Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, Senate.
Nicholas Asselta
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires municipalities appointing Class Two special police officers to reimburse their former municipal employers for training costs.
Permits special improvement districts to enter into certain financing arrangements with private lenders.
Passed the Senate2
Establishes the offense of incest.
Designates New Jersey Route 55 as "Veterans Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Out of committee10
Returns portion of realty transfer fee to beach municipalities for certain shore protection projects.
Modifies catch and possession limits for taking of striped bass.
Amends the definition of "tourism lodging" in the "Tourism Improvement and Development District Act."
Distinguishes campgrounds from private residential leasehold communities.
Requires drivers to move over or slow down for emergency road service vehicles.
Exempts veteran's discharge certificate from State's open public records law; permits veteran and veteran's spouse to access discharge certificate.
Extends eligibility for sales and use tax exemption of energy and utility service purchases by certain manufacturing- intensive businesses in Urban Enterprise Zones.
Establishes aid program for certain municipalities with State correctional facilities.
Provides immunity from civil liability for school personnel who use reasonable force or restraint to stop fights on school property or to defend themselves against a student assault. *
Authorizes State to sell and convey certain real property located in Sea Isle City, Cape May County. *
In committee79
Establishes New Jersey Travel and Tourism Commission; appropriates $20 million for welcome center.
Authorizes annual appropriation of moneys received from riparian land leases for maintenance dredging.
Appropriates $3,600,000 from the General Fund to rehabilitate Cape May Seashore Lines.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand Respite Care for the Elderly Program.
Provides for the reduction of the per pupil expenditure of certain constituent municipalities of regional school districts.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Establishes Intercoastal Waterway and Back Bay Dredging Fund, dedicates $2,000,000 of motor fuels tax to the fund; and prohibits collection of realty transfer fees if that amount is not appropriated to the fund.
Requires new automobile insurance territorial rating plans by January 1, 2003.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for portion of federal civil service pension representing foregone military pension benefit.
Directs DOT Commissioner to allocate Transportation Trust Fund monies for concept development and design of Route 55 extension.
Clarifies that activities conducted and uses of land by farm wineries are agricultural.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Establishes the New Jersey School Counts County College Scholarship Program; appropriates $2,000,000.
Provides that shore protection funds may be used for maintenance dredging of State navigational waterways.
Appropriates $25 million to remove and replace 500 bed Phase I facility at Southern State.
Authorizes special license plates for military retirees.
Extends mandatory retirement age for certain PFRS members.
Requires review of certain privatization contracts.
Permits municipalities to withdraw from certain county library systems.
Reduces rate of State hotel and motel occupancy fee after State FY2004 from 5% to1%; revises dedications of fee revenue.
Reduces sales tax rate on certain sales and admission charges at places of amusement in urban enterprise zone areas and provides that sales tax revenue be for municipal purposes.
The "New Jersey Freedom to Fish Act."
Establishes grant program in Department of Education to help single-building public school districts commission regionalization studies; appropriates $4,000,000.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support the School Counts! program and the NJ STARS program.
Establishes special Be A Nurse license plates and dedicates fees for nursing scholarships.
Grants Abbott district status to the school districts of Buena Regional and Woodbine.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,977,000 to DOC for replacement of Bayside State Prison's locking system.
Provides for monies from penalties assessed for construction delays to be awarded to affected businesses.
Requires Public Guardian for Elderly Adults to serve as guardian for elderly person adjudicated incompetent in cases where the person's spouse or heirs do not assume the guardianship.
Provides immunity from liability for certain recreational activities and from injuries caused by acts of God.
Reduces State hotel and motel occupancy fee from five to two percent starting FY2005; preserves dedication.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $1,000 income tax deduction.
Establishes aid program for certain municipalities with State correctional facilities.
Permits purchase of temporary service credit in TPAF and PERS even if the service did not result without interruption in permanent employment.
Establishes commission to study and promote desalination.
Changes salary base for PERS Prosecutors Part benefits from final compensation to highest compensation.
Limits certain State and nonprofit open space acquisitions in municipalities.
Establishes low interest mortgage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Provides for civil action against person committing act of cruelty against domestic companion animal.
Exempts veterans' discharge certificate from State's open public records law.
Requires DMVA to evaluate Disabled American Veterans resources.
Establishes Bayshore Discovery Project license plates and dedicates fees to benefit project.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 50 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex and Warren Counties.
Expands membership of New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and ensures appointment of at least one member from each of the four counties where authority currently hosts facilities.
Supplemental appropriation of $900,000 to DCA to complete the Cape May County Public Safety Training Center.
Authorizes urban enterprise zones in Lower Township and in Woodbine Borough, Cape May County.
Revises calculation of school district budget caps, increases allowable surplus for public school districts, and revises adjustment for special education costs.
Authorizes Boy Scouts license plate.
Provides that expiration of all CAFRA coastal centers shall be extended.
Creates "Small Retail Business Assistance Fund" to make low-interest loans to certain small retail businesses; appropriates $750,000.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support improvement of State parks, forests and tourism welcome centers.
