Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Kevin J. O'Toole
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Designates highway ramp off of State Highway Route No. 23 at Alps Road in Wayne Township as "Gregory F. Velardi, Sr., Ramp;" appropriates $1,000.
Out of committee1
Establishes the "Public Corruption Profiteering Penalty Act."
In committee70
Requires disclosure to certain prison guards of AIDS status of inmates.
Upgrades crime of unauthorized practice of medicine and law.
Replaces preference based upon race, ethnicity, national origin or gender in affirmative action programs with preference for persons who are economically disadvantaged.
Requires printing of prescription drug's expiration date on drug container label.
Regulates Internet pharmacies and electronic prescriptions.
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 voter approval when State funds are appropriated to finance construction of certain professional sports facilities.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment on persons convicted of certain sex crimes against minors.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child who do not receive the death penalty.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
Requires acquisition of defibrillators for use in public and nonpublic high schools and training of certain personnel in usage; appropriates $900,000.
Establishes right of person engaged in military service for more than 90 days to cancel leases of personal property without penalty.
Establishes limits on contributions county and municipal committees of a political party can give per election or per year to candidates and certain political committees; prohibits use of intermediaries to make campaign contributions.
Authorizes counties and municipalities to adopt regulations limiting political contributions by contractors.
Limits contributions to certain candidates and elected officials by certain public contractors; limits contributions by certain political party committees; repeals certain campaign contribution prohibitions.
Provides local governments may limit political contributions by business entities performing or seeking to perform public contracts; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Limits contributions to certain candidates and elected officials by certain public contractors; limits contributions by certain political party committees; repeals certain campaign contribution prohibitions.
Prohibits campaign contributions between county party committees; makes such contributions a third degree crime; increases to third degree crimes certain other campaign finance offenses.
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to provide property tax relief and reform.
Prohibits public entities from engaging certain governmental affairs agents.
Creates Chief Financial Officer position in the New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission.
Requires restitution by theft of identity offenders; establishes a State Police Theft of Identity Crimes and Investigation Unit.
Establishes certain ethical standards and financial control requirements for State authorities.
Imposes penalties on certain State officers and employees for failure to file financial disclosure statements required executive order or by code of ethics.
Imposes standards and safeguards on UMDNJ financial and business practices.
Abolishes the UMDNJ board of trustees and establishes a university board of governors with five public members and requires president to appoint chief procurement officer to assume contracting and procurement authority for university.
Allows consumer to purchase no more than 100 gallons of motor fuel at posted price in effect at time of purchase of pre-paid card.
Increases various penalties for violations of the pension laws.
Strengthens penalties for passing a school bus.
Provides the Governor with the authority for a two-year period to veto all actions of the UMDNJ board of trustees.
Increases oversight and disclosure of public school district financial affairs and employment practices.
Increases enrollment threshold in PERS and TPAF to $10,000; changes definition of compensation used to calculate benefits in PERS, TPAF, PFRS, SPRS, and JRS to average annual compensation of all service years.
"Inland Blue Acres Bond Act of 2006," authorizes issuance of $75 million in bonds; appropriates $5,000.
Requires boards of education to reimburse public institutions of higher education for student remedial instruction costs.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment and forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes involving or touching their office or employment.
Changes age of eligibility for TPAF and PERS early retirement option without benefit reduction from 55 to 60 for new enrollees.
Makes certain changes to State Health Benefits Program.
Requires heath insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for anorexia under same terms and conditions as for other diseases and illnesses.
Eliminates PERS membership for current and future part-time elected and appointed officials.
Revises benefits calculation for PERS and TPAF members retiring after certain date to average of five highest-paid years, and for JRS members retiring after certain date to average of three highest-paid years.
Increases enrollment threshold in PERS and TPAF to $10,000; requires assessment of adding annual minimum hour requirement to qualify for service credit.
Limits supplemental compensation payable upon retirement for State, local government and board of education employees.
Allows pension calculation to be based on compensation increase in excess of actuarially assumed experience only if employer pays unfunded liability.
