Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, Senate.
Leonard Lance
Sponsored
Became law1
Appropriates $15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes in Highlands Region.
Passed the Senate1
Permits appointment of person as police officer in non-civil service municipality if Police Training Commission full certification obtained when less than 35 years old.
Out of committee2
Appropriates $52,432,378 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires licensed professional engineer on construction board of appeals to possess a certified municipal engineer certificate.
In committee44
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Requires State responsibility for tuition costs for certain children whose parents reside in a State facility.
Limits certain supplemental compensation upon retirement for local government employees to a maximum of $15,000.
Clarifies and strengthens disclosure requirements for certain complimentary tickets received by candidates, officeholders, political party officials, political committees and continuing political committees.
Regulates involvement of candidates and officeholders with issue advocacy organizations.
Reconstitutes Executive Commission on Ethical Standards with public members; requires certain public officers and employees to file financial disclosure statements and dispose of certain prohibited interests.
Prohibits contributions by administrator of Type II school district to candidates for member of district's school board; restricts employment by Type II school district of contributors to election campaign of member of district's school board.
Prohibits solicitation or acceptance of political contributions on public property, certain uses of campaign contributor information, and certain uses of information about persons doing business with public entities.
Extends certain financial disclosure requirements under "Legislative Activities Disclosure Act of 1971" to "grass roots" lobbying conducted through direct mail and advertisements to general public.
Requires greater disclosure by lobbyists engaged in certain types of lobbying; appropriates $150,000.
Establishes a joint legislative and executive branch State Revenue Forecasting Integrity Commission to provide a revenue forecast for annual State budget purposes.
Requires State agency to advertise for bids before leasing real property to private entity for outdoor advertising purposes.
Eliminates awards of punitive damages against public entities, and against public officers, employees and servants acting within the scope or under color of their office, employment or agency.
Eliminates sending district choice students and transfer students under federal law from the calculation of a district's low-income concentration rate if such students would reduce the rate.
Prohibits political contributions by persons or businesses investing or rendering advice regarding investment of certain State funds.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Prohibits use of equipment and facilities to produce obscene materials in public school districts and public institutions of higher education.
Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public institutions of higher education.
Changes date for election of fire district commissioners from third Saturday in February to day of general election.
Authorizes temporary handicapped parking permits for certain relatives of nursing home residents.
Authorizes Commissioner of Transportation to extend current ban on large trucks outside of National Network to 96-inch wide trucks.
Provides procedure for approving airport expansion; provides assistance to affected property owners.
Directs State public issuer of obligations to use competitive bidding process when investing proceeds from such obligations.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.
Provides for State constitutional convention to reduce government spending and to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.
Prohibits political contributions by out-of-State casinos and certain individuals and business entities associated therewith.
Requires disclosure of appraisals conducted on land to be included in farmland preservation program.
Provides a school district budget cap adjustment for payments made by a district for charter school students.
Moves school, fire district and certain municipal elections to date of nonpartisan municipal elections.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
Requires family of juvenile in county detention center to reimburse county.
Prohibits filling of vacancy among candidates nominated at primaries after 48th and before 14th day before general election, except due to death; prohibits filling subsequent vacancies before elections.
Exempts construction, expansion or renovation of buildings or other structures for police departments, fire departments, and volunteer first aid, emergency, ambulance or rescue squads from "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Requires health benefits coverage for expenses incurred in purchase and administration of flu vaccine.
Requires ballot question on approval of State bond issue to disclose total amount of debt of State or other entity, debt service on which is funded through annual State appropriation.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Upgrades possession of child pornography to third degree crime.
Provides for gubernatorial and legislative succession in certain circumstances.
Limits certain campaign contributions by certain business entities and by political party committees and legislative leadership committees.
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Route 31 Purple Heart Memorial Highway," appropriates $2,500.
Regulates the participation of issuers of State bonds in derivatives agreements and requires the adoption of certain standards and disclosure policies for State financial advisors, brokers, dealers, and municipal securities dealers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Extends certain financial disclosure requirements to lobbying conducted through advertisements and direct mail to general public.
Ends automatic adjustment of campaign contribution limits for committees; adjusts limits for candidate committees.
Allows commercial nonagricultural activities to occur, and personal wireless service facilities to be erected, on preserved farmland under certain circumstances. *
Encourages State purchase of "Jersey Fresh," "Jersey Grown," and other NJ agricultural products and commodities. *
Extends certain benefits to veterans of Operations Northern and Southern Watch.
Establishes NJ STARS Program to provide scholarships for county college students. *
Establishes New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC), a new State monitoring system for public school districts.
