Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, General Assembly.
Jack Conners
Sponsored
Became law7
Extends payment of accidental death benefit in PFRS, SPRS, PERS and TPAF to survivors of certain members of reserve component of Armed Forces and National Guard. *
Permits implementation of encrypted counterfeit-resistant revenue stamps for cigarettes sold in the State. *
Delays expiration date of certain professional and occupational licenses and registrations for individuals with certain types of military services. *
Requires insurance producers to notify Commissioner of Banking and Insurance of any disciplinary action taken by non-governmental regulatory authority.
Provides veterans' organizations right to receive unclaimed veterans' cremains after one year. *
Makes permanent certain Special Civil Part fees.
Requires member of New Jersey National Guard to apply for tuition benefits under Post-911 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to qualify for tuition-free enrollment at public institutions of higher education. *
Passed the General Assembly6
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Requires New Jersey DMVA to issue Cold War certificates to Cold War veterans.
Changes membership requirements of the Veterans' Services Council.
Requires applications for certain professional and occupational licenses and certain registrations for controlled dangerous substance distribution to include information on applicant's membership in Armed Forces.
Creates New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon.
Allows DMVA to fundraise for handicap accessible vehicle purchase.
Out of committee11
Authorizes proration of veterans' property tax deduction.
Provides post-traumatic stress disorder from military service during combat may be mitigating factor during sentencing.
Excludes certain military compensation for combat zone duty, qualified hazardous duty and duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger of New Jersey military personnel from gross income tax.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to veterans of Operation "Uphold Democracy."
Exempts certain purchases by school food service providers from the sales and use tax.
Requires scrap metal dealers to maintain certain records regarding purchases. *
Makes permanent the previously temporary authority of the Administrative Director of the Courts to set certain fees for the service of process by mail. *
Authorizes special Gold Star Parent motor vehicle plates for parents of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Allows persons affected by certain plant closings, transfers and mass layoffs to receive temporary suspension of payment of interest on mortgage loans.
Establishes a one-year pilot program to assist separating service members pursue higher education goals.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for active duty members of United States Armed Forces, Reserve components thereof, and National Guard from New Jersey. *
In committee57
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Extends property tax reimbursement benefits to certain low income veterans.
Provides that the school district of residence for a child in a foster home shall be the present district of residence of the parent or guardian.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Establishes school property tax freeze program for resident homeowners age 65 or older and disabled homeowners.
Permits municipalities to make retroactive property tax deduction payments to veterans up to a maximum of $1,000 per veteran.
Increases maximum LOSAP contributions and prospectively changes certain vesting requirements.
Allows veteran or personal representative to withdraw honorable discharge papers from county clerk.
Expands eligibility for NJ Distinguished Service Medal and commemorative Vietnam service medal and ribbon to certain long-term and former State residents.
Dedicates certain sales and use taxes collected to "Veterans' Services Fund."
Grants Statewide law enforcement powers to certain Burlington County Bridge Comission police officers.
Authorizes creation of 32nd UEZ in Beverly City, Burlington County.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Creates New Jersey Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act of 2006.
Permits certain senior citizens or disabled persons to qualify as " eligible claimant" for homestead property tax reimbursement even if fourth quarter property taxes are delinquent.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $50,000 to Rutgers, The State University and $50,000 to Seton Hall University to fund clinical legal program for homeless veterans.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the NJ World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Directs New Jersey Turnpike Authority to designate Garden State Parkway as memorial highway to POW-MIA's.
Provides for issuance of New Jersey Homeland Security Medals; appropriates $5,000.
Upgrades offense of simple assault to aggravated assault when victim is employee of DHS and clearly engaged in duties conducting investigation.
Establishes Commission on Women Veterans.
Regulates operation of sweepstakes in New Jersey.
Provides mandatory fines and community service for theft of headstones, headstone markers, flags or flag holders from grave sites.
Requires keg registration; makes the unlawful possession of an unregistered keg a petty disorderly persons offense.
Exempts storage facility space furnished to active duty military personnel from the sales and use tax.
Excludes Medicare Part B premiums in determining PAAD eligibility.
Applies certain bail monies to VCCB assessments.
