Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Joseph Vas
Sponsored
Became law1
Authorizes issuance of bonds for refurbishment of certain public safety vehicles.
Passed the General Assembly1
Permits transcript or videotape of testimony before local issuing authority to be admissible in ABC appeal.
Out of committee2
Clarifies test for determining when personal property is not a taxable fixture attached to real property.
"Hospital Infection Reporting Act."
In committee5
Requires school districts annually to measure the body mass index of public school pupils.
Increases minimum wage to $7.00 in 2005, with annual adjustments thereafter.
Establishes the Higher Education Study Commission.
Increases eligible compensation level for enrollment in TPAF to $10,000.
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice psychology without a license and prohibits certain unlicensed employees of nonprofit community agencies from using title of psychologist.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 68
Establishes "New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project."
Changes minimum amount of campaign contribution which triggers obligation to report that contribution to ELEC to $300; requires reporting of all cash contributions. *
Requires professional campaign fund raisers to register and file quarterly reports with ELEC.
Expands campaign communications required to feature identification to include telephone calls featuring recorded messages made in regard to candidates and public questions.
Requires ELEC to review its Internet site and recommend improvements in format and content.
Increases monetary penalties for violating campaign contribution and expenditure limit and reporting requirements and remuneration restrictions.
Requires certain election committees and certain other persons to file report with ELEC within 48 hours of making certain expenditures in excess of $800 during certain periods.
Bars legislators, Governor and department heads from lobbying activities for one year after leaving office or employment.
Prohibits employment or assignment in certain positions of relatives of certain officers of the Executive Branch, of independent authorities or of interstate agencies.
Requires ELEC to conduct random audits of records kept by legislative agents.
Directs ELEC to collect $100 annual fee from legislative agents; dedicates moneys annually to ELEC. *
Prohibits legislative agents from accepting contingency fees to influence legislation or regulation.
Appropriates $2 million to the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC); imposes one-time assessment on legislative agents for ELEC Internet upgrade.
Establishes Property Tax Convention Task Force; appropriates $250,000.
Increases homestead rebates for certain homestead owners, folds NJ SAVER rebates into the Homestead Rebate program and increases gross income tax rate for taxpayers with taxable income over $500,000 and temporarily adjusts withholding tax.
Authorizes an additional urban enterprise zone in New Brunswick.
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products.
Regulates certain devices which interfere with traffic control signals. *
Establishes "Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative" in Office on Minority and Multicultural Health. *
Prohibits transmission of certain unsolicited fax advertisements over telephone lines.
Includes advanced practice nurses among medical professionals authorized to examine or treat certain individuals under labor laws.
Establishes certain hiring preference for children of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. *
Regulates expiration dates and dormancy fees for gift certificates and cards. *
Restores Department of the Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch. **
Requires inventory of brownfields in the State and annual progress reports by the Brownfields Redevelopment Task Force; appropriates $285,000. *
Concerns procedures with respect to placement, replacement or removal of public utility poles and underground facilities under certain circumstances. *
Extends prevailing wage requirements to projects of county improvement authorities, the CRDA, the Educational Facilities Financing Authority, and the Health Care Facilities Financing Authority. *
May require child support to continue past emancipation if the child has a severe mental or physical incapacity which causes the child to be financially dependent on a parent. *
Permits municipalities to construct speed humps on certain roads. *
Upgrades criminal trespass under certain circumstances. *
Adds two members to Water Supply Advisory Council.
Requires insurers and SHBP to cover mammograms for women under 40 under certain circumstances. *
Exempts certain county and municipally-owned water supply facilities from BPU rate regulation. *
Permits certain pupils to participate in interscholastic athletic programs.
Revises charity care distribution formula.
Establishes State rental assistance program patterned after federal section 8 program; permits allocation of funds under the Fair Housing Act to program as permitted purpose. *
Increases penalties for failing to yield at crosswalks by $50; dedicates extra money to DLPS pedestrian safety program.
Creates Health Enterprise Zones in certain municipalities to encourage establishment of certain primary care practices in medically underserved areas.
Requires Police Training Commission, in consultation with the Attorney General, to develop training course for safe schools resource officers and school liasions to law enforcement. *
Amends the definition of "tourism lodging" in the "Tourism Improvement and Development District Act."
Expands identity theft statutes to include selling, manufacturing, possessing, or exhibiting false birth certificates.
