Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, Senate.
Andrew R. Ciesla
Sponsored
Became law8
Prohibits persons who violate animal cruelty statutes from serving as animal control officers.
Requires that data reported to DHSS for inclusion in State cancer registry be incorporated in registry within 12 months after receipt.
Provides for grants to clean up contamination discovered subsequent to underground storage tank removal or closure.
Appropriates $6,587,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to various nonprofit entities to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Allows prejudgement interest on certain claims under New Jersey Contractual Liability Act.
Makes certain changes to procedures governing New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
Requires four year digitized picture driver's license; tightens requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal aliens; appropriates $1.5 million.*
Appropriates $15 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain local government units to acquire noncontaminated portions of Ciba Geigy lands in Ocean County for recreation and conservation purposes.
Passed the Senate1
Requires current registry of certified homemaker-home health aides maintained by State Board of Nursing include specific documented findings of patient abuse by persons listed in the registry.
Out of committee22
Changes name of Interstate Sanitation Commission and Interstate Sanitation District to Interstate Environmental Commission and Interstate Environmental District.
Supplemental appropriation of $50,000 to DCA for grant to Providence House in Ocean county.
Appropriates $205 million from "1999 Statewide Transportation and Local Bridge Fund," and reappropriates unexpended balances from 1983 and 1989 bridge bond funds.
Concerns licensing of auto body repair facilities.
Exempts private marinas from requirement to have first aid and lifeguard personnel on duty.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts. *
Authorizes municipal utilities authorities and school districts to join with municipalities to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Requires NJT to award contracts for construction or improvement of capital facilities to lowest responsible bidder in certain circumstances.
Requires municipality to issue zoning permit within 10 business days. *
Provides for mandatory minimum five year prison term without parole for persons convicted of certain firearms offenses with prior violent crime convictions. *
Provides for annual adjustment in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Appropriates $150 million from "1999 Statewide Transportation and Local Bridge Fund."
Exempts certain sales to nonprofit homeowners' associations from sales and use tax.
Makes various changes to limousine law.
Makes cyber piracy among candidates for elective office and certain committees a fourth degree crime.
Establishes cap on application fees for certain CAFRA and waterfront development permits.
Prohibits the taking of menhaden for fish meal reduction in State coastal waters.
Authorizes 10-year lease purchase agreements and leasing arrangements for the acquisition of school buses.
Establishes offenses concerning the protection of railroad property and interference with transportation. *
Prohibits tendering unsafe intermodal equipment to a motor carrier.
Establishes organ donor license plate.
Establishes Office of Maritime Resources in DOT.
In committee43
Establishes New Jersey Prepaid Higher Education Expense Program.
Clarifies that municipality may limit the type and number of organizations conducting Sunday bingo.
Requires owner of hospital to offer to sell facility before seeking to close or convert facility to another use.
Authorizes granting of easement across certain DMAVA real property in Sea Girt.
Provides for the general reissuance of motor vehicle license plates.
Authorizes flashing rear window brake lights.
Exempts religious institutions from CAFRA fees; requires refund of certain CAFRA fees.
Provides regionalization incentive aid for certain school districts.
Increases permanently the percentage of adjustment for retirants subject to the Pension Adjustment Act by 2% per year until an annual adjustment of 100% is reached.
Designated the "Capital and Educational Facility Financing Act."
Reallocates $2.25 million of Corporation Business Tax dedicated funds for carbon filtration systems for three wells in Dover Township, Ocean County.
Supplemental appropriation of $50,000 to DCA for grant to Providence House in Ocean county.
Prohibits denial of permits for noncommercial recreational docks or piers under certain circumstances.
Establishes position of Inspector General in the Departments of Education, Human Services, Transportation, Community Affairs, Treasury, and Health and Senior Services.
Provides courts with jurisdiction to hear grandparent visitation rights cases under certain circumstances.
Requires DOH to establish list of certified animal control officers not liable for, or guilty of, violation of animal cruelty laws; requires municipalities appoint or contract only those certified animal control officers.
Requires predetermination of willingness of landowner to sell land before it is included as part of proposed State or nonprofit open space preservation project to be funded pursuant to Garden State Preservation Trust Act.
Eliminates requirement that school bus drivers be fingerprinted for license renewal.
Establishes Autism Registry in DHSS; appropriates $500,000.
Prohibits sale of products containing ephedrine alkaloids to minors 17 years of age and younger.
Requires that chiropractic practices be owned or operated by chiropractors or physicians.
Establishes firearms trafficking prosecutor.
Requires State park and forest restroom facilities to include an exclusive family restroom.
Expands definition of legal name for purposes of issuing drivers' licenses.
Requires Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to obtain report from independent organization before issuing certificate of need to close or convert a general hospital.
Requires governing body of general hospital to have at least one member who resides in municipality where hospital is located.
Supplemental appropriation of $150,000 to DHSS for a grant to Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey, Inc.
Eases restrictions on issuance of courtesy license plates.