Requires cigarette receptacles to be placed at entrances of buildings in which smoking is prohibited.
Authorizes property tax deferment for deployed military personnel.
Increases certain fees concerning court officers.
Establishes a financial or personal information "do not sell" list for residents of this State.
Requires certain physicians to complete course in recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect.
Clarifies financial liability of certain cellular telephone service users upon notification of unauthorized use of cellular telephone.
Requires examinations of joint insurance funds and certain reporting by those funds.
Prohibits hold or block on debit card accounts unless disclosed to and authorized by consumer.
Prohibits certain practices by automobile insurers.
Requires MVC to accept death certificate as proof of name change.
Provides that employees no longer must pay full cost of purchase of PERS, PFRS or TPAF credit for military service.
Authorizes municipality to require enhanced notice of applications for development under MLUL by posting signs and expanding scope of individual notice to property owners within 400 feet of subject property.
Provides that certain disabled veterans may purchase special automobile insurance policies.
Requires public bodies under Open Public Meetings Act to display U.S. flag and recite Pledge of Allegiance at beginning of meeting.
Allows military personnel extended period to qualify for exclusion of capital gain from income of the sale or exchange of a principal residence.
Requires certain ambulatory care facilities to provide services to patients without regard to ability to pay or source of payment.
"New Jersey G.I. Bill"; provides higher education benefits to New Jersey veterans.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Expands the means to obtain a protective order for a minor.
Provides for increase in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of National Guard members.
Requires State to reimburse municipalities for lost revenue resulting from veterans' total property tax exemption.
Prohibits permanent change of child custody during period of active military service; provides that absence due to active military duty, by itself, is insufficient justification to modify a child custody or visitation order.
Prohibits DEP from requiring recycling coordinators to complete educational course on recycling.
Permits for-profit debt settlement services.
Recognizes POW and MIA as valid description of casualty status and category classification for military personnel.
Requires DMVA, through State veterans service offices, to provide surviving beneficiary of deceased service member with comprehensive benefits packet.
Establishes the "Veterans Court Pilot Program."
Grants credit against business taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
The "Debt-Management Services Act of New Jersey."
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Requires scrap metal dealers to maintain certain records regarding purchases.
Passed the Senate1
Makes permanent the previously temporary authority of the Administrative Director of the Courts to set certain fees for the service of process by mail. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 52
Provides for automatic enrollment in PAAD and Senior Gold programs under certain circumstances.
Authorizes parent or guardian to request use of individualized health care plan for student with diabetes and provides for the emergency administration of glucagon for certain students. *
Permits nonpartisan municipal elections to be held on same day as general elections. **
Requires facility where patient dies to provide medical examiner with contact information for next-of-kin so medical examiner may obtain additional information about death. *
Provides "Patriots Corner" tribute in State House to New Jersey residents serving in US Armed Forces, reserve components and New Jersey National Guard.
Permits price adjustments in local public contracts for asphalt cement and fuel.
Establishes Public Assistance Cost Reduction and Transportation Independence Pilot Program to transfer surplus State motor vehicles to certain nonprofit organizations. *
Requires wheelchair securement and occupant securement devices for wheelchaired passengers.
Directs the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to establish adapted athletic programs.
Revises laws concerning pedestrian safety and traffic control; requires drivers to stop and remain stopped for pedestrians under certain conditions.
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.
Requires developers to offer solar energy systems in certain new home construction. *
Prohibits unfair discrimination in the issuance, renewal or rating of life insurance policies based on future foreign travel.
Permits parent of twins or higher order multiples enrolled in public school to select shared or separate classroom placement of their children.
Establishes Veterans' Oral History Foundation.
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Increases membership of Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of NJ from 14 to 15 members.
Permits three year payoff of accumulated deficits of municipal health insurance funds.
Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for certain first responders. *
Provides that nursing home resident has right to receive food that meets resident's religious dietary requirements.
Permits use of overseas absentee ballots for all elections; authorizes transmission of ballots by electronic means. *
Requires health benefits coverage for certain therapies for the treatment of autism and other developmental disabilities. *
Imposes moratorium on harvest and possession of horseshoe crabs.
The Vote By Mail Law. *
Enacts "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children."
