Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, Senate.
John J. Matheussen
Sponsored
Became law5
Designated as the Senior Property Tax Freeze Protection Act; extends annual deadline for filing application for homestead property tax reimbursement to June 1. **
Provides procedures for payment to out-of-network dentists when covered person receives payment directly from dental insurer. *
Revises method of computing seniority for certain law enforcement officers transferred to the State Police.
Appropriates $56 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $18,725,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Passed the Senate7
Upgrades simple assault committed against domestic violence victims to aggravated assault.
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.
Provides SHBP coverage for certain services by marriage and family therapists and clinical social workers. **
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of armed services members.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Expanding Health Care Coverage."
Modifies elements of the crime of stalking.
Establishes forensic laboratory fees for sexual assault; designates uses.
Out of committee24
Extends eligibility for PAAD to persons disabled under certain federal programs.
Provides for mandatory terms of imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor; amends murder statute; requires lifetime parole supervision for certain sex offenders. *
Authorizes driver's license sticker to identify organ donor.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Authorizes special license plates for military retirees.
Permits absence from school resulting from suspension to be counted as unexcused absence.
Provides $175 million for up to 8 weeks of extended unemployment benefits; eliminates 7-day waiting period for unemployment benefits; reduces certain reserve ratios. *
"Public Health Preparedness Act." *
Requires certification of persons installing medical gas piping in licensed health care facilities.
Cancels certain "Water Supply Fund" appropriations; creates "Drought Management Fund" in DEP; appropriates $2.1 million of canceled appropriations to "Drought Management Fund."
Eliminates fee for certain firefighter certifications.
Criminalizes defrauding administration of a drug test. *
Allows NJ SAVER rebate eligibility for homestead owners not qualifying on October 1 to be based on their periods of homestead ownership during the tax year and allows for prorated rebate amount.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers and SHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism and other substance-use disorders under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses. *
Requires persons convicted of manufacturing or selling child pornography to register under Megan's Law.
Establishes publicity program for senior and disabled citizens property tax freeze reimbursement program.
Encourages the recycling and reuse of used computers.
Adds two members chosen by public employees' labor organizations to State Health Benefits Commission.
Makes it an unlawful practice for retailers to sell or install motor vehicle window tinting without first informing customer of State restrictions.
Prohibits use of social security numbers on deeds and mortgages.
Provides for expedited review of application for certificate of need for transfer of perinatal services within hospital or hospital system.
The "New Jersey Freedom to Fish Act."
Concerns experience rating by certain dental service corporations.
In committee60
Requires payment of interest on mortgage escrow accounts.
Imposes additional penalties on sex offenders; creates the "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund" to provide counseling and treatment to sex crime victims and their families.
Requires managed care carriers to provide certain physicians with fee schedules.
Creates two additional Superior Court judgeships for Gloucester County.
Upgrades crime of leaving the scene of a fatal accident to a crime of the second degree.
Mandates universal screening of newborns for treatable causes of blindness.
Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DHSS to promote women's awareness about heart disease and stroke.
Appropriates $1,055,000 to Rutgers-Camden College of Arts & Sciences Department of Nursing to expand facilities.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care expenses.
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 maximum death benefit of group life insurance policies paid for by fire district maintaining a volunteer fire department.
Requires State to reimburse trooper tuition costs; appropriates $700,000.
Extends PAAD eligibility to persons disabled under certain federal, State, and local government retirement programs.
Creates New Jersey Regulatory Improvement Advisory Council; requires risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis for certain State regulatory actions.
Provides for certain ex-spouses of retirants to receive pension under SPRS.
Requires instruction on the Founding Fathers of the United States as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies.
Upgrades penalty for misusing public utility employee identification badge; establishes penalties for making, selling or possessing simulated public utility employee identification badge.
Allows gross income tax deduction for purchase of residential fire safety equipment.
Appropriates $100,000 to DEP for Franklin and Monroe Townships, Gloucester County, water contamination study.
Requires relatives seeking custody or guardianship of child under DYFS' care or custody to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Requires parolees to provide verified address as condition for release.
Allows berthing of houseboats at State marinas under certain circumstances.
Supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DCA for expansion and refurbishment of fire training facilities at Camden County Fire Academy.
Holds parents civilly liable for damages from false fire alarms and bomb threats by their children and imposes mandatory penalties on juveniles who commit these acts.
Establishes Specialty Nurse Education and Training Pilot Program in DHSS; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes Water Quality Remediation Fund; appropriates $50 million.
Appropriates $950,000 from "Drought Management Fund" to DEP for drought monitoring and telemetry system.
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.
Bars sex offenders from positions in youth serving organizations.
Increases penalty for illegal firearms' sale within 1,000 feet of school.
Allows for a gross income tax deduction for any honorably discharged member of the US Armed Forces, reserve unit or national guard.
Concerns overpayments to public utilities.
Requires court, prior to granting a domestic violence victim's application to dissolve restraining order, to make a finding that domestic violence victim was not subject to coercion.
Authorizes the establishment of youth courts to resolve certain complaints against juveniles.
Permits medical malpractice liability insurance purchasing alliances among physicians.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Prohibits public employer from changing terms and conditions of employment prior to reaching agreement with public employee representative.
Establishes a refundable gross income tax credit to protect New Jersey residents from abrogation of Reciprocal Income Tax Agreement with Pennsylvania.
Makes No Early Release Act applicable to persons convicted of child pornography crimes.
Imposes penalty for leaving child unattended in motor vehicle under certain circumstances.
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.
Establishes the Excellence in Teaching Scholarship Program and appropriates $500,000.
Creates "Fallen Heroes" memorial license plates to fund scholarships for surviving children of New Jersey firefighters and emergency medical service workers.
Removes limitation on punitive damages awards in civil actions arising from convictions for murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter.
Requires the Pinelands Commission to include the recommendations of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service for protecting property from wildfire in all its future publications.
Authorizes "Fallen Firefighter" license plates; establishes scholarship program for children of fallen firefighters.
Concerns fire management and fire education in the pinelands area.
Creates 12 additional Superior Court judgeships; establishes a Special Business Part in the Superior Court; provides for an appropriation.
Requires interactive computer services to disable access to images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Exempts certain composting facilities from certain rules and regulations.
Establishes "Alert Citizens--Safe Communities Fund" to provide annual grants to eligible citizen anti-crime organizations.
Establishes "Wake Up New Jersey" fire prevention grant program.
Removes limitation on punitive damages awards in civil actions arising from convictions for murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter.
Provides up to $300 million of extended UI benefits.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DCA for grant to Gloucester Township for municipal purposes.
Requires physicians to inform patients diagnosed with breast cancer of treatment options.
Expands responsibilities of "New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect."
Provides for eligibility for Spill Fund compensation for point of entry treatment system or connection to public water supply in certain circumstances.
Requires the Commission on Higher Education to prepare an annual report on campus sexual assaults.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 34
Repeals law creating State poet laureate. *
Directs BPU to provide for continuation of electrical service for certain residential customers during periods of excessive heat. **
The "School Integrated Pest Management Act". *
Disqualifies juvenile delinquents whose offenses involve use or possession of a weapon, explosive or destructive device from obtaining either a firearms purchaser identification card or a permit to purchase a handgun.
Requires that student's disciplinary records be transferred to receiving district when student transfers districts.
Provides for certification for emergency medical technicians to administer epinephrine.
Exempts from the sales and use tax sales made at concession stands located in State-owned veterans' homes.
Establishes New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing. *
Authorizes an increase in administrative penalties for prevailing wage violations.
Clarifies that a court may require the posting of full cash bail in cases involving serious crimes.
Appropriates $40 million from Hazardous Discharge Fund of 1986 to Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund for cleanup of contaminated sites; cancels previous appropriation; replaces canceled appropriation with $40 million from 1996 Environmental Cleanu
Authorizes extension of municipal employee health care waiver program to other coverage.
Establishes Advisory Committee on Alternatively Accredited Medical School Clinical Clerkships and provides for clinical clerkships for students from foreign medical schools. *
Prohibits electronic printing of certain information on certain sales receipts.
Provides for notification to pregnant women about mercury health advisories in consumption of fish. *
Revises New Jersey's computer crime law to incorporate recent technological changes.