Requires State to provide matching funds for certain federal grants to benefit wildlife and wildlife habitat, and appropriates $381,715 therefor for current year.
"Emergency Health Powers Act."
Limits coverage under SHBP traditional health indemnity plan for State law enforcement officers; limits SHBP coverage options for State law enforcement officer retirees and nonaligned Division of State Police retirees. *
Appropriates $150,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grant to Save Ellis Island, Inc. to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Provides title of person who serves as Acting Governor for continuous period of at least 180 days will be "Governor of the State of New Jersey" for official and historical purposes. *
Allocates certain previously appropriated funds for support of diesel air pollution control program and for administrative costs of underground storage tank program.
Passed the Senate · 4
Designated the "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Education and Research Program Act."
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Amends and supplements the "New Jersey Parentage Act."
Provides for commencement of short term tax exemptions and abatements as of date of completion of project.
Out of committee · 16
Prohibits legislative agents from accepting contingency fees to influence legislation or regulation.
Revises charity care distribution formula.
Permits municipalities to offer prescription drug benefit to certain retired volunteer firefighters and other emergency aid volunteers.
Requires mattresses and box springs for sale in State meet 60-minute resistance to open-flame standard.
Establishes requirements for reducing fine particle diesel emissions from certain vehicles and equipment; creates fund for financing costs associated therewith; increases penalties for idling and authorizes DEP to establish additional restrictions on sch
Establishes an assessment funding mechanism for the support of Division of Banking and imposes certain additional fees and reports.
Appropriates $75 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition or development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes. *
Establishes crime of human trafficking; adds to racketeering; authorizes victim compensation and services; provides certain affirmative defenses. *
Requires identification and record keeping for sales of certain fertilizers.
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to Division of State Police for additional police recruit class and communication system upgrades.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of donations received by the State for the New Jersey September 11th Memorial at Liberty State Park.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in foreign companies doing business in Sudan. *
Appropriates $18,000,000 to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects; approves $4,979,092 thereof for certain historic preservation projects in northern NJ.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Fund.
Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DHSS for Office on Women's Health.
Makes FY2006 supplemental General Fund appropriations of $4 million to DHS for home heating assistance and $9 million for energy assistance programs. *
In committee · 28
Establishes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment without parole eligibility for crimes of criminal sexual contact committed against children.
Amends and supplements the "New Jersey Parentage Act," establishing new procedures concerning blood or genetic testing.
Allows owners of preserved farmland to reacquire development rights for land underlying and next to farm buildings or structures.
Requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 18 years of age and younger.
Permits use of hands-free wireless phones in moving vehicles.
Appropriates $3,400,000 to DCA to fund Watershed Moratorium Offset Aid.
Extends the mileage limit for receipt of transportation services for students in certain counties attending out-of-State nonpublic schools.
Limits criteria to be considered in evaluating forfeiture of pension benefits involving elected official.
Makes certain reforms in the process of estimating and certifying State revenues for the annual State budget.
Allows certain business employment incentives (BEIP) to be taken as a credit under the corporation business tax.
Incorporates balanced and restorative justice principles in juvenile justice system.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Creates a Land Use Court.
Establishes limits on contributions county and municipal committees of a political party can give per election or per year to candidates and certain political committees.
Eliminates various inactive commissions, committees, councils and boards.
Ensures that school districts in Hunterdon, Warren and Sussex Counties continue to provide out-of-State transportation to certain nonpublic school pupils, despite population changes in the county.
Establishes involuntary outpatient commitment for certain persons who are mentally ill or gravely disabled and provides for involuntary inpatient commitment for certain persons who are gravely disabled.
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.
Authorizes counties and municipalities to adopt regulations limiting political contributions by contractors.
Requires Governor to indicate State of New Jersey advertisements, in which he appears, were paid with public funds.
Provides that no more than four of the seven public members appointed to the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council may be of the same political party.
Provides for State income tax deduction to private well owners for water testing costs.
Establishes new crimes of forced labor or services, sexual servitude, and human trafficking.
Concerns stewardship of forests; appropriates $650,000.
Requires State budget to include funds for annual cost-of-living adjustment to certain contracted providers of services.
Requires line item disclosure of all State revenues and appropriations in the Governor's budget proposal, and in bills pending in the Legislature or enacted in this State; eliminates off-budget State spending.
Authorizes the Legislative Counsel in the Office of Legislative Services to accept proper and sufficient service of process on behalf of the State Legislature when either or both Houses are named defendants in any legal proceeding.
Authorizes special "Born to Run" license plate with proceeds to benefit Community FoodBank of New Jersey.