a regulatory and reporting program for ammunition sales and transfers.*
Requires background check for private gun sales.
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.*
Requires follow-up studies of developmental center residents transitioning to the community.
Establishes that volunteer firemen appointed to paid positions are not required to be recertified in certain instances.
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Establishes certain pet shop requirements and standards for care of dogs.
Authorizes a teacher leader endorsement to the instructional certificate.
Clarifies that electronic funds transfers are included within the scope of the statute concerning issuing or passing bad checks.
"Government Energy Reliability and Savings Public-Private Partnership Act."
Out of committee · 85
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Allows permitholder that leases Meadowlands Racetrack from the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to conduct wagering on simulcast horse races at sports,retail and entertainment development at Meadowlands Complex, subject to agreement and approva
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
Prohibits drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing.
Supplemental appropriation to DOT of $10,000,000 as State contribution towards resolution of flooding issues at Marsellus Street Bridge in Bergen County.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Provides immunity from civil liability to certain individuals who acquire or use an automated external defibrillator.
"PANYNJTransparency and Accountability Act." *
Concerns prompt payment of construction contracts.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for business enterprises that are owned by or that employ veterans.
Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
Concerns basic skills training provided by the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State four years.*
Establishes alternative distributed energy generating requirement; provides financial incentives for certain alternative distributed energy generating facilities.**
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter Public School Teachers, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act."; appropriates $5 million.*
Requires SHBP and SEHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism, other substance-use disorders, and non biologically-based mental illnesses under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses. *
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats pilot program in New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Requires insurers to cover breast evaluations and other additional medically necessary testing under certain circumstances and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.**
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran.*
Establishes prescription drug donation repository program.*
Establishes uniform real property taxation for commercial renewable energy systems and limits municipal construction permit fees for non-commercial renewable energy systems.
Requires certain cemeteries to accept Work First New Jersey and SSI allowance for burial expenses.
Extends hiring preference for certain civilian federal firefighters.
Prohibits certain contractors from public works projects.
"The Truth In Tolling Act"; requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to display toll amount paid when EZ-Pass user passes through toll collection point.*
Establishes Solar Thermal Expansion Loan and Grant program; appropriates $10 million.
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Increases annual income limitation for senior and disabled citizens' eligibility for $250 property tax deduction and bases future annual income limitations on annual CPI changes.
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students.
Disqualifies individuals for unemployment benefits due to receipt of certain severance payments.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship.
Establishes notification signage, and monitoring requirements related to combined sewer overflows.*
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
"Blue Acres Floodplain Protection and Home Elevation Bond Act of 2013," authorizes bonds for $100 million, and appropriates $5,000.*
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit persons with mental illness unless they pose danger.
Establishes "Veterans Higher Education Commission."
Requires dental plans to make out-of-network payments based on assignment of benefits.
The "Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act."
The "Bio-based Heating Oil Act."
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank and Energy Bank within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.*
Requires labeling of all foods containing genetically modified material.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
Concerns certain appeals of unemployment benefits determinations.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
"New Jersey Death with Dignity Act"; permits qualified patient to self-administer medication to end life in humane and dignified manner, subject to voter approval.
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Requires HMFA to expand participation in the NJ HomeKeeper Program.
Prohibits Medicaid managed care organizations from reducing certain provider reimbursement rates without approval from DHS.*
Requires State agencies to submit required reports by posting, on agency website, the information required to be reported.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
"Certificates of Insurance Act."
Requires certification of persons installing medical gas piping in dental offices, dental clinics, and animal or veterinary facilities.
Provides gross income or corporation business tax credit to property owners for vegetation management near electric utility lines.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing surcharges on consumer credit card purchases.
Clarifies DOBI's regulatory authority over certain flood insurance claims.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services outside the United States.
Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for micro entrepreneurs.
Requires notice prior to lapse of life insurance policy due to nonpayment of premium.
Permits a board of education to adopt a salary policy of up to five years.*
Authorizes award of attorney's fees and expenses in landlord-tenant actions under certain circumstances.*
Enhances penalties for certain firearms offenses; designated as Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013.*
Requires disclosure of contributions received and expenditures made by committees or organizations not affiliated or coordinated with any candidate, or committee organized to support or oppose public questions.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Permits Office of Emergency Management to order reduction in reservoir levels prior to weather emergency; requires DEP to adopt regulations concerning reservoir levels.
Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.
Rescinds recommendation of the Task Force on the Closure of State Developmental Centers and creates new task force.
Requires registration of certain vacant and abandoned properties with municipalities and provides enforcement tools related to maintenance of these properties.*
Establishes Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program.
Prohibits PANYNJ from imposing cargo facility charge in certain instances.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Extends Right to Farm Act protections to commercial beekeepers, with some restrictions.*
Establishes penalty for destruction of man-made native bee hive.
Expands NJ Meadowlands Commission responsibilities to include flood control activities.
Establishes Meadowlands Flood Advisory Task Force.
Establishes "College Affordability Study Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to increase the affordability of higher education in New Jersey.*
Enhances retail competition in electric power and gas supply industries.
In committee · 103
Allows municipalities to require mortgage lenders to maintain vacant residential properties during foreclosure.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7,000,000 to DOE to reinstate nonpublic technology initiative aid.
Allows Standardbred private entity lessee or permit holder to exclude certain persons from racetrack and off-track wagering facility.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Eliminates 15% fee charged by cemetery company on transfer of graves, crypts and niches.
Deems employee completion of required training in Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health program standard valid for other employers with same requirement.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain minimum three foot safety distance when overtaking bicycles.
Requires NJ Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program to give additional weight in ranking system to projects including green or blue roofs.
Requires construction of new buildings, facilities, and structures using State, EDA, or NJ Schools Development Authority funds to include green or blue roofs.
Establishes program to provide financial assistance towards installation of blue roofs and green roofs; authorizes use of Global Warming Solutions Fund for certain such purposes.
Establishes special parking for hybrid, electric, and alternative fuel vehicles.
Requires owners of certain newly developed shopping centers to provide electric vehicle charging stations.
Directs installation of electric vehicle charging stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Establishes farm brewery and winery-brewery beverage license and permits farm wineries to produce hard cider.
Exempts electric vehicle charging systems from real property taxation.
Permits voter registration of certain persons at age 17 for voting at next election occurring on or after 18th birthday.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Permits voter registration at polling place on days of municipal, primary, and general elections.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of certain electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Guarantees each municipality, at a minimum, Fiscal Year 2010 distribution of Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid in State Fiscal Year 2012.
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain informed consent from parents or guardians of minors for certain medications with "black box warnings."
Establishes public-private pilot program for level 3 electric vehicle charging stations.
Requires State to purchase energy efficient and hybrid vehicles; provides for phase-in of the requirement.
"Assistance to Firefighters' Families Act"; doubles State survivor pension amounts for beneficiaries of certain deceased volunteer emergency service providers; requires municipal life insurance and burial expenses for volunteer firefighters; permits fire
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Concerns methods of paying wages.
"Flood Control, Mitigation, and Prevention Bond Act of 2012," authorizes bonds for up to $2 billion, and appropriates $5,000.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than 4% over the prior academic year.
Requires that chiropractic physicians, podiatric physicians, allopathic physicians, and osteopathic physicians be reimbursed at same rate as other health care providers under various health and accident plans.
Provides that toll revenue generated from PANYNJ bridges shall not exceed cost of maintenance, operation, and debt service of those bridges.
Provides for establishment and operation of casino at Meadowlands Complex.
Requires acquisition of defibrillators for use in public and nonpublic high schools and training of certain personnel in usage.
Appropriates $3.963 million from General Fund to DOE for nonpublic nursing services aid.
Provides a NJHOPE credit, increases the current gross income tax homestead property tax credit, and increases the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1,000,000.
Requires charter schools to annually submit to Commissioner of Education salary and benefit information for certain employees.
Requires Bureau of Marine Law Enforcement to patrol shellfish beds.
Establishes NJ Center for Oral Health at UMDNJ Dental School.
Revises certain solar renewable energy programs and requirements; provides for aggregating net metering on certain properties owned or leased by local government units and school districts.
Removes monk parakeet from list of potentially dangerous species.
Provides sales and use tax rebate for certain purchases made by, or on behalf of, individuals and small businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Limits rent increases for certain senior citizens.
Requires in-network hospitals to notify patients of out-of-network health care professionals who provide services in hospital.
