Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Albert Coutinho
Sponsored
Became law3
Codifies protections set forth in certain case law and limits use of eminent domain under the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law."
"The New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013."**
Revises permitted amount of surcharge on admission charges at major places of amusement.
Passed the General Assembly2
Allows municipalities to designate redevelopment entities and certain non-profits to act as land banks.
Provides temporary deferral of certain sales and use tax collection responsibilities of certain persons making certain investments and creating certain jobs.*
Out of committee3
Modifies various aspects of charter school program including student enrollment procedures, revocation of charter, monitoring of charter schools, and collaboration between school districts and charter schools.
Establishes new public-private partnership agreement option for construction of State and county college facilities and changes reference from "Commission on Higher Education" to "Secretary of Higher Education" in higher education construction Educationa
Increases amount of tax credits authorized to be issued under Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit program and extends application deadline.
In committee31
Establishes NJ FamilyCare coverage buy-in program for certain small employers.
Requires public notice of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board meetings.
Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing.
Increases motor fuels tax eight cents per year for three years with later CPI adjustment and requires all motor fuels taxes to be credited to Transportation Trust Fund.
Establishes five-year tax credit program to support expansion of preschool in school districts.
Clarifies duties and responsibilities of police directors and chiefs of police.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
Establishes DCA oversight of Passaic Valley Sewerage Comissioners.
Expands existing film and digital media production tax credit programs; designated as the Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act.
Authorizes Chief Administrator of New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to issue permits for certain overweight trucks and charge fee for such permits.
Exempts from payment certain taxes and energy charges for manufacturing facilities.
Designated the Equitable Disclosure Act of 2010, modifies provisions of MLUL concerning objectors to applications for development.
Establishes a closing fund to provide financial resources for certain economic development projects.
Requires that each school district conducting an interscholastic athletic program must employ one or more school athletic trainers.
Allows for modifications to land use approvals because of changed economics.
"Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act."
Makes certain veterans eligible for certificates of registration under Security Officer Registration Act.
Establishes a Community School Pilot Program in DOE to advance the construction of community school facilities projects in three pilot districts.
"Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act."
Makes certain veterans eligible for certificates of registration under Security Officer Registration Act.
Increases maximum total amount of tax credits allowable under "Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act" from $1,500,000,000 to $2,500,000,000, and under "Grow New Jersey Assistance Act" from $200,000,000 to $400,000,000.
Establishes "port support zone" surrounding certain ports and marine terminals.
Permits counties to charge a fee to fund infrastructure through voter approval.
Requires fee-for-service Medicaid prescription drug benefits for Medicaid recipients not eligible for Medicare.
Concerns community-based correctional services for certain State and county inmates.
Requires DOC to report certain information concerning halfway houses.
Requires DOC oversight of placement of pre-trial county inmates in halfway houses.
Sets forth procedures for transporting inmates housed in residential community release programs.
Requires residential community release programs to install cameras in certain facilities and provide telephone access to ombudsperson; requires ombudsperson to investigate reports.
Requires PANYNJ to impose cargo facility charge on certain cargo.
Allows host municipalities to offer property tax abatements on former Fort Monmouth property under terms and conditions established by those municipalities.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Increases amount of tax credits authorized to be issued under Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit program and extends application deadline.*
Establishes new public-private partnership agreement option for construction of State and county college facilities and changes reference from "Commission on Higher Education" to "Secretary of Higher Education" in higher education construction Educationa
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Authorizes deployment of integrity oversight monitors in implementation of certain recovery and rebuilding projects.*
Authorizes the court to credit a person in default of a court-imposed financial obligation under certain circumstances.*
Establishes crime of entering into certain restricted airport areas.
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Requires direct deposit for all State employee compensation on and after July 1, 2014; allows county, county college, municipality,and local school district to opt for mandatory direct deposit for all employee compensation on or after July 1, 2014.***
"Kulesh and Kubert's, and Bolis Law;" establishes violation of hands-free cell phone law as reckless under vehicular homicide and assault by auto statutes.*
Revises the period of time required for a State college faculty member to receive tenure.*
Extends expiration date of certain permits pursuant to the "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Removes licensing requirement for recreational bingo games.
