Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Louis M. Manzo
Sponsored
Became law3
Regulates sale of ammunition.
Upgrades penalties for recruiting minors and confined persons to be in criminal street gang. *
Imposes personal liability on certain persons required to collect certain taxes, fees, and assessments.
Passed the General Assembly1
Provides for forfeiture of vehicle where weapon was unlawfully possessed.
Out of committee15
Authorizes assessment maintenance and abatement program for vacant property in certain municipalities.
Authorizes local board of health to declare as a nuisance premises in which there have been multiple arrests for illegal sale or possession of drugs.
Reduces maximum tax exemption duration; requires municipal and State oversight.
Authorizes fees and tax abatements for vacant property in certain municipalities.
Provides a manufacturing retention investment tax credit under the corporation business tax, for investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Requires applicant to submit proof that former railroad property has been properly abandoned.
Authorizes the Jersey Assistance for Community Caregivers program to provide health care services in excess of $600 per month in certain circumstances.
Criminalizes possession or use of electronic communications devices in certain correctional facilities. *
Exempts from sales tax all hybrid and certain highly fuel efficient vehicles.
Requires DEP to hold local public hearing for certain major developments located in a State park of forest. *
Requires public notice of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board meetings.
Revises the expungement statute and clarifies that expungement does not apply to any crime committed by a person holding any public office, position or employment, elective or appointive.
Provides combined State and local enforcement authority over recycling centers.
Requires owner to report loss or theft of firearm to police within 36 hours. *
Revises procedures for condemnation of certain property and use of the power of eminent domain by railroads.
In committee85
Requires HMOs that contract with DHS to reimburse hospitals for emergency services based on cost of those services.
Requires the consolidation of administrative services of certain school districts.
"New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act."
Makes New Jersey residents who are eligible for federal earned income tax credit also eligible for New Jersey earned income tax credit.
Directs DEP to develop and implement plan for 20 percent reduction of emissions from diesel-powered vehicles over the next seven years; directs appropriate departments and MVC adopt regulations necessary for implementation of DEP plan.
Equalizes payments received by relatives who provide care for children placed in their homes by DYFS.
Directs MVC to reopen Bayonne motor vehicle agency.
Provides for annual cost-of-living increase in amount of Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance payment.
Provides for the management of propane tanks designed for use in alternative fuel vehicles.
Provides for automatic enrollment in PAAD and Senior Gold programs under certain circumstances.
Excludes certain winnings from consideration for PAAD eligibility.
Concerns requests for changes in certain environmental standards.
Provides low interest loans to persons who need to acquire a new home because they have been forced to vacate their homes due to the presence of hazardous substances.
Prohibits landlord charging tenant refurbishment fee.
Permits municipality hosting two or more transfer stations to approve or prohibit the siting of an additional transfer station within its municipal boundaries.
Limits local campaign contributions by urban renewal entities.
Prohibits local campaign contributions by certain urban renewal entities.
Establishes health insurance coverage registry in DHSS.
Requires Office of Counter Terrorism to train inspectors on identifying terrorist activity; creates grant program for inspectors to obtain radiation detection devices; appropriates $300,000.
Requires State reimbursements to county be computed from first day State inmate is housed in its correctional facility.
Allows the deduction of the costs of providing employee health benefits in calculating the corporation business tax alternative minimum assessment.
Establishes NJ SMART homestead rebates to offset 50% of public school property taxes of homestead owners and tenants and a gross income tax surcharge to fund NJ SMART homestead rebates.
Establishes "Regional Network Health Benefits Plan Pilot Program."
Limits period for reimbursement for overpayment on health and dental claims to 180 days, establishes claims appeal process, requires examination of claims processing and payment records, and imposes penalties for violations.
Prohibits requirement by landlord of payment by tenant of both refurbishment fee and security deposit.
Increases maximum homestead rebate amounts for residential tenants.
Prevents tenants' property tax rebate reductions due to effects of revaluation, reassessment, or tax appeal.
