Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, Senate.
Andrew R. Ciesla
Sponsored
Became law3
Concerns eligibility for unemployment compensation for certain legal transcribers.*
Permits municipality to determine permissible parking distance from intersection, crosswalk or "stop" sign.
"Public Access and Marina Safety Task Force Act." *
Passed the Senate3
Permits local government units to grant Length of Service Award Program points to certain activated military members.
Upgrades penalties for drag racing.
Requires State agencies to review operations and to implement use of Internet to conduct public business when cost savings may be realized, with certain exceptions.*
Out of committee1
Requires chimney sweeps to be registered.
In committee59
Establishes "Volunteer Emergency Services Highway Reimbursement Fund."
Extends veteran's tax deduction to certain persons undergoing training for deployment in Operation "Iraqi Freedom."
Establishes the "Veterans Home Health Care Demonstration Program"; appropriates $1 million.
Extends eligibility for certain veterans' benefits to members of reserve components of US Armed Forces and NJ organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Increases PFRS disability, accidental death and special retirement benefits.
Adds certain forensic scientists to Prosecutors Part in PERS.
Requires certain NJ Transit Corporation employees to undergo criminal history background checks and wear photo identification.
Terminates imposition of certain fees on transfers of real property.
Requires radiation detectors to be mounted on cranes within Port of New York District.
Increases annual income limits for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Creates New Jersey Clinical Trials Registry in DHSS.
Exempts senior citizens and blind or disabled persons from certain realty transfer fees.
Restores fiscal integrity and enhances funding to Transportation Trust Fund.
Prohibits certain sex offenders from working in ice cream trucks and amusement parks.
Concerns telemarketing political calls.
Recodifies offenses against animals under State criminal code; increases degree of crime for certain offenses.
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program beginning in tax year 2002.
Prohibits sale of any dog by kennel, pet shop or other retail establishment without name, address and phone number of person providing dog thereto; establishes $500 fine for each violation.
Directs DHSS to adopt regulations prohibiting overcrowding of animals in kennels, pet shops and other retail establishments; establishes penalties.
Prohibits harvest, landing, processing or sale of wild sargassum in NJ.
Extends certain benefits to members of U.S. Reserves and State organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Requires retail establishments to allow individuals with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms.
Permits use of overseas absentee ballots for all elections.
Provides grants and tax credits for school districts and private contractors for installing cameras on school buses.
Increases penalties for violations committed by provisional driver's license holder.
Authorizes special parking insignias for passenger automobiles used to transport the developmentally disabled.
Authorizes special "Brain Tumor Awareness" license plates with proceeds to support certain New Jersey brain tumor support groups.
Allows TPAF retiree to be employed as certificated superintendent or administrator for limited time frame due to critical need without TPAF reenrollment.
Provides credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for marinas and boatyards that follow certain environmentally sound management practices.
Prohibits Pinelands Commission from requiring pinelands development credits for the construction of development project that includes affordable housing.
Exempts senior citizens and blind or disabled persons from certain realty transfer fees.
Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee.
Establishes animal cruelty offenses pertaining to chaining or other restraint of animals.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Authorizes leave for parents and guardians of children with special needs.
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to DHS to develop community residences for Division of Developmental Disabilities clients on the waiting list.
Removes certain employed family members from unemployment insurance exemption.
Provides for annual adjustment in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Authorizes court to require persons convicted of refusing breathalyzer for second or subsequent time to install ignition interlock.
Omits State Police detectives from Open Public Records Act.
Reduces certain stop sign no parking zones from 50 feet to 30 feet.
Authorizes MVC to give refunds for unexpired portions of motor vehicle registration periods in certain cases.
Appropriates $960,000 in FY 2008 to the Department of Education to pay the State share of new school facilities construction in the Toms River Regional School District.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Prohibits DEP from mandating public access to tidal waterfront areas adjacent to critical infrastructure or requiring the purchase or improvement of off-site locations for this purpose.
Requires home health agencies and health care service firms to place certified homemaker-home health aides to perform certain home-based services.
Restricts gifts to certified homemaker-home health aides from patients.
Requires certain public restrooms to be equipped with baby-changing stations.
Revises voting requirement necessary for the dissolution of a limited purpose regional school district.
Enhances penalty for leaving the scene of a boating accident.
The "Public Authority Renewable Energy Systems Promotion Act."
Permits certain persons holding elective public office to remain eligible for enrollment in PERS.
Extends the estate tax to the real and tangible property of nonresident decedent estates located in New Jersey.
Permits county board of chosen freeholders to appoint interim member of county tax board under certain circumstances.
