Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, General Assembly.
Denise M. Coyle
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Permanently disqualifies certain persons convicted of child endangerment from working with children.
In committee18
Establishes 6-member "Prescription Drug Labeling Task Force."
Delays implementation of paid family leave for one year.
Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee and one percent fee on transfers of certain commercial real estate and tax on sale of controlling interests in certain commercial real property.
Requires energy monitoring systems to be installed in new commercial buildings; allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax for costs of purchasing and installing energy monitoring systems.
Permits developer to qualify for low interest loan from NJEDA when building new green housing.
Requires DOE to provide annual comparison of Statewide assessment scores of students based on enrollment in school building that incorporate certain United States Green Building Council guidelines.
Authorizes county colleges and county vocational school districts to establish green job certification programs.
Creates a green building competition.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for income earned by completing qualified energy efficient and renewable energy job training.
Concerns Office of Smart Growth and green building in NJ.
Provides for priority consideration, by DCA, DEP, DOT, and local government units, of permit applications for green building projects.
Expands duties of BPU Business Ombudsman to include permitting assistance to businesses that manufacture, or seek to manufacture, green energy products.
Requires basic generation service providers and electric public utilities to provide electric service at reduced rates to green buildings.
Establishes six-month paid green internship program in Department of Community Affairs.
Requires New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to provide database of initiatives from other states with respect to green jobs.
Permits officers of S corporations to be eligible for workers' compensation.
Requires Department of Labor and Workforce Development to establish a database of green job vacancies.
Requires Department of Labor and Workforce Development to establish certification program for green jobs and provide tax credits.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Permanently disqualifies certain persons convicted of child endangerment from working with children.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Requires insurance producers to notify Commissioner of Banking and Insurance of any disciplinary action taken by non-governmental regulatory authority.
Imposes moratorium on harvest and possession of horseshoe crabs.
The "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Authorizes creation of non-lapsing Attorney ID Card Program trust fund by counties.
Creates Solar and Wind Energy Commission.
Vetoed · 1
Lengthens service life of certain school buses to 15 years. **
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Revises New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act and other laws relating thereto. *
Requires certain elected officials and appointed officers eligible for dual health benefits coverage to choose coverage by one public entity. *
Concerns homeowners insurance coverage with respect to dogs.
Out of committee · 11
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Appropriates $1,068,921 from "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
The "Banking Development District Act."
Appropriates $27.75 million from "2007" Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $49.65 million from "2007" Farmland Preservation Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $6.45 million from "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $120,123,420 from various Green Acres funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $19,919,700 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $15,557,201 from various historic preservation funds to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects, and appropriates $574,805 from certain historic preservation bond funds for associated administrative expenses.
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.
In committee · 24
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
"Highway Accident Property Tax Relief Act;" requires State to reimburse municipalities for costs of providing certain emergency services.
Prohibits double-trailer truck combinations on certain portions of U.S. Route 206 in Mercer and Somerset counties.
Requires fingerprinting for certain disorderly persons offenses.
Caps bond counsel legal fees and costs on public issuers' bond transactions and requires a competitive selection process for retaining bond counsel.
Enhances duty and broadens liability concerning security of personal information, and response to breach of security, under "Identity Theft Prevention Act."
Decreases BPU membership from five to three members.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to list on department website copies of documents related to shared service agreements between local units of government and municipal consolidations.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Provides for priority consideration, by State, of permit applications by counties and municipalities with 10 or more shared services.
Establishes New Jersey General Accounting Office.
Permits board of chosen freeholders to establish "Sharing Resources" grant and loan program to encourage shared services and municipal consolidation.
Grants county planning board power to review site plans for land development affecting county roads.
"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 motion sensor light switches in State buildings.
Requires DHS to prepare annual reports on State psychiatric hospitals.
Designated the Shop Here, Save Money, Secure Jobs Act of 2008; establishes sales and use tax rate reduction period from November 28, 2008 through January 4, 2009, sets reduction period tax rate at 3.5%.
Permits county government to limit appropriation for county prosecutors' offices.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Provides sales tax exemption for sales of prepared foods.
Prohibits electric public utilities from cutting or removing agricultural items located on certain right-of-way easements on private property.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Abolishes Council on Affordable Housing for failure to comply with legislative directives.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.