Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, Senate.
Walter J. Kavanaugh
Sponsored
Became law4
Authorizes reciprocal agreements with other states for wage collection.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property and improvements in Montgomery Township, Somerset County to the Montgomery Township Board of Education and to grant an easement to that property.
Allows certain former judges who resigned in good standing to perform marriages.
Requires providers of goods and services to the State and casinos and certain subcontractors to register their business with the Division of Revenue. *
Passed the Senate3
Requires males to comply with federal selective service law as condition of State and political subdivision employment.
Permits purchase of service credit in SPRS.
Makes supplemental appropriations in the Department of Community Affairs of $3,000,000 for additional flood aid for Bound Brook Borough and $2,000,000 for additional flood aid for Manville Borough.
Out of committee10
Allows each House of the Legislature to adopt rules permitting certain ill legislators to participate in meetings of the house and its committees through remote electronic means.
Prohibits certain State aid adjustment for the Manville Borough School District.
Approves funding eligibility of certain farmland preservation projects in northern NJ.
Permits person to obtain relief from judgment or order of paternity or child support if genetic evidence establishes person is not the father of the child.
Changes certain organizational dates for 2001 for State, county and municipal political party committees.
Removes 20-year title search as prerequisite for tax title holder's claim for $12 party search expense.
Eliminates certain requirement applicable to members of the New Jersey National Guard who receive higher education tuition waivers and requires State to pay the tuition costs. ***
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to the Department of State for the Education Opportunity Fund Program.
Increases maximum legislative retirement allowance; changes basis.
Authorizes establishment of State tax amnesty.
In committee14
Increases motor fuels tax rate by four cents per gallon over a three year period contingent upon approval of a constitutional amendment dedicating the increase for transportation purposes.
Removes mileage limitation imposed on certain combinations of vehicles which exceed dimensional and weight restrictions on State highways.
Provides consumers greater protection in the issuance of consumer credit reports.
Specifies criteria to determine degree of likelihood of development of lands proposed for acquisition for recreation and conservation purposes by local government units.
Provides for automatic submittal of local government unit application for acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes to Garden State Preservation Trust under certain circumstances.
Permits children to obtain digital photo identification cards.
Permits samplings of alcoholic beverages by certain plenary retail consumption licensees.
Requires nursing homes to permit use of electronic monitoring devices at request of resident.
Makes it a crime to kill or injure a domestic companion animal.
Appropriates $34,000,000 from budgeted appropriations under the State Partnership Agreement Program for grant to Warren County Pollution Control Financing Authority to pay solid waste facility debt service costs.
Authorizes hunting of deer with bow and arrow on Sundays.
Bars imposition of sanctions inposed personally on elected officials on grounds arising out of votes cast in furtherance of the duties of their office.
Provides options regarding determination of value of North Princeton Developmental Center.
Expands mission of N.J. Battleship Commission: makes Battleship Foundation independent of commission and expands its mission.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 25
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.
Provides tuition assistance for children and spouses of the victims of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. *
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Requires licensure of third party administrators of health and dental benefits plans and certification of third party billing services. *
Requires acceptance of universal physician application for participation form by managed care carriers. *
Appropriates $135 million to the DEP for dam, lake, and stream projects. *
Provides full PFRS credit for transferred PERS service of certain PFRS members. *
Revises PFRS funding to reduce local employers' contributions by $150 million for FY 2001. *
Changes compensation base of SPRS accidental death benefit pension for surviving spouses and children.
Establishes the casino reinvestment development authority urban revitalization incentive program.
Approves State funding for certain "planning incentive" local government open space acquisition projects in nothern NJ.
Appropriates $58 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $12 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for active members and retirees; revises calculation of assets and establishes benefit enhancement fund.
Makes various changes to Board of Education Employees' Pension Fund of Essex County; increases retirement benefits for retirees.
Establishes requirements for ticket brokers concerning the resale of tickets of admission to places of entertainment.