Prohibits smoking at State-owned beaches.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Establishes forest stewardship and forest certification programs in DEP; establishes Forest Stewardship Incentive Fund. *
Appropriates $54,917,725 from various Green Acres funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Permanently designates February "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" in New Jersey.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Passed the Senate · 4
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Concerns lost or stolen E-ZPass transponders.
Prohibits purchaser of used motor vehicle from waiving dealer's obligation regarding emissions control equipment.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Out of committee · 20
Establishes the Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in the DEP and appropriates $200,000.
Requires use of uniform silver flags to mark certain pesticide applications.
Provides for automatic enrollment in PAAD and Senior Gold programs under certain circumstances.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.
Concerns chiropractic scope of practice. *
Requires bittering agent to be added to certain engine coolants and antifreeze to render it unpalatable.
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. *
Creates exception to age requirement for power boat operation conducted during authorized race.
Establishes licensing program for site remediation professionals; changes laws concerning site remediation. *
The "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Exempts use of citizen's band and two-way radios by operators of commercial motor vehicles from prohibition on use of hand-held wireless telephone or electronic communication devices while driving.*
Permits bars and restaurants to serve alcohol at bingo games on premises.
Removes licensing requirement for recreational bingo games.
Establishes "Smart Housing Incentives Act."
Requires confirmation of financial assistance for eligible homeowners voluntarily closing or replacing petroleum underground storage tanks, and expands eligibility for financial assistance. *
Provides for covenant not to sue by operation of law upon issuance of no further action letter in certain circumstances relating to site remediations.
Makes sundry changes to laws affecting organization and functions of MVC.
Makes various changes to laws concerning motor vehicle equipment and inspections.
In committee · 57
Repeals State and local hotel and motel occupancy taxes and voids existing municipal implementing ordinances.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
Ends the transitional energy facilities assessment, caps the State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures the balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
Requires dissemination of organ and tissue donation by State Treasurer, Personnel Commissioner, State contractors, and preparers of advanced health care directives; designates April of each year as Donate Life Month.
"Jessica Lunsford Act;" concerns sentencing of sex offenders and persons who harbor them; requires electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders and creates child protection zones.
Requires that each school district receive a minimum of 35% State support of its net budget and that a minimum of 35% of the net budget be supported through local tax levy.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids.
Provides employment credit for military service for board of education employees.
Implements the economic indicator recommendations of the Commissioner of Education on Abbott district designation.
Requires ELEC to provide ethics training for governmental affairs agents.
Requires all elected or appointed local government officers to receive ethics training.
Requires completion of legislative ethics training program for legislators and State officers or employees and special State officers or employees in Legislative Branch.
Designated "New Jersey Economic Development Promotion Act"; streamlines and reorganizes State economic development statutes in order to promote administrative efficiency.
Clarifies and strengthens disclosure requirements for certain complimentary tickets received by candidates, officeholders, political party officials, political committees and continuing political committees.
Reconstitutes Executive Commission on Ethical Standards with public members; requires certain public officers and employees to file financial disclosure statements and dispose of certain prohibited interests.
Prohibits political contributions by persons or businesses investing or rendering advice regarding investment of certain State funds.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Removes limousine services from sales and use tax imposition.
Provides for State income tax deduction to private well owners for water testing costs.
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Establishes New Jersey State Building Green Building Technology Task Force.
Requires DEP to conduct public hearing and provide opportunity for public comment at conclusion of feasibility study for shore protection projects.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ and Rutgers University.
Prohibits candidates and elected public officials charged with crimes from using campaign contributions for their legal defense.
Sets States mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Prohibits employment of unauthorized aliens.
Limits payment upon retirement to $10,000 to State and local public officers and employees for accumulated sick leave.
Prohibits enrollment in PERS of public employee who is also public contractor; requires member to designate only one position as basis of enrollment.
Increases enrollment threshold in PERS and TPAF to $10,000; requires assessment of adding annual minimum hour requirement to qualify for service credit.
Revises membership and duties of Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission.
Provides for philosophical exemption to mandatory immunizations.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Abolishes Department of the Public Advocate.
Establishes Office of the Advocate for Persons with Autism in Department of the Public Advocate.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Provides manufacturers a single sales fraction corporation business tax income allocation formula.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Revises and expands duties and responsibilities of State Auditor in performance of certain audits and reviews.
Exempts adult care facilities that own or lease onmibuses from certain registration requirements.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Prohibits health care institutions from discharging medications into sewer or septic systems.
Establishes in DEP the Environmental Science Review Board and Environmental Policy Review Board to review proposed environmental regulations for consistency with planning policies and science.
Requires newly hired State employees be New Jersey residents.
Authorizes county regulation of fertilizer application.
Requires physician practices that provide intravenous therapies in medical office to register with DHSS.
Establishes conflict resolution procedures through Department of Agriculture for complaints against commercial fishing docks and fish processing facilities.