Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
Celeste M. Riley
Sponsored
Became law3
Imposes certain bail restrictions on persons charged with violating domestic violence restraining orders.
Clarifies and extends law concerning labeling of farm products; increases penalties for violations; repeals R.S.4:10-15.*
Permits use of rebates, allowances, concessions, or benefits for motor fuel purchases on credit, debit or rewards cards. *
Passed the General Assembly3
Revises penalty for destruction of, or damage to, trees, saplings, shrubs or other plants; repeals current law thereon.
Concerns permits, letters of exemption, and enforcement with regard to agricultural activities under "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act". *
Requires carriers to clarify whether medically necessary procedures are covered benefits and remit certain payments to hospitals for services rendered.
Out of committee3
Restores income eligibility level for AIDS Drug Distribution Program to 500% of the federal poverty level.
Expands gross income tax exclusion for pensions, annuities and other retirement income for certain taxpayers.
Appropriates $8.831 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee26
Requires certain notifications upon sale of property where private well is treated by point of entry systems.
Upgrades possession of child pornography to a crime of the third degree; provides for parole supervision for life for production and transmission of child pornography.
Provides procedure for municipality acquiring school property from non-operating school district following merger to extinguish restrictive deed covenant.
Requires school buses transporting certain disabled persons to use flashing lights and establishes penalties for drivers who fail to yeild.
Requires law enforcement officers to search domestic violence restraining order registry upon conducting an arrest.
Requires correspondence or notice by public entity contain citations of any appropriate statutes, ordinances, or resolutions.
Requires health care professionals to notify patients of end of health benefits coverage during course of treatment in certain circumstances.
Provides energy and utility service sales tax relief benefit to certain manufacturers throughout the State.
Allows fees to be suspended or vacated for certain persons sentenced to labor assistance programs as alternative to incarceration.
Establishes farm brewery and winery-brewery beverage license and permits farm wineries to produce hard cider.
Creates cooperative farm winery licenses.
Requires certain notifications, and provides for guaranteed NJ Spill Compensation Fund coverage, upon sale of property where private well is treated by point of entry water treatment system.
Requires DHSS to dispose of newborn screening specimens within 60 days after testing.
Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.
Expands number of salesrooms winery may operate from six to seven and permits sampling of wine at salesrooms.
Permits wineries to sell wine at certain farm markets.
Permits supermarkets to sell New Jersey wine by the bottle from vending machines.
Permits New Jersey wineries to sell their products by the bottle in vending machines.
Permits breweries to offer samples and to sell directly to consumers at brewery premises.
Establishes and enhances certain insurance fraud prevention measures.
Allows person with diabetes to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.
Permits a farm income averaging credit under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Provides municipalities with discretion to restrict hours for sale of package goods.
Requires certificate of need for hospital-based basic obstetric and pediatric services.
Creates "Inmate Community Service Program" in DOC.
Concerns radiologic technology licensure.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Restores income eligibility level for AIDS Drug Distribution Program to 500% of the federal poverty level.
Appropriates $8.831 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Vetoed1
Expands gross income tax exclusion for pensions, annuities and other retirement income for certain taxpayers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
The "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act."
Requires DEP to establish free recreational saltwater fishing registry.
Requires State entities to purchase biofuels in place of fossil fuels when reasonable, prudent and cost effective. *
Eliminates use of rebate procedure for claims of sales and use tax exemption made in connection with certain sales to certain UEZ qualified businesses. *
Permits diversionary program for juveniles who are criminally charged for "sexting" or posting sexual images.*
Revises statute concerning licenses to take menhaden.
Expands "Jersey Fresh" program to include "Made With Jersey Fresh" designation of certain baked goods and other food products.
Encourages purchase of "Jersey Fresh" and other NJ agricultural products by State agencies, departments and facilities.
Directs each institution of higher education to develop and coordinate a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan.
Modifies procedures available under the Drug Offender Restraining Order Act.
