Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, Senate.
Joseph A. Palaia
Sponsored
Became law7
Authorizes law enforcement officer memorial license plates for college scholarships for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Requires parental consent prior to the tattooing or body piercing of minors.
Provides an exemption from advertising of annual extensions of pupil transportation contract bids if increase is not greater than CPI.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Raises threshold for public advertisement of contracts under "County College Contracts Law."
Approves State funding for certain "urban aid" local government open space acquisition projects.
Exempts from reenrollment certain TPAF and PERS retirees employed by DOE and boards of education. *
Passed the Senate4
Provides that new ratables will be phased into the calculation of equalized valuation over a ten-year period in determining eligibility for State school aid.
Eliminates reduction of the death benefit for participants age 70 or more in the alternate benefit program.
Requires instruction on compulsive gambling to be included as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education; appropriates $200,000.
Makes supplemental grants-in-aid appropriation of $1.5 million to the New Jersey Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs for expansion of delinquency programs.
Out of committee10
Designates portion of Route 18 as "World War II Veterans' Memorial Highway"; appropriates $25,000.*
Permits aid to nonpublic schools for electronic textbooks.
Establishes a Commission on Early Childhood Education in but not of the DOE.
Establishes an Office of Early Childhood Education in the DOE.
Revises certain endorsements to the instructional certificate, requires certified teachers in licensed child care centers, and establishes a loan program to assist in the attainment of certification.
Provides transportation or in-lieu-of payments to certain nonpublic school pupils.
Prohibits limitations on contractor's remedy for delay caused by local government and school contracting units.
Increases maximum number of allowable members of county board of recreation commissioners from seven to nine and permits adoption of board seal. *
Extends transportation services to nonpublic school pupils who reside in certain regional and consolidated school districts that provide aid in-lieu-of payments.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to the Disaster Fund for Children of New Jersey.
In committee18
Provides additional retirement benefits for certain members of PERS and TPAF who are employed by school boards, educational services commissions and jointure commissions.
Provides for the issuance of special motor vehicle license plates to Combat Medical Badge recipients.
"Dog Trainers' Licensing Act."
Revises various statutes regarding audiologists, speech-language pathologists and hearing aid dispensers.
Permits employees of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials to enroll in PERS.
Provides parity between school boards and municipalities with respect to the prevailing wage threshold.
Requires school districts to report to DOE certain information on students removed from school pursuant to "Zero Tolerance for Guns Act."
Requires criminal history record background checks for martial arts instructors.
Requires criminal history record background checks on certain volunteer sports personnel.
Increases the number of appointed board members for certain county vocational school districts from four to six.
Establishes a fund through which a receiving district would be reimbursed if it has to refund tuition moneys to a sending district because of an overpayment; appropriates $3 million.
Authorizes municipalities to prohibit retail sale of firearms within 1,000 feet of public or private school.
Clarifies that property taxpayer is authorized to redeem tax sale certificate by installment payments.
Allows problem gamblers to request placement on Racing Commission's list for self-excluded persons.
Authorizes the Director of the Division of Taxation to implement a federally-reimbursed State sales and use tax holiday.
Entitled "Garden State Parkway Congestion Relief Act," appropriates $267 million.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $200,000 from the General fund to DCA for grant to South Belmar Borough for completion of municipal complex.
Appropriates $6 million to DHSS for additional charity care payments to Atlantic City Medical Center and Monmouth Medical Center.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 45
Increases and indexes maximum homestead rebate benefit. *
Accelerates phase-in of the NJ SAVER rebate.
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act."
Requires managed care plans and SHBP to pay in-network health care facilities full contractual rate regardless of whether treating practitioner is in-network or out-of-network provider. *
Requires individual health benefits plan carriers to offer a new health benefits plan and permits small employer carriers to offer exclusive provider organization plan.*
Assures certain benefits to certain police, fire and emergency personnel under certain circumstances in regard to the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 or pursuant to an Executive Order by the Governor.
Prohibits sale of certain merchandise at excessive prices during certain emergencies.
Permits firefighter's associations, firefighter's relief associations and volunteer fire companies to conduct certain income-producing activities and retain tax-exempt status.*
Provides tuition assistance for children and spouses of the victims of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. *
Provides credit for participation rates in small employer health benefits plans to employees who are covered under another group health benefits plan or Medicare.
Permits school board to provide courtesy busing on a space-available basis and to charge parents for the costs.
Requires licensure of third party administrators of health and dental benefits plans and certification of third party billing services. *
Permits regional school boards to provide voters with information on the ballot as to the constituent municipality's share of district's budget.