Requires State payment of survivor's pension when volunteer fire fighter or emergency services worker suffers accidental death on duty.*
Makes various changes to the "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
Establishes driving while fatigued as recklessness under vehicular homicide statute.
Requires medical malpractice insurers to provide certain information to DOBI concerning physicians, podiatrists and nurses they insure.
Amends "Three Strikes" law to clarify that it applies to crimes committed on separate occasions regardless of the dates of conviction.
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Directs HMFA to require shower rails in senior rental projects. *
Criminalizes fraudulent solicitation and collection of funds on behalf of charities.
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 acquistion and
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 $11.105 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.
Permits municipalities to enact ordinance to hold DUI arrestees in protective custody. *
Requires the Delaware River and Bay Authority to hold hearings prior to increasing tolls, charges or fares, requires submission of yearly reports, declares authority records to be public and requires a limit on authority expenses.
Revises criteria for financing underground storage tank closures, upgrades and remediations.
Requires DEP to not authorize transport of polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated material in coastal zone under certain circumstances. *
Directs DYFS to fingerprint and photograph certain children under its supervision. *
Requires installation of carbon monoxide detectors in single and two-family homes upon initial occupancy or change of occupancy.
Clarifies the crime of soliciting or providing material support or resources for terrorism. *
Passed the Senate · 34
Establishes the HOPE Scholarship Program Study Commission; appropriates $5,000.
Authorizes municipalities to provide free day care services to children of volunteer firefighters and first aid squad members.
Requires impact statement for any proposed regulation affecting volunteer ambulance squads and fire companies.
Authorizes special Distinguished Flying Cross license plates.
Classifies burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree.
Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.
Requires identity check for flight instruction. *
Creates an Office of Professional Responsibility and Independent Review Board in, but not of, the Office of Attorney General within the DLPS to oversee complaints of misconduct and constitutional violations by personnel.
Establishes pilot program in Department of Law and Public Safety using infrared sensors to facilitate roadside truck safety inspections.
Permits local construction code official to inspect traveling carnival-amusement rides.
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain qualified employees.
Increases to $15,000 amount that counties may contribute annually to volunteer fire companies.
Concerns donations to certain charitable organizations.
Increases maximum death benefit of group life insurance policies paid for by fire district or municipality maintaining volunteer fire department.
Establishes New Jersey General Accounting Office.
Establishes criminal penalty for Megan's Law registrant who gives false address; requires verification of address before registrant is released.
Requires Domestic Security Preparedness Planning Group to include a representative of New Jersey State First Aid Council.
Upgrades offenses involving use of false government documents.
Requires scheduled revisions to New Jersey Statewide Water Supply Plan; appropriates $1.5 million from "Water Supply Fund" therefor. *
Provides that only citizens or persons authorized to work in the US pursuant to federal law may be employed in performing certain State contracts. *
Requires lobbyist or legislative agent seeking to influence awarding of public contracts to report such activities; requires greater disclosure to ELEC of political contributions made to candidates and committees.
Limits exchange of information between State officer or employee and bidders or prospective bidders prior to awarding of State or State authority contract.
Requires independent contractors hired by the State to submit to background check. *
Requires humane treatment of calves raised for veal.
Requires coverage for certain nonprescription formulas under certain health benefits plans, including SHBP.
Concerns compensation for care and treatment of public safety workers exposed to communicable diseases.
Enhances penalties for illegally operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.
Establishes extended sentences for certain crimes involving eluding a police officer and clarifies elements of eluding aggravated manslaughter.
Establishes civil action for damages against organizations that support terrorism.
Designates the Homestead Rebate Payment Protection Act; requires the payment of homestead rebates on or before July 31 annually.
Authorizes digitized student identification program; appropriates $252,000.*
Directs DOE to develop guidelines for the teaching of child victimization prevention techniques for use by districts to establish comprehensive programs.
Provides for attachment of real property relating to terrorism.
Requires school boards to mandate wearing of protective devices by pupils and teachers who are dealing with certain dangerous materials or processes and to ensure that teaching staff are properly trained. *
Out of committee · 47
Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness.
Permits purchase of service credit in SPRS.
