Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Eric Munoz
Sponsored
Out of committee3
Establishes guidelines for operating authorized emergency vehicles in emergency situations.
Exempts Great Swamp watershed area from uniform residential site improvement standards.
Increases membership and term of office of certain county tax board members.
In committee44
Provides sales and use tax exemption for purchases of goods donated to certain governmental, charitable and public safety organizations.
Establishes matching grant program to assist counties in upgrading election equipment; appropriates $5 million.
Requires surcharge for passenger restraint violation; establishes Child Safety Seat Distribution Program Fund.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $110,000 to Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to fund Project Shalom.
Adds State-paid health insurance for surviving spouses and children to PERS accidental death benefits.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $73,000 for a grant to Union County College for Holocaust and Ethnic Studies Project.
Establishes corporation business tax credit for purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and alternative technology vehicles.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $90,000 to the DMVA for the Veterans' Oral History program to record veterans' account of war experiences.
Establishes September 11th Memorial License Plate; dedicates fees therefrom to support a memorial and victims injured in attack.
Requires applicant for open space preservation monies to provide statement concerning deer management on lands to be preserved using those monies.
Permits DNA testing under certain circumstances of old evidence to establish innocence of person convicted.
Appropriates such additional sums as may be necessary to New Jersey FamilyCare Health Coverage Program.
Establishes parental orientation program in the Abbott school districts.
Authorizes municipalities to enact ordinances requiring developers to provide adequate off-street parking or contribute toward provision of parking, as condition of variance approval.
Requires the suspension of driving privileges of persons convicted of offenses involving acts of graffiti.
Requires notary public to be citizens.
Permits candidate to include professional title, academic degree or nickname on petition of nomination, ballot of any kind, canvas of votes or for any other election purpose.
Requires instruction on the Founding Fathers of the United States as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies.
Establishes Joint Commission on Governmental Performance Review and Evaluation in the legislative branch of government.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Expanding Health Care Coverage."
Updates statutory references from "persons with head injury" to "persons with traumatic brain injury."
Establishes special license plates to fund diabetes research and education.
Establishes Bill of Rights license plate to fund historic preservation.
Implements recommendations on public contracts of State Commission of Investigation in report, "N.J. Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection Contract", issued March 2002.
Prohibits use of all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes, off-road motorcycles, and other similar off-road vehicles in State parks and forests.
Expands eligibility for reimbursement from Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund and amends powers and duties of Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund Commission.
Provides for an enhanced homestead rebate for tenants who are disabled veterans equal to 18% of rent paid.
Reappropriates in fiscal year 2003 the unexpended balance of a supplemental appropriation to the DEP for a grant to Cranford Township for construction of the Cranford Northeast Quadrant Flood Control Project.
Provides annual State facilities aid payments to charter schools.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Requires DOT to sell portions of certain railroad right-of-ways to Union County for recreation and conservation purposes and to interested municipalities for senior citizen housing; and provides nonmatching grant from "Garden State Green Acres Preservati
Increases and indexes the maximum homestead property tax deduction under the gross income tax.
Requires DOT to construct noise barriers on Interstate 78.
Requires State Board of Medical Examiners to suspend license of physician whose license has been revoked by another state, agency or authority.
Exempts senior citizens, disabled persons and veterans from E-ZPass account monthly service charge.
"New Jersey Medical Care Availability and Patient Protection Act of 2003."
Revises laws concerning medical malpractice claims, procedures and liability insurance.
"Geologist Licensing Act."
Requires enrollment in PFRS regardless of age of certain firefighters appointed between July 1998 and July 1999.
Requires health benefits coverage for bone mass measurement.
Prohibits legislators from employing or supervising certain relatives in certain positions.
Designates "New Jersey and You - Perfect Together" as State Slogan.
"Highway Accident Property Tax Relief Act;" requires State to reimburse municipalities for costs of providing certain emergency services.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Increases membership of certain county boards of taxation. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Lowers age of consent for minors to donate blood without parental permission to 17.
Requires wanted person check before release or transfer of inmates or suspects. *
Clarifies responsibility of county to pay burial costs of indigent, unidentified or unclaimed deceased persons.
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Authorizes payment of sales taxes by vendors under the sales and use tax and the advertising of "we pay the tax" days.
Requires DHSS to establish list of animal control officers found guilty of or liable for violating any animal cruelty law; and prohibits persons on that list from being animal control officers for a municipality. *
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the income of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. *
Requires persons convicted of certain child pornography crimes to register under Megan's Law.
Requires persons convicted of manufacturing or selling child pornography to register under Megan's Law.
Requires Medicaid coverage of HIV drug resistance testing. *
Establishes Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board in Department of Community Affairs.
Upgrades crime of luring or enticing a child into motor vehicle, structure or isolated area to a crime of the second degree.
Designates State office building in Asbury Park as "Thomas S. Smith, Sr. State Office Building."
Increases criminal and civil penalties for certain animal cruelty offenses; and increases penalty for certain repeat offenders.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. **
Amends Megan's Law to comply with requirements of federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act.
Upgrades penalties for theft of identity and the selling, manufacturing, possessing, or exhibiting of false government documents; allows for civil action for victims of identity theft. *
"Michael's Law;" imposes mandatory jail time and rehabilitation for third or subsequent drunk driving offenses. *
"Danielle's Law"; requires certain staff working with persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injury to call 911 emergency telephone service in life-threatening emergencies.
Establishes Office of the Child Advocate. **
Passed the General Assembly · 10
Requires all EMTs to be trained and certified in the performance of cardiac defibrillation. *
Regulates certain electronic mail solicitations.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals. *
Increases the penalties for falsifying a driver's license and possessing a false driver's license.
