Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Joseph Azzolina
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Requires DHSS to prepare booklet on MMR vaccine and availability of blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose. *
In committee26
Establishes the New Jersey Aquaculture Assistance Program.
Permits certain nonprofit organizations to conduct an unlimited number of certain raffles without payment of fees.
Authorizes the New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission to establish New Jersey Corporate Overseas Network Program.
Revises provisions of the consumer fraud act.
"Family Home Occupation Act;" classifies certain home-occupations as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing or retailing activities.
Makes it a crime of fourth degree if any person makes a false report of child abuse or neglect; authorizes division to release records and reports under certain circumstances.
Entitles representatives of WACS, WAVES, Women Marines and Vietnam Veterans of America to leave of absence with pay to attend conventions.
Prohibits discrimination in the sale of malt alcoholic beverages by certain breweries to licensed wholesalers in the State.
Establishes an "Export Mentor and Matchmaker Program;" appropriates $250,000.
Provides credit against gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain qualified mentors in "Export Mentor and Matchmaker Program."
Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying prevention policies.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DMVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial.
The "State Multiple Dwelling Inspector Licensing Act."
Expands mission of NJ organized militia in DMVA and increases size and rank of leadership.
The "Mobile Telephone Act."
Authorizes Casino Control Commission to permit Atlantic City casinos to accept wagers from remote locations on live games conducted in their casinos.
Provides immunity for certain nonprofit health care clinics that provide free services and creates volunteer physican license.
Permits use of hands-free wireless phones in moving vehicles.
Authorizes taxicab regulation in certain municipalites.
Enacts "New Jersey Cemetery Act, 2002."
Prohibits simultaneous holding of certain State, county and municipal elective offices and appointive positions.
Requires consumer reporting agencies to disclose to consumers their credit score under certain circumstances.
Prohibits use of certain underwriting guidelines pertaining to dogs harbored on property insured under homeowners policies.
Provides civil service preference to veterans of global war on terror.
Allows military personnel extended period to qualify for exclusion of capital gain from income of the sale or exchange of a principal residence.
Excludes certain dependent care assistance to Armed Forces members from gross income tax.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Requires DHSS to prepare booklet on MMR vaccine and availability of blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
"New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002."
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying prevention policies.
Revises Clean Communities Program and makes available recycling grants to counties and municipalities. *
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the income of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. *
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.
Allows qualified UEZ municipalilites to include UEZ funding assistance in order to be eligible for "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Designates State office building in Asbury Park as "Thomas S. Smith, Sr. State Office Building."
Increases criminal and civil penalties for certain animal cruelty offenses; and increases penalty for certain repeat offenders.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. **
Provides collective negotiation procedures for school employee contracts, prohibits imposition of such contracts.
Clarifies documentary requirement for distinguished service medal for individual who died while on active duty.
Extends eligibility for State veterans' benefits to veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Establishes a minimum per diem base pay of $100 for members of National Guard called to State active duty.
Provides State-paid health care benefits coverage through SHBP for certain National Guard members called to State active duty for 30 days or more.
Establishes right of person engaged in military service for more than 90 days to cancel motor vehicle lease without penalty.
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.
Establishes Office of the Child Advocate. **
Prohibits employment of legislator's relatives in legislator's district office.
Provides that members of Legislature enrolled for health benefits through legislative service will not enroll for health benefits from other public entities.
Passed the General Assembly · 9
Establishes hiring preference for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty seeking appointment to municipal police forces.
Grants local government budget cap exception for personnel costs of employees in military reserves and NJ National Guard while on active duty. *
Revises the law concerning hazing; upgrades criminal penalties, provides certain immunities, creates civil offense and requires written policies.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of Operation "Enduring Freedom".
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Extends military leave benefits for members of the Reserve and National Guard called to federal active duty for extended periods of time.
Excludes housing and subsistence allowances of National Guard members on State active duty from gross income under the gross income tax.
Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student who is called to active duty for certain military operations.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Out of committee · 28
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Provides temporary local budget cap exceptions and school district budget cap adjustments for certain insurance costs and security and public safety costs. *
Provides for certification for emergency medical technicians to administer epinephrine.
