Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, Senate.
John J. Matheussen
Sponsored
Became law13
Requires individual health benefits plan carriers to offer a new health benefits plan and permits small employer carriers to offer exclusive provider organization plan.*
Establishes civil action against drug dealers.
Clarifies penalty for possession of 50 or more marijuana plants with intent to distribute.
Extends period of restricted sale of poppies to raise funds to benefit veterans.
Supplemental appropriation of $30,000 to DHSS for grant to Dialysis Seminar and Support Group of New Jersey.**
Mandates universal screening of newborns for hearing loss.
Requires ignition interlock device or registration revocation for repeat drunk driving; prohibits possession of unsealed alcoholic beverage in motor vehicle.
Directs that certain juvenile justice records be available to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors on a 24-hour basis.
Appropriates $10 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $29 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Creates six Superior court judgeships to allow expansion of drug court program; provides appropriations for court staff and substance abuse treatment.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates $10.8 million from various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Vetoed1
Changes Commissioner of Personnel's authority concerning titles; requires public employers to negotiate with employee majority representative for change in titles.
Passed the Senate8
Supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to DHSS for public information regarding health insurance consumers' rights to appeal adverse decisions of insurer.
Permits absence from school resulting from suspension to be counted as unexcused absence.
Allows dental plan organizations to offer services on a fee-for-service basis by means of a rider.
Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DHSS to promote women's awareness about heart disease and stroke.
Permits fire district to place certain capital appropriation items in current budget.
Appropriates $250,000 to DEP for costs of well drilling to monitor groundwater quality. *
Establishes Water Quality Remediation Fund; appropriates $50 million.
Permits establishment of small employer health benefits purchasing alliances.
Out of committee29
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Holds parents civilly responsible for damages from false fire alarms and bomb threats by their children.
Adds two elected employee members to State Health Benefits Commission.
Provides sales tax exemption for sales of food and beverages and admission charges by counties and municipalities on their own facilities.
Increases annual funding of Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund.
The "Private Well Testing Act"; appropriates $1 million from Safe Drinking Water Fund. *
Establishes Managed Health Care Consumer Assistance Program; appropriates $500,000. *
Makes decisions rendered by independent utilization review organizations under Independent Health Care Appeals Program binding on insurance carriers.
Approves $16,001,500 in State funding for certain local government open space acquisition projects.
Supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DCA for expansion and refurbishment of fire training facilities at Camden County Fire Academy.
Eliminates statute of limitations in wrongful death cases if the death resulted from murder or manslaughter.*
Creates Coordinating Committee on Youth in Department of State; appropriates $50,000.
Appropriates $2,000,000 to DCA for expansion and refurbishment of fire training facilities at Gloucester County Fire Academy.
Requires relatives seeking custody or guardianship of child under DYFS' care or custody to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Upgrades simple assault against a law enforcement officer under certain circumstances.
Appropriates $1,055,000 to Rutgers-Camden College of Arts & Sciences Department of Nursing to expand facilities.
Appropriates $7,000,000 for New Jersey Fire Engine and Equipment Museum.
Amends "Uniform Anatomical Gift Act" regarding notification to designated persons about option to donate decedent's organs or tissues.
Establishes hepatitis C education, prevention and screening program and requires reporting of hepatitis C directly to DHSS. **
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program beginning in tax year 2000.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from the General Fund to the Department of the Treasury for a publicity program for the senior and disabled citizens property tax freeze reimbursement program.
Concerns use of child passenger restraint systems, booster seats and seat belts.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to DLPS for child car safety seat grant program.
Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to DLPS for child car safety seat public education campaign.
Exempts sales of certain child restraint systems, such as car seats, booster seats and locking baby carriers, from sales and use tax.
Establishes Specialty Nurse Education and Training Pilot Program in DHSS; appropriates $5 million.
Enters New Jersey in Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care expenses. *
Requires trials to be commenced within six months of indictment by State grand jury.
