Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Bill Baroni
Sponsored
Out of committee2
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for roadside markers to designate historic sites; appropriates $90,000. *
Increases statute of limitations for certain crimes involving political corruption from five years to seven years.
In committee66
Prohibits political contributions by persons or businesses investing or rendering advice regarding investment of certain State funds.
Allows surviving spouses between 55 and 64 years of age to carry forward homestead property tax reimbursement of qualified deceased program participant.
Repeals New Jersey Turnpike Authority's authorization to build the Route 92 Freeway extension through Middlesex County.
Expands definition of "safe corridor".
Requires Turnpike Authority to prohibit cars on portion of NJ Turnpike dedicated to trucks and buses during certain times and under certain circumstances.
Requires the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to reduce toll rates for commercial trucks.
Establishes deadline and notice requirements for processing of teacher certification applications.
Requires federal transition funds received by State under Medicare prescription drug program to be used for purposes specified in federal law.
Prohibits campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations performing public contracts.
Prohibits awarding of municipal professional services contracts to members of Legislature.
Prohibits certain relatives of legislators from being employed or assigned in certain positions.
Prohibits elected officials from holding more than one elective office.
Requires all elected officials and candidates and certain other public officials to file financial disclosure statement.
Requires legislators with simultaneous PERS-covered elected office or employment to choose one position for receipt of PERS credit.
Directs ELEC to collect fees from certain firms that employ legislative agents; increases certain penalties imposed by ELEC and Executive Commission on Ethical Standards; dedicates funds to those commissions.
Clarifies that certain ethical standards apply to Governor and Governor's staff.
Establishes new standard and procedure for forfeiture of elective public office for accepting illegal contributions; removes illegal contribution threshold for such forfeiture.
Clarifies that responsibility for investment of assets under management of Division of Investment vests in State Investment Council.
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for preservation and marking of graves of signers of Declaration of Independence; appropriates $200,000.
Appropriates $50,000 for feasibility study on construction of American Revolution Museum.
Regulates receipt of things of value by members and employees of Legislature and officers and employees of Executive Branch.
Increases senior citizen stabilization aid to $500, reduces senior citizen concentration rate required for receipt of the aid, and makes certain regional districts eligible for the aid.
Establishes New Jersey Borough Enterprise Zone Program to encourage business development in small, highly developed municipalities.
Provides for State constitutional convention to reduce government spending and to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Requires the placement of defibrillators in public school buildings.
Revises calculation of budget caps and increases allowable surplus for public school districts.
Authorizes the issuance of $2,000,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance the construction and renovation of higher education facilities; appropriates $5,000.
Repeals assessment on gross receipts of certain ambulatory care facilities.
Requires municipalities accepting long-term tax exemption PILOTs to distribute portion of payments to county and other taxing districts; limits PILOT agreements to 15-20 years.
Upgrades crime of soliciting or recruiting for criminal street gang while on school property.
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault.
Authorizes marriages by proxy for certain persons serving overseas in the Armed Forces or National Guard.
Permits permanently and totally disabled person to obtain free resident's fishing license.
Prohibits persons who violated certain laws from registering as governmental affairs agents and from acting as representative before local government units.
Provides that L-1 visa holders may establish domicile for tuition purposes at public institutions of higher education.
Requires health insurance coverage by health insurers and SHBP for expenses incurred in connection with prophylactic mastectomies and other mastectomy-related procedures.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities and colleges or research hospitals.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits, employer unemployment tax rebates, sales tax exemption, property tax freeze and employee skill training program as incentives for business revitalization in distressed shopping centers.
Requires greater disclosure for campaign advertisements broadcast within certain time periods prior to an election.
Allows credit against corporation business tax equal to 50 percent of fair market value of new computer equipment donated to public or nonpublic school.
Provides for excused absences for public school students involved in election activities on day of general election under certain circumstances.
Provides that certain absentee ballots will be counted if received within ten days of election.
Allows gross income tax deduction for taxpayers who provide support for elderly or disabled relative living in their home.
Prohibits State officer or employee or special State officer or employee with contracting responsibilities from seeking or accepting employment with certain vendors or contractors until two years after leaving office or employment.
Provides that graduates of regional or consolidated high schools with constituent municipalities located in different counties are eligible for resident tuition rates at certain county colleges.
Requires public school districts to provide CPR training and certification as part of curriculum; requires DOE to provide CPR instructor training; requires certain teachers to obtain training in CPR instruction.
