Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, Senate.
Bernard F. Kenny Jr.
Sponsored
Became law5
Exempts emergency volunteers from the 7-day waiting period for workers' compensation.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for AIDS services activities.
Approves State funding for certain "urban aid" local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Establishes the "Local Unit Electronic Technology Pilot Program and Study Act," and makes an appropriation.*
Approves State funding for certain "urban aid" local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Passed the Senate2
Requires employees of nonpublic schools to undergo criminal history record checks.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $54,500,000 from the General Fund for Special Municipal Aid Act allocations.
Out of committee5
Changes loan rate and adjustment rate for retirement system established in first class city with fewer than 300,000 inhabitants.
Concerns prompt payment of and accrual of interest on life insurance proceeds.
Phases out the petroleum products gross receipts tax for fuel used to generate certain electricity.
Requires fees paid by builders into new home warranty security fund to be lowered by 25 percent; requires Legislative approval of future increases.
Supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DHS for grant to Hudson Cradle.
In committee35
Designates Jersey City Medical Center as the State's specialty acute care children's hospital for Hudson County.
Exempts multiple dwellings from mandatory compliance with first aid personnel and lifeguard requirements.
Requires investigation and cleanup of industrial establishments to be developed for residential housing.
Revises notification process for suspending license for failure to pay parking ticket.
Permits person ineligible for Work First New Jersey benefits because of a drug distribution conviction to receive prescription drug benefits for life-saving or life-sustaining medications.
Subjects certain budget transfers to Joint Budget Oversight Committee approval.
Authorizes imposition of hotel occupancy fee in State's tourism regions to support tourism promotion.
"The New Jersey Living Wage Act"; sets minimum wage and benefit standards for businesses contracting with or assisted by public bodies.
Requires the Governor's annual budget recommendations to establish the State share of public school costs at 50 percent by dedicating growth in certain State revenues.
Provides payment to local public employers for post-retirement health care benefits to certain PFRS, CPFPF and PERS retirees.
Makes fiscal year 1998 supplemental appropriation of $17,000,000 for special municipal aid by reducing certain excess appropriations.
Provides that State will pay State aid directly to charter school for certain students in first year of student's enrollment.
Makes apparel manufacturers and contractors liable for labor law violations of contractors.
Requires that all forms of public records be available for copying; sets uniform pricing policy for public records.
Establishes "New Jersey Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Policy Study Commission."
Extends expiration date of certain municipally authorized taxes, clarifies State instrumentalities not exempt from local parking tax.
Modifies calculation of public school district's prebudget year total for purposes of determining stabilization aid.
Concerns the purchase of apparel by public bodies.
Permits municipal law enforcement officers to contract with nonprofit development corporations to provide private security services in certain cases.
Authorizes issuance of $35 million in contract bonds for cultural arts centers.
Grants roadside diesel bus and truck emissions inspection authority to certain municipal police; grants authority to certain police for random inspections for size and weight.
Requires certain public school and child care center employees to hold CPR certification.
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.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,750,000 to Department of Community Affairs for a grant to the Park Performing Arts Center in Union City.
Requires State to reimburse counties for housing juvenile offenders at rate equal to their actual cost.
Establishes a Learning Through Listening Program in the Abbott districts to assist students with print disabilities.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Increases Public Health Priority Funding by $480,000.
Increases value of Legislative Initiative Municipal Block Grant Program by $100,000,000 beginning in fiscal year 2002.
Provides for payment of full NJ SAVER rebate amount in 2001 and bases the rebate amounts for each municipality on greatest school tax effort.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,250,000 to DCA for grants to Hoboken, Weehawken, West New York and Gutenberg for restoration and development of Hudson River piers for park and recreation purposes.
Designates certain persons to serve as nonpartisan agents to assist incapacitated absentee voters.
Expands number of disorders included in newborn screening program.
Bans sale of mercury thermometers.
Establishes low interest loan program in DCA for upgrading fire walls in multiple dwellings.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
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.
Requires criminal history record checks for all certified nurse aides, personal care assistants and homemaker-home health aides; requires plan for similar checks to be conducted on other providers of home care services.*
Provides tuition assistance for children and spouses of the victims of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. *
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Directs UEZA to establish extended enterprise zones.*
Allows certain municipal authorities to offer incentive to waive SHBP coverage to employees eligible for spouse's health care coverage.
Appropriates $135 million to the DEP for dam, lake, and stream projects. *
Provides full PFRS credit for transferred PERS service of certain PFRS members. *
Appropriates $21,480,950,000 in State funds and $8,009,987,000 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2000-2001.
Makes fiscal year 2000 supplemental appropriations of $153,359,000 from the General Fund and $55,082,685 from the Property Tax Relief Fund.
Excludes certain State education funds from the calculation of proportionate share under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Establishes the casino reinvestment development authority urban revitalization incentive program.
Increases BPU membership from three to five members.
Approves State funding for certain "urban aid" local government open space acquisition projects.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for active members and retirees; revises calculation of assets and establishes benefit enhancement fund.
The "New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act;" appropriates $8.95 million.
Excludes refunding bonds from calculation of annual limit of debt issued by Transportation Trust Fund Authority.
Requires four year digitized picture driver's license; tightens requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal aliens; appropriates $1.5 million.*
Provides the manufacturing equipment and employment investment tax credit under the corporation business tax for electric energy and thermal energy production.