Requires notification of rape care advocate under certain circumstances by law enforcement, prosecutors and medical providers. *
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations. *
Provides $3,000 income tax deduction for certain families providing home care for an elderly relative.
"Tattooing and Body Piercing Practice Act."
Appropriates $13,708,385 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," federal funds, and 1978 Green Acres bond fund, and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for "urban aid" and other local government open space acquisition an
Appropriates $12.475 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern New Jersey.
Appropriates $18,725,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Permits use of hands-free wireless phones in moving vehicles.* *
Establishes New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing.
Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use transported remains of victims of September 11, 2001 from World Trade Center in a memorial.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints." *
Allows the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to realize a return on its investments in science and technology companies.
Prohibits certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
Repeals law creating State poet laureate.
The "New Jersey Freedom to Fish Act."
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for application filed prior to July 1, 2007.
Designates State Highway No. 70 bridge over Manasquan River as the "September 11 Memorial Bridge;" appropriates $2,500.
Appropriates $6,036,777 from the "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Appropriates $51,282,300 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populat
Appropriates $14,663,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $44,031,468 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $45,220,823 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" and certain farmland preservation bond funds for farmland preservation purposes.
Regulates receipt of things of value by members and staff of Legislature and officers and staff of Executive Branch; recodifies criminal provisions concerning acceptance or offer or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant.
In committee · 103
Punishes certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
Requires record keeping and sharing on minor delinquent activity.
Appropriates $204,514 to AOC for a Juvenile Central Registry.
Requires the Director of the Division of Taxation to establish a gross income tax payment system by credit card or debit card.
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.
Includes auxiliary police officers in Emergency Services Length of Service Award Program.
Appropriates $2,431,028 to AOC to implement a program to identify and divert certain chronic juvenile offenders from court system to alternative dispositions.
Creates Coordinating Committee on Youth in Department of State; appropriates $50,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to the Department of State for model youth programs.
Creates Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program; appropriates $25,000.
Provides State tax credit allotments for wages paid to youths employed through the Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program.
Establishes that passenger vehicles other than police vehicles have a useful life of five years and allows local units to bond for such vehicles.
Establishes "Grandparenting Resource Center Pilot Program" and appropriates $3,000,000.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $4.4 million to DLPS for purchase and distribution of thermal imaging cameras for local police services.
Concerns basic skills training.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests for disabled veterans.
Excludes gratuities from calculation of workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance premiums for limousine or livery services.
Supplemental appropriation of $8 million to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Tax Rate Reduction Award Program.
Provides for a mandatory minimum term without eligibility of parole for sexual assault.
Bars possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders.
Amends the statutes concerning child custody in cases involving domestic violence and in cases involving the murder of one parent by another.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.2 million to DHS for domestic violence programs.
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.
Concerns reemployment services and training programs.
Supplemental appropriation of $6 million to DHS for Social Services for the Homeless grant program and $2 million to DMVA to assist homeless veterans.
Creates pilot program in Essex County concerning domestic violence; creates additional Superior Court judgeship for Essex County; appropriates $275,000.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $90,000 to the DMVA for the Veterans' Oral History program to record veterans' account of war experiences.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Appropriates $7,000,000 for New Jersey Fire Engine and Equipment Museum.
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor.
Prohibits black bear hunting for five years; requires development of plan for bear population control; and appropriates $95,000.
Revises criteria for urban enterprise zone sales tax exemption and disallows exemption for sales of lumber and millwork.
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Authorizes State departments to establish dispute mediation offices to resolve land use conflict, coordinate permit applications.
Permits municipality to retroactively refund veteran's property taxes paid inadvertently.
Clarifies that the term "deadly weapon" includes an animal.
Appropriates $60,000 to AOC for an online database of juvenile services accessible to service providers and judicial staff.
Establishes loan program to rehabilitate military monuments; appropriates $600,000.
Increases penalties for possession of a weapon during drug offenses.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Establishes special license plates for veterans of the Korean conflict.
Establishes school property tax freeze program for resident homeowners age 65 or older and disabled homeowners.