Makes the unlawful use or possession of a scanning device or reencoder a crime. *
Makes it a crime to lure or entice another for the purpose of committing a crime via electronic or any other means including the Internet.
Supplemental appropriation of $3.6 million in State and federal funds to expand the Traumatic Brain Injury waiver.
Authorizes members of the State Police to assist the United States Coast Guard in the enforcement of certain safety and security zones established by the Coast Guard. *
Appropriates $302,500 to the DEP from the "Natural Resources Bond Act of 1980" for a grant to a certain local government for a clean water project.
Requires certain authorities to provide credit for paid sewer and water connection fees for certain units damaged by catastrophic events. *
Extends certain casino tax obligation to 50 years; gives CRDA general bonding authority; authorizes CRDA to bond for certain purposes; extends incentive program and adds five districts under CRDA Urban Revitalization Act; expands CRDA board. *
Appropriates $70,651,800 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populat
Appropriates $537,965 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for Kean University.
Appropriates $16,181,750 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $52,432,378 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Establishes Safe Haven Awareness Promotion Task Force.
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to Division of State Police for additional police recruit class and communication system upgrades.
Requires markings be removed from ambulances before certain sales.
Adds representatives of county correctional facilities and county juvenile detention centers to Police Training Commission. *
Extends eligibility for sales and use tax exemption of energy and utility service purchases by certain manufacturing-intensive businesses in Urban Enterprise Zones and certain counties. *
Establishes the "School Construction Review Commission."
Approves $6,435,602 in grants for certain historic preservation projects in central New Jersey.
Creates World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Increase maximum fine for first violation of municipal ordinance.
Clarifies current law with regard to certain municipal providers of light, heat or power.
Ratifies the SMART Research and Development Compact in New Jersey; appropriates $25,000. *
Requires State Board of Education to include two hours of instruction in suicide prevention as part of professional development for public school teaching staff members and to revise the Core Curriculum Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Educ
Changes licensing requirements for home inspectors.
The "Identity Theft Prevention Act" *
Establishes prevailing wage standards for State building service contracts.
Decouples corporation business tax and gross income tax from federal deduction of certain qualified production activities income.
Passed the General Assembly · 36
Establishes Joint Committee on Affordable Housing.
Provides for the annual selection of six school facilities demonstration projects under the State's school construction law. *
Establishes voluntary Statewide physician joint purchasing alliance.
Permits school bus operator to display "Stop When Red Lights Are Flashing" on rear of bus.
Provides immunity from civil liability for school personnel and school bus contractor employees who use reasonable force or restraint to stop fights on school property or to defend themselves against a student assault. **
Prohibits public colleges from charging tuition to students who are parents, spouses or children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or in Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons. *
Establishes the Dana Christmas Scholarship for Heroism Program.
Allows disabled veteran's surviving spouse to claim property tax exemption when veteran's disability declaration is granted after death.
Allows release of AOC records concerning domestic violence to DYFS when conducting background investigations on certain individuals.
Bars sex offenders from positions in youth serving organizations.
Establishes voluntary Statewide joint purchasing alliance for persons covered by individual health benefits plans.
Clarifies that advertisements by licensed professionals are subject to the Consumer Fraud Act.
Establishes additional bases for disqualification of bidder under "Local Public Contracts Law" and clarifies existing law. *
Requires the placement of organ donation information and materials at public institutions of higher education.
Establishes defibrillator grant program in DCA.
Requires all State firefighter training to be accredited.
Requires each public school to observe a period of silence on September 11 of each school year.
Establishes New Jersey Health Care Worker Pension Policy Commission.
Authorizes local board of health to declare as a nuisance premises in which there have been multiple arrests for illegal sale or possession of drugs.
Implements procedures to ensure compliance of State agencies with certain set-aside contract requirements.
Requires New Jersey institutions of higher education to disseminate fire safety information about their facilities to students, parents or guardians, and employees.
Concerns penalties for passing a school bus.
Expands eligibility for special automobile insurance policies.
Requires appointing authority to perform criminal history record background check on applicant or employee for employment, appointment, retention or promotion in a position designated with a domestic security classification. *
Makes temporary insurance and temporary domestic security local cap exceptions permanent; exempts pre-July 7, 2004 contract obligations from current, lower cap. ***
Requires public utilities and cable television companies to perform certain work on residential property. *
Concerns availability, deductibles, and certain treatment under high deductible health plans paid through federally qualified health savings accounts. *
Exempts members of fraternal benefit societies from insurance producer licensing requirements in certain circumstances.