In committee42
Creates "gun free" school zones.
Requires approval by Attorney General of transfers of parolees from other states to New Jersey.
Prohibits public employer from changing terms and conditions of employment prior to reaching agreement with public employee representative.
Requires health insurers to cover Lyme disease treatment costs.
Provides for a mandatory minimum term for assaulting a law enforcement officer.
Provides public safeguards for school bus safety.
Requires managed care plans to contract for services of dermatopathologists for review of biopsies for skin cancer.
Requires radiologists to review diagnostic radiologic tests and report findings to referring physicians within one business day after completion of test.
Prohibits DHSS from altering State's Medicaid reimbursement system affecting nursing facilities.
Requires installation of automatic fire suppression systems in all dormitories at public or private institutions of higher education.
Permits members of National Guard to receive tuition-free graduate school education.
"Health Care Provider Joint Negotiation Act."
Authorizes special license plates for municipal clerks.
Requires Intensive Supervision Program hearings to be held in the county where the defendant was originally sentenced.
Concerns broadcasting industry employment contracts.
Requires notice to municipalities and local fire departments of involuntary shutoffs of gas or electricity to residential customers.
Establishes a Commercial Truck Operator Diesel Fuel Assistance Program within EDA; appropriates $500,000.
Requires the labeling of flour containing potassium bromate with a warning indicating the associated potential health risks.
Requires the Commission on Higher Education to prepare an annual report on campus sexual assaults.
Requires institutions of higher education to annually distribute and publicly post copies of the "Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights."
Supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DCA for purchase of equipment and facilities at Gloucester County Clarksboro fire training center.
Requires health benefits coverage for bone mass measurement.
Upgrades simple assault committed against domestic violence victims to aggravated assault.
Requires the State Council on the Arts to provide a certain level of funding for cultural projects in southern New Jersey.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood testing.
Authorizes issuance of temporary water diversion permits.
Revises method of computing seniority for certain law enforcement officers transferred to the State Police.
Extends PAAD eligibility to persons disabled under certain federal, state, and local government retirement programs.
Allows certain juvenile offenders to be placed in county jail.
Appropriates $100,000 to DEP for Monroe Township water contamination study.
Allows for a gross income tax deduction for any honorably discharged member of the US Armed Forces, reserve unit or national guard.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey-Local Open Space Acquisition.
Exempts 1996 and subsequent model year motor vehicles equipped with on-board diagnostic systems from emissions testing; requires check of functioning of on-board diagnostic system; directs AG to recover certain costs of enhanced inspection and maintenance program from federal government.
Specifies methodology for payments to certain hospitals from NJ Insolvent HMO Assistance Fund.
Requires DEP to classify certain surface waters of the State as category one waters.
The "Scrap Tire Management Act."
Requires State to reimburse trooper tuition costs; appropriates $700,000.
Establishes low interest mortage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Appropriates $135 million to the DEP for dam, lake, and stream projects.
Permits school districts to exceed the aid-in-lieu-of transportation amount when accepting bids for nonpublic school transportation in the case of subscription busing.
Increases maximum death benefit of group life insurance policies paid for by fire district maintaining a volunteer fire department.
Requires Division of Investment to invest 2% of State-administered pension funds in venture capital and private equity; creates alternative investment fund and board.
Filed1
Creates the crime of possession of forged or altered retail sales receipts, universal product code labels or checks; clarifies forgery statute.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 62
Increases and indexes maximum homestead rebate benefit. *
Accelerates phase-in of the NJ SAVER rebate.
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act."
Requires managed care plans and SHBP to pay in-network health care facilities full contractual rate regardless of whether treating practitioner is in-network or out-of-network provider. *
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.
Permits firefighter's associations, firefighter's relief associations and volunteer fire companies to conduct certain income-producing activities and retain tax-exempt status.*
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.*
Increases number of tuition-free credits that a member of the National Guard may earn in undergraduate study and extends credits to graduate study.
