Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
Joseph R. Malone III
Sponsored
Became law3
Makes FY 2010 State and federal supplemental appropriations totaling $454,509,000, reduces FY 2010 appropriations by $727,892,000, and amends and supplements various language provisions affecting appropriations in FY 2010.
Removes cap on .53% hospital total operating revenue assessment and raises cap on ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment to increase charity care subsidy monies.
Increases certain application fees for civil service examinations and requires review of fees every five years; establishes fee for certain appeals.
Out of committee2
Requires the placement of defibrillators in a public school complex.
Appropriates $28,364,422,000 in State funds and $13,204,231,842 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2010-2011.
In committee35
Permits evidence of prior convictions or juvenile adjudications in certain criminal cases.
Permits the refurbishment of school buses to extend the life of the bus by eight years.
Designates "John Bull" as NJ State steam locomotive.
Provides incentive grants for school districts to establish educational foundations.
Includes local emergency management volunteers in Emergency Services Volunteer Length of Service Award Program.
Permits the rabies inoculation of dogs at pounds or shelters under the direction of certain veterinarians.
Requires joint municipal planning board review of long-range facilities plans developed by regional school districts.
Provides employment credit for military service for Board of Education employees.
Increases pharmacy dispensing fees under Medicaid and PAAD by $1.00 over three-year period; appropriates $6,481,000 in State funds and $3,325,000 in federal funds.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement to assisted living providers.
Establishes single personal financial disclosure form for local government officers, candidates for Governor and member of Legislature, members of Legislature and school officials; revises criminal law on gifts to public servants.
Requires State responsibility for the educational costs of children in foster homes.
Revises eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Requires breath or blood test of drivers in fatal accidents.
Limits the payment of transportation costs for homeless students.
Allows New Jersey S corporations to elect to transfer corporation business tax credits to shareholders to apply against the shareholders' gross income tax liability.
Implements the economic indicator recommendations of the Commissioner of Education on Abbott district designation.
Authorizes the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations concerning the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation.
Prohibits the construction of school facilities on a contaminated or remediated site.
Establishes Public School Revenue Study Commission.
Abolishes Department of Personnel and New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission and makes certain transfers; abolishes various other statutory entities.
Establishes Task Force on Public School Student Recess to study benefits of student recess and make recommendations on advisability of mandatory recess in school districts.
Permits any full-time employee of school board to attend annual New Jersey Education Association convention without loss of pay.
Appropriates $5 million for Sire Stakes, horse breeding and development.
Appropriates $10 million for Sire Stakes, horse breeding and development.
Exempts employees and school board members of federal impact aid districts from certain out-of-state travel restrictions.
Authorizes Council on Affordable Housing to enter into memoranda of understanding with certain planning entities; establishes presumption of compliance with council's regulations; establishes moratorium on builder's remedy.
Freezes expenditures by public entities on salaries and benefits for period of three years and limits such expenditures thereafter.
Imposes temporary rollback and freeze on property tax bills to 2009 amounts, beginning August, 2010, until State unemployment rate falls below seven percent.
Establishes School Breakfast and Lunch Program Task Force.
Removes caps on .53% hospital total operating revenue and ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessments to increase charity care subsidy monies.
Increases certain application fees for civil service examinations and requires review of fees every five years; establishes fee for certain appeals.
Provides criminal penalties for unauthorized use of images or likeness of minors and establishes civil action.
Removes cap on .53% hospital total operating revenue assessment and raises cap on ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment to increase charity care subsidy monies.
Makes FY 2010 State and federal supplemental appropriations totaling $454,509,000, reduces FY 2010 appropriations by $727,892,000, and amends and supplements various language provisions affecting appropriations in FY 2010.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Appropriates $28,364,422,000 in State funds and $13,204,231,842 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2010-2011.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Increases specialized care nursing facility beds for persons with Huntington's Disease. *
Creates New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon.
Lengthens service life of certain school buses to 15 years.
Permits school boards to charge certain students for remedial or advanced courses provided during summer school.
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 NJSEA to jointly run racetracks; conforms standardbred racing days to off-track and account wagering law; decreases thoroughbred racing days at Momouth Park and Meadowlands to 71 with horsemen's consent.**
Revises provisions of "Franchise Practices Act" relating to motor vehicle franchises.
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.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Requires that school districts use a model contract developed by the Commissioner of Education when employing a superintendent of schools.
Requires State Office of Emergency Management to study and recommend evacuation routes in Trenton for inclement weather conditions or other emergency situations. *
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.*
Out of committee · 8
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children. *
Appropriates $1,279,941 from various historic preservation funds to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
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.
Extends expiration date of certain permits pursuant to the "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
In committee · 33
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Provides for motor fuels tax exemption to school bus contractors.
Establishes certain ethics protocols for procurement of fire engines.
Abolishes Council on Affordable Housing for failure to comply with legislative directives.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges and the county colleges.
Establishes a loan redemption program for certified technology education teachers employed in public schools in the State.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to The College of New Jersey to expand technology education teacher preparation program.
Provides sales tax exemption for sales of prepared foods.
Includes limitations on amount of retirement compensation which may be provided by a school board in the employment contracts of superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools, and school business administrators.
Requires school districts to provide for the safe operation of electrically operated partitions in classrooms or other school facilities.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides prescriber or health care facility with discretion to number prescription blank forms consecutively.
Permits contiguous municipalities in different vicinages to share court facilities.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to Cold War veterans.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Imposes a two-year moratorium on increases in public utility rates.
Provides New Jersey certification as a school administrator or principal to any applicant with similar certification in another State.
Revises certain endorsements to the instructional certificate, requires certified teachers in licensed child care centers located in Early Childhood Program Aid districts, and establishes a loan program to assist in the attainment of certification.
Requires private vocational schools to provide adequate written notification when planning to close facilities.
Requires each school district to adopt a dating violence policy to prevent and address incidents involving dating violence.
Provides for compensation of teachers on appropriate salary guide and schedule after withholding of an increment.
"Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act."
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Establishes New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center and authorizes establishment of Foundation for the New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Requires producer disclosure of compensation to purchaser of health benefits plan.
Creates New Jersey Business Action Center.
Increases the penalty for hindering the apprehension or prosecution of an offender.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Permits direct shipping by wineries and creates Out-of-State Winery license.