Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Jack M. Ciattarelli
Sponsored
In committee41
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Grants law enforcement agencies authority to order road closures; increases penalty for violations.
Permits board of chosen freeholders to establish "Sharing Resources" grant and loan program to encourage shared services and municipal consolidation.
Concerns unemployment insurance benefits and certain severance payments.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits for crossing guards.
Authorizes special emergency appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incurred by municipalities and counties to implement municipal consolidation, the sharing of services, and the creation of a joint meeting under certain circumstances.
Allows certain emergency squad volunteers holding municipal elective office to vote on emergency squad concerns.
Specifies conditions under which State, county, municipality, independent authority, school district, or higher education institution can grant unpaid or paid leave of absence to public employee to perform work for labor organization.
Establishes offense of advertising commercial sexual abuse of minor.
Allows exclusion of certain alternative energy and energy conservation patent income under gross income tax and corporation business tax.
Directs removal or enhancement of electric public utility infrastructure located in flood hazard area.
Permits municipalities to enter into shared service agreement for tax assessment.
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a public servant, during a state of emergency, to use or make disposition of a public resource in an unauthorized manner with purpose to obtain a benefit for himself or another.
Revises procedure for transfer of terminated employees of closed local health agency to superseding local health agency.
Requires reauthorization of payroll deduction for contributions to political committees.
Requires employers provide itemized statement of certain payroll deductions for political contributions.
Concerns certain severance payments and unemployment insurance benefits.
Requires explanatory statement of employee contributions to political committees.
Directs public utilities and pipeline operators to reimburse municipalities for certain emergency services.
Provides for disclosure of person's medical records related to AIDS or HIV infection for investigations or prosecutions of crime of diseased person committing act of sexual penetration; makes crime ineligible for expungment.
Establishes certain warrant requirements for law enforcement agencies that utilize drones.
Requires person eligible for health care benefits from more than one public entity to choose coverage from only one.
Removes statutory requirement that health officers and registered environmental health specialists employed by municipalities receive maximum salary within their range within five years from date of appointment.
Removes exclusion of "nonimmigrant aliens" from qualifying for in-State tuition rates at public institutions of higher education under certain conditions.
Permits municipalities to reject proposed off-track wagering facility; removes five-year tax exemption, abatement, or payment in-lieu-of taxes for off-track wagering facilities.
Excludes deferred compensation of certain public school and federal tax-exempt organization employees from current taxation under the gross income tax.
Increases period over which compensation is averaged for calculation of TPAF and PERS pensions when member has different employer just before retirement or for fiscal years of highest compensation.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests for active and retired members of U.S. Armed Forces and their immediate family members.
Permits application of certain tinting materials on motor vehicle windows and windshields.
Prohibits transfer of individuals with developmental disabilities from out-of-State to in-State placements under certain conditions.
Prohibits tobacco use in dormitory and other student residence buildings of institutions of higher education.
Affords civil immunity to private colleges and their police officers in certain cases.
Authorizes Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to calculate affordable housing obligations.
Directs COAH to use growth share methodology to calculate fair share affordable housing need.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing.
Authorizes appointment of part-time county tax administrators.
Amends definition of "harassment, intimidation, or bullying" in Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Requires personnel at gated communities and multi-unit complexes to allow service of process.
"The Highway Worker Safety Act"; increases penalties for vehicular homicide and assault by auto of highway workers; increases fines for certain highway maintenance, construction, or incident zone violations.
Reforms procedures concerning provisions of affordable housing; repeals "Statewide Non-Residential Development Fee Act."
Establishes Hunterdon-Somerset Flood Advisory Task Force.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.
Requires certain professional boards to report licensure exam passage rates.
Establishes licensure for associate marriage and family therapists.
Permits increase in municipal free public library tax upon voter approval.
Establishes "Secondhand Valuables Transaction Reporting Task Force."
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Excludes amount of certain early withdrawals from qualified retirement plans in determination by Higher Education Student Assistance Authority of applicant's eligibility for and amount of State tuition aid grant.
Vetoed · 2
Provides for licensing of pool and spa service contractors, and pool and spa builders and installers.
