Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, Senate.
Leonard Lance
Sponsored
Became law1
Expands State law enforcement powers of United States Park Police.
In committee42
Clarifies and strengthens disclosure requirements for certain complimentary tickets received by candidates, officeholders, political party officials, political committees and continuing political committees.
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: 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.
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.
Prohibits political contributions by persons or businesses investing or rendering advice regarding investment of certain State funds.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
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.
Limits certain campaign contributions by certain business entities and by political party committees and legislative leadership committees.
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.
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."
Provides for State constitutional convention to reduce government spending and to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
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.
Changes date for election of fire district commissioners from third Saturday in February to day of general election.
Appropriates $400,000 to the Department of Agriculture for honeybee resources support.
Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.
Moves school, fire district and certain municipal elections to date of nonpartisan municipal elections.
Prohibits use of equipment and facilities to produce obscene materials in public school districts and public institutions of higher education.
Provides procedure for approving airport expansion; provides assistance to affected property owners.
Regulates involvement of candidates and officeholders with issue advocacy organizations.
Requires DOT to provide for removal of deer carcasses from county and municipal roads; appropriates $730,000.
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.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for justices, judges, administrative law judges, county prosecutors, and workers' compensation judges from 70 to 75.
Directs State public issuer of obligations to use competitive bidding process when investing proceeds from such obligations.
Requires court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles for pupils residing in Cumberland, Sussex, Hunterdon, Warren, Salem and Gloucester Counties who attend schools both within and outside the State.
Authorizes temporary handicapped parking permits for certain relatives of nursing home residents.
Prohibits political contributions by out-of-State casinos and certain individuals and business entities associated therewith.
Requires licensed professional engineer on construction board of appeals to possess a certified municipal engineer certificate.
Requires health benefits coverage for expenses incurred in purchase and administration of flu vaccine.
Limits annual license fees for radon businesses to $1,000.
Requires foreign corporations providing electronic communication services or remote computing services to comply with New Jersey subpoenas, court orders and search warrants.
Revises child pornography law.
Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public institutions of higher education.
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes.
Authorizes creation of memorial license plates for immediate family members of September 11 victims.
Requires savings from recent changes in PERS and TPAF to ease unfunded liability of those systems.
Adds additional judge in Warren County.
Prohibits legislators serving after January 12, 2010 from receiving any public compensation other than legislative salary.
Allows pet owners to keep pets overnight at campgrounds in State parks and forests.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
Appropriates $33 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $1,068,921 from "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Provides marketing, information disclosure, and suitability requirements for certain annuities directly solicited to consumers. *
Appropriates $8,430,250 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $54,917,725 from various Green Acres funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $7 million in 1992 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects.
Out of committee · 6
Permits municipalities to offer prescription drug benefit to certain retired volunteer firefighters and other emergency aid volunteers.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Exempts certain volunteer fire, first aid, ambulance, emergency, and rescue companies, corps, and squads from registration and associated fee requirements of "Charitable Registration and Investigation Act." *
Allows military personnel extended period to qualify for exclusion of capital gain from income of the sale or exchange of a principal residence.
Allows membership of Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards to include certain full-time State college and university faculty members.
Repeals bidding requirement for local public contracts to allow bidders to avoid unresponsive bid if they inadvertently omit business registration from bid proposal provided that bidder was registered before bid submission deadline.
In committee · 37
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.
Provides that a homestead owner who is 65 years of age or older or disabled shall not receive a homestead rebate of less than $1,440.
Requires that each school district receive a minimum of 35% State support of its net budget and that a minimum of 35% of the net budget be supported through local tax levy.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Makes certain revisions to Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Provides for State income tax deduction to private well owners for water testing costs.
Requires affordable housing be built to green building standards; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to issue standards.
Permits water and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings to promote water conservation.
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.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Repeals gross receipts and use taxes on retail sales of fur clothing.
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Requires municipal prosecutors to review and transmit driver abstract to judge prior to recommending plea agreements for unsafe driving.
Prohibits permanent change of child custody during period of active military duty; provides that absence due to active military duty, by itself, is not sufficient to justify modification of a child custody or visitation order.
"Kyleigh's Law"; revises laws concerning provisional driver's licenses.
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.
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Route 31 Purple Heart Memorial Highway"; appropriates $2,500.
Authorizes reimbursement for EMT training from EMT Training Fund for certain volunteer firefighters.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.
Concerns debarment of contractors for conviction of certain computer-related crimes.
Removes investigation and security services from sales and use tax.
Requires disclosure of appraisals conducted on land to be included in farmland preservation program.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
Regulates the level of State debt service payments on bonds issued by the State or State entities and prohibits the use of bond proceeds to pay interest on bonds.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain informed consent from parents or guardians of minors for certain medications with "black box warning."
Assures workers' compensation benefits to police, fire and emergency personnel rendering aid under certain emergency circumstances.
Provides temporary period for making certain estate tax refund claims and directs notice be given to certain affected parties.
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Authorizes DHSS to recover monies from certain charity care claims through contracted entity.
Requires certain condition affecting application for development or zoning variance to be recorded with municipality and county.
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.
"Uniform Trust Code."
Revises and expands duties and responsibilities of State Auditor in performance of certain audits and reviews.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.