Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Connie Myers
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Requires Domestic Security Preparedness Planning Group to include a representative of New Jersey State First Aid Council.
In committee33
Provides for annual deposit of 20% of county forfeiture funds by county prosecutor in county fund for alcohol and drug abuse programs.
Authorizes municipalities to transfer development rights and participate in State Transfer Development Rights Bank.
Limits liability of certain landowners who permit hunting, fishing, or trapping activities on their lands for a fee.
Provides State Agriculture Development Committee with right of first refusal before farmland is acquired for recreation and conservation purposes through Garden State Preservation Trust.
Establishes certain requirements for land application of residual on agricultural land.
Reorganizes New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Provides parity between school boards and municipalities with respect to the prevailing wage threshold.
Grants county planning board power to review site plans for land development affecting county roads.
Requires charter school to notify resident school district of enrollment of students for next school year no later than January 15 and resident district to approve any enrollment after that date.
Permits home-schooled students to participate in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program.
Appropriates $90,000 to Warren County Soil Conservation District to update and digitize soil survey over three years.
Exempts automotive repair dealers from the consumer fraud law under certain circumstances.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides access to the library record of a minor by the minor's parents or legal guardian under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Volunteer Emergency Services Highway Reimbursement Fund."
Eliminates age limitation of 62 for offering of premiums and rebates in connection with sale of drugs.
Requires family of juvenile in county detention center to reimburse county.
Limits pain and suffering awards to $250,000 in medical malpractice actions.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
Provides that budget cap adjustment for the opening of a new school facility may be taken over several budget years in certain circumstances.
Revises operations of county educational audiovisual centers and authorizes establishment of regional centers.
Provides a gross income tax deduction for certain water supply and sewerage charges.
Exempts conservation district motor vehicles from registration fees.
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.
Establishes 55 mph speed limit for certain trucks for portions of State highway system with 65 mph speed limit.
Authorizes school districts to increase surplus if long-range facilities plan demonstrates significant enrollment growth.
Permits appointment of person as police officer in non-civil service municipality if Police Training Commission full certification obtained when less than 35 years old.
Authorizes lease of farmed land acquired by a county or municipality to farmer who was prior lessee of that land.
Eliminates voting on school district budget that is within the mandated cap.
Makes hospital participation in NJ Poison Information and Education system voluntary under certain circumstances.
Implements the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003."
Provides that the State collects 75 percent of punitive damages awarded in any civil action to be deposited in the General Fund.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Requires ELEC to review its Internet site and recommend improvements in format and content.
Appropriates $39.8 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $25 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities and counties for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $2.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $52,432,378 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $18,000,000 to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects; approves $4,979,092 thereof for certain historic preservation projects in northern NJ.
Concerns availability, deductibles, and certain treatment under high deductible health plans paid through federally qualified health savings accounts.
Out of committee · 9
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Establishes "Alan M. Augustine Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; appropriates $100,000. *
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $1,000,000. *
Appropriates moneys from the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" for loans for dams restoration and repair projects and to finance the costs of State dam restoration and repair projects.
Appropriates $46.225 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $16,575,000 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 central NJ.
Appropriates $25,389,500 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 $5.015 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $31,415,464 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 22
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons.
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.
Provides for commencement of short term tax exemptions and abatements as of date of completion of project.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for applications filed prior to July 1, 2007.
Extends for five additional years use of special appraisal method when acquiring certain lands for open space or farmland preservation purposes.
Permits a student to participate in a voluntary survey if the district sends prior written notification to the student's parents.
Eliminates the New Jersey inheritance tax and repeals chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Permits the refurbishment of school buses to extend the life of the bus by eight years.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Establishes New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center and authorizes establishment of Foundation for the New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Authorizes local officials to inspect commercial motor vehicles at weigh stations.
Extends payment of sales tax revenues into UEZ assistance fund in those zones designated pursuant to P.L.1993, c.367.
Extends senior citizen and handicapped citizen reduced fare program for travel at all peak and offpeak hours.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Extends property tax benefit to veterans who performed active service in U.S. Armed Forces during Cold War.
Establishes a pothole repair and research program in the Department of Transportation and provides funding from new motor vehicle tire fee revenue.
Provides for reorganization of NJSPCA and county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals.