Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Larry Chatzidakis
Sponsored
Became law1
Permits board of education to disqualify low bidder if any school district or the EDA in certain cases has had prior negative experience with the bidder. *
Passed the General Assembly4
Allows county governments to join with State under certain circumstances for purchase of electric generation service and electric related service.
Prohibits delivery of unsolicitated credit cards and limits recipients' liability for unauthorized use.
Expands the definition of access device to include ATM bank cards.
Prohibits State purchase of arsenic-treated wood or arsenic-treated wood products.
Out of committee4
Provides for certification for emergency medical technicians to administer epinephrine.
Provides rebates for installation of certain photovoltaic equipment.
Prohibits serving water in restaurants unless specifically requested by patron.
Establishes commission to study and promote desalination.
In committee46
Eliminates the presumption of nonincarceration.
Prohibits DMV from releasing certain information in driving records.
Provides that an attorney does not have to represent a corporation in a property tax appeal.
Excludes certain cafeteria plan benefits from gross income under the gross income tax.
Concerns determination of connection or tapping charges by municipal sewerage utility authorities.
Redirects certain moneys in the Sanitary Landfill Facility Contingency Fund to landfill closure and landfill mining projects.
Prohibits use of car phone while driving.
Allows borrower whose loan is guaranteed by Small Business Administration an income tax credit for payment of guarantee fee.
Requires the award of Outstanding Scholars Recruitment Program scholarships to home-schooled students and prohibits the denial of a scholarship due to a student's lack of class rank.
Prohibits expansion or extension of airport runways under certain circumstances.
Directs Commisioner of Transportation to designate reliever airport for Atlantic City International Airport.
Concerns predatory lending practices.
Cancels certain "Water Supply Fund" appropriations; authorizes use of those amounts for water supply management purposes; appropriates $950,000 to the DEP for a drought monitoring and telemetry system.
Authorizes New Jersey Economic Development Authority to refinance county solid waste facility bonds.
Authorizes State departments to establish dispute mediation offices to resolve land use conflict, coordinate permit applications.
Establishes the Pinelands Institute for Natural and Environmental Studies; appropriates $250,000.
Provides certain protections to persons who purchase computers.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of armed services members.
Regulates payday loans made by licensed check cashers.
Requires Governor's appointees to the Pinelands Commission to reside in the pinelands area.
Permits care and treatment of animals by certain persons and prohibits those persons from identifying themselves as veterinarians.
Requires tanning facilities to provide certain notice concerning tanning booths.
Exempts veterans' discharge certificate from State's open public records law.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of Operation "Enduring Freedom" and members of reserve and State organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Cancels certain "Water Supply Fund" appropriations; creates "Drought Management Fund" in DEP; appropriates $2.1 million of canceled appropriations to "Drought Management Fund."
Supplemental appropriation of $337,500 to DMAVA for personnel and equipment at the veterans memorial cemetery.
Creates continuing education and nurse recruitment pilot program in DMVA and provides funding to existing nurse education program in DHS; appropriates $498,000.
Requires establishment of highly reflective roof coating program in DCA.
Revises State purchase of recycled paper and recycled paper products mandates.
Requires State to purchase "Energy Star" products in public contracts.
Extends deadline on EDA authorization to refinance county solid waste facility bonds from December 31, 2002 to June 30, 2003.
Exempts certain alternative electrical energy systems from real property taxation.
Requires the State to consider life-cycle costs when procuring certain supplies.
Requires DEP to establish and maintain an online recycled products marketplace within its website to facilitate the marketing of recycled products.
Allows counties, municipalities and school districts to join with the State under certain circumstances for acquisition of alternative electrical energy systems.
Allows credit against corporation business tax or gross income tax for 50% of cost of constructing facilities for sale of certain alternate fuels.
Allows a gross income tax credit for the incremental cost of an alternative fuel vehicle.
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 that certain gift certificates be redeemable at full face value.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of operations that have continued from "Desert Shield/Desert Storm."
Exempts purchase of qualified water conserving gardening devices from sales and use tax.
Establishes $5000 direct State subsidy for the purchase or lease of a solely electric vehicle; appropriates such sums as are necessary.
Exempts residential electric vehicle charging systems from real property taxation.
Provides for exemption to 50% of the tax imposed under the "Sales and Use Tax," P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.) for retail sales of electric vehicles.
Requires new motor vehicle State purchases or leases be solely electric vehicles with certain exceptions.
Establishes State and Federal Educational Mandate Review Commission in Department of Education.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Provides for certification for emergency medical technicians to administer epinephrine.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
"New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002."
Allows veterinary students to take examination for licensure in the academic year in which they graduate.
Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness.
Revises Clean Communities Program and makes available recycling grants to counties and municipalities. *
School bond validating act.
Designates State office building in Asbury Park as "Thomas S. Smith, Sr. State Office Building."
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. **
Clarifies documentary requirement for distinguished service medal for individual who died while on active duty.
Passed the General Assembly · 4
The "Pesticide Use Reduction Recognition Act."