Requires "just compensation" for condemnation of single-family residence to be based on cost of comparable relocation properties.
Permits purchase of goods and services by the State and local government units through electronic means.
Prohibits municipal officers and employees serving on redevelopment or housing agencies from voting to condemn property.
Appropriates $12 million from Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for development of inactive or former municipal reservoirs into public parks.
Authorizes municipalities to prohibit transfer of tax exemptions with sale of property without prior municipal approval in accordance with standards adopted by ordinance.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Criminalizes purchase or possession of firearms ammunition by persons convicted of certain crimes.
Requires owner to report theft of firearm within 24 hours of discovery.
Expands the role of county prosecutors in prosecutions for racketeering.
Requires municipal treasurer to certify in writing annual service charge received pursuant to tax exemption financial agreement.
Concerns contracts related to marine terminals of PANYNJ.
Provides for continuation of health insurance coverage in group and SHBP health plans for unlimited period of time for certain former employees and their dependents.
Requires that filing fee funds set aside for upgrading and modernizing services of county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages be retained by county when upgrading and modernizing is completed.
Permits municipality to determine permissible parking distance from intersection, crosswalk or "stop" sign.
Authorizes incinerator authority to change name to environmental authority.
Requires certain residential real estate contracts to provide access to property for soil sampling.
Makes restricted use drivers licenses available to certain motor vehicle offenders.
Revises notification process for suspending license for failure to pay parking ticket.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture and DHSS to establish Statewide avian influenza preparedness program; appropriates $500,000.
Authorizes establishment of State tax amnesty and appropriates up to $10,000,000 for administration of tax amnesty.
Establishes Task Force on Medicaid Health Services Delivery Reform to develop implementation plan for alternative provider reimbursement method and end use of managed care organizations.
Requires State Treasurer to annually sell State tax indebtedness and liens.
Establishes NJ SMART homestead rebates to offset 50% of capped public school homestead property taxes and a gross income tax surcharge, determined net of revenue used from certain sales tax changes, to fund rebates.
Reduces by one-half the recent gross income tax rate increase for taxpayers with taxable income over $500,000.
Permits cities of the first class, by ordinance, to establish local realty transfer fee.
Allows cities of the first class to impose both real property tax and hotel use or occupancy tax on hotel property.
Establishes NJ SMART homestead rebates to offset 50% of capped public school property taxes of homestead owners and tenants and a gross income tax surcharge to fund NJ SMART homestead rebates.
Eliminates a parent's right to inherit under certain circumstances.
Requires off-track wagering licensee to pay 4% of its wagering revenues to host municipality.
Allows New Jersey gross income taxpayers with gross income from owner-operated business enterprises in this State to deduct certain losses from the operations of their business enterprise and certain self-employment federal tax.
Establishes NJ SMART homestead rebates to offset 50% of capped public school property taxes funded by a gross income tax surcharge, certain appropriations and one-half of the revenue used from certain sales tax changes.
Establishes NJ SMART homestead rebates to offset 50% of capped public school property taxes funded by a gross income tax surcharge, certain appropriations and one-half of the revenue used from certain sales tax changes.
Requires DEP to commission study of use of cellulosic ethanol as fuel.
Revises the expungement statute by reducing the waiting period and eliminating cost for certain offenders.
Exempts certain radiological facilities from certain DHSS regulations.
Requires elected public officials with assets of $1 million or greater to place those assets in blind trust while in office.
Transfers regulatory authority over free-standing residential health care facilities from DCA to DHSS.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $4,303,000 to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority for Outstanding Scholars Recruitment Program.
Requires Business Employment Incentive program recipients or any entity receiving EDA financial assistance to pay the prevailing wage on certain public work projects.
Prohibits NJ Tpk. Authority from contracting with private entity for operating highway projects; directs surplus NJ Tpk. Authority revenues to Transportation Trust Fund.
Establishes an independent Office of State Comptroller and consolidates financial audit and performance reviews of State government.