Supplemental Appropriation of $25 million to DEP to fund grant to Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority for Brick Township Reservoir.
Clarifies references to Gross Vehicle Weight in laws governing duration of use of school buses.
Eliminates criteria qualified voter must meet to receive military or civilian absentee ballot.
Excludes federal employee Thrift Savings Plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Supplemental appropriation of $20 million to DOT for grants to counties and municipalities for extraordinary road maintenance and repairs.
Prohibits NJT from making major alterations to rail yards located near certain environmentally sensitive areas.
Requires State Medical Examiner to perform toxicological testing for county medical examiners.
Supplemental appropriation of $675,000 to Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County, for rehabilitation of municipal park and Little League ballfields.
Requires challenge of residency status of certain candidates for local public office to be filed in Superior Court.
Creates Coastal Area Dredge Disposal Alternatives Task Force; appropriates $95,000 therefor.
Provides a thermal imaging camera to each fire organization.
Provides State employees with four hours paid leave annually for health screening tests
Increases penalties for interference with facilities of transportation.
Prohibits denial of permits for residential docks under certain circumstances.
Adds certain terrorist-related crimes to the provisions of the "No Early Release Act."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Increases and indexes maximum homestead rebate benefit. *
Accelerates phase-in of the NJ SAVER rebate.
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act."
Assures certain benefits to certain police, fire and emergency personnel under certain circumstances in regard to the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 or pursuant to an Executive Order by the Governor.
Prohibits sale of certain merchandise at excessive prices during certain emergencies.
Provides tuition assistance for children and spouses of the victims of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. *
Directs UEZA to establish extended enterprise zones.*
Revises fees and salaries of county clerks, registers of deeds and mortgages, sheriffs and surrogates, and use of fees to upgrade and modernize services of sheriffs' offices, pay salary increases and reduce county tax levies.
Modifies daily limit for taking of striped bass.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for medically necessary expenses incurred in diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
Requires law enforcement agencies to impound vehicles of persons arrested for DWI and to issue responsibility warnings to persons assuming custody of persons arrested for DWI.*
Appropriates $135 million to the DEP for dam, lake, and stream projects. *
Appropriates $145 million from "1999 Statewide Transportation and Local Bridge Fund."
Provides full PFRS credit for transferred PERS service of certain PFRS members. *
Establishes the casino reinvestment development authority urban revitalization incentive program.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for active members and retirees; revises calculation of assets and establishes benefit enhancement fund.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for certain active and retired employees. *
Appropriates $1,086,158 from 1995 Green Acres bond act for coastal Blue Acres acquisition projects by local government units.
Appropriates $10.8 million from various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Passed the Senate · 5
Increases value of Legislative Initiative Municipal Block Grant Program by $100,000,000 over three years.
Provides that school pupil may not be on board a school bus unless driver is on board.
Permits absence from school resulting from suspension to be counted as unexcused absence.
Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct an oral recitation from the Declaration of Independence before the opening of each school day in grades 3-12; appropriates $10,000.
Establishes "Eye Health Care Services Advisory Commission;" appropriates $25,000.
Out of committee · 27
Increases cost of living adjustment in pension allowances and survivor benefits payable to certain former public safety officers and their survivors.
Excludes income of school district residents who rank in the top 5% of income as reported on State Income Tax forms from calculation of district income for school aid purposes.
Imposes civil penalties on domestic violence offenders and establishes Domestic Violence Victims' Fund. *
Expands definition of Circle of Mobility to include commuter rail service in Central New Jersey.
Supplemental appropriation of $8,050,000 in State and federal funds to increase Medicaid reimbursement for home health services.
Increases nonpublic pupil transportation to 30 miles from the pupil's residence.
Excludes certain deferred compensation of public school and charity, state and local government, and federal employees from current taxation under the gross income tax.
Appropriates $30 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Concerns certifications of registration and promulgation of regulations in connection with the siting, location and operations of mines and quarries.*
Provides funding for non-profit energy assistance organization.
Establishes 65 mph speed limit on interstate and limited access highways.
Provides corporation business tax credit for purchase of certain equipment used in treatment of effluent for reuse in an industrial process. *
Provides Corporation Business Tax credit for use of treated effluent in industrial facilities.
Exempts sales of certain effluent treatment or conveyance equipment from the "Sales and Use Tax Act." *
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund for completion of Korean War Memorial in Atlantic City.
Requires record keeping and sharing on minor delinquent activity.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory.
Expands law enforcement powers of certain DEP personnel.
Excludes certain federal income tax rebates from PAAD, Senior Gold and Homestead Property Tax Reimbursement eligibility income.
Allows adopted person access to his original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000. *
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority to establish memorial program for members of the State Police who were killed in line of duty.
Provides Medicaid coverage for certain breast and cervical cancer-related treatment services for presumptively eligible persons under federal law.
Provides for prompt notification to health care licensing boards when health care practitioner suspected of injuring a patient or suspected of other wrongdoing.
