Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Anthony Impreveduto
Sponsored
Became law8
Allows subsequent sets of personalized, courtesy, or special license plates on leased vehicles from different lessors with certain exceptions.
Provides for fast track permitting of biotechnology related industries.
Revises "Respiratory Care Practitioner Licensing Act."
Permits the incorporation of ophthalmic dispensers and technicians.
Authorizes certain county pension funds to provide pension enhancement for future retirees. *
Expands bonding power authorized under P.L.2001, c.310 and extends scope of power to include projects undertaken under auspices of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission.
Certifies court reporters.
Delays implementation of "Contractors' Registration Act."
Passed the General Assembly2
Provides for the registration of daily money managers.
Requires a dealer to disclose missing or defective emission control equipment in a used motor vehicle under certain circumstances, and exempts certain motor vehicles from regulation.
Out of committee10
Authorizes MVC to give refunds for unexpired portions of motor vehicle registration periods in certain cases.
Provides consumer remedy for failure to deliver merchandise or service at time promised.
Requires that configuration of toll collection lanes be consistent throughout Garden State Parkway.
Increases applicants' annual minimum allocation of transferable tax benefits under the New Jersey Emerging Technology and Biotechnology Financial Assistance Program.
Allows school boards to offer incentive to waive SHBP coverage to employees eligible for spouse's health care coverage.
Requires HMOs that contract with DHS to reimburse hospitals for emergency services based on cost of those services.
Revises "grandfathering" provisions for eligibility to be a licensed home inspector.
Permits left turn on red at intersection of two one-way roadways.
"Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Revises commercial general liability insurance coverage filing requirements for home improvement contractors.
In committee39
Permits wine tastings and samplings by certain Class C alcoholic beverage licensees.
Allows employee selection of physician and medical services under workers' compensation.
Requires school principals report student offenses to law enforcement agencies.
Requires health insurers to provide certain reimbursement for hearing aids.
Regulates rates for certain pay telephone calls.
Allows worker selection of treatment providers under workers' compensation.
Creates New Jersey Regulatory Improvement Advisory Council; requires risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis for certain State regulatory actions.
Makes permanent the 15 year corporation business tax research and development credit carryforward period for corporations making certain high-technology investments.
Creates Innovative Technologies Advisory Board in DEP.
Excludes Roth IRA rollover income from income measure under NJSAVER and homestead rebate program, gross income tax medical expense deduction, PAAD qualification and property tax "freeze" program qualification.
Prohibits HMOs participating in Medicaid program from denying provider participation if provider meets terms of contract; requires disclosure of reasons for termination of provider.
Directs the State Board of Education to establish certification requirements for athletic coaches at public secondary schools.
Permits school districts to purchase property with surplus funds without voter approval and without indicating the item separately in the district's budget.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain laser vision correction surgeries.
Requires small employer health benefits plans to provide unlimited coverage for home health care and private duty nursing.
Authorizes local issuing authorities to receive certain monetary penalties and reimbursements from alcohol beverage licensees.
Releases certain purchasers of public property from reverter clause under certain circumstances.
Revises qualifications and specifies appointment titles of county corrections officers.
Prohibits use of remote control technology in rail operations except when operated by certified locomotive engineer.
Exempts crane operators engaged in tree care operations from licensure requirements.
Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.
Requires "rounding" of dollar amounts in returns and other forms in determining liability for certain taxes.
Provides for cost of living adjustments in pension allowances and survivor benefits payable to certain retirants from certain county pension funds.
Requires certain Internet operators to remove defamatory materials and to disclose account information to defamed individuals.
Establishes certain penalties for transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail.
Reallocates $675,000 in Grants-in-Aid funding within Division of Developmental Disabilities to provide grant to Arc of Essex county and Arc of Bergen-Passaic counties.
Regulates use of after market collision parts for motor vehicle repairs.
Requires school crossing guard to use stop sign and increases penalty for failure to yield right-of-way in crosswalk patrolled by school crossing guard or in school zone.
Requires only at-fault accidents to appear on Motor Vehicle Commission driving records.
Establishes a loan redemption program for teachers employed in public or nonpublic schools in the State.
Allows PAAD recipients freedom of choice in selecting a pharmacy and prohibits the imposition of a mail order system.
Requires the licensing of certain security officers and the registration of their employers.
Establishes Nursing Student Support Program.
Eliminates punitive damages and assessments of attorneys' fees against public entities, and against public officers, employees and servants acting within the scope or under color of their office, employment or agency.
Requires verification of certain credit card applications before processing them.
Increases continuing education training requirements for dental hygienists.
Clarifies obligation of cemeteries to hold consumer prepayments for cemetery services in trust accounts.
Increases the term of a municipal prosecutor.
