Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, Senate.
Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr.
Sponsored
Became law2
Authorizes any local unit to adopt an ordinance authorizing special emergency appropriations for the payment of contractually required severance liabilities, resulting from the layoff or retirement of employees, over five years. *
Directs transfer of up to $22 million to support Main Street Business Assistance Program and provides for program's continuation; confers general power on EDA to collect certain fees.
Passed the Senate2
Provides that trespassing in nuclear power plant is third degree crime.
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program in Monmouth County.
Out of committee4
Concerns availability of basic and special private passenger automobile insurance policies.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Requires investigating law enforcement officer to contact next of kin of unconscious motor vehicle accident victim who has been transported to hospital emergency room.
Clarifies functions of Law Enforcement Officer Crisis Intervention Services telephone hotline.
In committee38
Allows a corporation business taxpayer recognizing income, gain or loss pursuant to a plan of complete liquidation to deduct its net operating loss carryovers notwithstanding the limitations on such deductions during the 2002-2005 tax years.
Permits unused vacation and sick leave by public employee to be carried forward for one year only; requires unused administrative leave to be cancelled.
Establishes limits for certain damages in medical malpractice actions.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts.
Requires all elected or appointed local government officers to receive ethics training.
Enhances certain incentives and requirements of Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant Program.
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to study impact of State business income taxes on business out-migration, business formation, and employment.
Requires electronic bulletin board on DCA website for local units to advertise shared services opportunities; requires development of computerized survey to match local units together to implement shared services.
Establishes a "State Authorities Review Commission."
Establishes County School Business Boards to assume certain school district business services and functions.
Requires that public employees who are married or with domestic partners receive health care benefits from only one public employer.
Requires installation of automatic rain sensors on lawn sprinklers.
Establishes deadline and notice requirements for processing of teacher certification applications.
Establishes the New Jersey State Commission on Education Reform to develop academic outcome-based per pupil public school funding amounts.
Enhances corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain film and certain digital media content production expenses by increasing annual program expenditure limitations.
Consolidates certain business-related categories of gross income and provides 20 year carryforward of certain net losses under gross income tax.
Changes way electors for President and Vice President of the United States are selected in State.
Eliminates minimum corporation business tax on New Jersey S corporations.
Abolishes legislative leadership committees; reduces contributions to State political party committees to $12,500 per year, to county committees to $10,000 per year and to municipal committees to $5,000 per year.
Establishes "Garden State Growth Zone" program within NJEDA.
Streamlines process for State and local agency business permits related to economic development projects.
Concerns collective bargaining by executive county superintendents.
Authorizes hunting of game animals every day of the week during hunting season.
Establishes "Choose Life" license plate.
Permits layoff plans as substitute for employment reconciliation plans for joint meetings or shared service agreements under certain circumstances.
Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to require implementation of shared services arrangements and to approve school district collective negotiations agreements prior to execution of agreement.
Concerns collective negotiations for school employees; repeals law prohibiting school boards from imposing terms and conditions of employment.
Limits unused sick leave pay and vacation leave carry-forward for school and local employees; permits local unit to pay certain benefits over 10 years; limits sick leave use by public employee before retirement.
Authorizes transfer of State's public broadcasting system to a nonprofit corporation or other entity eligible to operate a public broadcasting system; abolishes NJ Public Broadcasting Authority and Foundation for NJ Public Broadcasting.
Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for justices, judges, administrative law judges, county prosecutors, and workers' compensation judges from 70 to 75.
Changes certain licensing requirements for out-of-state entities to operate drivers' schools in New Jersey.
"Parent Empowerment and Choice Act"; enables parents to initiate reform in low performing schools through a petition process.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax to $1,000,000.
Requires tuition bills of public institutions of higher education to include details on student fees and opt-out provision for student-managed entertainment fees, and requires certain institutions' websites to include student fee information.
The "Family and Private Burial Grounds Preservation Act."
Establishes New Jersey Hall of Fame License Plate; dedicates fees therefrom to support New Jersey Hall of Fame Charitable Foundation.
"School Children First Act"; modifies evaluation of teachers and principals; revises tenure acquisition process and certain tenure charge procedures; establishes factors for determining compensation; requires mutual consent for teacher placement; and eli
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Makes various pension system changes concerning eligibility, retirement allowance formula, compensation definition, position eligible for service credit, non-forfeitable rights, prosecutors part, PFRS special retirement, employer contributions. *
Makes various changes to SHBP and SEHBP concerning eligibility, cost sharing, plan choice, benefit change application, coverage waiver, multiple coverage; requires contributions toward health care benefits by public employees and certain retirees. *
Makes various changes concerning payments to public employees for unused sick leave, sick leave injury in State service, and PERS and TPAF disability retirement.
Reduces school district, county, and municipal property tax levy cap from 4% to 2.0% and permits unused school district, county, and municipal increases to be banked for three succeeding years.*
Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 35 as "Chosin Few Memorial Highway."
"Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority Act." *
Establishes alternative methods of casino licensure.
Phases out cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.*
Designates "Red Bank Train Station" as "Daniel J. O"Hern Station - Red Bank, New Jersey."
Designates bridge on Route 36 over Shrewsbury River as "Captain Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge."
Revises financial assistance under Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant Program; repeals requirement to study implementation.
Establishes Grow New Jersey Assistance Program to provide tax credits to certain businesses; changes eligibility and certain other requirements for other business assistance programs; authorizes transfer of certain real property.*
Vetoed · 2
Permits Internet wagering at Atlantic City casinos under certain circumstances.
Consolidates certain business-related categories of gross income and provides 20 year carryforward of certain net losses under gross income tax. *
Passed the Senate · 3
Requires BPU to offer similar incentives to residents purchasing certain oil heating equipment as are offered to residents purchasing certain natural gas heating equipment.
Requires State Treasurer to issue cost benefit analysis and security report for conversion of military housing to civilian housing at Earle Naval Weapons Station and places moratorium on issuance of certain State permits and plan approvals.
Establishes task force to study various issues related to improving special education programs and services for public school students.
Out of committee · 19
Revises procedure for police and fire contract disputes; imposes a "cap" on certain arbitration awards.
Streamlines process for State and local agency business permits related to economic development projects. *
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Requires State Treasurer to disseminate information about organ and tissue donation; designates April each year as "Donate Life Month." *
Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.
Authorizes the court to include provisions for animals in domestic violence restraining orders.*
Provides single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula and establishes airline-specific sales fraction.
Reduces 2010 minimum racing dates; makes various changes to breeders' awards during 2010; authorizes certain loans. *
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children. **
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Authorizes transfer of certain assets of State's public broadcasting system to an entity eligible to operate a public broadcasting system. *
Allows NJSEA to jointly run racetracks; conforms standardbred racing days to off-track and account wagering law; decreases thoroughbred racing days at Momouth Park and Meadowlands to 71 with horsemen's consent.*
Revises provisions of "Franchise Practices Act" relating to motor vehicle franchises. *
Requires State Comptroller to review, and make recommendations for improvement of, the procurement process of the State, public institutions of higher education, independent State authorities, units of local government, and boards of education.
Encourages local unit sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Provides for streamlined review of certain wind energy generation facility installations on farmland.*
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
In committee · 35
Requires reduction in number of State employees to FY2000 level; establishes procedure to control creation of new State positions and filling of vacancies.
Ends the transitional energy facilities assessment, caps the State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures the balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
"Jessica Lunsford Act;" concerns sentencing of sex offenders and persons who harbor them; requires electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders and creates child protection zones.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Establishes in DEP the Environmental Science Review Board to review proposed environmental regulations for consistency with science.
Establishes in DEP the Environmental Policy Review Board to review proposed environmental regulations for consistency with planning policies.
Prohibits Council on Affordable Housing from establishing affordable housing need and fees based on commercial and industrial development.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to disrupt a funeral by picketing or conducting other protest activities within 300 feet.
Requires holding of binding Statewide referendum by county on whether responsibility for certain municipal functions should be assumed by county government; repeals various sections of law concerning transfer or termination of employees of terminated loc
Authorizes educational services commissions to purchase goods or services through nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Extends eligibility for certain veterans' benefits to members of reserve components of US Armed Forces and NJ organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Requires radiation detectors to be mounted on cranes within Port of New York District.
Authorizes creation of urban enterprise zones in Garfield, Harrison and Keansburg as well as a joint urban enterprise zone in Cliffside Park and Fairview.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Authorizes use of retail coupons for purchase of milk by consumers.
Prohibits simultaneous holding of certain State, county and municipal elective and appointive positions.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Revises Business Employment Incentive Program to spur economic growth.
Requires Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission to study financial impact of all enacted mandated health benefits.
Permits appointment of municipal emergency management coordinator from contiguous or adjoining municipality.
Repeals the New Jersey estate tax.
Removes plenary retail distribution license limit for certain stores.
Concerns custody and parenting time for military parents.
Requires executive county superintendent of schools to determine routes and bid and award contracts for all nonpublic school busing in the county.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Establishes governance structure for county administrative school districts.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Concerns Watershed Property Review Board in DEP.
Increases the penalty for hindering the apprehension or prosecution of an offender.
Reduces period of time that member of Legislature may be absent, without excuse, before member's seat is deemed vacant.
"Caylee's Law," establishes penalties for failing to report to authorities or otherwise concealing death or disappearance of a child.
Authorizes planned developments for hospitals and higher educational facilities.
Filed · 1
Establishes standards for certain fertilizer applications, requires certification of professional fertilizer applicators and regulates labeling and sale of certain fertilizers.