Authorizes law enforcement officer memorial license plates for college scholarships for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Establishes a DYFS Review Panel; provides for additional positions; makes an appropriation. *
Authorizes loan, from funds appropriated from 1996 Economic Development Site Fund under P.L. 1999, c.99, for project approved by Economic Development Site Task Force.
Provides tuition assistance for children and spouses of the victims of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. *
Provides credit for participation rates in small employer health benefits plans to employees who are covered under another group health benefits plan or Medicare.
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Provides that the family court has discretion to order performance of community service in addition to incarceration for certain delinquent child support obligors.
Concerns reforestation of lands by State entities.
Requires licensure of third party administrators of health and dental benefits plans and certification of third party billing services. *
Prohibits persons who violate animal cruelty statutes from serving as animal control officers.
The "New Jersey Women's Micro-Business Credit Act"; appropriates $750,000.
Provides for life sentence without parole eligibility for persons convicted of murder under certain circumstances.
Requires acceptance of universal physician application for participation form by managed care carriers. *
Provides for standardized protocol for autopsies performed in cases where suspected cause of death is SIDS.
Appropriates $6.5 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires DHSS to establish public awareness campaign about meningitis and higher education institutions to notify prospective students about meningitis vaccination; appropriates $50,000.**
Establishes a minimum period of school district eligibility for early childhood and demonstrably effective program aids and provides budget cap exclusion for demonstrably effective program aid.
Makes impersonating a law enforcement officer a crime of the fourth degree.
The "Dormitory Safety Trust Fund Act."**
Requires that data reported to DHSS for inclusion in State cancer registry be incorporated in registry within 12 months after receipt.
Allows physicians and dentists to jointly negotiate with carriers over contractual terms and conditions. *
Makes clauses waiving right to sue in nursing home admission agreements void and unenforceable.
Increases penalty for causing death or injury of another while driving with suspended license.
Requires criminal history record background checks for child care center employees.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to make up to $100 million in loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Requires health insurers that provide prescription drug coverage to issue standardized pharmacy identification cards. **
Appropriates $29 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Makes certain acts of animal cruelty crimes of the fourth degree; requires juveniles adjudicated deliquent for certain animal cruelty offenses to receive court-ordered psychological counseling.***
Removes time limitation on prosecuting offenses in certain cases when DNA evidence is available. *
Ratifies New Jersey's participation in "National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact."
Requires Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to establish guidelines for placement of defibrillators in State buildings.
Requires law enforcement agencies to impound vehicles of persons arrested for DWI and to issue responsibility warnings to persons assuming custody of persons arrested for DWI.*
Criminalizes the use of the Internet and other electronic communication devices to commit harassment or stalking.
Appropriates $135 million to the DEP for dam, lake, and stream projects. *
Requires negotiation with employee majority representative for change in State employee compensation plan.
Provides full PFRS credit for transferred PERS service of certain PFRS members. *
Mandates health insurance coverage for certain infant formulas.
Provides additional means of verification of agreement to change electricity or natural gas suppliers.
Establishes breast cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $90,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $75,000 to DHSS for grant to Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey to support its Breast Cancer Awareness Project.
Revises PFRS funding to reduce local employers' contributions by $150 million for FY 2001. *
Transfers the Bureau of Parole in the Department of Corrections to the State Parole Board.
Increases age for permit to purchase a handgun from 18 to 21 years; changes related laws on temporary transfer and exemptions.*
Increases aid-in-lieu-of transportation amount and requires certain review of pupil transportation contracts by county superintendent. *
Establishes the casino reinvestment development authority urban revitalization incentive program.
Appropriates $58 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $12 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for active members and retirees; revises calculation of assets and establishes benefit enhancement fund.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7.2 million from the General Fund for Inter-Departmental Account capital construction project costs of Battleship U.S.S. New Jersey refurbishment and Visitors Center.
