Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Kevin J. O'Toole
Sponsored
Became law1
Permits public comment at meetings of municipal governing body.
Out of committee4
Requires proceeds from sale of criminal memorabilia be deposited into escrow account for victims.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property and improvements in Township of West Orange, Essex County to Kessler Institute.
Provides victim of sexual assault with opportunity to consult with prosecutor on plea negotiations.
Permits certain emergency management volunteers to display blue emergency warning lights on vehicles.
In committee56
Requires disclosure to certain prison guards of AIDS status of inmates.
Clarifies that defendant who claims self-defense in prosecution for homicide or assault shall be entitled to introduce evidence of past child abuse or domestic violence committed by the victim.
Requires that election of freeholders in certain counties be held by district.
Requires school, primary and general elections to be conducted by mail.
Requires DOT to reimburse municipalities for deer carcass removal expenses.
Provides for extended terms of imprisonment for certain crimes committed in places of worship and cemeteries.
Upgrades crime of unauthorized practice of medicine and law.
Provides that State employees shall have their principal residence in this State.
Requires tobacco products manufacturers to disclose certain information to Department of Health and Senior Services about the contents of the products.
Replaces preference based upon race, ethnicity, national origin or gender in affirmative action programs with preference for persons who are economically disadvantaged.
Allows qualified urban enterprise zone vendors to sell motor vehicles at reduced sales tax rate.
Requires printing of prescription drug's expiration date on drug container label.
Creates pilot program in Essex County concerning domestic violence; creates additional Superior Court judgeship for Essex County; appropriates $275,000.
Provides that run-off elections under "Uniform Nonpartisan Election Law" are held the next Tuesday after the first Monday in June.
Requires student to stay in school and maintain at least 2.0 cumulative grade point average to acquire and retain driver's license.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DHS for creation of domestic violence services unit in Essex County.
Requires registered voters to present photo ID when voting at polling place.
Authorizes green warning lights for trauma surgeons.
Requires election of freeholders by district in certain second class counties.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 to William Paterson University of New Jersey for asbestos removal projects.
Permits volunteer firefighters and emergency services personnel to participate in health benefits program in municipality in which they volunteer.
Regulates Internet pharmacies and electronic prescriptions.
Prohibits employment discrimination by public employers against volunteer fire, ambulance, first aid or rescue personnel.
Requires certain background checks for assisted living administrators and applicants for certificate of need.
Requires current registry of certified homemaker-home health aides maintained by State Board of Nursing include specific documented findings of patient abuse by persons listed in the registry.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to be New Jersey resident.
Allows corporation business tax credit for one-half of the cost of purchasing portable defibrillators.
Prohibits Commissioner of Health and Senior Services from instituting needle exchange program.
Requires DCA to prepare and publish fire inspection handbook.
Requires voter approval when State funds are appropriated to finance construction of certain professional sports facilities.
Increases civil penalties for certain violations of "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law."
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from permitting direct solicitation of students 17 or younger for credit card accounts.
Places five-year moratorium on distribution and sale of irradiated food.
Allows Governor to remove poet laureate from position.
Requires that all New Jersey Supreme Court sessions be televised.
Requires certain information in certain renewal notices.
Changes calculation of PERS retirement allowances for certain members who receive significant compensation enhancement within five years of retirement.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment on persons convicted of certain sex crimes against minors.
Enhances penalties for fraudulently obtaining or providing driver's license or registration used in committing crime.
Permits municipalities to enact an ordinance requiring drivers arrested for DUI to be held in custody.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child who do not receive the death penalty.
Provides that persons who participated in Nazi persecution shall be ineligible to receive State benefits.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Directs Drinking Water Quality Institute to reevaluate maximum contaminant level for arsenic, MTBE and radium in drinking water; appropriates $300,000.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Requires the Director of the Division of Fire Safety to notify appropriate firefighting representatives from counties, municipalities, and fire districts of available fire service funds.
Eliminates automatic liens and removes financial liability for spouses in psychiatric facilities.
"Tabitha's Law"; requires parent or guardian to notify school administrators if pupil will be absent; requires school to notify parent in event of unexcused pupil absence.
Authorizes public-private partnerships for design, construction and operation of cogeneration facilities.
Requires Attorney General approval prior to release of inmate on parole.
Provides emergency management personnel with legal counsel and special compensation under certain circumstances.
Clarifies criminal law concerning tampering with DYFS child abuse reports and investigation; provides criminal penalties for knowingly failing to provide for an abused or neglected child.
Requires Acupuncture Examining Board to provide Chinese version of examination.
Increases civil penalties for the illegal killing, taking, possession, sale, or purchase of certain wildlife and parts thereof; creates criminal penalty for possession of certain wildlife, or parts thereof.
Limits political contributions by certain government contractors; revises disclosure standards applicable to State officials; expands disclosure for lobbyists; prohibits certain types of dual office holding.