Adds leader of firearms trafficking network and weapons training for illegal activities to RICO statute. *
Requires DHSS to send Senior Gold application to certain PAAD beneficiaries.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Out of committee · 22
Prohibits electronic printing of certain information on certain sales receipts.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations. *
Appropriates $18,725,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Allows veteran to claim eligibility to receive veteran's property tax deduction after October 1 of pretax year.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Revises Clean Communities Program and makes available recycling grants to counties and municipalities.
Permits use of hands-free wireless phones in moving vehicles.* *
Makes various changes to casino gambling and use of proceeds thereof. *
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid.
Reconstitutes membership of NJ Racing Commission and requires 4 of 9 commissioners to be owners or trainers of thoroughbred or standardbred horses.
The "School Integrated Pest Management Act".
Permits school pupils to self-administer medication for certain medical conditions. **
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of armed services members. *
Repeals law creating State poet laureate.
Makes certain changes regarding the regulation of the horse racing industry.
Establishes the Education Mandate Review Study Commission in the Department of Education.
Appropriates $51,282,300 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populat
Appropriates $16,042,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern NJ.
Appropriates $38,445,876 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $44,031,468 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $45,220,823 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" and certain farmland preservation bond funds for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 63
Supplemental appropriation of $2.2 million to DHS for domestic violence programs.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Amends the eligibility for additional supplemental stabilization aid for school districts with high senior citizen concentration.
Provides supplemental State aid to certain regional school district constituent municipalities to offset any tax increase associated with regionalization.
Prohibits tendering unsafe intermodal equipment to a motor carrier.
Reappropriates $1 million from 1996 Lake Restoration Fund to DEP for financing of restoration of Strawbridge Lake from moneys appropriated but unexpended pursuant to P.L.1999, c.1 and P.L.1999, c.2.
Provides additional supplemental stabilization aid to school districts located in Pinelands areas which experience declining enrollment.
Extends certain veterans' benefits to include veterans who served in NATO campaign and peacekeeping in Yugoslavia.
Reduces transfer inheritance tax on transfers to certain beneficiaries of decedents.
Permits counties and municipalities to collect fees and penalties for weights and measures regulation.
Establishes the NJ Defense Industry Retention Program in the EDA; appropriates $15,000,000.
"Anesthesiologist Assistant Licensing Act."
Supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for grant to Burlington County Red Cross chapter for emergency response vehicle.
Increases penalties for possession of a weapon during drug offenses.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Requires designated employees trained in the use of defibrillators to be available for high school athletic events; appropriates $1.2 million.
Regulates the sale of laser lighting devices and their possession by persons under 18.
Exempts land used for farming purposes from transfer inheritance tax for decedents' transfers to immediate family members under certain conditions.
Concerns public works subcontractors.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for contributions to certain entities providing educational scholarships to low-income children in New Jersey; provides an Educational Option Act.
Allows gross income tax credits for certain dependent educational expenses; provides a Parental Control and Involvement Act.
Upgrades tampering generally; upgrades tampering with prescribed medicine to second degree crime.
Establishes Public Health Emergency Planning Commission and provides for public health emergency response plan.
Requires DOT to identify dangerous traffic locations and to use Transportation Trust Fund to address location deficiencies.
Authorizes counties, with voter approval, to impose special levy to fund water resources preservation and restoration projects.
Limits liability of physicians to their medical malpractice insurance coverage.
Creates commission to study ways to increase insurance competition in New Jersey.
Requires State to provide fire services in certain State facilities.
"Senior Citizen Mile Based Automobile Insurance Act."
Requires testimony by health care providers to be given by persons licensed in this State and to conform to currently accepted medical standards.
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 for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Exempts qualified investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Modifies various laws in regard to medical malpractice liability.
Requires DHSS to send Senior Gold application to PAAD beneficiaries who become ineligible for PAAD.
Allows counties and certain county bodies to provide funding assistance to constituent municipalities for purpose of eligibility for "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Provides tax credits for certain participants in federal Environmental Performance Track Program.
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Decreases and eliminates certain fees and penalties.
Allows the conditional hiring as a teacher under certain circumstances of persons who have made application for a certificate of eligibility to the State Board of Examiners.
Supplemental appropriation of $10 million to Department of Treasury for the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to administer certain programs.
Provides civil immunity to persons and entities donating fire equipment.
Appropriates $18,725,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Prohibits fireworks or pyrotechnics in buildings holding up to 500 persons.
"Safe Places Safe Kids Act;" makes it a crime to commit certain offenses in school zones and near playgrounds.
Requires tax collector to send redeemed tax sale certificate to county clerk for discharge.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Department of Banking and Insurance for additional insurance fraud investigators.
Exempts certain insurers from exit requirements under certain circumstances.
Facilitates prosecution for DUI of persons who drive after using illegal drugs.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Requires preference in State contracts for wood and paper products derived from sustainably managed forests and procurement systems.
Removes tolls from the Garden State Parkway.
Provides for issuance of New Jersey Homeland Security Medals; appropriates $5,000.
Requires that State fee increases affecting counties, municipalities and local school boards shall not be applicable until next local budget year.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.