Prescribes procedures and protocols for investigating fires involving firefighter fatalities and injuries.
Establishes the Commercial and Technology Part in the Superior Court.
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3% surplus for 2006-2007
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals. *
Concerns tax preparation services for certain clients.
Requires disclosure of terms, conditions, and limitations on prepaid telephone calling cards. *
Directs public school officials regarding the administration and implementation of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001." *
Out of committee · 90
Extends certain financial disclosure requirements to lobbying conducted through advertisements and direct mail to general public.
Prohibits solicitation and making of political contributions on State property by certain persons.
Requires certain campaign and organizational treasurers to be trained by ELEC. *
Prohibits member of Legislature from acting on legislation in which member or family member of that member has personal interest.
Changes memberships of Executive Commission on Ethical Standards and Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards.
Increases monetary penalties for violations of "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law."
Requires candidates seeking office of Governor or member of Legislature to disclose prior conviction for criminal offense.
Expands definition of lobbyist and legislative agent to include those who influence governmental processes; defines governmental processes.
Establishes Election Advisory Commission.
Applies prevailing wage requirement to certain custom fabrication.
Requires insurers that provide outpatient prescription drug benefits and State Health Benefits Program to cover costs of prescription female contraceptives. *
Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Establishes NJ STARS Program to provide scholarships for county college students. *
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
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.
Allows taxpayers to deduct adoption expenses from gross income.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Authorizes school boards to adopt policy for drug testing certain students. *
Exempts limousines used in connection with funeral services from the requirements that drivers have commercial driver's license.
Directs Commissioner of Community Affairs to promulgate certain fire safety regulations concerning furnishings purchased by public and independent institutions of higher education.
Regulates operation of motorized scooters and motorcycles. *
Provides compensatory time off for certain essential attendance State employees.
Requires Office of Attorney General to provide annual gang education seminars for school administrators.
Directs Attorney General to include information on criminal street gang activities in annual "Uniform Crime Report."
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from imposing nonresident tuition fees on members of New Jersey National Guard and surviving children and spouses of Guard members killed in line of duty.
Permits municipality to create drug free zone around project-based housing. *
Makes certain volunteer firefighters who were appointed to paid positions and currently in PERS eligible for transfer to PFRS. *
Grants tenure or permanent status to certified fire officials and inspectors under certain conditions.
Increases membership of county boards of taxation.*
"New Jersey Clean Water, Drought Mitigation and Water Resource Trust Fund Act." *
Creates study commission on the death penalty.
Allows pregnant women and new mothers to obtain temporary handicapped placards.
Provides that charter school administrators and trustees are subject to provisions of School Ethics Act.
Makes various revisions to the "New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association Act." *
Adds two members to Public Health Council.
Authorizes municipal governing body to create and maintain list of municipal residents in need of special assistance in case of emergency for public safety purposes.
Provides that non-participating hospitals receive fee-for-service payment from Medicaid for emergency services provided to Medicaid and NJ Family Care recipients.
Requires hospital and satellite emergency departments to provide care to sexual assault victims and information about emergency contraception and the contraceptives upon request.*
Eliminates downgrading of DWI offenses that occur more than 10 years after previous conviction.
Prohibits students in interscholastic athletics from using certain substances; permits boards of education to offer instruction on the dangers of performance-enhancing substances.
Extends responsibilities of tow truck operators responding to calls for assistance from motorists.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges. **
Revises laws concerning financial assistance for contaminated site remediation.
Upgrades unlawful possession and distribution of prescription legend drugs. *
Revises the "New Jersey Surplus Lines Insurance Guaranty Fund Act."
Concerns eviction proceedings; establishes penalties for forcible entry or detainer of residential property and damage to rental premises. *
Provides certain requirements for donation container solicitations by charities. *
Increases from $15,000 to $25,000 annual compensation PERS retiree may earn in PERS-covered employment without reenrollment.
Deters State unemployment tax avoidance by penalizing knowing avoidance of unemployment tax payment. *
Upgrades penalties for certain assaults committed against employees of public utilities, cable television or telecommunication services. *
Requires the reporting of criminal offenses occurring on school property to law enforcement authorities.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Provides for primary and comprehensive stroke centers at acute care hospitals; appropriates $3 million.
Requires driver distractions to be noted in traffic accidents.