Exempts Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans' Memorial Cemetery from law requiring reforestation plans.
Permits municipalities and counties to make certain traffic engineering decisions without DOT approval.
Establishes a "Silver Alert System." *
The "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Requires DHS to report physical assaults and deaths at State psychiatric hospitals on its website and report deaths to Public Advocate. *
Establishes the "New Jersey-Israel Commission" as a permanent commission in the Department of State.
Eliminates required mailing of sample ballots to inactive voters.
Increases civil penalties for medical waste violations and intentional ocean pollution. *
Adds non-voting member to NJT board.
Establishes the Troops to College Program in the Commission on Higher Education to assist veterans in making the transition into the college classroom.
Concerns prevailing wage in construction projects connected with Board of Public Utilities financial assistance.
Makes FY 2009 supplemental appropriations totaling $22,500,000 to provide food, energy and legal aid assistance to individuals and families under the "New Jersey Economic Assistance and Recovery Plan."
Establishes the "Main Street Business Assistance Program;" appropriates $50 million.
Provides authorized emergency vehicles protection under lemon law.
Provides certain law enforcement officers and firefighters regain pay status when appeals of termination are not resolved within 180 days.
Permits person to donate blood at 16 years of age with parental consent.
Denies surviving spouse with domestic violence restraining order or charged with intentional killing of decedent right to determine disposition of human remains of deceased spouse.
Authorizes interception of wire or electronic communications of suspected computer trespasser under certain circumstances.
Permits physicians to issue multiple prescriptions for total of up to 90-day supply of Schedule II drugs.
The "New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act"; concerns certain licensed mortgage and consumer lending practices, supervision and enforcement.
Makes technical correction to definition of "creditable coverage" in individual, small employer and larger group insurance laws.
The "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," authorizes bonds for $400 million; appropriates $5,000. **
Establishes certain electoral and campaign finance requirements for Lieutenant Governor candidates.
Reduces common council membership from nine to five members in city of Beverly charter and increases terms of office of mayor and council members to four years.
Permits adult with an autism spectrum disorder to voluntarily register with the State registry of reported diagnoses in children.
Clarifies provisions of "Law Against Discrimination" concerning persons with an autism spectrum disorder.
Permits prescriber to use electronic health record program to print New Jersey Prescription Blanks for transmission to pharmacist.
Vetoed · 1
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Passed the General Assembly · 38
The "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act."
Abigail's Law; requires that newly-manufactured school buses be equipped with sensors.
Increases motor vehicle property damage reporting threshold to over $1,000.
Creates offense of impairing communications, which would constitute domestic violence in certain circumstances. *
Allows cosmetologist-hairstylists to operate mobile facilities when providing services.
Requires DCF to provide information on shaken baby syndrome to parents of newborn infants. *
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Regulates Internet pharmacies and electronic prescriptions.
Criminalizes certain actions in or on railroad property.
Clarifies immunity from civil liability for volunteers affiliated with Citizen Corps under certain circumstances. **
Requires that notice of hearing on certain zoning changes be by certified mail only.
Requires Division of Taxation to display Senior Gold prescription program information on tax return instructions.
The "Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2008." *
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging, and requires companies offering text messaging services to allow their customers to block all incoming and outgoing text messages. *
Prohibits display of gift card account numbers.
Prohibits hospitals from executing certain contracts for electronic health records systems.
Requires certain elected officials and appointed officers eligible for dual health benefits coverage to choose coverage by one public entity. *
Requires retail mercantile establishment to provide manufacturer's rebate at time of consumer purchase.
Provides exemption from 3-day cancellation provision of home improvement contract in case of bona fide emergency.
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products.
Requires ATM operators to disclose balance inquiry fees.
"Tattooing and Body Piercing Practice Act."
Provides that reports and publications produced by State be primarily available on Internet, provides for notice of availability of reports and publications.
Enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."
Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members on federal active duty to receive temporary suspension of payment of interest on mortgage loan.
Permits State aid to fund start-up costs for local shared services projects.
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 the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools. *
Requires that school districts use a model contract developed by the Commissioner of Education when employing a superintendent of schools.
Authorizes institutions of higher education to grant college credit to high school students who complete the Jersey Boys State or Jersey Girls State program. *
Makes Housing Assistance and Recovery Program effective immediately.
