Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, Senate.
Martha W. Bark
Sponsored
Became law9
Upgrades tampering generally; upgrades tampering with prescribed medicine to second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Requires State to purchase "Energy Star" products in public contracts.
Requires BPU to establish voluntary program for certification of renewable energy installers.
Establishes Forest Health Advisory Council in DEP.
Requires certain State buildings to be designed and managed to meet high performance green building standards. *
Ensures fire drills are conducted in schools while open for summer instructional programs.
Allows certain public entities to join with State under certain circumstances for purchase of certain energy services for their facilities.
Appropriates $750,000 in federal funds for the Gypsy Moth Program.
Requires commercial pesticide applicators and operators to contact agricultural agencies prior to exterminating honey bee colonies; establishes penalties for destruction of man-made hives.
Passed the Senate3
Exempts certain renewable energy systems from real property taxation. *
Establishes Task Force on Hospital Technology to recommend incentives to encourage hospitals to integrate technology to improve patient care and safety.
Creates "New Jersey Senior Labor Task Force."
Out of committee7
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Permits boards of education to establish prepaid lunch programs.
Allows counties, municipalities and school districts to join with the State under certain circumstances for acquisition of alternative electrical energy systems.
Creates Director of Energy Savings to implement program to improve procurement of energy and recycled products for all State agencies. *
Establishes an emergency deployment program for building inspection following disaster or emergency. *
Permits municipal utilities authorities to promote production and use of alternative electrical energy.
Allows certain owners of preserved farmland to reacquire development rights for land underlying and next to farm buildings or structures.
In committee83
Proscribes liability of architects in certain circumstances.
Permits care and treatment of animals by certain persons and prohibits those persons from identifying themselves as veterinarians.
Appropriates $150,000 to DOL to provide continued assistance to deaf community through State Centers for Independent Living.
Permits the refurbishment of school buses to extend the life of the bus by eight years.
Allows counties and certain county bodies to provide funding assistance to constituent municipalities for purpose of eligibility for "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Requires the State to consider life-cycle costs when procuring certain supplies.
Increases membership of Main Street New Jersey Advisory Board from 19 to 23 members.
Delays imposition of new State fees and fee increases on counties, municipalities and local school boards until next local budget year.
Allows qualifying counties to become " agriculture enterprise counties" and provides certain associated resulting benefits therefrom to encourage, protect, and preserve agriculture.
"Local Government Building Energy Efficiency Bond Act of 2004"
Requires State to print notice of availability of successful grant applications on all grant applications.
Establishes involuntary outpatient commitment for certain persons with mental illness.
Exempts residential electric vehicle charging systems from real property taxation.
Requires Division of Building and Construction to conduct analysis of State buildings to determine energy and cost savings through use of alternative electrical energy equipment or technology.
Establishes an annual solar photovoltaic manufacturing incentive grant program.
Prohibits State from exporting water from the Pinelands.
Requires water purveyors to develop and implement leak detection programs.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Gasoline, Diesel Fuel and Heating Oil Reserves.
Appropriates $50 million to the DEP for dam repair and reconstruction.
Establishes the Pinelands Institute for Natural and Environmental Studies.
Requires DEP adopt regulations for the siting of wind farms that minimize environmental impact.
Prohibits Pinelands Commission from imposing fees for development paid for with State funds or by non-profit organization.
Establishes wind easements in NJ.
Requires dam owners to prepare emergency action plan, and install alarm for certain dams.
Requires DHSS to send Senior Gold application to PAAD beneficiaries who become ineligible for PAAD.
Caps noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions arising from emergency care at $250,000.
Prohibits BPU from requiring or authorizing basic generation service suppliers after May 31, 2006 to impose charge on customers for not choosing to switch to an alternative electric power supplier.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of the global war on terror.
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Extends eligibility for PAAD to persons disabled under certain federal programs.
Repeals assessment on gross receipts of comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities.
Increases maximum amount of nonpublic school transportation costs per pupil.
Authorizes boards of education to extend school day by one hour to make up for canceled days.
Requires institutions of higher education to attempt to ascertain and make available information on crimes committed against students while studying abroad.
Permits school pupils to self-administer medication for certain medical conditions.
Eliminates public school district budget reduction appeals to Commissioner of Education.
Provides for increased penalties for a crime committed in a church, synagogue, temple or other place of public worship.
Allows exclusion of certain alternative energy and energy conservation patent income under the gross income tax and corporation business tax.
Creates Retire The Debt Account for contributions to reduce State debt.
Directs State Auditor to prepare performance audit of State-funded programs of State agencies and instrumentalities.
Establishes program to promote consolidation of municipalities, regionalization of school districts and shared services through enhanced homeowners' rebates.