Provides the manufacturing equipment and employment investment tax credit under the corporation business tax for electric energy and thermal energy production.
Passed the Senate · 21
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. *
Permits municipal ordinance to increase fee for certificate of search for municipal liens.
Makes certain requirements concerning downhill skiing.
Provides assistance to parents with mental illness in divorce or separation action under Parents' Education Program.*
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.
Expands the category of persons who can administer oaths of office and of allegiance, where no other provision is made by law, to include those persons who can presently attest to oaths, affirmations and affidavits in other contexts.
Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct an oral recitation from the Declaration of Independence before the opening of each school day in grades 3-12; appropriates $10,000.
Changes liability of municipality and DEP under "New Residential Construction Off-Site Conditions Disclosure Act."*
Requires parental notification of abortion performed on minor.
Specifies the crimes encompassed by the provisions of the "No Early Release Act," including murder. *
Out of committee · 23
Renames Office on Minority Health in DHSS as Office on Minority and Multicultural Health and provides additional responsibilities for office; appropriates $1.5 million.
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.
Increases pharmacy dispensing fees in Medicaid and PAAD by $1.00 over three-year period; appropriates $6,481,000 in State funds and $3,325,000 in federal funds.*
Provides gross income tax credit for active members of volunteer emergency services organizations. *
Subjects HMOs to law regulating insurance holding company systems and revises calculation of health insurance policy reserves.
Makes decisions rendered by independent utilization review organizations under Independent Health Care Appeals Program binding on insurance carriers.
Appropriates $30 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Excludes U.S. military pensions and survivors benefits of persons less than 62 years of age from gross income taxation.
Requires insurers to provide certain notice concerning flood insurance.
Establishes New Jersey Cultural Trust.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund for completion of Korean War Memorial in Atlantic City.
Provides transportation or in-lieu-of payments to certain nonpublic school pupils.
Provides school districts with additional State aid for special education pupils if costs exceed a certain amount.
Creates Prosecutors Part with other benefits in PERS. **
Establishes matching grant program to assist counties in upgrading election equipment; appropriates $5 million.
Supplemental appropriation of $4 million to DLPS for Office of Inspector General school construction monitoring.
Exempts health care supplies and equipment, purchased for use in providing health care services, from sales tax.
Appropriates $11.8 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
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. *
Provides State-paid SHBP benefits in retirement to certain public employees having combination of State and local government employment.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DMAVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial. *
Appropriates $1,056,120 from "Garden State Historical Preservation Trust Fund" to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
In committee · 25
Indexes maximum homestead rebate benefit.
Includes same sex marriages among marriages declared void; provides that New Jersey will not recognize marriages in other jurisdictions which are void in New Jersey.
Appropriates $74,500 to NJ Historical Commission for study and identification of "Underground Railroad."
Permits certain small groups to combine for purpose of self-insuring or purchasing traditional insurance for health benefits.
Prohibits the sale of any gasoline containing methyl tertiary butyl ether or other ether oxygenates.
Supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to DLPS to replace State Police weapons.
Requires organization that receives State family planning services funds to be separate from organization that provides abortion services.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires the suspension of driving privileges of persons convicted of offenses involving acts of graffiti.
Allows "reverse auctions" for State purchase of supplies and services.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Appropriates $80,000 from Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund for a grant to Metro Chapter of American Red Cross.
Establishes Department of State Police.
Establishes fifteen-member "Early Voting Study Commission," appropriates $20,000.
Establishes twelve-member "Election Law and Procedures Study Commission;" appropriates $150,000.
Authorizes legal fees and costs against public entity filing legally groundless suits against citizens who are critical of the public entity.
Specifies the crimes encompassed by the provisions of the "No Early Release Act," including murder.
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.
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.
Supplemental appropriation of $20,000 to DMAVA for grant to Italian American War Veterans of U.S. 66th annual national convention in Atlantic City.
Requires DEP to classify certain surface waters of the State as category one waters.
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.