"Music Therapist Licensing Act."
Passed the General Assembly · 4
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Establishes NJ "Farm-to-Table Restaurant" awards program.*
Creates New Jersey Crude Oil by Rail Safety Task Force.
Out of committee · 14
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
Revises statutes regarding practice of physical therapy.
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
Revises "Electronic Waste Management Act."
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Requires school district to adopt policy allowing students in grades 9 through 12 who participate in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities to earn varsity letter.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY 2017 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2018 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018; allocates funds from Local Aid Infrastructure Fund for operating and administrative expenses for transportation
Appropriates $4,990,934 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects.
In committee · 63
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
Criminalizes luring or enticing mentally incapacitated person to commit act likely to be injurious to his welfare.
Refines five-month window established by Supreme Court begins after trial court establishes standards.
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
Requires that certain information be redacted from motor vehicle accident reports submitted to the public.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.
Creates "Comprehensive Anti-Nepotism Act."
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Establishes insurance and safety requirements for companies that use digital network or software application to match passengers with drivers.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Allows commercial farmer to recover reasonable costs and attorney fees of defending against unreasonable complaints under "Right to Farm Act."
Requires accountability of NJSPCA and county societies for prevention of cruelty to animals to Attorney General and county prosecutors, respectively.
Changes membership of, and election process for, NJSPCA board of trustees.
Revises law concerning disposition of assets of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that has dissolved or has had its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide information on life insurance plans to borrowers of student loans and requires authority to contract with life insurance company to offer policies to borrowers.
Establishes pilot project to permit voters in military service on active duty overseas, and their eligible family members, to vote in certain elections using the Internet; makes appropriation.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Establishes "Right to Try Act" permitting terminally ill patients to access investigational drugs and treatment.
Clarifies that first aid, ambulance or rescue squads, as entities, have immunity from civil damages in certain circumstances.
Prohibits terminal leave compensation for local government employees.
Establishes Office of River Maintenance in DEP; repeals P.L.1993, c.376 concerning stream cleaning activities.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Requires evaluation of appropriateness of light frame construction for multiple dwellings and imposes moratorium on light frame construction until determination and recommendations are adopted.
Limits amount of appeal bond in civil actions to $50 million.
Provides that students attending a choice district may only play interscholastic sports on sending district sports teams unless sending district does not offer a sport that the choice district offers.
Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of addiction potential of controlled dangerous substances prior to issuing prescription.
Requires DOH license additional angioplasty facilities, with at least one facility in each county.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Provides for appointment of certain municipal court judges at the local or county level.
Requires that police obtain warrant to seize cell phone data.
Makes various changes to interest arbitration procedures; repeals sunset provision.
Grants prescriptive authority to certain psychologists.
Establishes a manufacturing reinvestment account program to incentivize capital investment and workforce training in New Jersey with income tax rate reductions, deferrals, and accelerated deductions.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Permits pharmacists to prescribe self-administered hormonal contraceptives under certain circumstances; clarifies certain health insurance coverage requirements for contraceptive prescriptions.
Provides courts with sentencing discretion for certain convictions concerning possession of a firearm.
Allows relocation of certain exceptions from deed restrictions on preserved farmland.
Clarifies scope of affordable housing obligations.
Dedicates $140,000 from NJ Brain Injury Research Fund for community based services provided by Statewide alliance dedicated to assisting persons with brain injury through advocacy, education, information and resources, outreach, and support services.
Requires school district's general fund tax levy account for at least 25 percent of school district's total general fund revenue; provides four-year phase-in.
Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Establishes Red Tape Review Commission.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
Provides gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Allows gross income tax deduction for functional improvements and home repairs made to taxpayer's primary residence.
Requires COAH to administer affordable housing obligations of municipalities based on statewide obligation.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevlopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
Prohibits affordable housing obligation exemptions for urban aid municipalities.
Prohibits imposition of builder's remedy in exclusionary zoning litigation.
Restricts certain practices by carriers and pharmacy benefits managers related to medications and drugs.
Filed · 3
Appropriates $8,992,898 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $71,700,224 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $12.3 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.