Increases the income limits for sewerage and municipal utilities authority service fee reductions and abatements for certain persons.
Creates the "At Home Downtown" program in HMFA.
Grandfathers pre-1997 interlocal services agreements into Regional Efficiency Aid Program.
Requires Abbott districts to fully fund text books, school supplies, teachers and libraries before spending on other district needs.
Concerns sex discrimination in wage payment.
Increases eligible compensation level for enrollment in TPAF to $5,000.
Prohibits slaughter of horses and sale of horseflesh for human consumption.
Makes theft of human remains for unauthorized use crime of first degree.
Establishes special purpose trust using money received by the State as abandoned unclaimed property.
Establishes Vacancy Review Board in the Department of Personnel to review continued need for positions in Executive Branch that become vacant.
Requires successful bidder on State contract to certify that bidder does not support foreign terrorist organizations.
Establishes single personal financial disclosure form for local government officers, candidates for Governor and member of Legislature, members of Legislature and school officials.
Moves the date of 2006 school election from the third to the fourth Tuesday in April.
Provides that dependent children can be enrolled in the State Health Benefits Program at any time within one year of becoming a dependent.
Prevents payment of temporary disability benefit under workers' compensation greater than pre-injury earnings.
Disqualifies parent who abandoned child from share of deceased child's estate.
Requires language on property assessment notification tying assessment to property tax bill.
Appropriates $8 million in Taxpayer Rate Reduction.
Appropriates $11 million to restore Regional Efficiency Aid Program aid to FY 2002 level.
Exempts veterans from fees for certain special military license plates.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to list on department website examples of shared service agreements between local governments.
Establishes the Renewable Energy Infrastructure and Advanced Technology Vehicle Task Force.
Permits inclusion on property tax bill of statement of savings attributable to shared service agreements.
Allocates realty transfer fees to Main Street New Jersey municipalities for program costs.
Codifies the "At Home Downtown Program"; requires "Main Street New Jersey" Program and "At Home Downtown Program" to be administered by HMFA.
Makes permanent school district budget cap adjustment for insurance and domestic security, and eliminates restrictions on transfers if amounts are used for special education and security costs.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses.
Extends maximum term for shared services contracts to 60 months; authorizes local contracting units with certified purchasing agents to award five-year contracts for heating and motor fuels.
Establishes Abraham Lincoln Commemoration Commission.
Requires State agencies to take steps to reduce government paperwork.
Establishes "Secure Schools Grant Program" in Department of Education.
Creates one-stop permit center in New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission to provide centralized service for businesses to secure necessary State permits.
Upgrades penalties for assaults committed against process servers and licensed private investigators and detectives.
Renames the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law" as the "Temporary Disability and Pregnancy Benefits Law."
Establishes Carbon Dioxide Reduction from Trees Task Force.
Makes membership in PERS optional for all elected officials and certain appointed officials.
Allows certain persons in military service to receive suspension of debt payments.
Prohibits sale of products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.
Encourages purchase of "Jersey Fresh" and other NJ agricultural products by State agencies, departments and facilities.
Limits hospital charges for care provided to county inmates at county correctional facilities to Medicaid rate.
Directs court to waive fine for failing to exhibit a driver's license, insurance identification card, or a vehicle registration certificate for certain first time offenders.
Requires State to use pervious concrete whenever appropriate.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Makes various changes to the laws governing underground storage tanks. *
Establishes the crime of corruption of public resources.
Establishes the "Public Corruption Profiteering Penalty Act."
Appropriates moneys from the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" for loans for lake dredging and restoration projects, or stream cleaning and desnagging projects.
Creates the "Internet Dating Safety Act," requiring Internet dating services to provide notice whether the service conducts criminal background screenings.
Provides for mandatory term of imprisonment for luring and enticing an adult; increases mandatory term for luring and enticing a child.
Restricts certain sex offenders' access to the Internet.
Appropriates $48.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $27,572,751 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for State farmland acquisitions; appropriates $341,278 in bond funds for soil and water conservation grants; and revises funding for administrative costs of State Transfer Deve
Appropriates $21,588,646 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes, and $600,000 for county farmland preservation program strategic plans.
Authorizes DCA Commissioner to prepare and make available to the public a green building manual. *
"Nicole's Law;" permits victim of sex offense to obtain restraining order against offender. *
Excludes membership fees and dues of certain governmental and charitable clubs and organizations and certain parking services from sales and use tax. ****
Passed the Senate · 4
Establishes involuntary outpatient commitment to treatment for persons in need of involuntary commitment to treatment.
Increases statute of limitations for certain crimes involving political corruption from five years to seven years.