The "New Jersey Women's Micro-Business Credit Act"; appropriates $750,000.
Clarifies health insurance coverage requirements for Pap smears and requires same coverage under State Health Benefits Program.*
Allows PERS retiree to earn $15,000 aggregate annual compensation in PERS-covered employment without reenrollment. **
Provides for life sentence without parole eligibility for persons convicted of murder under certain circumstances.
Requires acceptance of universal physician application for participation form by managed care carriers. *
Clarifies procedures with regard to the payment of filing fees by inmates in connection with appeals from administrative determinations.
Modifies daily limit for taking of striped bass.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for medically necessary expenses incurred in diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
Approves State funding for certain "urban aid" local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Makes certain acts of animal cruelty crimes of the fourth degree; requires juveniles adjudicated deliquent for certain animal cruelty offenses to receive court-ordered psychological counseling.***
Removes time limitation on prosecuting offenses in certain cases when DNA evidence is available. *
Permits county contributions for management of self-liquidating solid waste utility to be outside budget cap limits. *
"New Jersey Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program Act;" appropriates up $5,000,000 in unexpended federal TANF funds. *
Criminalizes the use of the Internet and other electronic communication devices to commit harassment or stalking.
Directs that certain juvenile justice records be available to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors on a 24-hour basis.
Appropriates $135 million to the DEP for dam, lake, and stream projects. *
Provides full PFRS credit for transferred PERS service of certain PFRS members. *
Approves State funding for certain "planning incentive" local government open space acquisition projects in central NJ.
Approves State funding for certain "urban aid" local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Establishes breast cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $90,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $75,000 to DHSS for grant to Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey to support its Breast Cancer Awareness Project.
Revises PFRS funding to reduce local employers' contributions by $150 million for FY 2001. *
Increases aid-in-lieu-of transportation amount and requires certain review of pupil transportation contracts by county superintendent. *
Expands the role of the county superintendent in pupil transportation matters and permits school districts to offer subscription busing to additional students.
Establishes the casino reinvestment development authority urban revitalization incentive program.
Appropriates $66,298,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects; and approves funding of certain local government open space acquisition projects.
Approves State funding for certain "planning incentive" local government open space acquisition projects in southern NJ.
Appropriates $58 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Establishes the New Jersey Commission on Programs for Gifted Students; appropriates $5,000. *
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for active members and retirees; revises calculation of assets and establishes benefit enhancement fund.
Appropriates $10.8 million from various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Vetoed · 1
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $180,000 to the Department of Education for the New Jersey Business/Industry Science Education Consortium.
Passed the Senate · 40
Increases value of Legislative Initiative Municipal Block Grant Program by $100,000,000 over three years.
Supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to DHSS for public information regarding health insurance consumers' rights to appeal adverse decisions of insurer.
Supplemental appropriation of $1.3 million to DHSS for managed care oversight.
Requires insurance carriers to use "prudent layperson" definition for coverage of emergency health care.
Establishes a hospital accounting management system and appropriates $2 million to DHSS.
Establishes Hospital Emergency Services Development Fund in DHSS to assist hospitals in creating emergency services clinics for patients who do not require acute care or trauma care; appropriates $9 million.
Increases physician fee-for-service Medicaid reimbursement rates; appropriates $7 million in State funds and $7 million in federal funds.
Increases annual charity care amount to $345 million and appropriates $30 million in State and federal funds to increase Medicaid fee-for-service hospital rates.
Permits electronic sale of individual and small employer health benefits plans, on a direct basis.
Provides grants to hospitals to determine feasibility of converting underused facilities to other uses; appropriates $4 million. *
Establishes parental orientation program in the Abbott school districts.
Requires withholding of child support payments to be prorated when more than one withholding order exists.
Establishes "Local Option Mortgage Assistance Program."
Authorizes municipalities to provide free day care services to children of volunteer firefighters and first aid squad members.
Revises "Local Bond Law" provisions to simplify refunding bonds and permit electronic bid proposals.
Requires employees of nonpublic schools to undergo criminal history record checks.
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law.
"Health Care Claims Payment Responsibility Act." *
Requires public hearing by the Attorney General regarding conversion of certain nonprofit corporations under certain circumstances.
Strengthens screening procedures for school bus drivers.
Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.*
Expands definition of "emergency service organization" in "Emergency Services Volunteer Length of Service Award Program Act" to include auxillary police volunteers and emergency management volunteers.
Authorizes special license plates for Offices of Emergency Management volunteers.
Requires that student's disciplinary records be transferred to receiving district when student transfers districts.
Expands the role of the county superintendent in pupil transportation matters and permits school districts to offer subscription busing to additional students.