Establishes licensing program for site remediation professionals; requires use of licensed professionals under certain circumstances.
Permits voter registration up to 29 days before an election; reduces polling place hours by one hour in the morning.
Eliminates sales tax on charges for storage space and exempts initiation fees, membership fees and dues for residential health and fitness facilities from taxation under the sales and use tax.
Allows sales tax exemption for all qualified business urban enterprise zone purchases at point of sale instead of through refund.
Bars persons convicted of an attempt or conspiracy to commit certain crimes from possessing weapons or firearms.
Requires security officer companies to pay costs of training security officers.
Prohibits intergovernmental transfer of certain employees between civil service political subdivisions.
Assigns revenues from reduced sales-tax to institutions of higher public education located adjacent to businesses that are sources of the reduced sales-tax revenue.
Authorizes certain counties and State agencies to submit report to Governor and PANYNJ concerning economic development and competitiveness of Port of New York.
"Higher Education Bond Act of 2007"; authorizes the issuance of $3,000,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance the construction and renovation of higher education facilities and to establish a student loan program and appropriates $5,000.
The "New Jersey Board of Health Care Management Act"; appropriates $10,000,000.
Requires certain municipalities to receive permission from State security and emergency officials prior to dissolving, disbanding, or terminating paid fire department.
Authorizes DEP to remove or order abatement of environmental nuisance.
Establishes "Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers' Act."
Permits custodian of government records to deny access to record if access has previously been given to requestor.
Increases from 5% to 20% percentage of annual service charge required to be paid to county by municipality under "Long Term Tax Exemption Law."
Makes supplemental appropriation of $50,000,000 for emergency grant to avert hospital closure.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Criminalizes possession or use of electronic communication devices in certain correctional facilities. *
Revises procedures for condemnation of certain property and use of the power of eminent domain by railroads.
Requires owner to report loss or theft of firearm to police within 36 hours. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 46
Requires distribution of pamphlets, posters and other educational materials informing certain public school students of "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act." *
Eliminates fee imposed for certified copy of veteran's discharge papers.
Requires 60-day notice of closing or relocation of nursing homes and assisted living residences to residents, their representatives and DHSS and provides for waiver of notice in emergency. *
Establishes an emergency deployment program for building inspection following disaster or emergency. *
Directs State Police to establish standards for handling missing persons cases involving persons with Alzheimer's disease and juveniles.
Establishes Joint Committee on Housing Affordability.
Requires certain notices when public agencies take possession of abandoned vehicle.
Requires all municipal court administrators to be certified and provides for interim municipal court administrator appointments under certain circumstances.
Expands eligibility for NJ Distinguished Service Medal and commemorative Vietnam service medal and ribbon to certain long-term and former State residents. *
Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Requires Office of Attorney General to provide annual gang education seminars for school administrators.
Prohibits public school districts from joining under certain circumstances voluntary associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports programs.
Regulates dental decisions by insurers and third party administrators and provides for limited dentist registration certificates. *
Requires DHSS to maintain registry of reported autism diagnoses; appropriates $500,000. *
Establishes New Jersey Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry in Division of Consumer Affairs. **
Upgrades simple assault against a private school teacher to aggravated assault; adds definition of "school" to criminal code. *
"The Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection Act." **
Creates New Jersey POW-MIA medal. *
Establishes Commission on Women Veterans.
"Independence, Dignity and Choice in Long-Term Care Act"; reallocates State long-term care expenditures.
Limits homeowners' association regulation of solar collectors on certain roofs.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to purposely disrupt funeral through certain conduct. *
Requires Disadvantaged Youth Employment Opportunities Council to report to State Employment and Training Center and adds three members; and makes an appropriation of $50,000. *
Enhances penalties for possessing, receiving, and transferring community guns.
Clarifies that applicants on eligible list on effective date of P.L.2005, c.290 are entitled to preference granted children of fallen firefighters.
Permits oaths, affirmations and affidavits to be taken by certified court reporters.