Prohibits campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations that purchase or acquire property involved in eminent domain proceedings.
Establishes mutual consent voluntary adoption registry in DHSS.
The "Telephone and Commercial Mobile Radio Service Records Protection Act."
Limits leave and supplemental compensation benefits for school district superintendents, assistant superintendents, and school business administrator; provides procedures and penalties for enforcement of TPAF provisions.
Provides for interest and enforcement mechanism for qualified private community to collect annual reimbursement payments from municipality.
Requires schools to notify certain students of potential eligibility for NJ STARS Program.
Reduces polling place hours for certain elections; expands period during which poll worker may be absent from polling place.
Establishes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Advisory Council; requires DHSS to provide information on sudden infant death syndrome to certain persons.
Requires selection process to fill vacancy in municipal governing body, and vote to do so, to occur at open public meeting thereof.
Requires insurers and State health care coverage programs to cover cost of HPV vaccine.
Extends temporary local budget cap exceptions and school district budget cap adjustments for certain insurance, security, and public safety costs.
Eliminates imposition of sales and use tax on charges for initiation fees, membership fees, or dues for access to health and fitness clubs or organizations.
Creates New Jersey Cold War ribbon; appropriates $5,000.
Prohibits sex offenders from entering school property.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey National Guard members and their families in need of assistance.
Caps noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions at $250,000.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish virtual high school.
Requires NJ Commission on Science and Technology to establish a science and technology business assistance service.
Exempts municipal appropriations for library purposes from property tax levy cap for one budget year.
Expands mission, authority and eligible membership of organized militia in DMVA.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Creates "The 2007 New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project Act"; appropriates $7.675 million.
Revises qualifications to carry firearms for certain retired police officers.
Requires DHSS to maintain registry of reported autism diagnoses; appropriates $500,000. *
Upgrades penalties for recruiting minors and confined persons to be in criminal street gang. *
Establishes Commission on Women Veterans.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to purposely disrupt funeral through certain conduct. *
Requires court to conduct inquiry at prosecutor's request concerning source of bail funds where defendant is charged with crime with bail restrictions. *
Requires DMVA to evaluate resources, costs and benefits of providing home health care aides for qualified veterans.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
Appropriates $8,100,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Provides for the transfer of certain college credits.
Regulates certain tows and requires licensure of towing companies.
Provides for instruction in autism and other developmental disabilities awareness and methods of teaching students with autism and other developmental disabilities for candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers and paraprofessionals. **
Concerns Early Intervention Program services for children with autism.
Establishes New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force.
Extends funding for autism medical research and treatment.
Appropriates $45.15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
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.
Creates offenses of gang criminality and promoting organized street crime.
Vetoed · 1
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Passed the General Assembly · 12
Decreases certain motor vehicle fines and lengthens time to provide proof of insurance.
Prohibits certain elected officials from receiving dual health benefit coverage.
Clarifies that gang related incident offense report is to be forwarded to Superintendent of State Police for inclusion in Uniform Crime Report. *
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Requires New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission to provide information clearinghouse on website for businesses interested in relocating to State.
Requires reporting of public high school, district and Statewide drop-out and graduation rates.
Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders. *
Requires governmental affairs agents retained by State government entities to file with ELEC notice of representation and separate quarterly and annual reports on activities and expenditures.
Requires wheelchair securement devices and wheelchair occupant securement devices on certain vehicles and training in their use for certain employees.
Requires wheelchair securement and occupant securement devices for wheelchaired passengers.
Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for emergency medical technicians, police officers, and firefighters. *
Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.
Out of committee · 21
Establishes certain nutritional restrictions on food and beverages served, sold or given away to pupils in public and certain nonpublic schools.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. *
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them. *
Clarifies the law concerning the emergency administration of epinephrine to students for anaphylaxis. *
Establishes "New Jersey Veterans' Hospital Task Force."
Provides a manufacturing retention investment tax credit under the corporation business tax, for investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
Prohibits political contributions by all State and local public agencies.
Exempts solar energy systems from real property taxation.
Extends burial of indigent veterans to those who did not serve in time of war; clarifies role of DMVA in identifying deceased veterans; provides additional funding for burial of indigent veterans.
Upgrades penalty for failure to register as sex offender; imposes penalty for failure to verify address and requires verification prior to release.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges and the county colleges. *
Establishes the "Public Corruption Profiteering Penalty Act."