Concerns adding names of certain veterans to certain civil service eligibility lists.
Establishes program in DOE to address State's shortage of mathematics and science teachers.
Requires State pay educational costs of students who reside in domestic violence shelter or transitional living facility outside district of residence for more than one year.
Authorizes sale of site of former Riverfront State Prison in City of Camden as State surplus property to NJEDA for public auction to prequalified developer.
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."
Permits municipal court to order certain offenders to perform community service in lieu of payment of penalty.
Changes pejorative terminology referring to mental capacity of individuals.
Vetoed · 8
Imposes oversight upon Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Changes priorities for financial assistance from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund. *
Requires Energy Master Plan to include long-term capacity planning and infrastructure planning.
Increases distributions to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore aid reductions; extends "poison pill" protection to total formula aid provided to each municipality.
Requires municipalities to submit economic growth plans to DCA for approval of continued participation in the urban enterprise zone program.
Extends time municipalities have to commit fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units to six years.
"The New Jersey Social Innovation Act"; establishes social innovation loan pilot program and study commission within EDA.**
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Passed the General Assembly · 21
Exempts disabled veterans and recipients of the Purple Heart from the payment of municipal parking meter fees when their vehicles bear a disabled veteran's or Purple Heart license plate issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
Makes permanent certain temporary authorizations that expanded permitted investment by Director of Division of Investment of State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund and State pension funds.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Requires correctional facilities to provide inmates with prescription medication that was prescribed for chronic conditions existing prior to incarceration.
Establishes bill of rights for authorized family members of persons with developmental disabilities.*
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA
Requires DEP to submit annual financial report on status of certain fund balances.
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.*
Concerns time frames for establishing or enforcing property rights related to adverse possession.**
Expands education requirements for special learner's and examination permits.
Allows property taxpayers an additional 90 days to file tax appeal after revaluation.
Reverses certain changes to laws governing State treatment of unclaimed property.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act"; provides expedited process for foreclosing abandoned residential properties.
Places certain limitations on attorney solicitation letters.
Codifies the Judiciary's Foreclosure Mediation Program; dedicates monies from foreclosure filing fees and fines.
Directs NJEDA to establish pilot program to assist with permit and approval process related to redevelopment of certain properties.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Exempts mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of the underlying offense from State's open public records law.
Out of committee · 34
Permits automatic expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances.
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of the student borrower's death.
Prohibits first responders from photographing persons being assisted or disclosing photographs of such persons without their consent.
Requires school buses transporting certain disabled persons to use flashing lights and establishes penalties for drivers who fail to yield.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Limits payments for unused sick leave earned after effective date by public officers or employees represented by union; for all public employees, limits vacation leave carry-forward and requires suspension and forfeiture of certain supplemental compensat
Clarifies deadline to request mail-in ballot application.
Requires schools that participate in Statewide interscholastic sports programs to annually inform student-athletes about National Collegiate Athletic Association eligibility standards for participation in collegiate athletics.
Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.*
Provides immunity to institutions of higher education for food donations.
Expands category of lists from which a single juror source list is compiled to include recipients of cash assistance or food stamps.
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program.
Increases compensation for persons wrongfully imprisoned.
Requires SHBP and SEHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism, other substance-use disorders, and non biologically-based mental illnesses under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses. *
Requires DOC to transfer certain payments of restitution to VCCB.
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Extends for 18 months application submission deadline to EDA for review and approval of certain construction projects involving public institutions of higher education.
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Concerns dissolution of free public libraries.
Lieutenant Scott Jenkins' Law; creates certain new criminal offenses aimed at theft from carriers; amends theft statutes.*
"Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act."*
"Building Our Future Bond Act"; authorizes the issuance of $750,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance higher educational capital projects for increasing of academic capacity; appropriates $5,000.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
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 $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Creates Voluntary Registry for Individuals with a Mental Illness or Developmental Disability.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Declares violence a public health crisis and establishes "Study Commission on Violence."*
Requires registration of certain vacant and abandoned properties with municipalities and provides enforcement tools related to maintenance of these properties.*
In committee · 184
Creates "Comprehensive Anti-Nepotism Act."