Permits special improvement districts to enter into certain financing arrangements with private lenders.
Requires municipal prosecutors to review and transmit to judge prior to sentencing motor vehicle abstracts of certain offenders.
Increases host community benefit for municipalities wherein solid waste transfer stations are located from fifty cents to one dollar per ton of solid waste processed at such facilities.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $1,000,000. *
Makes changes to "New Jersey Women's Micro-Business Assistance Act."
Requires free dissemination and Internet posting by DCA of Truth in Renting booklet; appropriates $100,000. *
Permits certain emergency management volunteers to display blue emergency warning lights on vehicles. *
Revises statutes governing New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
Creates credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide laptop computers and support services to pupils and teachers in public school districts.
Establishes October 1 as uniform eligibility date for admission to kindergarten in public school districts.
"Christopher's Law;" makes it a crime for unlicensed driver to be involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury. *
Imposes additional penalties on sex offenders; creates the "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund" to provide counseling and treatment to sex crime victims and their families.
Permits federally qualified health centers to be reimbursed for off-site services. *
"Billy's Law;" directs Department of Education to establish a register of qualified educational facilities outside the State for special education students and establishes procedures for the placement of such facilities on the register.
Establishes procedures for placement of individuals in Division of Developmental Disabilities Moderate Security Unit. *
Requires mandatory sexual violence training for law enforcement, judicial and prosecutorial personnel.
Provides for increase in relocation assistance amounts based on increase of CPI.
Concerns rental assistance grants and employment and training services and makes an appropriation. *
Supplemental appropriation of $4,998,581 to DHSS for AIDS Drug Distribution Program and other AIDS services.
"Family Health Care Coverage Act"; reestablishes NJ FamilyCare Program, expands eligibility for Medicaid program for parents and adults without dependent children and provides for pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates for GA program. *
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts in order to satisfy certain urban revitalization goals.
Increases the minimum wage; creates New Jersey Minimum Wage Advisory Commission.
"New Jersey Advance Directives for Mental Health Care Act."
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. *
Regulates certain rental-purchase agreements.
Establishes the Special Education Review Commission.
Establishes pilot program for satellite-based monitoring of certain sex offenders and authorizes certain sex offenders to submit to annual polygraph; appropriates $3 million. *
Allocates monies from assessment on hospital operating revenues to support federally qualified health centers.
Requires pamphlet for students about pedophile crimes.
Requires contamination be considered in property valuation in condemnation proceeding; requires remediation be performed by condemnor. *
Changes criteria for continued receipt of NJ STARS scholarship after first year of enrollment in a county college.
Establishes the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund in the NJHMFA to finance special needs housing projects through bond proceeds issued by the NJEDA; designated the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund Act.
Appropriates $27,919,888,000 in State funds and $9,795,662,570 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2005-2006.*
In committee · 89
Designated the "Clean Indoor Air Act."
Provides for commencement of short term tax exemptions and abatements as of date of completion of project.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $500 income tax deduction.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Revises provisions of the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act."
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
"Pharmacy Benefits Management Company Act."
Establishes criminal penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage.
Requires Police Training Commission to develop basic training course for all law enforcement officers and advanced specialized courses applicable to position.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."
"New Jersey Clean Water, Drought Mitigation and Water Resource Security Trust Fund Act."
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation.
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.
Supplemental appropriation of $200,000 to Jewish Renaissance Foundation for Perth Amboy Medical Health Care Center.
Requires insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer.
Establishes the offense of incest.
Permits certain motor vehicle offenders to apply for a restricted use license.
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.
Provides State matching funds to school districts in the amount of savings realized from the provision of educational or administrative services through an educational services commission.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for NJ FamilyCare.
Requires appointed board of education members and candidates for an elected board to reveal criminal convictions prior to assuming or running for office.
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice psychology, marriage and family therapy, chiropractic or State-certified psychoanalysis without the appropriate license or certification.
Provides for permanent loss of driver's license for fourth or subsequent drunk driving offenses.
Establishes a 1,000 foot drug free zone around playgrounds and other public parks, buildings and housing facilities.
Prohibits State Board of Education from authorizing use of special review assessment as an alternative for meeting graduation requirements.
Creates Division of Probation in DOC; transfers all probation functions and employees to DOC.
Requires county colleges to award college credits to emergency medical technicians for certain training courses.
"Electronic Waste Producer Responsibility Act."