Establishes certificate of rehabilitation for certain persons with criminal records.
Appropriates $9,066,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
Appropriates $39,430,430 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
Establishes pilot program to conduct comprehensive eye examinations for second grade students.
Broadens the exception for small businesses under the UEZ sales tax rebate program. **
Provides for the transfer of certain college credits.
Regulates certain tows and requires licensure of towing companies.
Provides for instruction in autism and other developmental disabilities awareness and methods of teaching students with autism and other developmental disabilities for candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers and paraprofessionals. **
Concerns Early Intervention Program services for children with autism.
Establishes New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force.
Extends funding for autism medical research and treatment.
Clarifies intent and effect of requirements of P.L.2004, c.183 with respect to historic site real property tax exemptions. *
Designated the "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Education and Research Program Act."
Permits certain child care centers to receive $1,500 grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund. **
Concerns certain riparian lands in Jersey City.
Makes certain changes to the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
The "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007"; authorizes issuance of $200 million in bonds; appropriates $5,000.
Authorizes auction of greenhouse gas allowances; establishes "Global Warming Solutions Fund." *
Creates offenses of gang criminality and promoting organized street crime.
Passed the General Assembly · 25
Clarifies that municipal utilities authorities may join with municipality within the authority's service area to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service. *
Allows municipalities to provide free or reduced fee beach badges to active military and NJ National Guard personnel.
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students. *
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons. **
"Pharmacy Quality Improvement and Error Prevention Act."
Concerns penalties for illegally passing a school bus. *
Adds two members to Board of Pharmacy. *
Creates the "Emergency Management Act of 2006." *
Provides counseling and prenatal care information to pregnant women who test positive for HIV.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for certain New Jersey members of the military and their families in need of assistance.
Requires interactive computer service to remove images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act from computer server or other storage device controlled or owned by the interactive computer service.
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
Requires municipality to post sign on property subject of development application.
Makes unlawful possession of assault firearm a second degree crime.
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Provides exemption from 3-day cancellation provision of home improvement contract in case of bona fide emergency.
Establishes pilot program in Department of Education to provide instruction in personal finance to high school seniors.
Revises procedures for the use of eminent domain in municipal redevelopment programs.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Prohibits individuals from purchasing more than one handgun in a calendar month.
Requires retail mercantile establishment to provide manufacturer's rebate at time of consumer purchase.
Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for emergency medical technicians, police officers, and firefighters. *
Provides additional enforcement provisions under "Health Care Quality Act"; allows certain private causes of action for violations; expands administrative remedies; establishes enforcement fund.
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Out of committee · 97
Establishes crime of participation in criminal street gang initiation ritual.
"Toy Safety Act."
Provides for increase in relocation assistance amounts based on increase of CPI.
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of armed services members.
Revises State purchase of recycled paper and recycled paper products mandates.
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice psychology without a license and prohibits certain unlicensed employees of nonprofit community agencies from using title of psychologist.
Requires owner to immediately report loss or theft of firearm to police. *
Provides immunity from civil liability for school personnel and school bus contractor employees who use reasonable force or restraint to stop fights on school property or to defend themselves against a student assault. *
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. *
Establishes Task Force on the Oversight of Group Homes for Persons with Developmental Disabilities.
Permits granting residency credit points to candidates taking municipal police and fire promotional examination.
Requires DEP Commissioner to establish list of environmentally responsible companies and recognition program for certain exemplary companies; requires companies on list be given preference whenever possible in the awarding of State contracts. *
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" concerning gender identity or expression discrimination.
"Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them. *
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Requires certain health care professionals to provide information and screening for postpartum depression.
Establishes Task Force on Education Reform.
Requires the State to provide State aid for public school adult high school programs.
Allows tax credit to health care professionals for expenses to achieve accessibility for persons with mobility impairments.
Increases maximum municipal dog license fee from $7 to $21. *
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Creates New Jersey Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act of 2006.
