Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Tom Smith
Sponsored
Out of committee3
Concerns the prompt payment of parties to State contracts and subcontracts.
Requires the Department of Corrections to establish remedial reading programs for adult inmates.
Authorizes certain counties to increase the number of appointed board members on county vocational school district boards of education. *
In committee15
Creates Public Contract Oversight Office; implements procedures concerning set-aside contracts in order to remedy certain discriminatory practices.
Establishes Office of Assistant Commissioner of Education in Department of Corrections.
Permits municipalities hosting UEZs to establish set-aside programs favoring local businesses for construction projects using State funds.
Requires State to pay for administrative costs of general public assistance administered by municipalities.
Punishes certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
Directs UEZA to establish permanent enterprise zones.
Authorizes special license plate for chiropractors.
Changes legal notice publishing requirements for newspapers.
Creates the "Neighborhood Association Victims' Bill of Rights."
Requires record keeping and sharing on minor delinquent activity.
Appropriates $204,514 to AOC for a Juvenile Central Registry.
The "Multiple Dwelling State Tax Credit Act."
The "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
Requires approval of minutes of condominium association meeting prior to their availability to members.
Extends partial sales tax exemption to prepared foods and non-alcoholic beverages in certain urban enterprise zones.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history.
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the income of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. *
Passed the General Assembly · 6
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Establishes hiring preference for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty seeking appointment to municipal police forces.
Permits minor to consent to medical care or treatment for HIV infection or AIDS.
Adds leader of firearms trafficking network and weapons training for illegal activities to RICO statute. *
Permits municipalities hosting UEZs to establish set-aside programs favoring local businesses for construction projects using State funds.
Establishes the New Jersey-Africa Commission.
Out of committee · 5
Prohibits sale of tobacco products in vending machines and establishes requirements for retail sales of tobacco.
Establishes new method of establishing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates financial liability of certain family members. *
Requires person be licensed to operate or conduct semen bank.
Provides $3,000 income tax deduction for certain families providing home care for an elderly relative.
Prohibits certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
In committee · 33
Provides that new ratables will be phased into the calculation of equalized valuation over a ten-year period in determining eligibility for State school aid.
Appropriates $2,431,028 to AOC to implement a program to identify and divert certain chronic juvenile offenders from court system to alternative dispositions.
Creates Coordinating Committee on Youth in Department of State; appropriates $50,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to the Department of State for model youth programs.
Creates Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program; appropriates $25,000.
Provides State tax credit allotments for wages paid to youths employed through the Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program.
Grants paid leave for certain firefighters who are affiliates of certain Black or Hispanic firefighters' associations to attend State or national conventions.
Authorizes NJEDA to issue $8 million in bonds for financial assistance to child care centers.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.2 million to DHS for domestic violence programs.
Repeals limit on increase in cash assistance benefits as the result of the birth of a child under Work First New Jersey program.
Increases minimum wage.
Allows weapons seized in domestic violence cases to be stored with local law enforcement agency rather than the county prosecutor's office.
Establishes program to increase collection of unpaid motor vehicle fines.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
Establishes Task Force on Equitable Compensation; appropriates $95,000.
Clarifies that the term "deadly weapon" includes an animal.
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.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Allows a deduction under New Jersey gross income tax of the cost incurred by a taxpayer in supporting a family member at least 65 years old, up to a maximum of $1,000.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments.
Concerns public works subcontractors.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes minimum salary of $40,000 for teaching staff members in school districts and educational services commissions.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DMVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial.
Expands mission of NJ organized militia in DMVA and increases size and rank of leadership.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for contributions to certain entities providing educational scholarships to low-income children in New Jersey; provides an Educational Option Act.
Allows gross income tax credits for certain dependent educational expenses; provides a Parental Control and Involvement Act.
Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.