Upgrades penalties for sale of illegal drugs within 500 feet of outpatient substance abuse treatment facilities.
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain qualified employees. *
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for an endowment to the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center to be established at Kean University.
Requires payment of restitution to victims.
Permits purchase of service credit in SPRS.
Provides PFRS accidental death benefit for policeman dying as result of accident or intentional act of another during member's attempt to prevent felony or apprehend felon.
Specifies the crimes encompassed by the provisions of the "No Early Release Act," including murder. *
Appropriates $1,000,000 to DEP from "Water Supply Fund" for study to assess groundwater contamination from MTBE.
Directs Drinking Water Quality Institute to reevaluate maximum contaminant level for arsenic, MTBE and radium in drinking water; appropriates $300,000.
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.
Appropriates $1 million to DEP for water supply system interconnection study. *
Appropriates $1.0 million to the DEP for watershed education grants.
Directs DEP to establish additional chemical surface water quality monitoring stations and maintain existing chemical and biological stations; appropriates $800,000 over two fiscal years. *
Appropriates $250,000 to DEP for costs of well drilling to monitor groundwater quality. *
Establishes Water Quality Remediation Fund; appropriates $50 million.
Out of committee · 48
Renames Office on Minority Health in DHSS as Office on Minority and Multicultural Health and provides additional responsibilities for office; appropriates $1.5 million.
Allows vendors to retain 1% of sales tax on most sales, up to $25,000 annually, collected as consideration for collecting and promptly remitting same.
Excludes income of school district residents who rank in the top 5% of income as reported on State Income Tax forms from calculation of district income for school aid purposes.
Establishes "Neighborhood Revitalization Mortgage Assistance Program;" appropriates $5 million.*
Increases nonpublic pupil transportation to 30 miles from the pupil's residence.
Subjects HMOs to law regulating insurance holding company systems and revises calculation of health insurance policy reserves.
Increases personal needs allowance to $55 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities; appropriates $4.6 million in State and $3.6 million in federal funds. *
Revises certain mandates, requirements and procedures for local governments and school districts.
Establishes off-track wagering facilities and account wagering system for parimutuel betting on horse races.
Makes decisions rendered by independent utilization review organizations under Independent Health Care Appeals Program binding on insurance carriers.
Requires State reimbursement to municipalities of cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption.
Provides State aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.*
Approves $9,749,389 in State funding for certain "urban aid" local government park development projects.
Excludes U.S. military pensions and survivors benefits of persons less than 62 years of age from gross income taxation.
Establishes the level of school aid for the 2000-2001 school year.*
Revises mission of the New Jersey School of the Arts to provide assistance to secondary schools in meeting Visual and Performing Arts Standards.*
Establishes 65 mph speed limit on interstate and limited access highways.
The "Multiple Dwelling State Tax Credit Act."
"The Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act." *
Provides enhanced benefits to survivors of certain PFRS members.
Requires municipality to issue zoning permit within 10 business days. *
Allows county governments to join with State under certain circumstances for purchase of electric generation service and electric related service.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in certain counties.
Establishes the "New Jersey Individual Development Account Program," appropriates $2 million from federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds.*
Provides for annual adjustment in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Provides school districts with additional State aid for special education pupils if costs exceed a certain amount.
Establishes 5-year "Breast Cancer Screening Grant Fund Program" in DHSS; appropriates $3.8 million from Tobacco Settlement Fund each year for 5 years. *
Establishes Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Cultural and Educational Programs; appropriates $350,000.*
Exempts teachers from foreign countries from teacher citizenship requirements and permits boards of education to temporarily employ such teachers. *
The "Education Incentive Funding Program Act;" appropriates $1 million.
The "New Jersey Academically Gifted and Talented Student Education Act"; appropriates $5 million. *
Authorizes extension of municipal employee health care waiver program to other coverage.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DCA for a grant to New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault and member rape crises centers for rape care and prevention programs.
Establishes the Spread the Word Program in DOE to provide donated books to certain elementary school children; appropriates $25,000. *
Requires assessor to reduce value of house following disaster rendering it uninhabitable.
Increases voluntary municipal pension to survivors of volunteer firefighters or first aid squad members and extends payment to widowers of such persons.
Increases membership of parole board; provides for appointment of temporary members, accelerates processing of certain inmates' cases and appropriates $685,000.
Exempts children and victims for the payment of costs related to the maintenance and support of certain institutionalized individuals. *
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Permits issuance of home inspectors licenses to certain licensed professional engineers and architects.