Changes date for election of fire district commissioners from third Saturday in February to day of general election.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.
Allows New Jersey S corporations to elect to transfer corporation business tax credits to shareholders to apply against the shareholders' gross income tax liability.
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs.
Authorizes creation of 33rd urban enterprise zone in Belleville Township.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands horse racetrack, subject to voter approval.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands racetrack, upon voter approval; dedicates 1/3 net proceeds to General Fund, 1/3 to State education aid, and 1/3 to horse racing industry.
Permits appointment of certain nonpermanent firefighters laid off for reasons of economy to vacant paid positions.
Permits appointment of certain EMTs laid off for reasons of economy to vacant paid positions.
Allows corporation business tax credits as incentives for redevelopment of distressed shopping centers.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Requires DHSS to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Limits amount of appeal bond in civil actions to $50 million.
Transfers Bureau of Securities to Department of Banking and Insurance.
Sets State's mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Allows certain sole proprietors to join a small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.
Authorizes county colleges and county vocational school districts to establish aviation related job certification, training, and internship programs and provides a corporation business tax credit for funds donated to support such programs.
Establishes innovation zone program and creates innovation zone around Aviation Research and Technology Park in Atlantic County.
Excludes veterans' benefits from calculation of financial obligation for care at psychiatric facility.
Permits contiguous municipalities in different vicinages to share court facilities.
Requires certain psychiatric facilities to contact DYFS if minor is to be discharged and parent or guardian is unable or unwilling to remove minor from facility.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Requires the incorporation of solar panels in design and construction of new public school facilities.
Provides NJ STARS II Program eligibility to certain students who attained an associate's degree through a joint program offered by a school district and a county college.
Prohibits requiring school and county college employees to search for or handle explosive devices.
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
Makes harassment by electronic means a crime of the fourth degree.
Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.
Authorizes property tax levy cap banking by local units and boards of education.
Requires use of highest appraisal value as offer price for Green Acres and farmland preservation programs.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Provides that 20% of fee charged for initial certified copy of birth certificate shall be used to support certain activities of NJ Cord Blood Bank.
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
Requires social studies teachers to complete training in African-American studies.
Establishes Office of Minority Teacher Recruitment in Department of Education.
Provides enhanced penalties for certain crimes when victim is 65 years of age or older, or disabled.
Allows persons on parole and probation to vote; provides registration assistance to persons on probation, parolees, and persons completing sentences.
Authorizes court to waive certain fees, offer mediation as sentence; authorizes defendant information in presentence report; reduces certain expungement waiting periods; requires benefits be considered in juvenile plan.
Authorizes waiver of license revocation process for certain child support obligors.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Authorizes special license plate for distinguished service medal recipients.
Increases personal needs allowance to $55 for low income persons residing in certain facilities.
Exempts individuals with certain types of military service from certain professional and occupational fees and continuing education requirements.
Prohibits practice of requiring credit check as condition of employment.
Creates New Jersey Business Action Center.
Exempts from sales tax certain sales by or to any senior citizens club organized for pleasure, recreation, or other nonprofitable purposes.
Requires reporting of public high school, district and Statewide drop-out and graduation rates.
Permits municipalities to use auxiliary police in non-emergency situations.
Concerns UEZ funding to qualifying municipalities.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Establishes "New Jersey Commission on Government Efficiency and Cost Control" to recommend measures for efficiency and cost reduction in State government.
Revises current juror compensation.
Creates "Inmate Community Service Program" in DOC.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for employers who hire former prisoners.
Restores benefit under State earned income credit program to 25 percent of federal credit beginning in Tax Year 2011.
Caps noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions at $250,000.
Permits Legislature to void closing of State psychiatric hospital or developmental center.
Requires all personal audio players distributed in New Jersey to contain warning about volume and hearing loss.
"Revised State Medical Examiner Act"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DHSS.