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for certain active and retired employees. *
Designates U.S. Highway Route No. 9 southbound bridge over Raritan River as the "Ellis S. Vieser Memorial Bridge"; appropriates $2,500.
Requires four year digitized picture driver's license; tightens requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal aliens; appropriates $1.5 million.*
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Increases value of Legislative Initiative Municipal Block Grant Program by $100,000,000 over three years.
Establishes "Conservation Action Fund" and appropriates $5 million therefrom for DEP acquisition of open space under certain circumstances.
Supplemental appropriation of $1.3 million to DHSS for managed care oversight.
Requires insurance carriers to use "prudent layperson" definition for coverage of emergency health care.
Establishes a hospital accounting management system and appropriates $2 million to DHSS.
Establishes Hospital Emergency Services Development Fund in DHSS to assist hospitals in creating emergency services clinics for patients who do not require acute care or trauma care; appropriates $9 million.
Increases physician fee-for-service Medicaid reimbursement rates; appropriates $7 million in State funds and $7 million in federal funds.
Increases annual charity care amount to $345 million and appropriates $30 million in State and federal funds to increase Medicaid fee-for-service hospital rates.
Provides grants to hospitals to determine feasibility of converting underused facilities to other uses; appropriates $4 million. *
Modifies motor vehicle emissions testing at State official inspection facilities, and provides testing subsidy to licensed private inspection facilities, until June 30, 2000 or certain conditions are met.*
Extends senior citizen and handicapped citizen reduced fare program for regular route bus service to complementary paratransit bus service.
Supplemental appropriation of up to $1,000,000 to DLPS for domestic terrorism preparedness.*
Revises certain laws concerning cruelty to animals.
Requires non-custodial parent to purchase health benefits coverage for child.
Establishes "Local Option Mortgage Assistance Program."
Establishes the HOPE Scholarship Program Study Commission; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes Task Force on Asthma in the Schools; appropriates $15,000.
Authorizes municipalities to provide free day care services to children of volunteer firefighters and first aid squad members.
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law.
"Health Care Claims Payment Responsibility Act." *
Requires public hearing by the Attorney General regarding conversion of certain nonprofit corporations under certain circumstances.
Provides special license plates for Purple Heart recipients.
Classifies burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree.
Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.*
Provides that information about location of a shelter for victims of domestic violence shall not be a public record.
Permits certain charities to renew registration by verification statement.
Authorizes special Distinguished Flying Cross license plates.
Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct an oral recitation from the Declaration of Independence before the opening of each school day in grades 3-12; appropriates $10,000.
Authorizes special license plates for Offices of Emergency Management volunteers.
Prohibits smoking on school buses, even if students are not present.
Requires that student's disciplinary records be transferred to receiving district when student transfers districts.
Increases annual contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance and rescue squads to $50,000.
Establishes special license plates for World War II veterans.
Requires certain insurers to make available ordinance or law coverage.*
Prohibits sale, distribution or installation of nonoperational air bags.
Upgrades penalties for sale of illegal drugs within 500 feet of outpatient substance abuse treatment facilities.
Creates limited licenses for barbering and hairstyling and a shop assistant specialty within the practice of cosmetology and hairstyling.
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain qualified employees. *
Establishes criminal penalty for Megan's Law registrant who gives false address; requires verification of address before registrant is released.
Requires payment of restitution to victims.
Permits purchase of service credit in SPRS.
Provides PFRS accidental death benefit for policeman dying as result of accident or intentional act of another during member's attempt to prevent felony or apprehend felon.
Changes information reported on annual assessment notice to include preceding year's assessment.
Specifies the crimes encompassed by the provisions of the "No Early Release Act," including murder. *
Directs Drinking Water Quality Institute to reevaluate maximum contaminant level for arsenic, MTBE and radium in drinking water; appropriates $300,000.
Cancels certain "Water Supply Fund" appropriations; authorizes use of those amounts for water supply management purposes; appropriates $950,000 to the DEP for a drought monitoring and telemetry system.