Waives $15 fee for Firefighters and First Aider special license plates for volunteers.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers. *
Establishes the Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician Scholarship Program.
"New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002." *
Extends veteran's property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Permits certain charities to renew registration by verification statement.
Extends senior citizen and handicapped citizen reduced fare program for regular route bus service to complementary paratransit bus service.
Creates limited licenses for barbering and hairstyling and a shop assistant specialty within the practice of cosmetology and hairstyling.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation.
Prohibits smoking on school buses, even if students are not present.
Requires DHSS to establish list of animal control officers found guilty of or liable for violating any animal cruelty law; and prohibits persons on that list from being animal control officers for a municipality. *
Allows veteran to claim eligibility to receive veteran's property tax deduction after October 1 of pretax year.
Creates the "September 11th, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act." *
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Requires criminal history record background checks for health care professionals as condition of initial licensure.
Concerns public works contracts and project labor agreements with labor organizations. *
Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for high school students and new full-time students at institutions of higher education. **
Allows corporation business tax credit for 25% of the cost of purchasing portable defibrillators. *
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the income of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.*
Establishes biological agent registry in DHSS.
"Fire Service Resource Emergency Deployment Act."
Establishes "Amber's Plan" to broadcast public alerts concerning abducted children.
Prohibits use of cell phone while driving school bus.
Provides for an attachment order to freeze certain funds or assets relating to terrorism.
Allows groups authorized to conduct bingo or raffles to use proceeds for capital improvements in certain instances.
Appropriates $2.5 million to DEP from "Water Supply Fund" for water supply system interconnection study. *
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Raises N.J. Environmental Infrastructure Trust's statutory debt ceiling to $1.6 billion.
Requires persons convicted of certain child pornography crimes to register under Megan's Law.
Authorizes Adjutant General to issue service medal to commemorate 50th anniversary of ending of Korean War; appropriates $5,000.
Concerns workers' compensation benefits and certain volunteer emergency personnel.
Establishes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment without parole eligibility for crimes of criminal sexual contact committed against children.
Upgrades penalities for certain crimes involving children under 16 years of age.
Modifies escheat law for bank accounts and eliminates certified mail requirement for notice concerning potential escheat. *
Requires DHS to consider character of staff of adoption agencies as condition of approval to operate. *
Creates the Office of Grant Assistance in DCA to assist counties and municipalities in applying for federal, State and private grants.
Establishes "Autism Medical Research and Treatment Fund." *
Doubles the drug enforcement and demand reduction fines imposed for the possession or distribution of certain club drugs. *
Provides non-forfeitable right to post-retirement medical benefits provided by law to certain public employees with 25 years of service.
Revises law concerning Council on Developmental Disabilities to conform with federal law.
Eliminates informed consent requirement for law enforcement officer, firefighter or person providing emergency management services for exposure to bloodborne pathogens in certain circumstances. *
"New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act." *
Expands responsibilities of "New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect."
In committee · 74
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 consumers greater protection in the issuance of consumer credit reports.
Establishes lead-safe housing grant and loan program and registry plan; appropriates $2 million.
Provides individual cause of action for unfair practices in the settlement of insurance claims and makes unfair practices subject to consumer fraud law.
Requires electric utilities to provide reduced rates to volunteer fire companies and volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squads.
Requires Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to establish guidelines for placement of defibrillators in State buildings.
Increases aid-in-lieu-of transportation amount and requires certain review of pupil transportation contracts by county superintendent.
Increases voluntary municipal pension to survivors of volunteer firefighters or first aid squad members and extends payment to widowers of such persons.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Requires designated employees trained in the use of defibrillators to be available for high school athletic events; appropriates $1.2 million.
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.
Establishes "The Project Exile and Operation Ceasefire Enforcement Act of 2000" to strengthen prosecution of firearms crimes; appropriates $5 million.
Provides grants to educational technology training centers to establish satellite facilities and maintain and upgrade equipment; appropriates $2.8 million.
Prohibits unsolicited telephone sales calls to certain consumers.
Supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to DHS for public awareness campaign concerning "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Eliminates automatic liens and removes financial liability for certain family members of patients in psychiatric facilities, developmental centers or receiving other residential functional service.