Prohibits insurers offering managed care plans from denying participation in network to health care providers willing to meet terms of contract. *
Deletes prior authorization requirements by certain insurers for accessing certain health care services.
Establishes notice requirements for utility shut-off and provides for appointment of receiver in place of tenant organization for utility payments in senior living facilities. *
"Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act"; establishes Long-Term Care Partnership Program in DHS. *
Criminalizes organized retail theft and establishes crime of leader of organized retail theft enterprise.
Establishes sex offender monitoring program. *
Protects privacy of an individual's financial information by prohibiting disclosure without the prior informed, affirmative consent of the consumer.
Provides for civil and criminal penalties for giving false information pertaining to violations of environmental laws. *
Eliminates statute of limitations for certain environmental crimes and crimes causing widespread injury or damage. *
Increases civil penalties for issuance of false statements in violation of various environmental laws.
Revises "New Jersey Money Transmitters Act"; provides consumer protections; increases reporting and record keeping requirements.
Exempts solar energy systems from real property taxation.
Requires any person responsible for conducting remediation to submit written notification and a remedial action workplan under certain conditions; requires DEP to adopt rules setting forth notice requirements. **
Requires person performing remediation to submit remedial action workplan to municipality; requires DEP to adopt rules concerning public notification of remediation of contaminated sites. *
Increases time for DEP review of proposed negative declaration and requires certain notice to municipalities under Industrial Site Recovery Act. *
Makes various changes to the laws governing underground storage tanks. **
Concerns coverage for childhood immunizations.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
Requires certain State buildings to be designed and managed to meet high performance green building standards. *
Requires parole board to consider significant efforts at achieving GED in decreasing parole eligibility date.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for assisted living programs.
Allows release of sex offender information to DYFS.
Exempts sales of certain fuel efficient motor vehicles from sales and use taxes.
Provides for plaques in State House to honor Hutchins F. Inge and Walter Gilbert Alexander, first African-American Senator and Assemblyman. *
Upgrades penalty for failure to register as sex offender; imposes penalty for failure to verify address and requires verification prior to release.
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers and SHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism and other substance-use disorders under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses.
Creates "New Jersey Senior Labor Task Force."
Directs New Jersey Turnpike Authority to designate Garden State Parkway as memorial highway to POW-MIA's.
Recodifies Title 4 criminal animal cruelty offenses in State criminal code; increases level of certain offenses and crimes; establishes new offenses; revises civil penalties; repeals various sections of law; designated as Angel's Law. **
Supplemental appropriation of $4,000,000 to fund CeaseFire pilot program in Camden, Jersey City, Newark, and Trenton. *
Permits county improvement authorities to undertake economic development activities.
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
"Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority Act." *
Requires 90 days' notice to affected municipalities of discontinuance of certain bus and train service.
Changes funding limits for grants to local governments from hazardous discharge fund for site remediation.
Authorizes the issuance of bonds by the NJEDA to fund State capital construction projects of $270 million for facilities for stem cell research, biomedical research, blood collection and cancer research. **
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.
Creates historic preservation tax credit pilot program for corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Directs Division of Developmental Disabilities to prepare plan to ensure community-based living for certain individuals with developmental disabilities.
Regulates operation of sweepstakes in New Jersey.
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.
Directs DOE to include information about State adult disability services in booklet for parents of special education students and to require schools to designate staff member as parent liaison.
Establishes as crime of the second degree unlawful possession of certain handguns. *
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for contributions to support facilities construction, expansion, renovation and upgrade at New Jersey public and independent institutions of higher education.
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.
Authorizes certain cities to establish a municipal hospital authority.
Appropriates $15 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes in Highlands Region.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games. *
Establishes the "New Jersey False Claims Act."
Provides that if an annual appropriation act is not enacted at the beginning of a State fiscal year casino gambling operations shall continue and all State employees shall be deemed essential. *
Provides unemployment benefits for spouses of armed services members under certain conditions. *
Extends expiration date of automobile insurance urban enterprise zone program to April 1, 2009.
