Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Albio Sires
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Permits limited pharmacy sales of syringes and needles without prescription.
Out of committee2
Lowers cap on finder's fee for property escheated to State.
Authorizes certain cities to establish a municipal hospital authority.
In committee3
Establishes certain requirements on the food and beverages sold to students through vending machines in public school districts.
Directs NJ Transit to designate the ferry terminal in Weehawken as the "Arthur E. Imperatore, Sr., Port Imperial Ferry Terminal."
Makes permanent the temporary local budget cap exceptions and school district budget cap adjustments for certain insurance and domestic security preparedness costs.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Authorizes certain cities to establish a municipal hospital authority.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
"The Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection Act." **
Regulates sale of ammunition.
"Independence, Dignity and Choice in Long-Term Care Act"; reallocates State long-term care expenditures.
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.
Allows all cities of the first class to collect property tax and hotel tax. *
Provides a military service exemption to the requirement of continuous enrollment under the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Concerns transfer of PANYNJ contracts related to marine terminals.
Makes unlawful possession of assault firearm a second degree crime.
Upgrades penalty for unlawfully transferring a firearm to an underage person.
Authorizes civil action for certain economic damages against owner or keeper of pet animal that injures or kills another person's pet animal.
Prohibits individuals from purchasing more than one handgun in a calendar month.
Out of committee · 6
Permits in-person wagering at casinos on results of professional sports events, subject to voter approval.
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. *
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. **
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
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. *
In committee · 16
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide laptop computers and support services to pupils and teachers in public school districts.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Regulates issuance of honorary law enforcement badges.
Provides family leave insurance.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund.
Authorizes the conferral of certain academic degrees by religious corporations.
Prohibits public school districts from joining under certain circumstances voluntary associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports programs.
Concerns standards for the groundwater remediation of contaminated sites.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Makes chief of police contractual municipal employee and establishes in DLPS "Chiefs of Police Performance Evaluation Commission."
Permits a local realty transfer fee on property located in cities of the first class.
Prohibits school districts from hiring governmental affairs agents.
Requires the placement of defibrillators on certain trains.
Changes from two to four number of consecutive general elections where more than 750 votes or less than 250 votes may be cast before election district is redrawn.
Eliminates a parent's right to inherit under certain circumstances.