Exempts sale of recreational safety helmets from sales and use tax.
Creates continuing education and nurse recruitment pilot program in DMVA and provides funding to existing nurse education program in DHS; appropriates $498,000.
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.
Allows county governments to join with State under certain circumstances for purchase of electric generation service and electric related service.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for Focus on Literacy - New Jersey.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
"Women's Right to Know Act."
"Health Care Claims Payment Responsibility Act."
Makes clauses waiving right to sue in nursing home admission agreements void and unenforceable.
Establishes an environmental testing laboratory in the Department of Environmental Protection; appropriates $3 million.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DMVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial.
Establishes the "State Debt Reduction and Avoidance Act".
Amends definition of veteran for certain military engagements.
Establishes ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $75,000.
Establishes corporation business tax credit for purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and alternative technology vehicles.
Excludes from gross income under the gross income tax certain United States military compensation paid to members of units of the NJ National Guard.
Grants PFRS membership for certain Division of Parks and Forestry titles; allows current DEP employees in titles to transfer from PERS to PFRS.
Requires Governor's appointees to the Pinelands Commission to reside in the pinelands area.
Establishes Public Health Emergency Planning Commission and provides for public health emergency response plan.
Requires study of feasibility of establishing State pharmaceutical stockpile.
Establishes civil commitment procedure for violent predators.
Requires successful bidder on State contract to certify that bidder does not support foreign terrorist organizations.
Authorizes special license plates for Offices of Emergency Management volunteers.
Exempts physicians who exceed speed limit while responding to emergency calls from penalties.
Provides for the convening of State constitutional convention to reform the system of property taxation for funding the public schools; appropriates $7 million.
The "Home Loan Protection Act."
Supplemental appropriation of $150,000 to DHSS for a grant to Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey, Inc.
Prohibits certain cabinet-level officers from engaging in outside employment for compensation.
Appropriates $500,000 to DEP from "Drought Management Fund" for water supply interconnection study.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires DOC to pay counties at uniform rate for housing State prisoners.
Implements recommendations on public contracts of State Commission of Investigation in report, "N.J. Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection Contract", issued March 2002.
Authorizes BPU to allow electric public utilities to recover basic generation services transition costs over a term of not less than 20 years.
Eliminates immediately the rate reductions and rate caps of electric public utilities for provision of basic generation service.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of Operation "Enduring Freedom" and members of reserve and State organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Requires background checks on individuals requesting flight instruction or aircraft rental; disqualifies certain persons from instruction or rental.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DHSS for research in Ataxia Telangiectasia.
Excludes certain federal employee retirement fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood testing; permits use of reasonable force to obtain blood sample in certain cases.
Enacts the Interstate compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
Provides supplemental State aid in the case of the dissolution of a limited purpose regional school district or termination of a sending-receiving relationship.
Provides automobile insurance premium reduction of 10% for completion of medical and safe driving program for senior citizens.
Establishes "Rachael Alert" to broadcast alerts concerning abducted children.
Requires amount by which actual State General Fund revenue exceeds anticipated State General Fund revenue for a fiscal year to be appropriated as State school aid.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $6,460,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education for the Teacher Quality Mentoring Program.
Criminalizes misrepresentation to law enforcement officer during a body search that defendant does not possess any potentially dangerous instrument.
Modifies escheat law for bank accounts and eliminates certified mail requirement for notice concerning potential escheat.
Increases from $300,000 to $1,000,000 the amount recoverable from certain guaranty funds on covered medical malpractice claims.
Revises wills and estates.
Authorizes Fish and Game Council to allow Sunday hunting of game animals.
Revises continuing education requirements for dental hygienists.
Establishes a joint legislative and executive branch State Revenue Forecasting Integrity Commission to provide a revenue forecast for annual State budget purposes.
Changes 2004 primary election date to first Tuesday in March.
Permits any full-time employee of school board to attend annual New Jersey Education Association convention without loss of pay.
Prohibits sale, distribution or installation of nonoperational air bags.
Requires Director of DYFS to provide employees with access to motor vehicles, cellular telephones and computers.
Excludes from taxation under Corporation Business Tax certain sales of land for open space and farmland preservation.