Requires ATM independent sales organizations to provide certain withdrawal options. *
Requires DHSS standards for safe building interiors; submission of documentation of investigation and remediation as a condition to issuance of construction permit for certain sites; makes changes to the "Industrial Site Recovery Act."
Prohibits denial of credit on the basis that individual was a victim of identity theft.
"Nicole's Law;" permits victim of sex offense to obtain restraining order against offender.
Amends "State Transfer of Development Rights Act," and provides for impact fees and other incentives for establishment of transfer of development rights programs. *
Creates e-mail registration as part of Megan's law requirement and allows for supervision of certain sex offender's e-mail.
Restricts certain sex offenders' access to the Internet.
Allows authorized representative of deceased or incapacitated dentist to contract with another dentist to continue practice for one year.
Makes changes concerning Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism.
Directs Legislative Services Commission to provide for a comprehensive Statewide costing-out study to determine per pupil costs required to provide a thorough and efficient education.
Exempts sales and use tax on initiation fees, membership fees and dues and certain parking services.
Provides for mandatory term of imprisonment for luring and enticing an adult; increases mandatory term for luring and enticing a child.
Requires Violence Institute of UMDNJ to undertake comprehensive study of Megan's Law.
Excludes Medicare Part B premiums in determining PAAD eligibility.
Requires hospitals to report certain information concerning infection rates to DHSS and requires DHSS to make information public.
Establishes NJ Coastal and Ocean Protection Council; appropriates $75,000.
Establishes consumer protections regarding product recalls.
Expands program eligibility and enhances benefit amount under the New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
In committee · 148
Limits county committees and chairs thereof from controlling placement of party members on primary ballot and use of party designation.
Revises New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Requires managed care carriers to provide certain health care providers with fee schedules.
Concerns risk based capital requirements for health maintenance organizations.
Requires managed care companies to pay health care claims based on assignment of benefits and disclosed fee schedules; requires coverage under certain conditions; authorizes civil actions against violators.
Requires DHSS to use PAAD application information to enroll ineligible beneficiaries into Senior Gold.
Requires Attorney General to revise guidelines regarding police pursuits.
Establishes new Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Provides that impairing another person's means of communication may constitute an act of domestic violence.
"The Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative."
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Allows a gross income tax credit for textbook purchases by full-time undergraduate students at four year institutions of higher education, county colleges and accredited post-secondary schools in New Jersey.
Prohibits certain sex offenders from selling from ice cream trucks.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Authorizes designation of joint urban enterprise zone by Urban Enterprize Zone Authority.
Prohibits black bear hunting, creates black bear study commission, authorizes issuance and sale of NJ Black Bear Stamp, establishes NJ Black Bear Stamp Account.
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential property under redevelopment laws.
Provides gross income tax deduction for three years of nursing pay for new enrollees in nursing education programs.
Changes catch and possession limits for taking of striped bass.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Establishes "New Jersey Health Care Access Study Commission."
Requires State to contract with pharmaceutical companies to purchase influenza vaccine for high-risk persons and their care providers.
Requires after-market mufflers to be certified to operate at certain noise level; DEP to establish standards.
Expands eligibility for special automobile insurance policies.
Regulates certain rental-purchase agreements.
"Billy's Law;" directs Department of Education to establish a register of qualified educational facilities outside the State for special education students and establishes procedures for the placement of such facilities on the register.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Authorizes adoption of timed-growth ordinances by municipalities.
Expands membership and revises authority of Fish and Game Council.
Provides for automatic expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances.
Concerns contents of zoning ordinances.
Requires health benefits coverage for certain therapies and applied behavioral analysis for the treatment of certain autism disorders.
Revises "lemon law" refund formula for consumers of certain new motor vehicles.
Mandates training for judges and judicial personnel regarding problems and issues faced by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
Requires notification of municipalities by public utilities under certain circumstances.
