Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Nelson T. Albano
Sponsored
Became law1
Appropriates $80 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition or development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Passed the General Assembly4
Clarifies offenders are not eligible for parole under "Michael's Law".
Imposes surcharge on drunk drivers to establish Drunk Driving Prevention and Education Grant Fund.
Clarifies definition of "primary care" in Primary Care Physician and Dentist Loan Redemption Program to include practice of geriatrics.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Out of committee5
Makes certain repeat offenders ineligible for parole.
Criminalizes driving under the influence with person 17 years of age or younger in vehicle. *
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.
Appropriates $750,000 in federal funds for the Gypsy Moth Program.
In committee29
Requires certain persons to report suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation against vulnerable adults.
Requires DOT and toll road authorities to develop and adopt herbicide and pesticide management plans.
Directs MVC to expand driver's test to include additional questions on school bus and school zone and crossing safety.
Increases penalties for drunk driving with minor as passenger.
The "South Jersey Regional Veterans' Health Care Facility Grant Fund Act."
Prohibits telecommunications, utility or cable television companies from charging certain customers prior to actual billing due date.
Requires adult Work First New Jersey recipients to complete secondary education under certain circumstances and receive life skills training.
Permits county recording officer to record electronic image documents at time of receipt.
Makes No Early Release Act applicable to persons convicted of child pornography crimes.
Increases drunk driving enforcement surcharge.
Allows deduction against gross income for gain from sale of development easement on farmland.
Enhances penalties for driving when license revoked.
Requires forfeiture of public office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher; disqualifies person from future office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher or conviction of crime involving dishonesty.
Provides credit against gross income tax for first time home buyers with household incomes less than $100,000.
Jay's Law; requires DWI offenders to wear alcohol monitoring device.
Creates special "Designated Driver" license plates with proceeds to the Office of Highway Traffic Safety.
Requires serological testing for hepatitis of certain defendants.
Includes death by auto or vessel and certain assaults to crimes with bail restrictions; adds non-United States citizenship status to conditions warranting presumption favoring posting full cash bail.
Requires notice to primary and secondary borrower before repossession of motor vehicle under certain circumstances.
Permits police officer to impound uninsured motor vehicle.
Requires all automobile passengers to wear seat belts.
Provides for mandatory terms of imprisonment for assault upon senior citizens.
Prohibits possession of firearms and weapons in public parks.
Extends TDI to provide family leave benefits for workers caring for sick family members, newborn and newly adopted children.
Appropriate $75,000 to DMVA for recreational purposes at NJ veterans' memorial homes.
Provides for instruction in dyslexia awareness and methods of teaching students with dyslexia for candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers and paraprofessionals.
Clarifies offenders are not eligible for parole or periodic imprisonment under "Michael's Law."
Establishes New Jersey Reading Disabilities Task Force.
Includes death by auto or vessel and certain assaults as crimes with bail restrictions.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Appropriates $750,000 in federal funds for the Gypsy Moth Program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 32
Eliminates various inactive commissions, committees, councils and boards.
Designates New Jersey Route 55 as "Veterans Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Skinner's and Michelle's Law; increases penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury. *
Requires prenotification of certain plant closings, transfers and mass layoffs. *
Allows certain nonprofits to apply directly to Division of Highway Traffic Safety for federal grants.
Authorizes trained and qualified county corrections to carry a firearm at all times in New Jersey.
Requires DHSS to maintain registry of reported autism diagnoses; appropriates $500,000. *
Revises statutes governing compensation for victims of crime.
Clarifies certain restrictions on sending unsolicited fax advertisements over telephone lines.
"The Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection Act." **
Creates New Jersey POW-MIA medal. *
"Independence, Dignity and Choice in Long-Term Care Act"; reallocates State long-term care expenditures.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to purposely disrupt funeral through certain conduct. *
Prohibits certain deceptive advertising or concert performance practices with respect to live muscial performances or productions. *
Requires DMVA to evaluate resources, costs and benefits of providing home health care aides for qualified veterans.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
Permits certain motorcycle dealers to offer State-approved motorcycle safety education course.
"Electronic Waste Recycling Act."
Appropriates $8,552,405 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 southern NJ.
Establishes pilot program to conduct comprehensive eye examinations for second grade students.
Authorizes creation of sports and entertainment district and imposition of additional taxes therein to finance development of sports and entertainment facilities.
Provides for the transfer of certain college credits.
Provides for instruction in autism and other developmental disabilities awareness and methods of teaching students with autism and other developmental disabilities for candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers and paraprofessionals. **
Concerns Early Intervention Program services for children with autism.
Establishes New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force.
Extends funding for autism medical research and treatment.
Appropriates $40 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Establishes the New Jersey Schools Development Authority and revises the school construction program established under the "Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act."
