Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, Senate.
Andrew R. Ciesla
Sponsored
Became law1
Extends waiver for new car inspections to five years and eliminates safety inspections for certain motor vehicles.
Passed the Senate1
Upgrades penalties for drag racing.
Out of committee3
Requires certain NJ Transit Corporation employees to undergo criminal history background checks and wear photo identification.
Exempts senior citizens and blind or disabled persons from certain realty transfer fees.
Directs the Department of Education to develop a school district dating violence policy and requires school districts to provide dating violence education in the health curriculum.
In committee66
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.
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.
Requires chimney sweeps to be registered.
Permits local government units to grant Length of Service Award Program points to certain activated military members.
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.
Establishes "Volunteer Emergency Services Highway Reimbursement Fund."
The "Public Authority Renewable Energy Systems Promotion Act."
Establishes animal cruelty offenses pertaining to chaining or other restraint of animals.
Permits certain persons holding elective public office to remain eligible for enrollment in PERS.
Prohibits smoking at State-owned beaches.
Authorizes court to require persons convicted of refusing breathalyzer for second or subsequent time to install ignition interlock.
Authorizes special "Brain Tumor Awareness" license plates with proceeds to support certain New Jersey brain tumor support groups.
Appropriates $960,000 in FY 2010 to the Department of Education to pay the State share of new school facilities construction in the Toms River Regional School District.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Omits State Police detectives from Open Public Records Act.
Authorizes special parking insignias for passenger automobiles used to transport the developmentally disabled.
Provides grants and tax credits for school districts and private contractors for installing cameras on school buses.
Permits municipality to determine permissible parking distance from intersection, crosswalk or "stop" sign.
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.
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.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Removes certain employed family members from unemployment insurance exemption.
Requires certain veterinarians to provide written notification to animal owner if boarded animal will not be subject to 24-hour supervision; "Betsy"s Law."
Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee.
Exempts senior citizens and blind or disabled persons from certain realty transfer fees.
Extends the estate tax to the real and tangible property of nonresident decedent estates located in New Jersey.
Extends certain benefits to members of U.S. Reserves and State organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Requires certain public restrooms to be equipped with baby-changing stations.
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to DHS to develop community residences for Division of Developmental Disabilities clients on the waiting list.
Restricts gifts to certified homemaker-home health aides from patients.
Requires home health agencies and health care service firms to place certified homemaker-home health aides to perform certain home-based services.
Requires retail establishments to allow individuals with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms.
Requires municipalities to reimburse qualified private communities for street paving costs.
Requires Family Part under certain circumstances to dispose of charge of contempt of a domestic violence order on an emergency basis, without setting bail.
Requires each school district to adopt a dating violence policy to prevent and address incidents involving dating violence.
Revises voting requirement necessary for the dissolution of a limited purpose regional school district.
Concerns fair business practices at intermodal marine terminals.
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.
Establishes NJ Animal Abuser Registry.
Changes law regulating size limits of lobsters.
Establishes special license plates to bring awareness to breast cancer.
"Save Barnegat Bay Act"; establishes Save Barnegat Bay Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on lawn fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, dedicates portion of beach tag fees, and provides for donations.
Extends moratorium on implementation of certain regulations relating to public access at marinas and eliminates Public Access and Marina Safety Task Force.
"Barnegat Bay Protection Act"; establishes Barnegat Bay Protection Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on lawn fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, and provides for donations.
Provides State income tax credit for removal of lawns near Barnegat Bay.
Specifies additional offenses and penalties for torturing or tormenting an animal; designated as Patrick's Law.
Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 35 as "Chosin Few Memorial Highway."
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Makes various pension system changes concerning eligibility, retirement allowance formula, compensation definition, position eligible for service credit, non-forfeitable rights, prosecutors part, PFRS special retirement, employer contributions. *
Makes various changes to SHBP and SEHBP concerning eligibility, cost sharing, plan choice, benefit change application, coverage waiver, multiple coverage; requires contributions toward health care benefits by public employees and certain retirees. *
Makes various changes concerning payments to public employees for unused sick leave, sick leave injury in State service, and PERS and TPAF disability retirement.
Concerns lost or stolen E-ZPass transponders.
Expands permitted expenditures from Airport Safety Fund.
Creates exception to age requirement for power boat operation conducted during authorized race.
Establishes "New Jersey Property Assessment Clean Energy (NJ PACE) Municipal Financing Program."
Exempts beach bars, amusement parks and carnival amusement rides from noise restrictions of "Noise Control Act of 1971" during certain time periods and subject to certain conditions.*
Vetoed · 2
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Clarifies that DOC investigators are police officers.
Passed the Senate · 6
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund. *
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Prohibits health care institutions from discharging medications into sewer or septic systems.
Removes limousine services from sales and use tax imposition.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website; requires certain public entities receiving State funds to establish similar website. *
Prohibits purchaser of used motor vehicle from waiving dealer's obligation regarding emissions control equipment.
Out of committee · 10
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Requires State Treasurer to disseminate information about organ and tissue donation; designates April each year as "Donate Life Month." *
Establishes a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during a qualified period. *
Establishes standards for certain fertilizer applications, provides for certification of professional fertilizer applicators, and regulates sale and labeling of certain fertilizers.
Prohibits certain private transfer fees and imposes disclosure requirements.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Creates "Earn Your Way Out of Prison Into Supervision, Treatment, and Recovery Program."
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.*
The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act;" alters State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and CATV companies.
Requires State Comptroller to review, and make recommendations for improvement of, the procurement process of the State, public institutions of higher education, independent State authorities, units of local government, and boards of education.
In committee · 26
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
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.
Establishes conflict resolution procedures through Department of Agriculture for complaints against commercial fishing docks and fish processing facilities.
Repeals restriction on weights and measures officers' and employees' duties.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
"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.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Authorizes county regulation of fertilizer application.
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 crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Prohibits political contributions by persons or businesses investing or rendering advice regarding investment of certain State funds.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires public access to tidal waterfront areas under certain circumstances.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use the E-Verify program.
Requires DOE to develop and distribute information regarding hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and expands role and membership of New Jersey Student Athlete Cardiac Screening Task Force.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Prohibits siting of industrial wind turbines within 2,000 feet of any residence or residentially zoned property.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Permits price adjustments in local public contracts for copper.
Filed · 1
Establishes standards for certain fertilizer applications, requires certification of professional fertilizer applicators and regulates labeling and sale of certain fertilizers.