Authorizes Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to reallocate pharmaceutical supplies among hospitals and nursing homes in public health emergency.
Makes changes in Primary Care Physician and Dentist Loan Redemption Program.
Permanently disqualifies certain persons convicted of child endangerment from working with children.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Financing." *
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Provides penalties for injuring or killing search and rescue dogs.
Out of committee · 23
Prohibits electronic printing of certain information on certain sales receipts.
Establishes new method of establishing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates financial liability of certain family members. *
Supplemental appropriation of $150,000 to DHSS for a grant to Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey, Inc.
Establishes the Ergonomics in Education Study Commission.
Requires notification of rape care advocate under certain circumstances by law enforcement, prosecutors and medical providers. *
Requires coverage for certain nonprescription formulas under certain health benefits plans, including SHBP. **
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Expands eligibility for reimbursement from Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund and amends powers and duties of Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund Commission.
Revises New Jersey's computer crime law to incorporate recent technological changes.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Enacts the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
Establishes certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
Permits use of hands-free wireless phones in moving vehicles.* *
Makes various changes to casino gambling and use of proceeds thereof. *
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers to cover alcohol and drug addiction treatment under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses. *
Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use transported remains of victims of September 11, 2001 from World Trade Center in a memorial.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints." *
Requires DHSS to prepare booklet on MMR vaccine and availability of blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose. *
Disqualifies juvenile delinquents whose offenses involve use or possession of a weapon, explosive or destructive device from obtaining either a firearms purchaser identification card or a permit to purchase a handgun.
Repeals law creating State poet laureate.
Requires training in diabetes care for certain school employees and use of medical management plans in schools for students with diabetes.
Appropriates $14,663,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $45,220,823 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" and certain farmland preservation bond funds for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 58
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests for disabled veterans.
Provides for a mandatory minimum term without eligibility of parole for sexual assault.
Permits municipality, local board of health or regional health commission to prohibit indoor smoking in public premises to protect public health.
"Nurse Retention Stipend Program Act"; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes cross-acceptance of local master plans; intermunicipal review of certain development applications.
Authorizes adoption of municipal transfer of development rights programs.
Requires municipal master plans under Municipal Land Use Law to be consistent with the State Development and Redevelopment Plan.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Appropriates $90,000 to Division of Fish and Wildlife for Hunters Helping the Hungry program.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Creates commission to study effectiveness of county government; appropriates $95,000.
Codifies Urban Home Ownership Recovery Program (UHORP) in NJHMFA to promote revitalization, redevelopment and stabilization of urban neighborhoods.
Requires text of model codes to be reprinted in State regulations rather than incorporated by reference.
Directs DEP to conduct feasibility study of assessing air pollution sources in and around certain airports and military bases.
Establishes an Office of Child Advocacy.
Requires immunization of children to varicella.
Imposes mandatory life imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault against minor or victim who suffered serious bodily injury; imposes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual conta
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Concerns public works subcontractors.
Modifies Fair Housing Act and State Planning Act to assist in provision of affordable housing.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires buildout analysis as part of master plan reexamination report.
Requires health clubs to have defibrillator and other lifesaving equipment on site and employees trained to use equipment.
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.
Creates continuing education and nurse recruitment pilot program in DMVA; appropriates $348,000.
Requires Medicaid coverage of HIV drug resistance testing.
Provides for the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
Requires insurers and State health benefits programs to cover costs of AIDS vaccine.
Permits medical malpractice liability insurance purchasing alliances among physicians.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DHSS for grant to North Jersey Community Research Initiative.
Establishes procedures for approval of certain applications for development affecting neighboring municipalities.
Establishes "Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative" in Office on Minority and Multicultural Health; appropriates $3.6 million.
Establishes moratorium until July 1, 2003 on cancellation and nonrenewal of medical malpractice liability insurance and prohibits premium increases during that time.
Limits minor's filing of medical malpractice actions for injuries to minor's 10th birthday.
Reduces statute of limitations for medical malpractice liability actions to four years.
Provides standards for expert witnesses in medical malpractice actions against physicians.
Limits pain and suffering awards to $500,000 in medical malpractice actions.
Designates September 11 in each year as "Red, White, and Blue Ribbon Day" in honor of victims of September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
Provides that the amount of damages to be awarded in medical malpractice cases would be determined by a judge of workers' compensation.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Allows Governor to appoint poet laureate who will serve at pleasure of Governor.
Protects certain compliant municipalities from builder's remedy under "Fair Housing Act" pending readoption of methodologies, criteria and guidelines.
Provides gross income tax deduction for three years of nursing pay for new enrollees in nursing education programs.
Decreases and eliminates certain fees and penalties.
Exempts vanpool rentals from domestic security fee imposed under P.L.2002, c.34.
Allows imposition of $10,000 and $15,000 municipal fines on landlords for overcrowding.
Prohibits certain contributions by certain entities and individuals doing business with counties or municipalities; limits amount of contribution by principals and officers of such entities.
Expands responsibilities of "New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect."
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Establishes the Graduate Student Loan and Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $500,000.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for distributions from deferred compensation plans of New Jersey State and local governments, their authorities, school boards, and public institutions of higher education, and the federal government.
Requires applicants for school board employment and school bus driver to be notified of criminal history record check results within 60 days.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of operations that have continued from "Desert Shield/Desert Storm."
Removes tolls from the Garden State Parkway.
Requires traffic to stop for senior citizen transportation vehicles with certain equipment.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.