Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
Denise M. Coyle
Sponsored
Became law2
Authorizes county colleges and county vocational school districts to establish green job certification programs.
Concerns certain taxes and assessments dedicated to the administrative costs of the DOBI.
Out of committee1
Provides for priority consideration, by DCA, DEP, DOT, and local government units, of permit applications for green building projects.
In committee20
Establishes 6-member "Prescription Drug Labeling Task Force."
Permanently disqualifies certain persons convicted of child endangerment from working with children.
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.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
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 buildings that incorporate certain United States Green Building Council guidelines.
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.
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.
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 for tax credits.
The "Renewable Energy District Financing Act."
Prohibits electric public utilities from installing capacitor banks within 300 feet of a residential area.
Concerns certain taxes and assessments dedicated to the administrative costs of the DOBI.
Renames the Division of Insurance Fraud Prevention as the Bureau of Fraud Deterrence in the Department of Banking and Insurance; modifies structure of Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
The "Banking Development District Act."
Lengthens service life of certain school buses to 15 years.
Regulates captive insurers.
The "Reinsurance and Surplus Lines Stimulus and Enhancement Act."
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.
Allows municipalities to reexamine municipal master plan every 10 years. *
Requires DCF to develop and adopt Statewide youth suicide prevention plan.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Vetoed · 1
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Expands parity between certain State-chartered financial institutions, and permits interstate banking by such institutions through de novo branching or expanded authority to acquire existing branches or institutions.
The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act," alters State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and CATV companies.
Revises statutes concerning dental hygienists and dentists.
Out of committee · 16
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Requires certain conditions be met in order for school districts to provide their employees with tuition assistance for coursework or additional compensation upon acquisition of academic credits or completion of a degree program.
Makes various changes concerning payments to public employees for unused sick leave, sick leave injury in State service, and PERS and TPAF disability retirement.
Renames the Division of Insurance Fraud Prevention as the Bureau of Fraud Deterrence in the Department of Banking and Insurance; modifies structure of Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor.
Creates crime of threatening the life of certain animals.
Allows certain organizations to file complaints with Council on Local Mandates in certain circumstances.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers, and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.*
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Appropriates $14,818,787 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $84,495,199 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $10,250,780 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund and 2007 Historic Preservation Fund to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects, and appropriates $600,000 from "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" for associated administrative
Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $23 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $8.831 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Revises method of regulation and collection of surplus lines insurance premium taxes.
In committee · 27
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.
Provides for priority consideration, by State, of permit applications by counties and municipalities with 10 or more shared services.
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.
Prohibits electric public utilities from cutting or removing agricultural items located on certain right-of-way easements on private property.
Abolishes Council on Affordable Housing for failure to comply with legislative directives.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Enhances duty and broadens liability concerning security of personal information, and response to breach of security, under "Identity Theft Prevention Act."
Revises New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act and other laws relating thereto.
Requires motion sensor light switches in State buildings.
Provides sales tax exemption for sales of prepared foods.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires specific reduction of sulfur content in heating oil, and scheduled increase of blending biofuels therein after July 1, 2011, unless requirements are waived by Governor pursuant to Executive Order.
Requires DHS to prepare annual reports on State psychiatric hospitals.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Decreases BPU membership from five to three members.
Permits county government to limit appropriation for county prosecutors' offices.
"Highway Accident Property Tax Relief Act;" requires State to reimburse municipalities for costs of providing certain emergency services.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Transfers Bureau of Securities to Department of Banking and Insurance.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Implements Governor's "Tool Kit" proposals for public employee collective bargaining.
Requires insurers writing homeowners insurance policies in the State to disclose premiums for endorsements.
Amends law concerning conversion of age-restricted communities to define substantial detriment and makes other clarifications.
Filed · 1
Revises method of regulation and collection of surplus lines insurance premium taxes.