Appropriates $1 million to DEP for water supply system interconnection study. *
Appropriates $1.0 million to the DEP for watershed education grants.
Directs DEP to establish additional chemical surface water quality monitoring stations and maintain existing chemical and biological stations; appropriates $800,000 over two fiscal years. *
Establishes an environmental testing laboratory in the Department of Environmental Protection; appropriates $3.0 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.. **
Allocates $75,000 from the Cancer Screening - Early Detection and Education Program for lung cancer in women activities.
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Renames Office on Minority Health in DHSS as Office on Minority and Multicultural Health and provides additional responsibilities for office; appropriates $1.5 million.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7.2 million from the General Fund for Inter-Departmental Account capital construction project costs of the Battleship U.S.S. New Jersey refurbishment.
Allows vendors to retain 1% of sales tax on most sales, up to $25,000 annually, collected as consideration for collecting and promptly remitting same.
Excludes income of school district residents who rank in the top 5% of income as reported on State Income Tax forms from calculation of district income for school aid purposes.
"New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act"; appropriates $500,000.*
Imposes civil penalties on domestic violence offenders and establishes Domestic Violence Victims' Fund. *
Requires transportation services under Work First New Jersey program be provided for 24 months to recipients earning less than $12 an hour after leaving program.*
Allocates certain motor vehicle surcharges for alcohol treatment programs.
Designated the "Community Health Care Assets Protection Act."
Subjects HMOs to law regulating insurance holding company systems and revises calculation of health insurance policy reserves.
Provides additional juror compensation for certain jurors; appropriates $4,600,000.*
Increases pensions of certain retired public safety officer members of PERS, CPFPF and PFRS.
Appropriates $30 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $39,895,889 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond acts for local government open space acquisition or park development projects; and approves funding of certain local government park development projects.
Approves $9,749,389 in State funding for certain "urban aid" local government park development projects.
Appropriates $12 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to various nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Supplemental appropriation of $650,000 from the General Fund to DOL for transportation services for sheltered workshop clients.
Excludes U.S. military pensions and survivors benefits of persons less than 62 years of age from gross income taxation.
Eliminates corporation business tax on regular income of S corporations.
Permits real estate brokers, broker-salespersons and salespersons to engage in certain promotions offering free or discounted products and services.
Appropriates from "Water Supply Fund" $5.5 million for assessment of Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer and $2 million for various water resource studies and assessments in Cape May County. *
Provides volunteer EMTs, volunteer firefighters mileage reimbursement; makes appropriations.
Provides that EMT training of volunteer EMTs on paid squads and volunteer firefighters are eligible for reimbursement from EMT Training Fund.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to DHSS for grant to promote recruitment of first aid volunteers.
Establishes the level of school aid for the 2000-2001 school year.*
Establishes 65 mph speed limit on interstate and limited access highways.
Creates new motor vehicle offense; clarifies municipal prosecutors' duties concerning plea agreements.*
Supplemental appropriation of $690,000 to Division on Women in DCA to fund Grants to Displaced Homemaker Centers program.
Establishes a New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit.
Requires municipality to issue zoning permit within 10 business days. *
Allows county governments to join with State under certain circumstances for purchase of electric generation service and electric related service.
Amends law governing criminal history record background checks for individuals working with developmentally disabled in community agencies.
Appropriates $48.1 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes and approves funding eligibility of certain farmland preservation projects in southern NJ.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Juvenile Justice Commission aftercare program.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund for completion of Korean War Memorial in Atlantic City.
"FamilyCare Health Coverage Act."
Establishes the "New Jersey Individual Development Account Program," appropriates $2 million from federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds.*
Disqualifies a person adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile from obtaining either a handgun purchase permit or a firearms purchaser identification card in certain cases.
Provides for mandatory minimum five year prison term without parole for persons convicted of certain firearms offenses with prior violent crime convictions. *
Provides school districts with additional State aid for special education pupils if costs exceed a certain amount.