Expands the authority of fire fighting, police, emergency medical, and emergency management departments, forces, squads, or other units to provide assistance outside their normal territorial jurisdictions.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Requires proceeds from sale of criminal memorabilia be deposited into escrow account for victims.
Provides victim of sexual assault with opportunity to consult with prosecutor on plea negotiations.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property and improvements in Township of West Orange, Essex County to Kessler Institute.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Upgrades penalty for assault in certain cases. *
Encourages the recycling and reuse of used computers.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
Bans intentional feeding of black bears. *
Makes throwing bodily fluid at State juvenile facility employee or probation officer aggravated assault.
Permits charter schools to construct facilities with federal funds.
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the income of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. *
Clarifies that certain acting county prosecutors may receive same salary as county prosecutor. *
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. **
"Danielle's Law"; requires certain staff working with persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injury to call 911 emergency telephone service in life-threatening emergencies.
Passed the General Assembly · 8
Requires court, prior to granting a domestic violence victim's application to dissolve restraining order, to make a finding that domestic violence victim was not subject to coercion.
Requires the licensing of bail recovery agents as private detectives. *
Makes right turn on red optional rather than mandatory.
Adds leader of firearms trafficking network and weapons training for illegal activities to RICO statute. *
Regulates contractors engaging in home improvements. *
Establishes New Jersey Water Supply and Contamination Study Commission.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Includes certain business practices of cable television companies as violations of "New Jersey Antitrust Act."
Out of committee · 12
Establishes new method of establishing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates financial liability of certain family members. *
Establishes guidelines for operating authorized emergency vehicles in emergency situations.
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.
Appropriates $28,820,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Directs DOE to develop guidelines for the teaching of child victimization prevention techniques for use by districts to establish comprehensive programs.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints." *
Revises criteria for financing underground storage tank closures, upgrades and remediations.
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.
Appropriates $6,036,777 from the "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Appropriates $12,377,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
In committee · 53
Requires record keeping and sharing on minor delinquent activity.
Provides State tax credit allotments for wages paid to youths employed through the Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program.
Reduces unemployment insurance taxes.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.2 million to DHS for domestic violence programs.
Designates prison telephone revenues for VCCB claims.
Authorizes municipalities to establish commercial incentive zones and sharing of retail sales tax proceeds therein.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Appropriates $60,000 to AOC for an online database of juvenile services accessible to service providers and judicial staff.
Revises laws restricting operation of personal watercraft and permits local police enforcement.
"Home Improvement Contractors' Registration Act."
Permits sentencing as repeat sex offender if adult defendant had been previously adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile for a sex offense.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for an endowment to the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center to be established at Kean University.
Concerns public works subcontractors.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Allows cosmetologist-hairstylists to operate mobile facilities when providing services.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Requires DOT to identify unsafe crossings, between railroads and public highways, and to request money from Transportation Trust Fund to make the safety improvements.
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.
Provides for fingerprinting of certain applicants or employees and exchange of criminal history records.
Creates the position of Inspector General.
Updates statutory references from "persons with head injury" to "persons with traumatic brain injury."
Establishes New Jersey General Accounting Office.
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.
Designates September 11 in each year as "Red, White, and Blue Ribbon Day" in honor of victims of September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Authorizes digitized student identification program.
Establishes mandatory minimum terms of imprisionment without parole eligibility for crimes of criminal sexual contact committed against children.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes involving children under 16 years of age.
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Provides tax credits for certain participants in federal Environmental Performance Track Program.
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Allows Governor to appoint poet laureate who will serve at pleasure of Governor.
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.
Decreases and eliminates certain fees and penalties.
Revises criteria for financing underground storage tank closures, upgrades and remediations.
Amends "Three Strikes" law to clarify that it applies to crimes committed on separate occasions regardless of the dates of conviction.
Prohibits members of Legislature from holding more than one elective office.
Requires issue advocacy organization using certain candidate information in advertisement to disclose certain financial and other information.
Appropriates $28,820,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Prohibits certain contributions by certain entities and individuals doing business with counties or municipalities; limits amount of contribution by principals and officers of such entities.
Expands responsibilities of "New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect."
Directs the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to conduct an environmental impact study and traffic management and impact study.
Requires that certain gift certificates be redeemable at full face value.
Restricts expenditure of State appropriated funds for cabinet officers' chauffeur driven limousines.
Exempts boat and marine product sales from certain retail sales tax exemptions.
Increases penalties for motorists who fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
Excludes sale of household appliances costing over $1200 from retail sales tax exemption in urban enterprise zones.
Prohibits expenditure of State appropriated funds for cabinet officers' chauffeur driven vehicles.
Removes tolls from the Garden State Parkway.
Prohibits members of the Legislature from acting on certain bills in which they have personal interest; redefines personal interest.