Requires NJ Commerce and Economic Growth Commission to develop a foreign trade zone incentive program; appropriates $250,000.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Allows a deduction under New Jersey gross income tax of the cost incurred by a taxpayer in supporting a family member at least 65 years old, up to a maximum of $1,000.
Requires designated employees trained in the use of defibrillators to be available for high school athletic events; appropriates $1.2 million.
Prohibits sale of gasoline containing MTBE; directs DEP to seek waiver from EPA oxygen requirements for purpose of discontinuing use of MTBE; and establishes Transportation Energy Security Council to monitor good faith compliance effort.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
Establishes and allocates funds for program to provide capital grants to veterans' organizations; appropriates $250,000.
Establishes an Office of Child Advocacy.
Imposes mandatory life imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault against minor or victim who suffered serious bodily injury; imposes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual conta
Establishes subsidized guardianship program in DHS.
Appropriates $1,086,158 from 1995 Green Acres bond act for coastal Blue Acres acquisition projects by local government units.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments.
Incorporates balanced and restorative justice principles in juvenile justice system.
Authorizes special license plate for ex-prisoners of war.
Exempts land used for farming purposes from transfer inheritance tax for decedents' transfers to immediate family members under certain conditions.
Concerns public works subcontractors.
Provides for public access to government records; protects certain government records from public disclosure; establishes Privacy Study Commission and appropriates $95,000 to commission.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
The "Export Promotion Tax Credit Act"; allows tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses for certain export and export promotion activity.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for contributions to certain entities providing educational scholarships to low-income children in New Jersey; provides an Educational Option Act.
Allows gross income tax credits for certain dependent educational expenses; provides a Parental Control and Involvement Act.
Allows certain individuals and private small business employers to purchase SHBP coverage.
Appropriates $13.3 million to the DEP for Clean Communities grants.
Establishes the level of State school aid for the 2002-2003 school year; establishes the Save Our Schools Fund to finance increased State aid.
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.
Establishes moratorium until July 1, 2003 on cancellation and nonrenewal of medical malpractice liability insurance and prohibits premium increases during that time.
Waives fee for volunteers and affiliates of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America to obtain State and national criminal history record background checks.
Designates September 11 in each year as "Red, White, and Blue Ribbon Day" in honor of victims of September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
Exempts physicians from jury service under certain circumstances.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Deletes language provision in FY 2003 annual appropriation act that delays State school aid payments and makes final aid payment at the option of the State Treasurer.
Increases criminal and civil penalties for certain animal cruelty offenses.
Authorizes "Severely Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Permits law enforcement personnel to examine account records of E-ZPass customers when theft of a transponder has been reported.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Provides tax credits for certain participants in federal Environmental Performance Track Program.
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Concerns procedure and liability in medical malpractice actions.
Appropriates $13,708,385 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," federal funds, and 1978 Green Acres bond fund, and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for "urban aid" and other local government open space acquisition an
Decreases and eliminates certain fees and penalties.
Supplemental appropriation of $10 million to Department of Treasury for the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to administer certain programs.
Increases PFRS accidental disability retirement benefit from 2/3 to 75% of member's highest annual compensation.
Expands eligibility for NJ Distinguished Service Medal and commemorative Vietnam service medal and ribbon to certain former State residents.
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
Prohibits certain contributions by certain entities and individuals doing business with counties or municipalities; limits amount of contribution by principals and officers of such entities.
Requires Medicaid program to increase reimbursement for ambulance services provided to Medicaid recipients who are also Medicare eligible to Medicare rate.
Expands responsibilities of "New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect."
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Adds Secretary of Agriculture and DEP Commissioner to Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force; directs Secretary of Agricultrure to advise task force concerning agriculture security issuses.
Establishes the New Jersey Agroterrorism Commission.
Authorizes special Distinguished Flying Cross license plates.
Requires Attorney General to provide certain information to public on the internet regarding charitable contributions.
Imposes penalty upon political subdivision of State that unlawfully denies person military leave benefits.
Removes tolls from the Garden State Parkway.
Provides for issuance of New Jersey Homeland Security Medals; appropriates $5,000.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.