Exempts state-chartered credit unions from sales and use tax. *
Supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to DHS for public awareness campaign concerning "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DMAVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial. *
Provides additional State aid to school districts implementing voluntary desegregation plans through the establishment of magnet schools.
Requires impact statement for any proposed regulation affecting volunteer ambulance squads and fire companies.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care expenses. *
"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act."
Implements provisions of "Urban and Rural Centers Unsafe Buildings Demolition Bond Act"; appropriates $8,498,674.
In committee · 53
Indexes maximum homestead rebate benefit.
Changes compensation base of SPRS accidental death benefit pension for surviving spouses and children.
Makes various changes in civil service system concerning titles and compensation.
Permits certain small groups to combine for purpose of self-insuring or purchasing traditional insurance for health benefits.
Establishes additional requirements for the approval of board of education lease purchase agreements.
Requires certain public school and child care center employees to hold CPR certification.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for child care expenses.
Authorizes school boards to adopt a drug testing policy of student athletes.
Extends prohibition of certain organizations to all public schools.
Requires a board of education providing certain services to nonpublic school pupils to provide consultation with representatives of the nonpublic school on any change in the provision of services.
Establishes New Jersey Prepaid Higher Education Expense Program.
Supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to DLPS to replace State Police weapons.
Authorizes attorneys serving as part-time municipal prosecutors to also serve as defense counsel for criminal matters in the county.
Mandates sale of child-proof handguns within five years; during interim requires trigger locks accompany sales of handguns that are not child-proof; appropriates $500,000.
Prohibits marine transfer stations and intermodal container facilities from accepting solid waste that is not containerized.
Clarifies procedures with regard to the payment of filing fees by inmates in connections with appeals from administrative determinations.
Establishes the Emilio Carranza Memorial Commission; appropriates $95,000.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Eliminates requirement that school bus drivers be fingerprinted for license renewal.
Establishes a Learning Through Listening Program in the Abbott districts to assist students with print disabilities.
Allows senior and disabled homeowners to collect both the NJSAVER rebate and the homestead rebate.
Makes certain changes with respect to employment discrimination.
Requires State park and forest restroom facilities to include an exclusive family restroom.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Permits boards of education to establish comprehensive household safety education programs; appropriates $750,000.
Provides grants to educational technology training centers to establish satellite facilities and maintain and upgrade equipment; appropriates $2.8 million.
Provides that defendants convicted of murder are subject to the provisions of the "No Early Release Act".
Supplemental appropriation of $20 million to DOT for grants to counties and municipalities for extraordinary road maintenance and repairs.
"Medicaid Prescription Drug Benefit Act."
Increases Lifeline annual benefits to $300.
Provides additional State aid to school districts implementing voluntary desegregation plans through the establishment of magnet schools.
Requires nursing homes to permit use of electronic monitoring devices at request of resident.
Specifies the crimes encompassed by the provisions of the "No Early Release Act," including murder.
Changes earliest date of construction or rehabilitation of housing granted credits without controls.
Expands crimes for which conviction, adjudication of delinquency or not guilty by reason of insanity will require collection of DNA sample for databank.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.5 million in tobacco settlement funds to N.J. State Commission on Cancer Research.
Requires HIV testing for pregnant women and marriage license applicants.
Establishes the "State Debt Reduction and Avoidance Act" and appropriates $50 million for debt reduction and avoidance.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Establishes "Voto-Tedesco Community Notification Law."
Supplemental appropriation of $12 million to Commission on Higher Education for grants to county colleges that provide nursing education programs.
Upgrades crime of leaving the scene of a fatal accident to a crime of the second degree.
Allows enclosure or replacement of open-air structure for use as bath house or rest rooms without need to obtain CAFRA permit.
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Exempts 1996 and subsequent model year motor vehicles equipped with on-board diagnostic systems from emissions testing; requires check of functioning of on-board diagnostic system; directs AG to recover certain costs of enhanced inspection and maintenance program from federal government.
Provides property tax exemption for maximum of two parsonages of any congregation of any religious corporation in the State.
Supplemental appropriation of $20,000 to DMAVA for grant to Italian American War Veterans of U.S. 66th annual national convention in Atlantic City.
Supplemental appropriation of $268,000 to DLPS to continue the Juvenile Justice Commission's Monmouth Day Program.
Requires DEP to classify certain surface waters of the State as category one waters.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Permits "Family Support Act" to reimburse for documented, unreimbursed costs, appropriates $100,000.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Expands mission of N.J. Battleship Commission: makes Battleship Foundation independent of commission and expands its mission.
Filed · 2
Provides for presumption of death for persons exposed to catastrophic events.
Concerns certain public benefits available to persons affected by September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on US.