Establishes new procedure in "Administrative Procedure Act" to allow substantial changes to agency rule-making upon adoption.
Changes five year chapter expiration date for rules to seven years; changes procedures for readoption of rules. **
Permits school boards to charge certain students for remedial or advanced courses provided during summer school.
Prohibits MVC from inspecting buses on casino-owned property and designated casino parking, pick-up, or drop-off loccations, except under exigent circumstances.*
Requires BPU orders to be issued in writing and posted on Internet. *
Eliminates various inactive boards, commissions, committees, councils, and task forces.
Streamlines process for State and local agency business permits related to economic development projects.
Authorizes sale and lease of unneeded public property to certain nonprofits for gardening and urban farming and exempts such urban farms from property taxation.
Requires Department of State to create uniform application form for use by small businesses to apply for certain State financial assistance programs.*
Provides corporation with right to renounce corporate opportunity doctrine.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by veterans.
Prohibits practice of excluding unemployed individuals in advertisements for job vacancies.
Directs BPU to establish online process for submission of required documents by BPU regulated and licensed entities.*
Requires assisted living residence or comprehensive personal care home that surrenders its license and promised not to discharge Medicaid residents to escrow funds to pay for care in alternate facility. *
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Authorizes Department of Agriculture to implement mobile fresh produce markets for residents of urban "food desert" communities. *
Authorizes Commissioner of NJDOT to procure revenue-generating sponsors for, and permit sponsorship acknowledgment and advertising on, safety and emergency service patrol vehicles and equipment.
Allows all municipalities to sell and lease unneeded public property for "urban" farming and gardening purposes.
Vetoed · 13
Supplements the State annual appropriations act for the State fiscal year 2010-2011, makes appropriations for Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled Programs and the Homestead Rebate/Credit Program.
Provides single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula and establishes airline-specific sales fraction.
Establishes a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during a qualified period. *
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Requires AG to study and report on graduated driver's license program. *
Expands treatment of mixed use projects under urban transit hub tax credit. *
Amends Fiscal Year 2011 annual appropriations act to require filing of application for expansion of Medicaid coverage for family planning services.
Establishes a closing fund to provide financial resources for certain economic development projects.
Establishes the Workforce Shortage Loan Redemption Program.
Creates "Back to Work NJ Program"; makes an appropriation.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for employers who hire former prisoners.
Increase gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 for taxable years 2011 and 2012 and expands gross income tax exclusion for pensions, annuities and other retirement income for certain taxpayers beginning in 2011.
Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions; limits number of sample ballots transmitted to each residence.
Passed the General Assembly · 19
Prohibits certain unsolicited checks.
Establishes program authorizing lease of historic buildings and structures in State parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.
Establishes conflict resolution procedures through Department of Agriculture for complaints against existing commercial fishing docks and fish processing facilities at established locations. *
Clarifies immunity from civil liability for volunteers affiliated with Citizen Corps under certain circumstances.
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."
Authorizes Office of Public Defender to provide legal representation for child in proceedings after parental rights have been terminated.
Directs DOT to allow wineries to erect tourist-oriented directional signs on roads and highways. *
Provides State recognition of certain Indian tribes for certain limited purposes, establishes process for future recognition of tribes and revises membership and duties of New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs.
Requires BPU to issue a decision within 180 days after receipt of petition by public utilities to sell certain real property. *
Removes requirement that certain telecommunications companies file tariffs with BPU; requires them to provide certain service information to the public via their website.
Prohibits BPU review and approval of property transactions of certain telecommunications companies. *
Maintains right of corporate directors and officers to indemnification under certain circumstances.
Transfers $5,000,000 of unexpended balance from Purchase of Service for Inmates Incarcerated in County Penal Facilities account in Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Appropriations Act and appropriates that amount for Women's Health and Family Planning Services.