Requires Public Advocate intervention, additional public participation, and health impact study as conditions of conversion of health service corporation to domestic stock insurer. *
Makes it a crime to communicate or transmit sexually suggestive communications to a minor under certain circumstances.
Upgrades certain sex crimes against minors.
Requires persons subject to Megan's Law registration to provide law enforcement with any Internet identifiers.
Provides that information technology professionals who find child pornography on computers must report the finding to law enforcement.
Requires State Treasurer to issue cost benefit analysis and security report for conversion of military housing to civilian housing at Earle Naval Weapons Station and places moratorium on issuance of certain State permits and plan approvals.
Expedites payment of PFRS accidental death benefit.
Out of committee · 49
Requires managed care plans to pay certain health care claims based on assignment of benefits.
Allows certain undocumented aliens to qualify for in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education.
Requires alternative testing arrangements be provided to certain students unable to attend tests at their regular administration due to religious observance.
Requires lighting and security cameras at sexually oriented businesses; imposes civil penalty for permitting access to minors; permits negative secondary effects study; permits tax on sexually oriented business. *
Regulates certain rental-purchase agreements.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list. *
Requires wheelchair securement devices and wheelchair occupant securement devices on certain vehicles and training in their use for certain employees.
Establishes "New Jersey Fire and EMS Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline.
Regulates impoundment of shopping carts.
Consumer Electronics Warranty Lemon Law.
Decreases certain public document copy fees to up to $0.10 or less per letter size page and up to $0.15 or less per legal size page.
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks or highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights.
Regulates sale of certain bicycles with quick release wheels. *
Requires DHSS to report certain patient safety indicators on a hospital by hospital basis and prohibits hospitals from charging for certain medical errors. *
Revises "lemon law" refund formula for consumers of certain new motor vehicles.
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
Regulates pharmacy benefits management companies; makes an appropriation.
Exempts certain renewable energy systems from real property taxation. *
Establishes involuntary commitment to outpatient treatment for person in need of involuntary commitment to treatment. *
Permits water supply service and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings to promote water conservation. *
Authorizes enhancement of State Uniform Construction Code's energy subcode based on anticipated energy savings; provides down payment assistance to certain purchasers of homes meeting enhanced energy subcode requirements.
Requires drivers to make all reasonable efforts to remove ice or snow from vehicle; creates fine.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Increases penalties for failing to yield to pedestrian when pedestrian is seriously injured.
Requires single operating-room facilities to register with DHSS, permits practitioners to refer patients to ambulatory surgery facilities in which practitioners have financial interest under certain circumstances. **
Concerns penalties for illegally passing a school bus.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Permits parent of stillborn child to request certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth directly from State registrar.
Regulates certain credentialing and trade practices of insurance producers, and provides private cause of action for insurance producer violations.
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to the families of NJ troops overseas.
Creates eight additional judgeships; increases certain court fees to fund judgeships and to supplement funding for Legal Services of New Jersey.
Provides for expedited injunction for violations of law requiring prenotification of certain plant closings, transfers and mass layoffs.
Concerns access to certain job training courses for employees affected by plant closings, mass layoffs or transfer of operations.
Requires State to purchase energy efficient and hybrid vehicles; provides for phase-in of the requirement.
The "Banking Development District Act."
Grants workers' compensation coverage to volunteer firefighters going to or returning from their stations when called to a fire.
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. *
Prohibits penalizing pharmacy for dispensing forged or fraudulent prescription approved by certain State prescription drug benefit programs. *
Establishes that board of fire commissioners provide emergency medical services to areas encompassing each fire district.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
Requires uniform billing and reporting of infection rates by ambulatory surgical centers and requires DHSS to make reported information public. *
Concerns regulation of court reporting firms. *
Requires licensure as insurance producer to sell certain funeral insurance policies; prohibits financing of certain preneed funeral arrangements with reverse mortgage.
Prohibits Internet posting of certain information on law enforcement officers.
Establishes procedure to insure inmates with military service receive all the veteran benefits to which they are entitled upon release.