Temporarily renames NJ Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury as NJ Advisory Council on Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury; establishes Acquired Brain Injury Fund.
Establishes "Study Commission on E-Licensing."
Prohibits public and private employers from discriminating against ex-convicts.
Exempts electric vehicle charging systems from real property taxation.
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in port district of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Establishes a loan redemption program for teachers employed in chronically failing schools.
Establishes procedure to insure inmates with military service receive all the veteran benefits to which they are entitled upon release.
Requires person in business of selling all-terrain vehicles to properly register vehicle prior to delivery to buyer; increases penalties for violating all-terrain vehicle restrictions.
Permits voter registration of certain persons at age 17 for voting at next election occurring on or after 18th birthday.
Establishes "Small Business Revolving Loan and Credit Enhancement Fund" within EDA to provide loans and credit enhancement assistance to certain small businesses.
Expands DNA database to include samples from certain arrestees; designated "Katie's Law."
Provides tax credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax for certain small businesses receiving qualifying loans.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain small business employers that provide health care benefits to employees.
Requires suicide prevention continuing education courses for physicians and podiatrists.
Requires counties, municipalities, fire districts, and boards of education to cooperatively develop and implement five-year financial plans.
Directs certain recoveries of federal funds for services to persons with developmental disabilities be used for grants to support community infrastructure purposes.
Requires New Jersey Transit to offer discount passes to all New Jersey higher education students.
Creates grant program for newly established small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Creates matching grant program for small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Encourages local unit sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Limits use and supplemental compensation for certain leave; limits employment for certain public employees.
Extends for three years application submission deadline to EDA for review and approval of certain construction projects involving public institutions of higher education.
Requires each public institution of higher education to post its budget on the institution's website.
Concerns transfer of PANYNJ contracts related to marine terminals.
Requires DEP to conduct study concerning single-use paper bags and plastic bags.
Subjects county and municipal sewerage authority service rate increases to approval by Board of Public Utilities.
Authorizes hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Increases additional penalty assessment for drunk driving; dedicates revenue to VCCB.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Provides for transfer and sale of inactive liquor licenses for use in qualifying smart growth municipalities.
Authorizes immediate euthanasia of impounded stray animals that are injured or ill beyond hope of recovery.
Provides for the designation of new charter school authorizers.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for full time enrollment at four year institutions of higher education, county colleges and accredited post-secondary schools in New Jersey.
Authorizes the issuance of $2,705,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance the construction and renovation of higher education facilities; appropriates $5,000.
Revises the structure, functions and authority of the State Investment Council and the Director of the State Division of Investment.
Requires the State Police to establish a recently relocated offenders section within the Megan's Law sex offender Internet registry.
Requires Treasurer and Divisions of Pensions and Benefits and Investment Directors to report on status of State-administered pension plans to Legislature by May 15 and November 15 each year.
Establishes a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during a qualified period.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Requires Division of Property Management and Construction to conduct analysis of State buildings to determine energy and cost savings through use of renewable energy equipment or technology.
Requires all new State buildings to have solar or geothermal energy systems, where feasible.
Allows planning and zoning board members to satisfy training requirements on Internet.
Provides that videotaping of aggravated assault is a third degree crime.
Requires applicants for liquor licenses and license transfers to notify residents within 200 feet of licensed premises.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Provides corporation business tax incentives for life sciences research.
Creates new taxable category of alcoholic beverages called flavored malt beverages, imposes separate rate of taxation on new category pursuant to alcoholic beverages tax and allocates associated revenue.
Authorizes payment in lieu of taxes for tax exempt institution of higher education property if 25 percent of property of municipality is tax exempt and 12.5 percent is institution's property.
Provides financial assistance for higher education expenses of former Work First New Jersey recipients after leaving program.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
Requires lowest possible price for inmate telephone calls.
Requires incarcerated persons be counted as residents of their previous address, not prison, for redistricting purposes.
Eliminates certain prohibitions to expungements of criminal records.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Consolidates all "doughnut municipalities" and "doughnut-hole municipalities" within 10 years.