Creates a civil rape shield law.
Classifies victim impact statements as confidential communications.
Authorizes driver's license sticker to identify organ donor.
Allows stalking victims protected by temporary restraining order to register to vote without disclosing street address.
Permits religious or charitable organization to lease property to other tax-exempt entities without loss of property tax exemption.*
Requires criminal history record background checks for health care professionals as condition of initial licensure.
Appropriates $16 million to DHSS for grants of $2 million each to the State's designated children's hospitals.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes involving children.
Establishes 5-year "Breast Cancer Screening Grant Fund Program" in DHSS; appropriates $3.8 million from Tobacco Settlement Fund each year for 5 years. *
Requires managed care carriers to provide certain physicians with fee schedules.
Appropriates $10.6 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation projects in southern NJ.
Appropriates $9 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for direct easement purchases by State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes in pinelands area.
Excludes certain federal income tax rebates from PAAD, Senior Gold and Homestead Property Tax Reimbursement eligibility income.
Supplemental appropriation of $16.9 million in federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant funds to DHS.
Appropriates an amount, not to exceed $30 million, in certain State revenues for energy assistance programs.**
Provides that elderly persons shall be excused from jury service under certain circumstances and expands the juror source list to include volunteers. *
Creates two additional Superior Court judgeships for Gloucester County.
Supplemental appropriation of $4 million to DLPS for Office of Inspector General school construction monitoring.
Creates defibrillator grant program in DCA for municipalities; appropriates $1.7 million.
Clarifies provisions concerning luring or enticing a child.
Exempts health care supplies and equipment, purchased for use in providing health care services, from sales tax.
Provides for prompt notification to health care licensing boards when health care practitioner suspected of injuring a patient or suspected of other wrongdoing.
Extends State-paid post-retirement SHBP benefits to State Police officers upon mandatory retirement with more than 20 but fewer than 25 years of service. *
Establishes collateral requirements for certain deposits in and sets standards for certain investments by the State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund.
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.
Establishes the Spread the Word Program in DOE to provide donated books to certain elementary school children; appropriates $25,000. *
Increases membership of parole board; provides for appointment of temporary members, accelerates processing of certain inmates' cases and appropriates $685,000.
Exempts children and victims for the payment of costs related to the maintenance and support of certain institutionalized individuals. *
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Permits issuance of home inspectors licenses to certain licensed professional engineers and architects.
Supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to DHS for public awareness campaign concerning "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Clarifies that fees are due in Special Civil Part on levy if judgment reinstated or case settled.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DMAVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial. *
Revises New Jersey's computer crime law to incorporate recent technological changes.
Establishes organ donor license plate.
Appropriates $12,789,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government park development projects.
Appropriates $200,000 in capital funding to DMVA for State Police training facility in Sea Girt.
Creates an Office of Professional Responsibility and Independent Review Board in, but not of, the OAG within the DLPS to oversee complaints of misconduct and constitutional violations by personnel.
Authorizes Executive and Legislative participation in multistate discussions of an agreement to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration and substantially reduce the burden of sales and use tax compliance.
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Indexes maximum homestead rebate benefit.
Extends eligibility for PAAD to persons disabled under certain federal programs.
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Changes compensation base of SPRS accidental death benefit pension for surviving spouses and children.
Requires insurers that provide certain prescription drug benefits to cover costs of contraceptives.
Makes various changes in civil service system concerning titles and compensation.
Permits certain small groups to combine for purpose of self-insuring or purchasing traditional insurance for health benefits.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for enrollment at a New Jersey College or university.
Provides individual cause of action for unfair practices in the settlement of insurance claims and makes unfair practices subject to consumer fraud law.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for child care expenses.
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.
Regulates organized delivery systems for health care services and benefits.
Regulates limited health service organizations.
Requires payment of interest on mortgage escrow accounts.
Supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to DLPS to replace State Police weapons.