Revises New Jersey False Claims Act to comply with federal Deficit Reduction Act for purposes of entitling State to enhanced recovery in Medicaid fraud cases; establishes an annual reporting requirement for the Attorney General. *
Requires residential mortgage lenders to provide debtors with certain information about curing default prior to initiation of mortgage foreclosure action.
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Provides a corporation business tax credit for day care center support benefiting children of employees.
Establishes pilot program in Department of Education to provide instruction in personal finance to high school seniors.
Increases senior citizen stabilization aid to $500 and makes certain regional districts eligible for senior citizen stabilization aid.
Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders.
Regulates issuance of honorary law enforcement badges.
Increases from $15,000 to $25,000 annual compensation PERS retiree may earn in PERS-covered employment without reenrollment.
Provides that public schools will not be in session on Veterans' Day of each year.
Requires school board member and local elective office candidates to file financial disclosure statements; requires criminal background disclosure for school officials and school board member candidates.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Restricts bail options for second and subsequent offenses occurring while released.
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Establishes the "Veterans Home Health Care Demonstration Program"; appropriates $1 million.
Excludes veterans' benefits from calculation of financial obligation for care at psychiatric facility.
"The Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative."
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Exempts testing of cigarettes in tobacco businesses from "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act."
Requires hang tag for holders of provisional driver's license and windshield sticker for holders of special learner's permit and examination permit.
Requires availability of athletic heart protectors at certain baseball events; appropriates $2,500.
The "Najeeb Green-Lewis Law," requires motor vehicle rental companies to confirm driving status of driver as condition of renting certain vehicles.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires State Board of Education to authorize African-American studies endorsement to the instructional certificate.
Authorizes educational service providers to provide in-district special education instructional programs.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Adds two additional public members to NJ Transit board.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Authorizes adoption of timed-growth ordinances by municipalities.
The "South Jersey Regional Veterans' Health Care Facility Grant Fund Act."
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.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Exempts police from jury duty.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Requires New Jersey institutions of higher education to disseminate fire safety information about their facilities to students, parents or guardians, and employees.
Requires public school district to provide paid time off when certain volunteer emergency aid workers are called to alarm during work hours.
Requires DMVA to send Servicemembers' Advisory Notice to members of National Guard called to active duty.
Provides reimbursement to municipalities for taxes lost due to totally disabled veterans' tax exemption.
Grants paid leave for certain firefighters who are affiliates of certain Black or Hispanic firefighters' associations to attend State or national conventions.
Prohibits sale of tobacco products in vending machines and establishes requirements for retail sales of tobacco.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Requires emergency first aid and first responder retraining for local law enforcement officers; establishes a "duty to act" in emergency situations for on-duty local law enforcement officers.
Establishes Medication Management, Outreach and Support Program in DHS; appropriates $8 million.
Affords emergency services peer counselors confidentiality privileges.
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.
Prohibits certain insurance carriers from requiring pharmacies to accept reimbursement below pharmacy cost and eliminates Board of Pharmacy approval of certain pharmacy charges.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Provides counseling and prenatal care information to pregnant women who test positive for HIV.
Prohibits blocking of caller identification.
Prohibits hospital from denying admission or services to patient based on patient's HMO coverage, and requires HMO's to cover legitimate emergency health care.
Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.
Authorizes special license emblems for Fraternal Order of Police members.
Creates permanent "Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing."
Establishes low interest mortgage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Criminalizes the manufacture, distribution and possession of Salvia divinorum.
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.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
Requires that chiropractic physicians, podiatric physicians, allopathic physicians, and osteopathic physicians be reimbursed at same rate as other health care providers under various health and accident plans.
Requires health benefits coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances and provides reimbursement therefor.
Requires second class counties with superintendent of elections to establish office of deputy superintendent; authorizes chair and vice-chair of county committee and county's two State committee members to select superintendent and deputy nominees; appro
Establishes notice requirements for utility shut-off and provides for appointment of receiver in place of tenant organization for utility payments in senior living facilities.
Requires discount for certain E-ZPass frequent users of NJ Turnpike Exit 6.
"Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Institute Act"; appropriates $6 million.
Expands scope of claims subject to "Health Claims Authorization, Processing and Payment Act"; modifies procedures applicable to health claims reviews.