Makes certain changes to the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
The "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007"; authorizes issuance of $200 million in bonds; appropriates $5,000.
Revises statutory law concerning shellfisheries.
Passed the General Assembly · 19
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons. **
Concerns penalties for illegally passing a school bus. *
Requires certain safety measures at certain swimming pools.
Authorizes creation of sports and entertainment district and imposition of additional taxes therein to finance development of sports and entertainment facilities. *
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Prohibits certain elected officials from receiving dual health benefit coverage.
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
The "Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006."
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Authorizes civil action for certain economic damages against owner or keeper of pet animal that injures or kills another person's pet animal.
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging.
Provides for funding of casino regulation during period when annual appropriations act is not in effect.
Designates Rt. 9 in Cape May County as "Police Unity Tour Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Daniel Mackay's Law; requires certain information be given to next of kin of relatives killed or incapacitated in motor vehicle accident; caps certain abandoned vehicle storage fees.
Prohibits display of gift card account numbers.
Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for emergency medical technicians, police officers, and firefighters. *
Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Appropriates $33 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Out of committee · 48
Establishes crime of participation in criminal street gang initiation ritual.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. *
Permits granting residency credit points to candidates taking municipal police and fire promotional examination.
Directs Commissioner of DHS to prepare annual Access to Employer-Based Health Insurance for NJ FamilyCare Enrollees report.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them. *
Requires health benefits coverage by health insurers and SHBP for orthotic and prosthetic appliances and provides reimbursement therefor. *
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."
Eliminates downgrading of DWI offenses that occur more than 10 years after previous conviction.
Criminalizes organized retail theft and establishes crime of leader of organized retail theft enterprise.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; appropriates $425,000.
Establishes sex offender monitoring program. *
Authorizes grants to New Jersey Transit Police Department to purchase body vests.
Makes various changes to the laws governing underground storage tanks. **
Expands covered claims under New Jersey Surplus Lines Insurance Guaranty Fund to include liquor law liability insurance claims.
Establishes ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $75,000.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for assisted living programs.
Requires inmates with sufficient means to pay their incarceration costs.
Extends burial of indigent veterans to those who did not serve in time of war; clarifies role of DMVA in identifying deceased veterans; provides additional funding for burial of indigent veterans.
Prohibits certain unsolicited checks.
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers and SHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism and other substance-use disorders under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses.
Establishes criminal and civil penalties for transmission of certain commercial electronic mail messages.
Requires DOT and DEP to conduct study on options to alleviate congestion on Route 47.
Recodifies Title 4 criminal animal cruelty offenses in State criminal code; increases level of certain offenses and crimes; establishes new offenses; revises civil penalties; repeals various sections of law; designated as Angel's Law. **
Requires school bus drivers to inspect bus for pupils remaining at end of route.
"Group Home Fire Safety Act."
Directs AG to develop guidelines for law enforcement cooperation with municipal prosecutors.
Allows access to housing, public facilities and transportation for certain working dogs, provides penalties for violation.
Regulates donation clothing bins.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Permits revised methods of treatment for chiropractors and establishes continuing education requirements.
Changes when proof of veteran status is required for civil service examinations for certain veterans. *
Exempts from sales tax all hybrid and certain highly fuel efficient vehicles.
Bars sales of aerosol dusters to persons under the age of 18. *
Requires new State residents to register their vehicles in New Jersey.
Provides that if an annual appropriation act is not enacted at the beginning of a State fiscal year casino gambling operations shall continue and all State employees shall be deemed essential. *
Provides unemployment benefits for spouses of armed services members under certain conditions. *
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship. *
Requires Attorney General to defend certain local law enforcement officers.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Requires lottery prizes over $600 be offset to satisfy debt owed to State government.
Allows authorized representative of deceased or incapacitated dentist to contract with another dentist to continue practice for one year.
Consumer Electronics Warranty Lemon Law.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Restricts receipt of things of value by members of the Legislature and legislative staff from lobbyists and governmental affairs agents; increases certain penalty provisions. *
Exempts sales and use tax on initiation fees, membership fees and dues and certain parking services.
Requires hospitals to implement infection prevention programs.
Requires hospitals to report certain information concerning infection rates to DHSS and requires DHSS to make information public.
Expands program eligibility and enhances benefit amount under the New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
In committee · 130
The " Abandoned Cemetery Maintenance and Preservation Act."
Allows qualifying counties to become "agriculture enterprise counties" and provides certain associated resulting benefits therefrom to encourage, protect, and preserve agriculture.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential property under redevelopment laws.
Increases annual funding of Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund.
Includes electronic communication in definition of public school "harassment, intimidation or bullying."