Allows certain persons in military service to receive suspension of interest on mortgage loan.
Includes local emergency management volunteers in Emergency Services Volunteer Length of Service Award Program.
Supplemental appropriation of $1.2 million to Maurice River Township for the siting of a State correctional facility.
Creates yellow and blue Fraternal Order of Police plates.
Supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DCA to complete the Cape May County Public Training Academy.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $7,500,000 to the Department of State to fund the Cultural Trust.
Makes employment matters not exempted by statute mandatory subjects of public employment collective bargaining.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges.
The "New Jersey Tourism Restructuring Act."
Requires approval from appropriation committees of the Legislature for employee bonuses proposed by certain public institutions of higher education.
The "South Jersey Regional Veterans' Health Care Facility Grant Fund Act."
Authorizes special license emblems for Fraternal Order of Police members.
Authorizes appointment by counties of special law enforcement officers to supplement staff of sheriff's officers.
Provides civil service protection for State Parole Board hearing officers.
Provides additional retirement benefits for certain police and firefighter members of PFRS.
Requires conveyance of certain riparian lands for $1.
Requires NJ refiners and suppliers to establish gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil reserves.
Skinner's Law; increases penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
Requires all cats and dogs released from pounds and shelters be sterilized with certain exceptions; establishes special fund for sterilizations; increases certain dog-related fees and dedicates increases to the fund.
Provides that advertising or conducting a live musical performance through the use of certain deceptive practices are subject to the consumer fraud act.
Requires county and municipal emergency operations plans to be updated annually; appropriates $100,000.
Directs DHSS to review evacuation readiness of institutional health care facilities; appropriates $30,000.
Requires Turnpike Authority to collect tolls only in southbound direction at certain toll plazas.
Requires DEP to compensate certain property owners for certain costs incurred in property dispute resolution; makes appropriation therefor.
Extends burial of indigent veterans to those who did not serve in time of war; clarifies role of DMVA in identifying deceased veterans; provides additional funding for burial of indigent veterans.
Authorizes creation of sports and entertainment districts and imposition of additional taxes therein to finance development of sports and entertainment facilities.
Permits certain low-population, high land valued municipalities to reduce municipal library tax assessment.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Authorizes police training commission to contract for private entity's recommendations for pre-entry standards for police training academies. *
Prohibits dry cutting and grinding of masonry in certain cases.
Permits local authorities to appropriate and transfer available surplus funds to municipality or county that created authority.
Provides that TPAF and PERS veterans' retirement with 35 years of service shall be based on highest benefit year rather than last year of service.
Makes certain volunteer firefighters who were appointed to paid positions and currently in PERS eligible for transfer to PFRS. *
Revises pilotage laws.
Promotes improved polling place accessibility for individuals with disabilities and the elderly. *
Establishes in the DOE a three-year community service pilot program for juniors in high school beginning in the 2005-2006 school year. *
Revises statutes governing New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
Provides uniform period for certain contracting entities to issue changes or addenda to bid advertisements.
"Emergency Health Powers Act."
Authorizes early termination of residential lease by senior citizen tenant accepted into assisted living facility, nursing home, continuing care retirement community, or low or moderate income housing. *
Makes various changes to State contracting process; imposes certain disclosure on State officers and employees involved in contracting. *
Establishes Office of the Inspector General. *
"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. *
Provides civil service protection for State Parole Board hearing officers. *
"Health Claims Authorization, Processing and Payment Act."
Changes amounts retained by DOT from highway work payments to contractors.
Passed the Senate · 2
Removes limitation on amount counties may appropriate in support of performing arts centers.
Requires persons transacting business in this State and making payments to unregistered unincorporated construction contractors to withhold gross income taxes from those payments. *
Out of committee · 33
Extends veteran's property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Establishes the Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in the DEP and appropriates $200,000.
Provides standards for registered professional guardians; appropriates $95,000. *
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Permits project labor agreements in certain public works projects not related to buildings. *
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act." *
Provides for protection of certain publicly owned archaeological sites and findings by various State and local government entities. *
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS of $1,664,000 to provide grants for rodent control programs in certain municipalities.*
Provides non-forfeitable right to post-retirement medical benefits provided by law to certain public employees with 25 years of service.
Revises charity care distribution formula.
Increases options for investment of Garden State Preservation Trust Funds. *
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Limits liability of food producers, manufacturers, packers, distributers, carriers, holders, sellers, marketers and advertisers for claims arising out of weight gain or obesity. *
Establishes defibrillator grant program in DHSS for placement of defibrillators in senior citizen centers.
Revises scope of practice of optometrists.
Designates New Jersey Route No. 83 as "Trooper Bertram T. Zimmerman III Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Authorizes bars and restaurants to offer special discounts based on sex under certain circumstances. *
Deletes certain nursing home payment requirements under "Nursing Home Quality of Care Improvement Fund Act."
Requires permanent, full-time county fire marshals and assistant marshals authorized to coordinate, control or extinguish fires to be enrolled in PFRS.