"New Jersey Health Information Technology Act"; establishes New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission and Office for e-HIT, and provides for Statewide health information technology plan.
Revises "Health Care Quality Act;" requires certain provisions in managed care plan contracts; clarifies certain responsibilities for ordering tests and procedures.
Requires evidence be retained indefinitely in homicide cases and until defendant's sentence expires in sexual assault cases.
"Plastic Bag Recycling Act."
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Requires Attorney General to prepare pamphlet for parents on keeping children safe from predators.
Bars sales of aerosol dusters to persons under the age of 18.
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.
Prohibits insurers offering managed care plans from denying participation in network to health care providers willing to meet terms of contract.
Requires appointing authority to perform criminal history record background check on applicant or employee for employment, appointment, retention or promotion in a position designated with a domestic security classification.
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.
Authorizes civil action for certain economic damages against owner or keeper of pet animal that injures or kills another person's pet animal.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Establishes criminal penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage.
Prohibits delegation of investment discretion of Director of Division of Investment to outside managers.
Provides for civil and criminal penalties for giving false information pertaining to violations of environmental laws.
Prohibits public colleges from charging tuition to students who are parents, spouses or children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Requires installment payments for maternity services.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Establishes special license plates to fund diabetes research and education.
Provides official State recognition of Powhatan Renape Nation, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey, Inc., and Ramapough Mountain Indians as American Indian Tribes for certain purposes.
Requires under "Fair Housing Act" that certain percentage of affordable housing be reserved for very low income households.
"State Medicare Part D Assistance and Information Act."
Allows exclusion for calculation of adjusted tax levy for expenditures made by municipalities for "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Relieves municipalities along certain light rail lines of civil liability in Quiet Zones under certain circumstances.
Clarifies that use of ignition interlock device is mandatory for all drunk driving offenses and requires installation during license suspension.
Exempts veterans from fees for certain special military license plates.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Provides procedure to cancel mortgage of record by affidavit under certain conditions.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Allows judge to admit evidence of prior sexual offenses in current sexual offense actions.
Requires county board of elections to notify voters about procedure for changing political party affiliation before any primary election; changes date for publication of notice.
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Authorizes State and local governments to enter into group purchasing agreement for alternative fueled vehicles.
Requires MVC to accept certain motorcycle safety courses.
Allows a gross income tax credit for the incremental cost of an alternative fuel vehicle.
Requires health care facilities to continuously monitor status of health care practitioner credentials.
Clarifies that certain former New Jersey National Guard members may be eligible for higher education tuition assistance.
Excludes financial benefit received by volunteer emergency responder from gross income.
Requires all assisted living facilities set aside at least 10% of beds for Medicaid-eligible persons and accept at least 5% Medicaid direct admission.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses.
Requires DEP to notify municipality of environmental violations by a local entity.
Expands the provisions of Operation Recognition to veterans of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Prohibits false or secret compartments in motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Protects property owned by military personnel and first responders from condemnation.
Requires DHSS to report certain patient safety indicators on a hospital by hospital basis and prohibits hospitals and physicians from charging patient for certain medical errors.
Removes confidential employee status of certain Casino Control Commission employees.
Authorizes COAH to credit municipalities with 1.5 units of fair share affordable housing obligation for each housing unit occupied by a veteran; permits municipalities to satisfy fair share affordable housing obligation through 35 percent set aside housi
Authorizes COAH to credit municipalities with 1.5 units of fair share affordable housing obligation for each unit of transitional housing occupied by a veteran.
Permits municipalities to recover certain costs and fees from alcoholic beverage licensees charged with violations.
Permits counties, municipalities, and school districts to issue bonds to pay a portion of PERS and PFRS liability and other purposes under certain conditions for up to three budget years.
Establishes task force to study treatment of veterans diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in judicial proceedings.
Includes reverse rate evasion as form of insurance fraud and provides for civil and criminal penalties.
Requires each county to establish and maintain veterans service office.
Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Establishes task force to study issues facing returning members of the United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard and make recommendations on how State should address issues.
Disqualifies member of board of education for conviction of certain crimes and requires member to undergo criminal history background investigation.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to veterans of Operation "Praying Mantis."