Appropriates $48.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Provides free admission for veterans to State parks and forests during events held by veterans' organizations and free use of park and forest facilities for events held by veterans' organizations.
Directs each institution of higher education to develop and coordinate a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan.
Restricts certain sex offenders' access to the Internet.
Requires governmental affairs agent to report particular items in annual appropriation legislation or appropriation legislation supplemental thereto on which agent acted.
Prohibits candidates from contributing campaign funds to charity in which candidate or candidate's immediate family is an officer or employee or receives compensation for goods or services provided to the charity.
Creates offense of road rage and imposes criminal penalties.
Revises laws concerning hate crimes and bullying; establishes Commission on Bullying in Schools.
In committee · 58
Establishes limits on contributions county and municipal committees of a political party can give per election or per year to candidates and certain political committees.
Revises fines for drivers unable to exhibit a driver's license, insurance card or registration certificate.
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Provides categorical State aid for public school district special education expenditures.
Establishes a pothole repair and research program in the Department of Transportation and provides funding from new motor vehicle tire fee revenue.
Increases the maximum amount of bonds issued by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority for the Public Library Project Fund from $45 million to $95 million to provide library construction and technology grants.
Requires the Department of Law and Public Safety, in consultation with the Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force, to operate a website concerning domestic security preparedness and response efforts.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Increases eligibility for Senior Gold program.
Prohibits loans as political contributions by certain persons; prohibits certain inducements for political contributions; reduces permitted amount of outstanding loans in certain cases.
Increases penalties for kidnapping of children under the age of 16 and clarifies requirements for sentencing for first degree crime where victim suffers harm.
Changes catch and possession limits for taking of striped bass.
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Establishes "Internet Predator Investigation and Prosecution Fund" with $200 assessment on persons convicted of certain offenses.
Establishes New Jersey General Accounting Office.
Establishes Violence Free School Zones for public elementary and secondary schools.
Establishes September 11th Memorial License Plate; dedicates fees therefrom to support a memorial and victims injured in attack.
Allows corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit for employer expenditures to provide certain physical fitness benefits to employees.
Directs an annual appropriation of $12 million for the support of professional development for teaching staff members.
Requires assisted living facilities to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Establishes limits on contributions county and municipal committees of a political party can give per election or per year to candidates and certain political committees; prohibits use of intermediaries to make campaign contributions.
Authorizes counties and municipalities to adopt regulations limiting political contributions by contractors.
Provides local governments may limit political contributions by business entities performing or seeking to perform public contracts; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Limits contributions to certain candidates and elected officials by certain public contractors; limits contributions by certain political party committees; repeals certain campaign contribution prohibitions.
Prohibits campaign contributions between county party committees; makes such contributions a third degree crime; increases to third degree crimes certain other campaign finance offenses.
Requires restitution by theft of identity offenders; establishes a State Police Theft of Identity Crimes and Investigation Unit.
Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.
Establishes new offenses concerning the unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.
Establishes certain hiring preference for children of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Increases penalties for harboring or concealing a sex offender.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer recognizing income, gain or loss pursuant to a plan of complete liquidation to deduct its net operating loss carryovers notwithstanding the limitations on such deductions during the 2002-2005 tax years.
Includes transportation costs in the calculation of extraordinary special education costs incurred by public school districts.
Authorizes MVC to give refunds for unexpired portions of motor vehicle registration periods in certain cases.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Authorizes the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations concerning the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation.
Authorizes special Stop Domestic Violence license plate with proceeds to the Department of Human Services.
Increases oversight and disclosure of public school district financial affairs and employment practices.
Establishes Division of Public Integrity in DLPS.
Clarifies penalties court may impose in sentencing certain adults and juveniles guilty of making false public alarms.
Establishes universal credit equivalency program to provide seamless transfer of college credits by institutions of higher education.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment and forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes involving or touching their office or employment.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to adopt a Code Adam program.
Establishes the "Corrupt Gains Restitution Act."
Revises procedures for municipal redevelopment programs; prohibits certain campaign contributions by redevelopers.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Creates special fallen firefighter plates with proceeds to children of fallen firefighters.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 17 years.
Establishes prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse public awareness campaign; designated Jason's Law.
Prohibits requiring school and county college employees to search for or handle explosive devices.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Requires county superintendent of schools to determine routes and bid and award contracts for all nonpublic school busing in the county.
Requires certain electric service extensions to be installed only by electric public utility employees.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on certain properties and premises receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Excludes charges for certain membership and initiation fees and dues from sales and use tax.