Incorporates federal standards governing sale and transfer of firearms to aliens and non-residents.
Requires insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer.
Increases host community benefit for municipalities wherein solid waste transfer stations are located from fifty cents to one dollar per ton of solid waste processed at such facilities.
Requires public institutions of higher education to prorate salary for part-time faculty appointments based on salary for comparable full-time positions.
Prohibits price gouging during a declared state of emergency.
Allows judge to admit evidence of prior sexual offenses in current sexual offense actions.
Allows gross income tax credit for unreimbursed hearing aid expenses.
Reduces sales tax rate on certain sales and admission charges at places of amusement in urban enterprise zone areas and provides that sales tax revenue be for municipal purposes.
Reduces years of law enforcement experience required for certain law enforcement officers to establish right to carry a firearm.
Applies serious life impact test to limitation on lawsuit threshold retroactively.
Provides in-network benefits to patient with disability for services provided by out-of-network provider under certain circumstances.
Makes temporary insurance and temporary domestic security local cap exceptions permanent; exempts pre-July 7, 2004 contract obligations from current, lower cap.
Establishes the "Workplace Violence Safety Act."
Allows a refundable gross income tax credit for education and training expenses for developmentally disabled children.
Provides penalties for leaving individual with disability unattended in a motor vehicle.
Clarifies police powers of certain sheriff's officers to enforce motor vehilce and traffic laws.
Includes screening for toxoplasmosis in newborn screening program.
Allows PAAD recipents margin of error in estimating income.
Requires 10 percent premium discount for good drivers who are with same insurer five or more years.
Establishes certain hiring preference for children of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Revises the eligibility criteria under the State earned income tax credit to equal the eligibility criteria of the federal earned income tax credit.
Requires Attorney General to prepare pamphlet for parents on keeping children safe from predators.
Requires heir to undergo criminal background check before taking possession of firearm.
Requires criminal background checks of employees of private prisoner transport companies.
Creates the offense of trafficking in and possession of counterfeit commuter tickets.
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Raises the statutory threshold for the public advertisement of bids under the "State College Contracts Law" and makes other changes to that law.
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.
Provides for issuance of a uniform identification card for all law enforcement officers.
Includes transportation costs in the calculation of extraordinary special education costs incurred by public school districts.
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Establishes special environmental prosecutor.
Requires financial institution to notify account holder when information relative to an electronic fund transfer is shared with third party.
Authorizes local option tax on seller of billboard advertising space.
Upgrades penalties for eluding police officer if stolen vehicle involved.
Authorizes the State, with prior approval by the State House Commission, to use eminent domain power to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes provided lands are protective of drinking water sources.
"New Jersey Clean Water, Drought Mitigation and Water Resource Trust Fund Act."
Requires drug testing of foster parents and DYFS caseworkers.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts in order to satisfy certain urban revitalization goals.
Establishes eligibility of property owned by 100% disabled veteran with domestic partner for veterans' property tax exemption; broadens criteria for eligibility for property tax exemption for surviving spouses and domestic partners of certain veterans.
Requires health insurers to cover well baby visits during the first two years of life.
Establishes the Violence-Free Initiative Program in the Department of State.
Requires increased notice to affected property owners for proposed redevelopment and rehabilitation areas.
Requires municipal referendum prior to condemnation of private property when sale or transfer to private entity for economic development purposes is contemplated.
Authorizes court to provide alternatives for persons who default in payment of fines.
Revises criteria for determining whether a rifle is an assault firearm.
Establishes the "New Jersey False Claims Act."
Revises provisions of the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act."
Eliminates enhanced penalties for certain crimes occurring on or in proximity to school property except when such crimes occur in the presence of a child.
Concerns employee personnel files.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain veterans.
Requires the placement of defibrillators in public use airports.
Requires hearing loss sensitivity training for public school pupils and teaching staff members.
Directs school nurse to develop individual health care plan for students with diabetes and allows certain diabetic students to test blood and administer insulin in the classroom.