Extends State-paid post-retirement SHBP benefits to State Police officers upon mandatory retirement with more than 20 but fewer than 25 years of service. *
Permits issuance of home inspectors licenses to certain licensed professional engineers and architects.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DMAVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial. *
Appropriates $1,056,120 from "Garden State Historical Preservation Trust Fund" to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
In committee · 56
Indexes maximum homestead rebate benefit.
Increase minimum amount of PFRS ordinary disability retirement allowance from 40% to 50% of average final compensation.
Increases cost of living adjustment in pension allowances and survivor benefits payable to certain former public safety officers and their survivors.
Prohibits State from utilizing State Plan in permitting and funding determinations.
Establishes State aid program to reimburse CAFRA municipalities for property tax revenue losses due to new CAFRA rules; appropriates $10 million.
Provides additional retirement benefits for certain members of PERS and TPAF who are employed by school boards, educational services commissions and jointure commissions.
Changes compensation base of SPRS accidental death benefit pension for surviving spouses and children.
Provides for two transportation demonstration projects to assist in coordinated regional planning.
Requires insurers that provide certain prescription drug benefits to cover costs of contraceptives.
Makes various changes in civil service system concerning titles and compensation.
Supplemental appropriation of $150 million to DHSS for reimbursement to participating health care providers of HIP Health Plan of New Jersey.
Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.
Supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to DLPS to replace State Police weapons.
Establishes Truck Safety Advisory Council; increases certain fees related to the operation of commercial motor vehicles to fund truck safety operations in the State Police; doubles motor vehicle points assessed when operators of heavy vehicles violate certain motor vehicle laws.
Prohibits public employer from changing terms and conditions of employment prior to reaching agreement with public employee representative.
Requires health insurers to cover Lyme disease treatment costs.
Provides for permanent disbarment of school bus contrators for certain violations and makes various changes to school transportation contracting practices.
Revises certain sections of the "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act" concerning municipal providers of utility services and rural electric cooperatives.
Requires that classes for public schools begin after Labor Day.
Requires warnings labels on helium balloons.
Authorizes municipal ordinances or resolutions concerning release of helium balloons.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and State park admission for persons with certain types of military service.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires DEP to test for historic pesticide contamination at request of local government units under certain circumstances; appropriates $150,000.
Allows senior and disabled homeowners to collect both the NJSAVER rebate and the homestead rebate.
Makes certain changes with respect to employment discrimination.
Expands definition of Circle of Mobility.
Establishes Brownfields Redevelopment Grants Program; appropriates $150 million.
Requires voter approval when State funds are appropriated to finance construction of certain professional sports facilities.
Authorizes DOT to study construction of new interchange on I-78 to provide access to proposed transportation museum, appropriates $25,000.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Appropriates $2.5 million to DEP for Proprietary House restoration.
Establishes forensic laboratory fees for sexual assault; designates uses.
Requires scooter riders under 14 years old to wear helmets.
Amends CAFRA to exempt enclosure of certain commercial developments from DEP's permitting requirements.
Appropriates $26,140,000 for dredging projects and dredged material disposal projects related to navigational waterways.
Requires DEP assume responsibility for dredging of waterways providing boat access to lagoon communities; appropriates $6,000,000.
Establishes special dredging account; directs $5,000,000 of sales tax collected annually be deposited therein; directs DEP to administer account and dredging program with certain requirements.
Establishes diabetes public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $75,000.
"Medicaid Prescription Drug Benefit Act."
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests and the New Jersey State Aquarium and free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for members of volunteer fire companies or volunteer first aid or rescue squads.
Authorizes legal fees and costs against public entity filing legally groundless suits against citizens who are critical of the public entity.
Supplemental appropriation of $35 million to DHSS for charity care payments to hold harmless certain hospitals for FY2001 reductions in estimated allocations.
Eliminates automatic liens and removes financial liability for certain family members of patients in psychiatric facilities, developmental centers or receiving other residential functional service.
Allocates $600,000 from the ElderCare Initiatives account to Easter Seals New Jersey for costs of providing services to certain senior citizens.
Exempts 1996 and subsequent model year motor vehicles equipped with on-board diagnostic systems from emissions testing; requires check of functioning of on-board diagnostic system; directs AG to recover certain costs of enhanced inspection and maintenance program from federal government.
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
Requires that home care services providers give advance information to patients about their employees' training.
Allocates and appropriates $200 million from Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for acquisition, for open space preservation purposes, of lands at imminent risk of development.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Increases per pupil amounts for certain nonpublic school aid programs and provides for annual increase in amounts based on the Consumer Price Index.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $5,500,000 in FY 2002 to the DOE for use by the Commissioner of Education for certain nonpublic school aid purposes.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Establishes "Interfaith Volunteer Caregiving Pilot Program" in DCA; appropriates $2.25 million.
Upgrades offense of assault against a lifeguard.
Tightens requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal alien; upgrades penalties for sale and possession of fake driver's license.
Filed · 2
Provides for presumption of death for persons exposed to catastrophic events.
Concerns certain public benefits available to persons affected by September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on US.