Provides that certain disabled veterans may purchase special automobile insurance policies.
Requires criminal history background check for owners and employees of door to door sales enterprises.
Establishes pilot program to provide incentive grants to public school districts which develop instruction programs in languages of critical need; appropriates $2,000,000.
Provides that children under care, custody or supervision of DYFS may not be home-schooled.
Sets mileage reimbursement rate for State at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Permits security freezes upon consumer credit reports.
Requires dissemination of organ and tissue donation by State Treasurer, Personnel Commissioner, State contractors, and preparers of advanced health care directives; designates April of each year as Donate Life Month.
Requires one half of natural resource damage payments to State to be remitted to municipality where damage occurred.
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.
Exempts sales of energy and utility service to manufacturing facilities from the sales and use tax and the transitional energy facility assessment (TEFA) unit rate surcharge.
Authorizes the conferral of certain academic degrees by religious corporations.
Revises school district budget cap adjustments for special education and courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, and provides adjustment for utility costs.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Increases the EDA bonding limit for the State share of school facilities projects.
Permits early voting starting eight days before general election; makes appropriation.
Requires State budget to include funds for annual cost-of-living adjustment to certain contracted providers of services.
Requires public institutions of higher education to prorate salary for part-time faculty appointments based on salary for comparable full-time positions.
Provides for temporary voluntary deduction from compensation of State employees for donation to American Red Cross for disaster relief in Southeast Asia.
Prohibits price gouging during a declared state of emergency.
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits of elected official convicted of crime involving office held.
Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral or religious reasons.
Requires tenant rebates by landlords of multifamily dwellings for cost of municipal solid waste collection by municipalities.
Permits establishment of employee assistance programs for public employees.
Establishes dedicated aid for New Jersey State Police trooper classes.
Requires the State to provide State aid for public school adult high school programs.
Provides for compensation of teachers on appropriate salary guide and schedule after withholding of an increment.
Authorizes denying development applications of developers who defaulted on performance and maintenance bonds and establishes system for sharing notice of performance and maintenance bond defaults.
Revises the eligibility criteria under the State earned income tax credit to equal the eligibility criteria of the federal earned income tax credit.
"Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
Requires disclosure to subscribers of certain cable television costs.
Requires appraisal or certification to be delivered by owner upon appeal of certain commercial and industrial property taxes.
Excludes certain payments from methodology used by managed care carriers to determine usual, customary and reasonable fees.
Requires assisted living facilities to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Establishes New Jersey Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry in DHSS; requires pharmacies to compile drug retail price lists.
Exempts municipal clerk from penalties for Open Public Records Act violations under certain circumstances.
Imposes mandatory minimum term of 10 years on defendant convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 13.
Prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
"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.
"County College Nursing Student Loan and Loan Redemption Program Act"; appropriates $2 million.
Adds two student representatives to board of governors of Rutgers University.
Provides that Commissioner of Education may not approve an exemption for a separate budget question that includes funds associated with school district librarians and library services included in prior year budget.
Prohibits requirement by landlord of payment by tenant of any advanced fee other than security deposit.
Increases maximum homestead rebate amounts for residential tenants.
Prevents tenants' property tax rebate reductions due to effects of revaluation, reassessment, or tax appeal.
"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.
Bars high-risk and moderate-risk sex offenders from residing within 2,500 feet of a school, child care center or playground.
Permits certain for-profit entities to manage or operate cemeteries.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in financial institutions located in Delaware if that state does not amend its permitting laws to conform to the Compact of 1905.
Requires municipality to post sign on property subject of development application.
Requires permanent handicapped person identification cards and parking placards to be renewed biennial.
Requires assignment of same inspector or team of inspectors who found a construction code violation to reinspection thereof.
Allows school psychologists to treat certain individuals in the private sector; provides for health benefits coverage therefor.
Prohibits certain unsolicited checks.
Authorizes a Statewide franchise for certain providers of cable television service.
Authorizes NJEDA to issue up to $300 million in cigarette tax revenue securitization bonds for life sciences research facilities, State park and forest system and wildlife management area facilities capital projects.
Makes loitering in brown zones by certain sex offenders a crime of the fourth degree.
Establishes pilot program in DLPS requiring electronic recording of certain police interrogations.
Requires development and distribution of pamphlet and poster informing students of "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Establishes New Jersey State Building Green Building Technology Task Force.
Authorizes special license plate with proceeds to public schools.