Permits water and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings.
Establishes conditional intervention program in municipal court for certain first-time offenders.
Permits publication of legal notices by governments and individuals on official government website instead of newspaper.
Eliminates minimum corporation business tax on New Jersey S corporations.
Requires the State to provide State aid for public school adult high school programs.
Requires the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners maintain minutes of meetings; provides Governor veto over minutes.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Requires appointed board of education members and candidates for an elected board to reveal criminal convictions prior to assuming or running for office.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes Council on Affordable Housing.
The "Residential Distressed Property Leaseback Act."
The "Residential Property Lease-Purchase Act."
Authorizes creation of 33rd urban enterprise zone in Town of Harrison, Hudson County.
Requires insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer.
Adds two student representatives to board of governors of Rutgers University.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain infant formulas.
Provides for the removal of a State Board of Education member for failure to attend three consecutive board meetings without good cause.
Permits certain motor vehicle offenders to apply for restricted use license.
Prohibits public employers from reimbursing tuition or awarding promotions or compensation based on degrees or certifications obtained from unaccredited institutions.
Caps attorney fee awards in actions against public entities.
Upgrades penalties for certain criminal offenses committed against elderly and disabled persons.
Establishes public bidding and contracting procedures for Rutgers, the State University that mirror those in place for the State colleges.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."
Allows New Jersey gross income taxpayers to elect to deduct certain losses from certain investment arrangements discovered to be criminally fraudulent.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Bars certain officials from elective office and political activity for certain time periods.
Provides $3,000 gross income tax deduction for certain taxpayers providing home care for an elderly relative.
Authorizes the State, with prior approval by the State House Commission, to use eminent domain power to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes provided lands are protective of drinking water sources.
Excludes appropriations to reserve for uncollected taxes in excess of two percent from calculations of municipal adjusted tax levy.
Increases gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 and dedicates revenue from tax rate increase for direct real property tax relief for taxpayers.
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.
Requires gradual replacement of incandescent light bulbs in public school buildings with compact fluorescent light bulbs whenever possible.
Prohibits charges for busy or unanswered cellular telephone calls.
Establishes "Solar Equipment Purchase and Installation Assistance Program" in NJ EDA.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Increases income eligibility limits for PAAD program and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program.
Clarifies that hospitals are not subject to PIP medical fee schedules.
Prohibits public and private employers from automatically disqualifying ex-offenders from employment.
Requires parole board under certain circumstances to release inmates not convicted of a violent crime under the No Early Release Act at the time of parole eligibility.
Waives certain motor vehicle fees for religious or charitable organizations that offer transportation for after school programs.
Prohibits job discrimination on basis of credit history or financial status.
Requires preservation of certain biological evidence.
Prohibits transfer of certain juveniles to adult correctional facilities.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Equalizes standing of private and public colleges before land use agencies.
Provides a NJHOPE credit, increases the current gross income tax homestead property tax credit, and increases the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1,000,000.
Establishes financial incentives for certain energy providers to conduct energy audits.
Allows certain fuel dealers and distributors refunds of petroleum products gross receipts tax and credits against motor fuel tax for certain bad debts from sale of fuel.
Applies driving while intoxicated law to operation of certain motor vehicles in certain circumstances.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
"New Jersey Venture Investment and Employment Program Act;" establishes program under NJ EDA to provide for qualified investments of capital in qualified businesses.
Requires correctional facilities to submit voting rights information packets to inmates.
Restricts use of electronic benefit cards by cash assistance recipients.
Amends Fiscal Year 2013 annual appropriations act to prohibit application of budget adjustment factor when determining Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain nursing facilities.
Requires EDA to issue report concerning conveyance of real property.
Requires handgun ammunition to be encoded with serial number.
Requires use of short sale data under certain circumstances to assess real property and determine assessment ratios.
Establishes task force to study the relationships among video games, mental health, and violence.
Authorizes issuance of special licenses to serve and distribute alcoholic beverages in smart growth areas.
Requires reporting of the graduation rates of State tuition aid grant recipients.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."