Passed the Senate · 3
Provides for annual deposit of 20% of county forfeiture funds by county prosecutor in county fund for alcohol and drug abuse programs.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000 to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Newark City's plane crash costs.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for an endowment to the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center to be established at Kean University.
Out of committee · 30
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. *
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates. *
Establishes "Neighborhood Revitalization Mortgage Assistance Program;" appropriates $5 million.*
Eliminates motor vehicle registration fees for certain entities.
Excludes U.S. military pensions and survivors benefits of persons less than 62 years of age from gross income taxation.
Phases out business personal property tax on incumbent local exchange telecommunications carriers and replaces revenue with State aid funding, and reduces intrastate access charges and requires savings to be passed on to customers.
Establishes the level of school aid for the 2000-2001 school year.*
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." *
Establishes "Child Care Center Capital Project Grant Fund Program" in DHS; appropriates $1.5 million.
Provides corporation business tax credit for purchase of certain equipment used in treatment of effluent for reuse in an industrial process. *
Provides Corporation Business Tax credit for use of treated effluent in industrial facilities.
Establishes Department of Agriculture operating loan program for farmers participating in farmland preservation; appropriates $5,000,000. *
Exempts sales of certain effluent treatment or conveyance equipment from the "Sales and Use Tax Act." *
Concerns the sales and use tax on uncollectible credit sales.
Extends tax on litter-generating products; makes available recycling grants to counties and municipalities. *
Establishes a New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit.
Establishes New Jersey Cultural Trust.
Provides a gross income tax deduction for certain water supply and sewerage charges.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund for completion of Korean War Memorial in Atlantic City.
Requires Department of Transportation to conduct an emergency response priority control system pilot program.
Establishes the "New Jersey Individual Development Account Program," appropriates $2 million from federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds.*
Appropriates $16 million to DHSS for grants of $2 million each to the State's designated children's hospitals.
Extends polling place hours for certain elections; makes an appropriation. *
Provides single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula, eliminates "regular place of business" requirement to allocate less than 100% of income to New Jersey, provides airline-specific sales fraction. *
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DMAVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial. *
Permits certain municipalities to contract for property tax lien management collection services.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to the Department of State for the Education Opportunity Fund Program.
In committee · 31
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.
Requires criminal history record background checks of currently certified nurse aides, personal care assistants and homemaker-home health aides not already checked.
Modifies statute of limitations and eliminates certain defenses in civil cases seeking damages based on exposure to tobacco products.
Makes various changes in civil service system concerning titles and compensation.
Establishes PAAD Expansion Program.
Supplemental appropriation of $150 million to DHSS for reimbursement to participating health care providers of HIP Health Plan of New Jersey.
Dedicates use of tobacco settlement monies for certain health-related purposes and appropriates $40 million in State funds and $40 million in federal funds to increase Medicaid inpatient reimbursement rates.
Appropriates $2 million for emergency projects at Ellis Island.
Modifies definition of Abbott districts to include urban districts within DOE's district factor groupings A or B.
Establishes Task Force on Equitable Compensation; appropriates $95,000.
Provides annual appropriations for hospital and physicians that provide charity care, long- term care initiatives and graduate medical education and research from "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Requires Apportionment and Redistricting Commissions to use only statistically sampled or adjusted population count for legislative and congressional redistricting.
Promotes fairness in telephone competition through State aid funding of the replacement of the incumbent local exchange carrier personal property tax and the reduction of intrastate access charges.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Gives contractual preferences to gun manufacturers which have pledged to adopt and implement certain manufacturing, firearms design and market practices that will foster firearms safety.
Authorizes use of revenue allocation financing by certain municipalities.
Authorizes school districts and charter school trustees to enter into interlocal service agreements with municipalities for school crossing guard services; gives boards of education primary responsibility to hire and assign school crossing guards.
Prohibits children under 12 from riding in front seat of vehicle with passenger side airbag.
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.
Excludes victims of sexual or child abuse from liability for payments for psychiatric care of abusive parents.
Includes emergency contraceptives in protocols for sexual assault victims.
Establishes an annual State aid program to replace the local tax loss occasioned by certain changes in the valuation of depreciable business personal property of certain telecommunications companies.
Supplemental appropriation of $130,000 to DLPS to be allocated to the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy for a domestic violence counseling and shelter grant.
Supplemental appropriation of $20,000 to DMAVA for grant to Italian American War Veterans of U.S. 66th annual national convention in Atlantic City.
"Dignity in Home Care Act"; provides for increases in Medicaid reimbursements to home health agencies for direct care worker salaries; appropriates $10 million in State and $10 million in federal funds.
Bans consent searches of motor vehicles by State and local law enforcement officers.
Requires the transfer of $15,000,000 in special legislative grant appropriations to provide an $11,000,000 appropriation to establish a Part-time Tuition Aid Grant Program and a $4,000,000 appropriation for the Education Opportunity Fund Program.
Amends and supplements fiscal year 2002 State appropriations act to eliminate certain restrictions on the New Jersey FamilyCare Health Coverage Program and makes additional appropriations available for the program.
Tightens requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal alien; upgrades penalties for sale and possession of fake driver's license.
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to change any date in the school budget and election calendar due to a conflict with a day of religious observance.
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.