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Provides additional core curriculum standards aid for county vocational school district students who reside in Abbott districts.
Directs DOT Commissioner to allocate Transportation Trust Fund monies for concept development and design of Route 55 extension.
Grants Abbott district status to the school districts of Buena Regional, Commercial Township, Fairfield Township, Salem City and Woodbine.
"New Jersey Fair Market Drug Pricing Act"; establishes New Jersey Rx Card Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Designates "New Jersey, U.S.A." as State song.
Concerns abandonment of private bridges that carry a State highway.
Establishes additional factors to be used when calculating value of land to be acquired for farmland preservation purposes; and excludes, from taxation, income from certain sales of land for farmland preservation purposes.
Establishes school property tax freeze program for resident homeowners age 65 or older and disabled homeowners.
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes.
Increases minimum period of imprisonment from 10 to 30 days for driving while license revoked for DWI.
Increases civil penalty payable to the "Domestic Violence Victims' Fund" by persons who commit domestic violence.
Requires that public officers or public employees convicted of crimes involving their office or employment be sentenced to mandatory prison terms and forfeit pension benefits.
Exempts certain physician-owned or operated ambulatory health care facilities from ambulatory care gross receipts assessment if facility is Medicaid or NJ Family Care provider.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million from the General Fund to the Department of Education for Teacher Quality Mentoring.
Requires telemarketers to have signed consent form or written request before making telemarketing sales calls to customer on NJ Do Not Call List.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex and Warren Counties.
Establishes the New Jersey School Counts County College Scholarship Program; appropriates $2,000,000.
Requires State Auditor review of certain Department of Corrections privatization contracts.
Appropriates $25 million to remove and replace 500 bed Phase I facility at Southern State.
Authorizes court to provide alternatives for persons who default in payment of fines.
Authorizes Commissioner of Education to increase the State share of certain county vocational school district school facilities projects.
Dedicates certain revenues in Maritime Industry Fund for dredging and dredging disposal projects.
Requires State to hold local public hearing prior to State, county, or nonprofit organization acquiring and preserving any open space in already substantially preserved municipalities.
Excludes from taxation income from certain sales of land for open space and farmland preservation purposes.
Creates "Task Force on the Extension of Route 55."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" and "New Jersey, U.S.A." as State songs.
Designates five State songs.
Establishes parental orientation program in the Abbott school districts.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Creates "Real Property Revaluation Review Commission."
Requires employers to provide rest and meal breaks.
Provides annual salary supplement for teachers earning National Board certification; appropriates $500,000.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides enhanced benefits to survivors of certain PFRS members.
Increases PFRS benefits for active members when PFRS funded at 101%, for retirees over three fiscal years thereafter.
Requires written prescriptions to be legibly printed or typed.
Appropriates $1 million for Pinelands Property Tax Stabilization aid.
Permits registration by voter on days of municipal, primary, and general elections.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Establishes animal cruelty offenses pertaining to chaining or other restraint of animals.
Prohibits use of education and occupation as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the parent, spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Expands membership of New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and ensures appointment of at least one member from each of the four counties where authority currently hosts facilities.
Directs AG to develop a computer system to assist municipal prosecutors.
Permits municipalities to enact an ordinance requiring drivers arrested for DUI to be held in custody.
Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts with significant enrollment growth.
Provides additional State school aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth and low per pupil property and income wealth.
Suspends certain tolls during evacuation of coastal areas.
Establishes "New Jersey Study Commission on Research Misconduct."
Concerns meeting notices and minutes requirements of Open Public Meetings Act.
Supplemental appropriation of $12,000,000 in capital funding to DOC for construction of 400-bed housing unit at Bayside State Prison.
Expresses additional rationale for existing statutory prohibition of self-service dispensing of motor fuel at service stations.
Authorizes State and local police to enforce parking prohibitions in fire zones on both public and private property.
Excludes from gross income under the gross income tax certain United States military compensation paid to members of units of the NJ National Guard and reserve components of the United States Armed Forces.
Requires all able-bodied Work First New Jersey recipients to perform community service.
Prohibits school districts from hiring governmental affairs agents.
The "New Jersey Consumer Catastrophe Preparedness and Protection Act"; creates "New Jersey Catastrophe Fund"; appropriates $10,000,000.
Provides UI benefits for certain spouses of relocated armed forces members.
Authorizes POW license plates for leased vehicles.
Provides for value of certain riparian grants to be determined at time of application to Tidelands Resource Council.
Establishes universal credit equivalency program to provide seamless transfer of college credits by institutions of higher education.
Extends eligibility for total property tax exemption to 100% disabled Cold War veterans; requires State to reimburse municipality for local tax revenue loss.
Permits municipality to establish public financing program for campaigns for elective public office in the municipality.