Revises membership and duties of Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission.
Requires that ordinary disability retirement in certain State-administered retirement systems be granted only if member has qualified for federal Social Security Disability benefits.
Prohibits enrollment in PERS of public employee who is also public contractor; requires member to designate only one position as basis of enrollment.
Requires local officer or employee employed by more than one local unit to submit combined timesheet to discourage double billing; increases certain fraud penalties; establishes biometric fingerprint scanner grant program.
Requires that SHBP prescription drug plan use bulk purchasing.
Requires SHBP to provide for program to inform physicians about use and cost savings of generic prescription drugs.
Requires SHBP to provide disease and chronic care management plan for certain specified conditions.
Requires State Auditor to conduct performance review audit of SHBP at least every three years and to annually conduct limited audit to ensure that only eligible persons are receiving benefits.
Reduces number of paid holidays from 13 to 10 for State and local government employees, unless agreements and contracts provide otherwise.
Limits payment to $15,000 for accumulated sick leave upon retirement for local public employees.
Exempts sales of services by counties and municipalities from sales and use tax.
Increases penalties for failing to yield to pedestrian when pedestrian is seriously injured or killed.
Concerns receipt of certain things of value by members of the Legislature and legislative staff from lobbyists and governmental affairs agents.
Bars candidates from contributing campaign funds to charitable entity in which candidate or candidate's immediate family is an officer or employee or receives compensation for goods or services provided to the entity.
Requires governmental affairs agent to report particular items in any appropriation legislation on which agent acted.
Mandates certain ethics consultation and training and establishes the position of Ethics Counsel in the Legislative Branch of State government.
Requires Treasurer and Division of Pensions and Benefits Director to report on status of State-administered pension plans to Legislature by April 15 and October 15 each year.
Prohibits certain political contributions by certain utilities and officials thereof.
Extends by one year certain post-employment restrictions for certain State officers and employees and legislators; makes former governmental affairs agents ineligible for two years for employment in certain Executive and Legislative Branch positions.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Establishes the "Public Corruption Profiteering Penalty Act."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Skinner's and Michelle's Law; increases penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury. *
Concerns omnibuses; creates "Omnibus Safety Enforcement Fund." *
Establishes that "45-day" rule applies to corrections officers, sheriff's officers, New Jersey Transit police officers and paid firefighters. ***
Prohibits public school districts from joining under certain circumstances voluntary associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports programs.
Extends eligibility for higher education tuition assistance to certain former members of New Jersey National Guard and increases number of tuition-free credits available to National Guard members and their dependents.
Upgrades simple assault against a private school teacher to aggravated assault; adds definition of "school" to criminal code. *
Increases voting members on UMDNJ board of trustees from 11 to 19; provides for additional board powers; and establishes board of directors for University Hospital. *
Establishes commuter transportation services public awareness campaign in DOT. *
Revises certain penalties relating to operation of autobuses.
Appropriates $9,066,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
Appropriates $39,430,430 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds, and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "ur
Establishes the position of Ethics Counsel and mandates certain ethics consultation and training in the Legislative Branch of State government.
Appropriates $11 million from "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Creates offenses of gang criminality and promoting organized street crime.
Changes PERS, TPAF and DCRP contribution rates and new employees' compensation base and retirement age; implements changes to SHBP and transfer of education employees to School Employees' Health Benefits Program; modifies State Investment Council. *
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Classifies victim impact statements as confidential communications.
Allows military personnel extended period to qualify for exclusion of capital gain from income of the sale or exchange of a principal residence.
Allows municipalities to provide free or reduced fee beach badges to active military and NJ National Guard personnel.
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.
Requires interactive computer service to remove images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act from computer server or other storage device controlled or owned by the interactive computer service.
Out of committee · 15
Provides immunity from civil liability for school personnel and school bus contractor employees who use reasonable force or restraint to stop fights on school property or to defend themselves against a student assault. *
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them. *
Allows release of sex offender information to DYFS.