"New Jersey Long-Term Care Oversight Act."
Requires BPU to report annually on certain public utility bill assistance program expenditures.
Requires a board of education to consult with appropriate nonpublic school representatives prior to any change in the provision of nursing services.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Modifies powers of Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission.
Requires DHS to conduct follow-up study of former residents of North Princeton Developmental Center.
Provides that a school district may be placed under full or partial State intervention pursuant to the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) for no longer than five years.
Requires mandatory imprisonment for child luring and requires certain information about Megan's Law to be provided to sex offenders annually.
Amends Fiscal Year 2013 annual appropriations act to prohibit application of budget adjustment factor when determining Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain nursing facilities.
Directs CATV companies to provide energy efficient CATV converter boxes to customers.
Provides sales and use tax rebate for certain purchases made by, or on behalf of, individuals and small businesses affected by natural disasters.
Requires existing and new senior residential multiple dwellings to install standby generators to provide electricity in case of emergency.
Requires certain disclosures in advertisements by health care professionals.
Makes looting during a state of emergency an aggravating circumstance in sentencing.
Dedicates sales and use tax collections from sales of medical marijuana to the "Medical Marijuana for a Cure Fund" for medical research grants on certain debilitating medical conditions.
Allows for waiver of school bus requirements for mobility assistance vehicle technicians who transport students with medical needs to and from school.
Prohibits public utility from filing rate increase petition under certain circumstances.
Requires handgun ammunition to be encoded with serial number.
"Consumer Protection Act of 2012."
Authorizes seizure and impoundment of a dog believed to have attacked, severely injured, or killed another domestic animal.
Provides grants for cleanup of flood damaged residential property; establishes New Jersey Flood Cleanup Fund; appropriates $5 million.
Imposes additional five percent tax on sale of firearms and ammunition to fund safety infrastructure improvements in public buildings.
Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from tax levy and appropriation cap, as applicable, for school districts, municipalities, and counties.
Increases penalties for careless driving when violation results in injury or death to pedestrian.
Establishes pilot program to provide educational support for foster children; appropriates $900,000.
Provides that Good Samaritans are not required to pay for ambulance service if injured while rendering emergency care.
The "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2013"; authorizes bonds for $500 million; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes enhanced penalties for persons who illegally sell or transfer firearms that are subsequently used in a crime.
Concerns special needs trusts for persons with developmental disabilities.
Makes crime of firearms trafficking subject to No Early Release Act.
Authorizes dedicated National Association for the Advancement of Colored People license plate.
Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act."
Revises alimony laws, including eliminating permanent alimony and establishing guidelines for amount and duration of alimony awards.
Authorizes special emergency appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incurred by municipalities to implement a municipal consolidation.
Requires electric public utilities to implement flood mitigation plans for electric distribution substations and transfer stations in certain flood zones.
Requires hazard mitigation plan element in municipal master plan; appropriates $95,000.
Provides for licensure of dementia care homes by DOH.
Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
Requires cost-saving reforms to administration of correctional health care.
Changes when proof of veteran status is required for civil service examinations for certain veterans.
Requires hiring preference for veterans seeking position with State Police.
Establishes a limited license for threading within the practice of cosmetology and hairstyling.
Requires Motor Vehicle Commission to automatically transmit information of potentially eligible voters to Secretary of State for voter registration purposes; requires public agencies and voter registration agencies to file change of residence notices.
Clarifies that electronic funds transfers are included within the scope of the civil statute concerning issuing bad checks.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
Expands infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school and summer programs; appropriates $60,000.
Provides for private cause of action for bad faith in settlement of certain insurance claims.
Requires prevailing wage be paid to certain workers.
Requires hospitals to post notice in emergency departments concerning prescription drug diversion.
Stipulates that retail motor fuel dealers shall not be responsible for certain fees associated with credit, debit and rewards cards.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.
Establishes green infrastructure financing program.
Establishes approval process for proposed offshore wind energy projects and certain benefits to facilitate development of offshore wind energy.
The "Civil Union Status Clarification Act."
Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Upgrades theft of a firearm to a crime of the second degree.
"New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act;" provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans.
Provides that nonpublic school nursing services may include nursing services for a preschool pupil in the event of an emergency.
Establishes the "New Jersey Collaborative Family Law Act."