Allows licensing authorities to grant a license to certain child support obligors under certain circumstances.*
Extends protections of the new vehicle "lemon Law" to new motor vehicle farm equipment purchased or leased in New Jersey.
Reestablishes historic driving privileges afforded holders of agricultural driver's licenses in operating farm equipment and vehicles.
Requires the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to develop and distribute a document containing student loan repayment information for school districts and nonpublic high schools to disseminate to students.
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program.
Requires each public institution of higher education to post its budget on the institution's website.
Out of committee · 53
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Provides for State income tax deduction to private well owners for water testing costs.
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Establishes program for directing motorists to agricultural tourism establishments.*
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Authorizes credit unions to serve as depositories of public funds; requires credit unions to provide certain funds for financial literacy education.*
Changes perimeter for bow and arrow hunting around occupied building.
Protects property taxpayers by requiring removal of certain property tax deduction and credit information from documents available for public inspection and provides for homestead property tax benefit in form of credit.
Concerns liability, standards of care, and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
Allows municipalities to provide free or reduced fee beach badges to active military and NJ National Guard personnel.
Permits commercial advertising and sponsorship signs on equipment and materials related to the collection of tolls consistent with State law on outdoor advertising. *
Requires certain public officers and employees to reside in State. *
Establishes "New Jersey Property Assessment Clean Energy (NJ PACE) Municipal Financing Program."
Enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."
Directs State Lottery Commission to permit purchase of lottery tickets by electronic means.
Establishes Office of Agricultural Water Usage Assistance; requires DEP to consult with that office regarding water usage certification for farmland; prohibits assessment of certain fees for water usage by farmers.
Provides "grace period" for certain cable television company violations.
Requires that the monetary equivalent of any wage or benefit concession agreed to by a collective bargaining unit be used by the school district to offset any reduction in force initiated for economic reasons.
Requires all wireless telephones and electronic communication devices issued by public entities to be activated to receive Amber Alerts.
Changes references of "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" or "developmental disability" and uses person-first language for persons with disabilities.
Appropriates $1,279,941 from various historic preservation funds to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Expands existing film and digital media production tax credit programs; designated as the Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act.
Permits sale of motorcycles on Sunday.
Makes FY 2011 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 for Women's Health and Family Planning Services, reduces FY 2011 appropriation for State Employees' Prescription Drug Program by $7,453,000, and requires filing of application for expansion of Medica
Eliminates requirement for CATV companies to provide advance notification of price decreases.
Provides for development of searchable "Bulletin NJ" local public bidding and employment database.
Implements recommendations of the Assembly Coastal New Jersey Evacuation Task Force.
Expands availability of general development plan approvals and long-term vesting of preliminary and final site plan approvals in Smart Growth areas.
Modifies certain notice requirements concerning rates, prices, or service packages of CATV companies.
Revises notice requirements by CATV companies for changes to station channel positions. *
Revises financial assistance under Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant Program; repeals requirement to study implementation.
Allows corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit for certain wages paid to qualified interns in tax years 2012 and 2013.
Permits agricultural tourism events to be conducted on preserved farmland.
Allows for unemployment insurance beneficiaries to file, reopen, cancel or close claims online.
Consolidates certain business-related categories of gross income and provides 20 year carryforward of certain net losses under gross income tax.
Permits small, women or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Directs New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Commission on Higher Education to promote the establishment of higher education and business partnerships.
Concerns creation of benefit corporations.
Establishes Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Demonstration Project in DHS.
Establishes assisted living facility and comprehensive personal care home resident rights.
Provides credit against ambulatory care facility assessment liability for value of unreimbursed care provided to hospital charity care patients.
Requires DCA to establish standards concerning mold hazards in residential building interiors, and certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.*
Establishes ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS.
Provides certain collocations of wireless equipment, minor site plan status.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $4.141 million from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE for aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth.*
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Appropriates $14,818,787 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $23,588,760 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $23 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Creates "New Jersey Life Science Internship Challenge" program.