Establishes the crime of corruption of public resources.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates $48.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes in Highlands Region.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games. *
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Restricts receipt of things of value by members of the Legislature and legislative staff from lobbyists and governmental affairs agents; increases certain penalty provisions. *
Requires governmental affairs agent to report particular items in annual appropriation legislation or appropriation legislation supplemental thereto on which agent acted.
Prohibits candidates from contributing campaign funds to charity in which candidate or candidate's immediate family is an officer or employee or receives compensation for goods or services provided to the charity.
Revises laws concerning pedestrian safety and traffic control; requires drivers to stop and remain stopped for pedestrians under certain conditions. *
Prohibits counties from requiring county law enforcement officers to reside in county.
In committee · 46
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.
Repeals "Nursing Home Quality of Care Improvement Fund Act."
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Excludes certain federal employee retirement fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate 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 certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Establishes New Jersey General Accounting Office.
Requires line item disclosure of all State revenues and appropriations in the Governor's budget proposal, and in bills pending in the Legislature or enacted in this State; eliminates off-budget State spending.
Authorizes municipalities to establish commercial incentive zones and sharing of retail sales tax proceeds therein.
Clarifies that advertisements by persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery are subject to the Consumer Fraud Act.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $95,000 for FY 2004 to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Establishes guidelines for operating authorized emergency vehicles in emergency situations.
Updates statutory references from "persons with head injury" to "persons with traumatic brain injury."
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Imposes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment and forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of crimes involving or touching their office or employment.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Prohibits former elected official from receiving for five years compensation from charitable or non-profit organization when official's candidate committee donated campaign contributions to organization.
Holds retailers harmless for pre-packaged slack-filled goods.
Prohibits Turnpike Authority from discontinuing peak-period discounts for E-Z Pass users.
Provides reimbursement of group life insurance premiums to members of National Guard, appropriates $1,500,000.
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.
Establish the "Mental Health Court Pilot Program."
Prohibits members of the Legislature from acting on certain bills in which they have personal interest; redefines personal interest.
Designates prison telephone revenues for VCCB claims.
Prohibits State Board of Education from authorizing use of special review assessment as an alternative for meeting graduation requirements.
Creates offenses pertaining to unauthorized use of confidential information.
Authorizes MVC to give refunds for unexpired portions of motor vehicle registration periods in certain cases.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Amends annual appropriations act to reduce State spending on non-essential or wasteful items and dedicates deappropriated funds for reduction of the State's structural deficit.
Increases penalty for equipment violations in omnibuses.
Limits leave and supplemental compensation benefits for school district superintendents, assistant superintendents, and school business administrator; provides procedures and penalties for enforcement of TPAF provisions.
Permits voter registration up to 29 days before election.
Limits the salaries of school business administrators, superintendents of schools, and assistant superintendents of schools to the salary of the Commissioner of Education.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 7% to 6%.
Provides for reduced sales tax imposition on certain sales in certain Highlands Region Preservation Area municipalities.
Requires insurers and State health care coverage programs to cover cost of HPV vaccine.
Eliminates imposition of sales and use tax on charges for initiation fees, membership fees, or dues for access to health and fitness clubs or organizations.
Defines compensation for calculation of PERS contributions and benefits as amount taxed for Social Security purposes for new members.
Exempts local governmental units from supplemental titling fees on passenger automobiles they purchase or lease.
Changes date of presidential primary from last Tuesday in February to first Tuesday after first Monday in February.
Exempts certain lake association membership fees and dues from sales and use tax.
Provides that public official may refuse to solemnize civil unions if solemnization conflicts with public official's conscience or sincerely held moral or religious beliefs.
Requires school districts to inform the parent or guardian of a student recommended to use certain medications of the possible side effects and potential negative consequences of those medications.
Filed · 3
Implements certain recommendations of Joint Legislative Committee on Public Employee Benefits Reform concerning benefits and certain terms and conditions of public office and employment.
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits and mandatory imprisonment for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Implements various recommendations of Joint Legislative Committee on Public Employee Benefits Reform concerning benefits and certain terms and conditions of public office employment.