Provides that public school pupils may choose not to participate in certain experiments involving animals and requires schools to provide alternative education projects.
Changes membership of State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees.
Authorizes county to control greenhead fly population; appropriates $90,000. *
Establishes hiring preference for children of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. *
Requires prenotification of certain plant closings.
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to Division of State Police for additional police recruit class and communication system upgrades.
Establishes the "School Construction Review Commission."
Approves $6,585,306 in grants for certain historic preservation projects in southern New Jersey.
Permits local government units to grant Length of Service Award Program points to certain activated military members.
Authorizes Dept. of Agriculture to establish surety fund and assess fees for benefit of perishable agricultural commodity growers, and modifies amount of surety required to be filed by licensed purchasers of such commodities.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to establish the "Senior Citizen Home Repair and Modification Program;" appropriates $10 million.
Sets time period for filing application for recount at 15 days following election.
Establishes date of initial employment with board of education as effective date of provisional teaching certificate and provides that novice teacher will be a teaching staff member for all purposes.
The "New Jersey Tourism Restructuring Act."
In committee · 68
Exempts police from jury duty.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Authorizes leave for parents and guardians of children with special needs.
Permits municipalities to appoint paid fire chiefs for paid and certain part-paid fire departments; clarifies duties and responsibilities.
Establishes deadline and notice requirements for processing of teacher certification applications.
Increases annual funding of Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Excludes certain federal employee retirement fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Increases PFRS disability, accidental death and special retirement benefits; increases members' contribution rate.
Establishes the National Board Certification Scholarship Program; appropriates $500,000.
Requires Domestic Security Preparedness Planning Group to conduct mock exercise pertaining to agricultural bioterrorism; and appropriates $150,000 therefor from New Jersey Domestic Security Account.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; appropriates $420,000.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
Reduces vesting requirement under State-administered retirement systems to five years' service.
Extends exemption from TPAF retiree reenrollment requirement to learning disabilities teacher-consultants, school psychologists, speech therapists and social workers.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
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.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Requires ATM facilities to be equipped with access to emergency telephone service.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Establishes "Interfaith Volunteer Caregiving Pilot Program" in DCA; appropriates $2.25 million.
Establishes special dredging account; directs $5,000,000 of sales tax collected annually be deposited therein; directs DEP to administer account and dredging program with certain requirements.
Establishes the "Veterans Home Health Care Demonstration Program"; appropriates $1 million.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
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.
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.
Eliminates maximum age requirement for appointment as police officer or paid firefighter.
Provides State-paid SHBP benefits to TPAF retirees who retired with at least 20 years of service prior to May 1, 1988.
Creates Office of Homeland Security Grant Information; appropriates $150,000 to DL&PS.
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.
Expresses additional rationale for existing statutory prohibition of self-service dispensing of motor fuel at service stations.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.0 million for grants to certain nursing schools to address shortage of nursing faculty.
Authorizes property tax deferment for deployed military personnel.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Provides for State income tax deduction to private well owners for water testing costs.
Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to DLPS to assist local police departments in paying for new N.C.I.C. terminals.
Provides for the inclusion of home-schooled students in the NJ STARS Program.
Requires impact statement for any proposed regulation affecting volunteer ambulance squad and fire company.
Provides compensatory time off for certain essential attendance State employees.
Repeals assessment on gross receipts of certain ambulatory care facilities.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in companies doing business in countries that sponsor terrorism.
Requires instruction in traumatic situations as part of police training courses and assessment of police training candidates.
Prohibits sale of flu vaccine at excessive prices during shortage.
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Provides for regional economic impact report and review by affected municipalities for certain proposed large scale retail developments.
Clarifies that Fish and Game Council has sole authority to regulate freshwater fishing, hunting, and trapping.
Requires the State to provide State aid for public school adult high school programs.
Restricts sale of yellow ribbons; dedicates proceeds to veterans.
Prohibits the DEP from requiring certain municipalities to adopt an ordinance that prohibits placing non-containerized yard wastes in the street or to develop a yard waste collection and disposal program.
Creates New Jersey Clinical Trials Registry in DHSS.
Appropriates $18.3 million in FY 2005 to the Department of Education to fully fund extraordinary special education costs.
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for special education and 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%
Establishes New Jersey Wildlife Rehabilitation Licensing Study Commission, and temporarily expands scope of "cooperator permit" to include rehabilitation of other kinds of wildlife besides game animals.
"New Jersey Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act."
Allows certain taxpayers a one-time refundable gross income tax credit for gross income tax paid at highest rate of tax upon the gain from sale of small businesses.
Changes reimbursement structure for various transportation services provided to Medicaid recipients.
Requires State budget to include funds for annual cost-of-living adjustment to certain contracted providers of services.
Repeals State and local hotel and motel occupancy taxes and voids existing municipal implementing ordinances.
Allows New Jersey S corporations to elect to transfer corporation business tax credits to shareholders to apply against the shareholders' gross income tax liability.
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.
Exempts certain purchases by school food service providers from the sales and use tax.
Eliminates ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."