Establishes annual assessment on gross receipts of certain licensed ambulatory care facilities.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Revises "grandfathering" provisions for eligibility to be a licensed home inspector.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Provides that intersections with non-operational traffic control signals are to be treated as stop intersections under certain circumstances.
Designates State Highway No. 70 bridge over Manasquan River as the "September 11 Memorial Bridge;" appropriates $2,500.
Entitles certain family members to receive confirmation of MVC notices concerning medical review or retesting of a family member. *
Regulates contractors engaging in home improvements.
Revises continuing education requirements for dental hygienists.
Appropriates $120,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grant to Save Ellis Island, Inc. to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Establishes Joint Committee on Affordable Housing.
Prohibits public colleges from charging tuition to students who are parents, spouses or children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or in Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Requires certain information to be included in a retailer's advertisement of merchandise for sale.
Establishes Joseph V. Doria, Jr., Ed.D New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program; appropriates $50,000.
Out of committee · 19
Requires insurers that provide outpatient prescription drug benefits and State Health Benefits Program to cover costs of prescription female contraceptives. *
Permits certain licensed individuals, when advertising, to use their legal names, maiden names or nicknames under certain circumstances.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the parent, spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Repeals provision allowing vehicles, under certain conditions, to enter and proceed through stop intersection without stopping twice.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund.
Removes license suspension penalty for persons with only one outstanding parking fine; permits Motor Vehicle Commission to refuse registration to persons with only one outstanding parking fine. *
Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for students who are called to active duty for certain military operations. *
Mandates basic training for certain newly-appointed entry-level firefighters and supervisory training for full-time firefighters promoted to certain positions.
Requires NJT to comment on certain local applications for development.
Concerns lost or stolen E-ZPass transponders. *
Exempts limousines used in connection with funeral services from the requirements that drivers have commercial driver's license.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Excludes housing and subsistence allowances of members of active and reserve components of U.S. Armed Forces, and of National Guard members on State active duty, from taxable gross income. *
Establishes "Alan M. Augustine Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; appropriates $100,000. *
Revises pilotage laws.
Requires services under State contracts to be performed in the United States. *
Directs Attorney General to include information on criminal street gang activities in annual "Uniform Crime Report."
Revises regulation of security guards.
Repeals provisions of previous law inadvertently not repealed under "New Jersey Cemetery Act, 2003" and makes necessary conforming amendments.
In committee · 35
Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Directs New Jersey Highway Authority to designate Garden State Parkway as memorial highway to ex-POWs.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated.
Designated the "Clean Indoor Air Act."
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons.
Requires emergency first aid and first responder retraining for local law enforcement officers; establishes a "duty to act" in emergency situations for on-duty local law enforcement officers.
Exempts certain motor vehicles from inspections.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for applications filed prior to July 1, 2007.
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
Supplemental appropriation for $250,000 to DHS for a grant to the New Jersey 2-1-1 Partnership.
Directs NJ Transit to designate a Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System station in Jersey City the Thomas and John Jackson Station.
Establishes standards for State and State authority design-build contracts and design-build-operate and maintain contracts.
Establishes procedures for issuance of certain bonds, notes and other obligations.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Permits purchase of temporary service credit in TPAF and PERS even if the service did not result without interruption in permanent employment.
Clarifies that school bus for purpose of upgraded penalties in "school zone" criminal drug laws includes any bus owned and operated by board of education or by private contractor.
Adds leader of firearms trafficking network and weapons training for illegal activities to RICO statute.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid.
Provides for regulation of certain call center communications by Division of Consumer Affairs.
Establishes hiring preference for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty seeking appointment to municipal police forces.
Establishes Commission on Juvenile Involvement in Gangs; appropriates $95,000.
Regulates issuance of honorary law enforcement badges.
Authorizes county vocational schools and technical institutes to employ non-certificated persons in post-secondary and adult continuing education programs.
Creates strict liability and criminal sanctions for owners of certain trucks involved in certain fatal crashes.
Requires semi-annual safety inspections of certain trucks.
Permits immediate expungement of court records where the person is acquitted or discharged or where the charges have been dismissed.
Requires certain contracts and warranties to be printed in at least 10-point bold type.
Allows State or State authority to terminate construction contract upon transfer of contractor's ownership or control; requires advance approval of subcontractor changes.
Provides for extended terms of imprisonment for certain crimes committed in places of worship and cemeteries.
"Tabitha's Law"; requires parent or guardian to notify school administrators if pupil will be absent; requires school to notify parent in event of unexcused pupil absence.
"New Jersey Financial Information Privacy Act."
Deletes references to Drug Utilization Review Council and provides for use of federal Orange Book.
Amends and supplements the "New Jersey Parentage Act."
Supplemental appropriation of $2,800,000 to Judiciary to expand the drug court program Statewide.
Concerns standards for the groundwater remediation of contaminated sites.