Increases PAAD income eligibility standards and requires certain recipients to pay higher copayments for prescriptions.
Reduces PERS employee contribution rate by 2% for calendar years 2000 and 2001 and under certain circumstances thereafter.
Requires the reporting of criminal offenses occurring on school property to law enforcement authorities.
Supplemental appropriation of $13,650,000 to DLPS for local police video camera and audio recording equipment grants.
Concerns the prompt payment of parties to State contracts and subcontracts.
Requires board of education to provide course credit for certain courses.
Establishes the Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician Scholarship Program.
Prohibits employment discrimination by public employers against volunteer fire, ambulance, first aid or rescue personnel.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes the level of State school aid for the 2000-2001 school year.
Creates the Commission on the Status of Minorities; appropriates $200,000.
Authorizes an increase in administrative penalties for prevailing wage violations.
Creates new motor vehicle offense; clarifies municipal prosecutors' duties concerning plea agreements.
Allows senior and disabled homeowners to collect both the NJSAVER rebate and the homestead rebate.
Makes certain changes with respect to employment discrimination.
Provides consumers greater protection in the issuance of consumer credit reports.
Increases to $15,000 amount that counties may contribute annually to volunteer fire companies.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Combines the filing of application for the NJ SAVER rebate, homestead rebate, homestead property tax reimbursement, and homestead property tax credit with the New Jersey gross income tax return.
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor.
Requires scooter riders under 14 years old to wear helmets.
Requires development of State and county mosquito control plans; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes the "Unsolicited Telephone Sales Calls Act of 2000."
Requires sale and rental of video games to children in accordance with age-based rating system.
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation.
Establishes Department of State Police.
Requires audit of health insurer's claims payment records.
Applies 75% loss ratio to certain policies and contracts of health insurers.
Creates matching grant program in DCA to assist counties in retrofitting county parks to enhance usage by handicapped children; appropriates $525,000.
"Cigarette Fire Safety Act."
Requires registration of telemarketing companies.
Provides grants to educational technology training centers to establish satellite facilities and maintain and upgrade equipment; appropriates $2.8 million.
Provides that defendants convicted of murder are subject to the provisions of the "No Early Release Act".
Supplemental appropriation of $20 million to DOT for grants to counties and municipalities for extraordinary road maintenance and repairs.
Establishes the Garden State New Millenium Scholarship Program; appropriates $5,000,000.
Authorizes legal fees and costs against public entity filing legally groundless suits against citizens who are critical of the public entity.
Establishes the "State Debt Reduction and Avoidance Act" and appropriates $50 million for debt reduction and avoidance.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Supplemental appropriation of $12 million to Commission on Higher Education for grants to county colleges that provide nursing education programs.
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.
Upgrades crime of leaving the scene of a fatal accident to a crime of the second degree.
Eliminates automatic liens and removes financial liability for certain family members of patients in psychiatric facilities, developmental centers or receiving other residential functional service.
Provides supplemental State aid in the case of the dissolution of a limited purpose regional school district or termination of a sending-receiving relationship.
Creates Vehicles for the Future Study Commission.
Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying prevention policies.
Supplemental appropriation of $20,000 to DMAVA for grant to Italian American War Veterans of U.S. 66th annual national convention in Atlantic City.
Grants PFRS membership for certain Division of Parks and Forestry titles; allows current DEP employees in titles to transfer from PERS to PFRS.
Mandates universal screening of newborns for treatable causes of blindness.
Allocates and appropriates $200 million from Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for acquisition, for open space preservation purposes, of lands at imminent risk of development.
Provides for the convening of State constitutional convention to reform the system of property taxation for funding the public schools; appropriates $7 million.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Tightens requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal alien; upgrades penalties for sale and possession of fake driver's license.
Repeals hospital payment requirements for Health Care Subsidy Fund and Health Care Quality Monitoring Fund and per adjusted admission charge; substitutes tobacco settlement monies to pay for certain health care programs.
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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.