Extends expiration date of certain permits pursuant to the "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Permits direct shipping by wineries and creates Out-of-State winery license.
In committee · 54
Grants municipal courts discretion to assess court costs for certain dismissals and changes court costs for certain violations.
Permits submission of online voter registration form through secure Department of State Internet site; authorizes use of digitized signature from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission database for online voter registration form approval.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and harassment under certain circumstances.
Affords employment protection to certain volunteer emergency responders.
Creates crime of exposure to toxic pollutants.
Upgrades certain sex crimes against minors.
Requires persons subject to Megan's Law registration to provide law enforcement with any Internet identifiers.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides for automatic enrollment in PAAD and Senior Gold programs under certain circumstances.
Requires specific reduction of sulfur content in heating oil, and scheduled increase of blending biofuels therein after July 1, 2011, unless requirements are waived by Governor pursuant to Executive Order.
Establishes Task Force on Underage Drinking in Higher Education.
Requires retail store operators to establish in-store recycling programs that provide opportunities for customers to return clean plastic carryout bags.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
The "Owners' Rights and Obligations in Shared Ownership Communities Act."
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Prohibits retail stores from selling cellular telephone equipment or cellular telephone equipment service contracts unless stores provide information brochures about "sexting" to customers who purchase such equipment or contracts.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Prohibits boards of education from charging students a fee to participate in extracurricular activities.
Permits direct shipping of wine to New Jersey consumers.
Removes confidential employee status of certain Casino Control Commission employees.
Provides useful life of three years for certain permitted maintenance projects with Transportation Trust Fund monies.
Permits tenant to be removed from leased housing due to criminal activity under certain circumstances.
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
Exempts senior citizens, disabled persons and veterans from E-ZPass account monthly service charge.
Prohibits telecommunications companies from charging for certain services.
Requires adult Work First New Jersey recipients to complete secondary education under certain circumstances and receive life skills training.
Establishes standards for sale and application of fertilizer intended for use on turfgrass.
Requires the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs' website to provide a link to the website of institutions of higher education located in the State.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Allows exclusion for calculation of adjusted tax levy for expenditures made by municipalities for "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Changes "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners" and "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" to "county commissioner" in new sections of law and revisions to current law; requires counties to change terms on website.
Recognizes American Sign Language as a world language for meeting high school graduation requirements.
Removes plenary retail distribution license limit for certain stores.
Concerns safety measures at apartment complex swimming pools.
Transfers the Div. of Fish and Wildlife and related entities to the Dept. of Agriculture.
Prohibits political subdivisions from awarding longevity-based benefits to their employees.
Creates enabling act for certain homeowners' associations; provides standards for governing documents, membership and management of all homeowners associations.
Permits wineries to produce and sell certain distilled alcoholic beverages.
Provides for uniform basic structure of taxicab fares in certain municipalities.
Permits joint law enforcement task force led by Superintendent of State Police to conduct law enforcement in Atlantic City tourism district; requires use of certain funds for infrastructure improvements therein.
Permits licensed dealers to display and auction firearms at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations.
Directs NJTA to reduce tolls no longer required for payment of Access to the Region's Core Tunnel project.
Creates New Jersey Business Action Center.
Creates the "Mold Safe Housing Act."
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than 4% over the prior academic year.
Extends period for requested medical exam for disability benefits under PFRS to every two years until 55 years of age.
"Consumer Credit Fairness Act."
Permits direct shipping by wineries and creates Out-of-State Winery license.
Requires at least 50% of highest Casino Simulcasting Special Fund amount awarded to racetrack be paid to Atlantic City Race Course; prescribes uses thereof.
Requires BPU to promulgate regulations requiring electricity providers to provide information so customers can compare prices and services.
Permits local unit to contract with private entities to lease advertising space on local unit's official Internet website.
Permits direct shipping by wineries and creates Out-of-State Winery license.
Revises law concerning scrap metal businesses.