Places temporary moratorium of 48 months on certain uses of eminent domain; creates Eminent Domain Study Commission to examine its use Statewide.
Establishes voluntary Statewide physician joint purchasing alliance.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for prostate cancer.
Establishes New Jersey Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry in DHSS; requires pharmacies to compile drug retail price lists.
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for special education and courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3%
Prohibits insurer offering managed care plan from denying participation in its network to a health care provider willing to meet its contract terms.
Changes reimbursement structure for various transportation services provided to Medicaid recipients.
Establishes notice requirements for utility shut-off and receivership procedures for senior independent living facilities for utility payment.
Requires State college boards of trustees to maintain minutes; provides Governor veto over minutes.
Concerns lost or stolen E-ZPass transponders.
Appropriates $100,000 to the Hudson-Essex-Passaic Soil Conservation District for two-year soil survey in Hudson County.
Requires parent-teacher organization to share bank statement with board of education.
Makes chief of police contractual municipal employee and establishes in DLPS "Chiefs of Police Performance Evaluation Commission."
Provides for an extended term of imprisonment, supervision for life and sex offender registration for the crime of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Allows PAAD recipients freedom of choice in selecting a pharmacy and prohibits the imposition of a mail order system.
Permits transfer of service credit among State-administered retirement systems; permits use of ABP credit for TPAF and PERS benefits.
Establishes health care quality improvement fund grant program funded from tax rate increase on small cigars.
"Prescription Drug Right-to-Know Act"; establishes clinical trials registry in DHSS; requires pharmaceutical companies to publicly disclose clinical trial data.
Establishes a Gun Court Pilot Program in Essex and Mercer County.
Requires theaters to reserve certain seats for patrons with hearing loss.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Provides $250 homestead property tax credit to senior citizens in first class cities.
Authorizes POW license plates for leased vehicles.
Prohibits use of State funds to lease or purchase certain motor vehicles.
Establishes universal credit equivalency program to provide seamless transfer of college credits by institutions of higher education.
Provides that unused State real property will be offered for sale after three years.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain infant formulas.
Regulates employment practices and campaign contributions for redevelopment entities designated by municipal governing bodies.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to Cold War veterans.
Establishes fixed dates for employment contracts of certain State college professors and other employees.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 17 years.
Provides tuition-free enrollment at New Jersey public colleges to certain members of the State Police.
Provides an exclusion for military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Authorizes COAH to credit municipalities' fair share affordable housing obligations with certain housing units occupied by employees of a State or regional cultural center located within 3,000 feet of the housing units.
Provides that if wireless telephone service subscriber terminates service, any applicable subscriber termination fee is to be prorated.
Prohibits commercial mobile service providers from requiring subscribers to purchase new cellular telephone equipment in certain cases.
"Kyleigh's Law"; revises laws concerning provisional driver's licenses.
Requires certain health care facilities to adopt certain infection control strategies.
Requires hospital governing boards to report certain information to DHSS.
Removes sales tax on charges for massage, bodywork and somatic services.
Creates nine-member New Jersey Legislative Elections Public Financing Study Commission.
Authorizes probation officers to exercise police powers.
Permits retired law enforcement officers to join the New Jersey Detective Association.
Requires evidence be retained indefinitely in homicide cases and until defendant's sentence expires in sexual assault cases.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement for claimants affected by eminent domain.
The "New Jersey Academically Gifted and Talented Student Education Act"; appropriates $5 million.
Expands homestead property tax rebate program for certain non-senior and non-disabled tenants based on revised income qualifications.
Prohibits members or affiliates of criminal street gangs from being appointed corrections officers.
Adds two members to NJ Commission on American Indian Affairs.
Revises eligibility for expungement of criminal and juvenile delinquency records.
Adds additional members to Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission and requires study on effects of mandates enacted by law since 2000.
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Establishes the "New Jersey Tax and Fiscal Policy Study Commission" to study the State and local tax structure and related fiscal issues.