Changes when proof of veteran status is required for civil service examinations for certain active duty members of federal Armed Forces and reserve component.
Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
Concerns certain arbitration provisions for certain consumer contracts.
Establishes fixed dates for employment contracts of certain State college professors and other employees.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement for claimants affected by eminent domain.
Exempts membership fees, initiation fees, or dues for access to health and fitness, athletic, or sporting clubs of certain charitable organizations from sales and use tax.
Requires current and new PERS members holding more than one position covered by PERS to designate one position for PERS credit.
Prohibits receipt of compensation or benefits for multiple elective public offices held.
Prohibits individual from holding simultaneously more than one elective public office.
Prohibits person elected or re-elected after enactment from holding more than one elective public office simultaneously.
Provides for calculation of retirement allowance based on average annual compensation for ten years of service for certain PERS members who retire after enactment.
Provides for calculation of retirement allowance based on average annual compensation for ten years of service for certain PERS members who enroll after enactment.
Requires new PERS members holding more than one position covered by PERS to designate one position for PERS credit.
Requires reduction in number of positions in State service; establishes procedure to control creation of new State positions and filling of vacancies.
Requires DEP to notify coastal municipalities of certain settlement discussions.
Directs Department of Personnel to establish physical fitness test in addition to any written test required for law enforcement officer candidates.
Requires State to give sellers at least 60 days advance notice of changes in sales tax rates, changes in the tax base, and amendments to sales and use tax rules and regulations.
Provides that certain third parties may apply to the Superior Court for visitation rights.
Requires motor vehicle dealer to pay off loan on trade-in within five days.
Reduces certain stop sign no parking zones from 50 feet to 30 feet.
Establishes maximum rate for State and local hotel and motel occupancy taxes and fees.
Requires insurers and State health care coverage programs to cover cost of HPV vaccine.
Authorizes paid leaves of absence for certain delegates of employee organizations representing corrections officers attending conventions.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Places 2-1/2 percent limit on annual increases on municipal service fees imposed on manufactured homes in mobile home parks.
Revises duties and function of Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission.
Exempts charges for residential storage space and dues for residential health and fitness facilities from the sales and use tax.
Changes when proof of veteran status is required for civil service examinations for certain active duty members of federal Armed Forces and reserve component.
Establishes prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse public awareness campaign; designated Jason's Law.
Phases out sales and use tax on certain initiation fees, membership fees and dues.
Allows use of fuel not blended with ethanol for aviation purposes.
Provides that if wireless telephone service subscriber terminates service, any applicable subscriber termination fee is to be prorated.
Prohibits commercial mobile service providers from requiring subscribers to purchase new cellular telephone equipment in certain cases.
Wireless Telephone Consumer Protection Act; establishes certain consumer protections for wireless telephone subscribers.
Establishes violation of hands-free cell phone law may constitute recklessness under vehicular homicide statute.
Provides additional retirement benefits for certain police and firefighter members of PFRS.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Requires certain health care facilities to adopt certain infection control strategies.
Establishes criminal penalties and debars certain employers from public work for misclassifying construction workers as independent contractors.
Prohibits commercial mobile service providers from requiring subscribers to pay a charge for calling emergency 9-1-1 service.
Provides triggers for reductions of employer unemployment insurance taxes.
Permits municipality to reimburse amount of filing fee to successful tax assessment appellant.
Requires notification to corrections officers when disturbance occurs in correctional facility.
Requires 40 hours annual in-service training for State corrections officers.
Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 15-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities.
Provides that only certain DOC employees may recruit, interview, and hire corrections officers.
Requires civilian employees of DOC to be trained in gang awareness.
Requires home interview of corrections officer applicants.
Requires internal affairs investigations to be conducted by unit seperate from unit responsible for collecting gang intelligence information.
Affords employment protection to certain volunteer emergency responders.
Sets standards regarding New Jersey Transit Corporation contracts privatizing public transit services.
Establishes a permanent Gang Land Security Task Force.
Returns pension loan interest rate in TPAF, PERS, JRS, PFRS and SPRS to fixed 4%.
Permits juveniles under 14 years old to be tried as adults for certain heinous homicides.
Requires corrections officers be notified when inmates test positive for certain communicable diseases.
Establishes program concerning motorist directional signs for agricultural tourism establishment locations.
Excludes charges for certain membership and initiation fees and dues from sales and use tax.
Prohibits members or affiliates of criminal street gangs from being appointed corrections officers.
The "Najeeb Green-Lewis Law," requires motor vehicle rental companies to confirm driving status of driver as condition of renting certain vehicles.
Filed · 1
Establishes Division of Risk Management in the Department of the Treasury; reorganizes Office of Information Technology; requires consolidation of enhanced 9-1-1 public safety answering points.