Revises requirements for voter disqualification of persons lacking capacity to understand the act of voting.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Out of committee · 21
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Exempts from commercial and industrial property taxation the value of new capital improvements for security enhancement purposes.
Creates New Jersey Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act of 2006.
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Upgrades penalties for recruiting minors and confined persons to be in criminal street gang. *
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Appropriates $300,000 for soil and water conservation grants.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Authorizes paid leaves of absence for certain delegates of employee organizations representing corrections officers attending conventions.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Requires use of uniform silver flags to mark certain pesticide applications.
Requires purchasing agents to complete a course in green product purchasing; requires Department of the Treasury to compile and maintain a list of green product purchasing sources.
Appropriates $8,552,405 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern NJ.
Appropriates $8,279,750 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Reforms the review, processing, and payment of certain private passenger automobile insurance personal injury protection claims.
Establishes prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse public awareness campaign; designated Jason's Law.
Limits homeowners' association regulation of solar collectors on certain roofs.
Appropriates $15,375,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $45.15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 62
Permits children to obtain digital photo identification cards.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Provides additional State school aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth and low per pupil property and income wealth.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
The "Dam, Lake, and Stream Restoration Bond Act of 2005," authorizes bonds for $200,000,000 and appropriates $5,000.
Establishes public school district budget cap adjustment for utility and energy costs.
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.
Permits municipalities to offer prescription drug benefit to certain retired volunteer firefighters and other emergency aid volunteers.
Supplemental appropriation of $350,000 for Camp Marcella.
Provides for State income tax deduction to private well owners for water testing costs.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the Disabled American Veterans Department of New Jersey.
Authorizes special emblem for license plates of disabled veterans.
Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts with significant enrollment growth.
The "Public Dam Rehabilitation Project Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $90,000,000 and appropriates $5,000.
Creates 14 additional judgeships; raises court fees.
Eliminates ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment.
Requires acquisition of defibrillators for use in public and nonpublic high schools and training of certain personnel in usage; appropriates $900,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DHSS for Office on Women's Health.
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.
Restores the former net operating loss deduction for corporation business tax years 2002-2005.
Extends eligibility for certain veterans' benefits to members of reserve components of US Armed Forces and NJ organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Requires certain NJ Transit Corporation employees to undergo criminal history background checks and wear photo identification.
Restores fiscal integrity and enhances funding to Transportation Trust Fund.
Establishes a joint legislative and executive branch State Revenue Forecasting Integrity Commission to provide a revenue forecast for annual State budget purposes.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Clarifies that responsibility for investment of assets under management of Division of Investment vests in State Investment Council.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000 to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Newark City's plane crash costs.
Increases civil penalty payable to the "Domestic Violence Victims' Fund" by persons who commit domestic violence.
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 the licensure of tree experts and tree care operators, and the registration of their employers.
"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.
Exempts solar energy systems from real property taxation.
Bans intentional feeding of deer; establishes civil penalty and allows property damage claim.
Allows certain organizations to file complaints with the Council on Local Mandates.
Authorizes awards to State and local government employees for suggestions to save taxpayers money through sharing and consolidation.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to disrupt a funeral by picketing or conducting other protest activities within 300 feet.
Exempts certain physician-owned or operated ambulatory health care facilities from ambulatory care gross receipts assessment if facility is Medicaid or NJ Family Care provider.
Designates New Jersey Route No. 15 as "Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway"; appropriates $2,500.
Specifies motor vehicle fines from tickets issued by State Police providing rural patrol be paid to municipality, not State.
Establishes the "Rural Police Services Relief Fund."
Facilitates long-term municipal contracts for energy efficiency services and goods.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
"State Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
Outlines procedures for conducting drug tests involving State law enforcement officers.
Clarifies rights of State law enforcement officers to participate in political activities.
Exempts initiation fees, membership fees, and dues of certain municipal, county, and nonprofit clubs and organizations from sales and use tax.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Permits wineries to produce and sell certain distilled alcoholic beverages.
Expands number of salesrooms winery may operate from six to seven; permits sampling of wine at salesrooms, and permits wineries to sell wine at certain farm markets.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Requires vehicles in funeral processions activate hazard signals.
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.
Provides that public official may refuse to solemnize civil unions if solemnization conflicts with public official's conscience or sincerely held moral or religious beliefs.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Provides that English shall be the official language of the State.
Requires Governor's annual budget message to provide for full funding of certain statutory school aid provisions.
Requires legislation authorizing sale of certain State assets to be approved by voters.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for reinstatement of certain athletic teams.
Removes investigation and security services from sales and use tax.
The "New Jersey Consumer Catastrophe Preparedness and Protection Act"; creates "New Jersey Catastrophe Fund"; appropriates $10,000,000.