Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Larry Chatzidakis
Sponsored
Became law2
Prohibits delivery of unsolicited credit cards and limits recipients' liability for unauthorized use of unsolicited credit cards or checks.*
Expands the definition of access device to include ATM bank cards.
Out of committee5
Requires DEP to maintain online recycled-content products marketplace. *
Provides rebates for installation of certain photovoltaic equipment.
Grandfathers pre-1997 interlocal services agreements into Regional Efficiency Aid Program.
Permits municipal utilities authorities to promote production and use of alternative electrical energy.
Extends expiration date of Pinelands Development Credit Bank.
In committee60
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 county governments to join with State under certain circumstances for purchase of electric generation service and electric related service.
Prohibits expansion or extension of airport runways under certain circumstances.
Directs Commisioner of Transportation to designate reliever airport for Atlantic City International Airport.
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.
Supplemental appropriation of $337,500 to DMVA 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.
Revises State purchase of recycled paper and recycled paper products mandates.
Requires State to purchase "Energy Star" products in public contracts.
Prohibits State purchase of arsenic-treated wood or arsenic-treated wood products.
Establishes commission to study and promote desalination.
Exempts certain alternative electrical energy systems from real property taxation.
Requires the State to consider life-cycle costs when procuring certain supplies.
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.
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 an exemption to 50% of the tax imposed under the "Sales and Use Tax," for retail sales of electric vehicles.
Establishes State and Federal Educational Mandate Review Commission in Department of Education.
Allows qualifying counties to become "agriculture enterprise counties" and provides certain associated resulting benefits therefrom to encourage, protect, and preserve agriculture.
Establishes irrebuttable presumption of validity of use of eminent domain by local government units to acquire open space in certain circumstances.
Requires absentee ballot totals be reported as group to ensure voter confidentiality.
Establishes involuntary outpatient commitment for certain persons with mental illness.
Requires establishment of highly reflective roof coating program in DCA.
Extends certain benefits to members of U.S. Reserves and State organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Permits boards of education to establish prepaid lunch programs.
Requires institutions of higher education to attempt to ascertain and make available information on crimes committed against students while studying abroad.
Requires DEP to use plastic lumber.
Clarifies that municipal utilities authorities may join with municipality within the authority's service area to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Requires Abbott districts to fully fund text books, school supplies, teachers and libraries before spending on other district needs.
Authorizes DEP to assess penalties for violations of the "Safe Dam Act."
Requires dam owners to prepare emergency action plan, and install alarm for certain dams.
Authorizes boards of education to extend school day by one hour to make up for canceled days.
Requires New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling to allow homeschooled applicants to sit for certain examinations.
Establishes Vacancy Review Board in the Department of Personnel to review continued need for positions in Executive Branch that become vacant.
Allows public school districts to maintain a 3% surplus in the 2005-2006 school year and each subsequent school year.
Requires DEP adopt regulations for the siting of wind farms that minimize environmental impact.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
Allows exclusion of certain alternative energy and energy conservation patent income under the gross income tax and corporation business tax.
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.
Requires BPU to establish voluntary program for certification of renewable energy installers.
Establishes wind easements in NJ.
Establishes task force in Department of Agriculture to develop markets for place-based foods.
Requires existing State buildings to be evaluated under certain energy and environmental performance standards and new State buildings to be designed and managed using those standards.
Abolishes office of Secretary State and Department of State and transfers their duties and responsibilities.
Creates presumption of knowledge or belief where 10 or more flag-holders are received, necessary to prove charge of receiving stolen property.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for 50% of purchase of diesel engine conversion devices.
Establishes the Pinelands Institute for Natural and Environmental Studies.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Extends expiration date of Pinelands Development Credit Bank.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Prohibits fireworks or pyrotechnics in certain buildings. *
Adds two members to Water Supply Advisory Council.
Appropriates $70,651,800 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 $17,623,600 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern NJ.
Appropriates $39.8 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $8 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes in pinelands area.
Appropriates $25 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities and counties for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $52,432,378 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Approves $6,585,306 in grants for certain historic preservation projects in southern New Jersey.
Concerns availability, deductibles, and certain treatment under high deductible health plans paid through federally qualified health savings accounts.
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Limits expansion or extension of airport runways under certain circumstances.
The "Health Insurance Affordability and Accessibility Reform Act."
Concerns availability, deductibles, and certain treatment under high deductible health plans paid through federally qualified health savings accounts. *
Out of committee · 17
Provides for issuance of New Jersey Homeland Security Medals; appropriates $5,000.
Requires DHSS to use PAAD application information to enroll ineligible beneficiaries into Senior Gold. *
Allows counties and certain county bodies to provide funding assistance to constituent municipalities for purpose of eligibility for "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Provides civil immunity to fire departments, fire districts and fire companies with respect to donating certain equipment to other such departments, districts and companies. *
The "Pesticide Use Reduction Recognition Act."
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Establishes "Alan M. Augustine Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; appropriates $100,000. *
Creates credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons.
Credits coverage under Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare towards employer's minimum participation rate under NJ Small Employer Health Benefits Program.
Prohibits the sale of gasoline containing MTBE.
Exempts solar energy systems from real property taxation.
Appropriates moneys from the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" for loans for dams restoration and repair projects and to finance the costs of State dam restoration and repair projects.
Establishes pilot program for satellite-based monitoring of certain sex offenders and authorizes certain sex offenders to submit to annual polygraph; appropriates $3 million. *
Appropriates $46.225 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $13,845,980 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 $65,822,075 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds, and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "ur
Appropriates $31,415,464 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 68
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated.
"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.
Provides tax credits for certain participants in federal Environmental Performance Track Program.
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides standards for expert witnesses in medical malpractice actions against physicians.
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.
Reduces transfer inheritance tax on transfers to certain beneficiaries of decedents.
Allows veteran to claim eligibility to receive veteran's property tax deduction after October 1 of pretax year.
Requires DOT to identify dangerous traffic locations and to use Transportation Trust Fund to address location deficiencies.
Creates commission to study ways to increase insurance competition in New Jersey.
Requires State to provide fire services in certain State facilities.
Exempts qualified investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Modifies various laws in regard to medical malpractice liability.
Permits school pupils to self-administer medication for certain medical conditions.
"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 off tax sale certificate to county clerk for discharge.
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 that State fee increases affecting counties, municipalities and local school boards shall not be applicable until next local budget year.
Adds leader of firearms trafficking network and weapons training for illegal activities to RICO statute.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
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.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Upgrades tampering generally; upgrades tampering with prescribed medicine to second degree crime.
Reduces statute of limitations for medical malpractice liability actions to four years.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.
Requires certain residential construction contract funds to be held in trust.
Increases annual income limits for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,793,000 to Judiciary to expand the drug court program Statewide.
Establishes Task Force on Hospital Technology to recommend incentives to encourage hospitals to integrate technology to improve patient care and safety.
Creates the "At Home Downtown" program in HMFA.
Concerns standards for the groundwater remediation of contaminated sites.
Eliminates public school district budget reduction appeals to Commissioner of Education.
Appropriates $300 million in FY 2005 to the Department of Education to make the June 22, 2005 State aid payment.
Extends reduced or discounted cable television rate provisions to persons eligible for "Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program."
Requires Attorney General to revise guidelines regarding police pursuits.
Requires reckless driving summons to note whether minor was in vehicle and makes minor's presence an aggravating factor.
Extends senior citizen and handicapped citizen reduced fare program for travel at all peak and offpeak hours.
Appropriates $50 million to the DEP for dam repair and reconstruction.
Requires DEP to send copy of dam repair orders to municipalities and counties.
Establishes building inspection program for state of emergency.
Establishes collaborative divorce.
Creates Retire The Debt Account for contributions to reduce State debt.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer recognizing income, gain or loss pursuant to a plan of complete liquidation to deduct its net operating loss carryovers notwithstanding the limitations on such deductions during the 2002-2005 tax years.
Prohibits sale of flu vaccine at excessive prices during shortage.
Increases the income limits for sewerage and municipal utilities authority service fee reductions and abatements for certain persons.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Repeals assessment on gross receipts of certain ambulatory care facilities.
Directs State Auditor to prepare performance audit of State-funded programs of State agencies and instrumentalities to identify potential savings in FY2006; authorizes State Auditor to conduct future performance audits.
Establishes program to promote consolidation of municipalities, regionalization of school districts and shared services through enhanced homeowners' rebates.
Eliminates the "millionaire's" gross income tax rate increase and repeals the obsolete dedication of the tax increase for direct property tax relief.
"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.
Repeals assessment on gross receipts of comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities.
Caps noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions arising from emergency care at $250,000.
"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.
Provides additional mandatory fines and restitution for theft of flags or flag-holders from grave sites.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in companies doing business in or with Zimbabwe.
Directs State Police to establish standards for handling missing persons cases involving persons with Alzheimer's disease and juveniles.
Prohibits price gouging in fuel oil sales.