Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, General Assembly.
Scott T. Rumana
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Requires use of drought tolerant, xerophytic landscaping design and materials and low maintenance lawn grasses in State projects. *
In committee24
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.
Prohibits posting of certain personal information on the Internet or misrepresentation of identity on the Internet for the purpose of harassment of a minor child.
Provides that municipalities may provide occupancy preferences in available COAH units to certain households participating in certain federal programs.
Provides that municipalities with minimum amounts of developable land may file certification with the Council on Affordabe Housing, even if no petition for substantive certification is filed.
Authorizes municipalities to require solar energy elements as condition of site plan or subdivision approval.
Provides an additional month for the completion of a school district's annual audit.
"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.
Allows certain organizations to file complaints with the Council on Local Mandates.
Provides sales tax exemption for certain off-road diesel equipment and certain retrofit devices.
Amends Fair Housing Act to permit renovation of property located on preserved lands without State House Commission approval.
Requires motion sensor light switches in State buildings.
Permits Public Advocate to represent toll payers in certain toll increase matters.
Requires certain energy-related incentives offered by BPU be available Statewide.
Requires water purveyors to develop and implement leak detection programs.
Requires NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency to create program to assist municipalities in purchasing foreclosed properties for affordable housing use.
Allows corporation business tax credit to foster donation of foreclosed real property to municipalities for use as affordable housing.
Regulates certain wireless telephone service contract billing practices.
Creates temporary suspension of certain rules of Council on Affordable Housing under certain economic conditions.
Establishes mandatory term of imprisonment for unlawful sales, purchases, and transfers of firearms.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Authorizes the conferral of certain academic degrees by religious corporations.
Requires sex offenders in satellite-based monitoring program to pay for certain equipment and monitoring costs.
Prohibits persons convicted of certain crimes from serving on political party committees.
Permits any municipality that suffers a reduction in State aid under the FY 2009 appropriations act to defer, or reduce by and equal amount, expenditures for all State mandates it is required to meet.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Eliminates role of State Board of Education in the appeal of Commissioner of Education decisions in disputes arising under the State school laws.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Increases permitted axle weights for certain omnibuses with the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation.
Makes sundry changes to laws affecting organization and functions of MVC.
Extends pilot program in DOE to address State's shortage of mathematics and science teachers by 12 months.
Vetoed · 1
Lengthens service life of certain school buses to 15 years. **
Passed the General Assembly · 6
Prohibits manufacture or sale of reflective glass beads with high arsenic content; prohibits DOT and two State toll road authorities from using paint mixed with reflective glass beads for roadway markings.
Designates highway ramp off of State Highway Route No. 23 at Alps Road in Wayne Township as "Gregory F. Velardi, Sr., Ramp." *
Requires certain elected officials and appointed officers eligible for dual health benefits coverage to choose coverage by one public entity. *
Creates "New Jersey Senior Labor Task Force."
Includes limitations on amount of retirement compensation which may be provided by a school board in the employment contracts of superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools, and school business administrators.
Requires that school districts use a model contract developed by the Commissioner of Education when employing a superintendent of schools.
Out of committee · 14
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Establishes criteria municipalities and counties are to consider when establishing speed limits. *
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Permits municipality to determine permissible parking distance from intersection, crosswalk or "stop" sign.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Authorizes special Gold Star Parent motor vehicle plates for parents of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Requires DEP to establish free recreational saltwater fishing registry.
Establishes a pilot program in DOE to address the State's shortage of mathematics and science teachers.
Appropriates $49.65 million from "2007" Farmland Preservation Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $120,123,420 from various Green Acres funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $19,919,700 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $15,557,201 from various historic preservation funds to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects, and appropriates $574,805 from certain historic preservation bond funds for associated administrative expenses.
Prohibits SDA from restricting the ability of certain firms or persons from competing for contracts in more than one Division of Property Management and Construction classification or prequalification category.
In committee · 48
Eliminates general purpose, supplemental and mansion realty transfer fees.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games.
Prohibits sex offenders from entering school property.
Exempts government-owned property from adverse possession and eliminates statute of limitation period for recovery.
Allows former mayors to perform marriages.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes grant program for school districts to develop in-district and collaborative special education programs and services to reduce need to place classified students out-of-district.
Provides Student Population Density Aid to certain public school districts.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Prohibits simultaneous holding of certain State, county and municipal elective and appointive positions.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Child Protection Zone Act."
Caps bond counsel legal fees and costs on public issuers' bond transactions and requires a competitive selection process for retaining bond counsel.
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.
Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.
Requires accountability of NJSPCA and county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals to Attorney General and county prosecutors, respectively.
Changes membership of, and election process for, NJSPCA board of trustees.
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Excludes certain federal employee Thrift Savings Fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Prohibits use of hands-free wireless telephones and electronic communication devices while providing instruction in the operation of a motor vehicle.
Repeals law providing benefits for family temporary disability leave.
Prohibits smoking in State-owned or operated vehicles.
Upgrades lewdness to fourth degree crime if committed in public rest room.
Requires State to purchase certain vehicle tires and motor oils to minimize fuel usage.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses.
Prohibits public financing of privately-owned, for-profit projects within the meadowlands complex.
Designated the Shop Here, Save Money, Secure Jobs Act of 2008; establishes sales and use tax rate reduction period from November 28, 2008 through January 4, 2009, sets reduction period tax rate at 3.5%.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Delays implementation of paid family leave for one year.
Prohibits member of Legislature from seeking certain grants or loans through annual appropriations act or legislatively-controlled program.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
Provides procedures for crediting certain dwellings used by agricultural laborers in determination of municipality's fair share housing obligation.
" 'Invest in New Jersey First' Act;" requires preference in awarding certain contracts for critical infrastructure projects.
Delays implementation of paid family leave for two years.
Provides that gift certificates, prepaid bank cards and gift cards shall not expire or contain dormancy fees.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Abolishes Council on Affordable Housing for failure to comply with legislative directives.
Repeals "Statewide Non-Residential Development Fee Act"; prohibits COAH from basing prospective need portion of fair share obligation on commercial development.
Permits approval of certain regional contribution agreements through December 31, 2009.
Establishes 18-month moratorium on promulgation of new administrative rules and issuance of new policy circular letters by State agencies.
Imposes a one-year moratorium on the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association reorganization of certain school athletic conferences under certain circumstances.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Requires accountability of NJSPCA and county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals to Attorney General and county prosecutors, respectively.
Changes membership of, and election process for, NJSPCA board of trustees.