Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Michael J. Arnone
Sponsored
Became law2
Encourages the recycling and reuse of used computers.
Allows problem gamblers to request placement on Racing Commission's list for self-excluded persons.
Passed the General Assembly2
Requires motorists to reduce speed when approaching or passing equestrians.
Concerns overpayments to public utilities.
Out of committee4
Requires person be licensed to operate or conduct semen bank.
Revises "Local Bond Law" provisions to simplify refunding bonds and permit electronic bid proposals.
Creates corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain costs of long-term care insurance policies.
Provides temporary local budget cap exceptions and school district budget cap adjustments for certain insurance costs and security and public safety costs. *
In committee27
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Allows operators of school buses to obtain refunds of the motor fuels tax.
Establishes "Sex Offender Relapse Prevention" telephone hotline.
Authorizes establishment of regional treatment centers for juvenile sex offenders.
Phases in official advertising rate increases; provides for biennial rate adjustments thereafter upon CPI changes.
Revises requirements for special municipal charter in consolidated municipalities.
Establishes pilot program for dual real property tax rate system.
Creates New Jersey Local Bond Authority to lower cost of capital to local units.
Clarifies ordinance publication requirements.
Increases personal needs allowance to $55 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities; appropriates $4.6 million in State and $3.6 million in federal funds.
Requires sending districts to pay for the tuition and transportation costs of their students attending approved vocational programs at certain comprehensive high schools.
Pilot program to provide enhanced, direct property tax relief to encourage consolidation of "doughnut municipalities" and "doughnut hole municipalities;" makes appropriation for capital projects grants in consolidated municipalities.
Creates the Office of Grant Assistance in DCA to assist counties and municipalities in applying for federal, State and private grants.
Establishes "Walk to Work" pilot program in DCA; appropriates $750,000.
Permits any two or more municipalities upon adoption of parallel ordinances to contract to become a single taxing district for tax base sharing purposes.
Authorizes adoption of municipal transfer of development rights programs.
Requires DCA to create program to reimburse 25% of purchase price of public works equipment purchased by counties for use by two or more municipalities within that county; appropriates $1 million.
Provides free admission to certain county facilities for members of volunteer fire companies or volunteer first aid or rescue squads and their immediate families.
Revises disposition of realty transfer fee; requires that State share of fee be remitted first to each "Main Street New Jersey" municipality wherein property subject to fee is situate.
Authorizes mayors in municipalities operating under borough form of government to veto resolutions.
Requires municipal approval for construction and operation of crematorium.
Provides property tax exemption for fractional ownership by 100% disabled veteran in continuing care facility.
Requires DCA to establish a rating system of municipal "quality of life" indicators.
Allows State employee/freeholder paid time off from State position while acting as freeholder.
Provides for civil action against person committing act of cruelty against domestic companion animal.
Eliminates the transfer inheritance tax for nieces and nephews of a decedent in certain circumstances.
Phases in TPAF and PERS contribution rates increase from 3% in 2003 to 5% in 2009.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Revises "Local Bond Law" provisions to simplify refunding bonds and permit electronic bid proposals.
Provides temporary local budget cap exceptions and school district budget cap adjustments for certain insurance costs and security and public safety costs. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Designated the "Interior Designers Certification Act."
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
Authorizes temporary local budget relief for costs of certain employee benefit programs. *
Authorizes local governments to finance animal shelter and care facilities operated by nonprofit organizations. **
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the income of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. *
Designates State office building in Asbury Park as "Thomas S. Smith, Sr. State Office Building."
Increases criminal and civil penalties for certain animal cruelty offenses; and increases penalty for certain repeat offenders.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. **
Establishes Office of the Child Advocate. **
Vetoed · 2
Creates study commission on the death penalty. **
Requires release of bid list prior to bid date under "Local Public Contracts Law."
Passed the General Assembly · 9
Establishes hiring preference for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty seeking appointment to municipal police forces.
Prohibits certain telephone solicitors from blocking caller identification equipment.
Adds leader of firearms trafficking network and weapons training for illegal activities to RICO statute. *
Authorizes municipalities by resolution to bank Regional Efficiency Aid Program funds until such funds constitute one cent on the municipality's general tax rate.
Prohibits State purchase of arsenic-treated wood or arsenic-treated wood products.
Revises "Charitable Registration and Investigation Act." *
Requires DHSS to send Senior Gold application to certain PAAD beneficiaries.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Requires counties to survey senior and disabled citizens as to their transportation needs.
Out of committee · 40
Authorizes certain counties to increase the number of appointed board members on county vocational school district boards of education. *
Establishes new method of establishing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates financial liability of certain family members. *
Requires NJT to comment on certain local applications for development.
Permits municipalities to offer prescription drug benefit to certain retired volunteer firefighters and other emergency aid volunteers.
Requires instruction on compulsive gambling to be included as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. *
Requires employers to provide time off from work for members of certain volunteer organizations to respond to fires under certain conditions. *
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations. *
Provides $3,000 income tax deduction for certain families providing home care for an elderly relative.
Authorizes extension of municipal employee health care waiver program to other coverage.
Includes local emergency management volunteers in Emergency Services Volunteer Length of Service Award Program.
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 $28,820,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Prohibits blocking of caller identification.
Allows veteran to claim eligibility to receive veteran's property tax deduction after October 1 of pretax year.
Extends eligibility for free admission to State parks and forests to disabled veterans and expands eligibility for free admission to State residents 60 years of age or older.
Increases voluntary municipal pension to survivors of volunteer firefighters or first aid squad members and extends payment to widowers of such persons.
Eliminates remarriage prohibition for PFRS and SPRS accidental death benefits. *
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group. *
Requires State payment of survivor's pension when volunteer fire fighter or emergency services worker suffers accidental death on duty.*
Designated as the Senior Property Tax Freeze Protection Act; extends annual deadline for filing application for homestead property tax reimbursement to June 1. *
Establishes low interest mortgage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Provides for commencement of short term tax exemptions and abatements as of date of completion of project.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid.
Reconstitutes membership of NJ Racing Commission and requires 4 of 9 commissioners to be owners or trainers of thoroughbred or standardbred horses.
Permits thoroughbred breeder awards to owners and trainers of NJ-bred horses that win certain out-of State races.
Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use transported remains of victims of September 11, 2001 from World Trade Center in a memorial.
Requires DHSS to prepare booklet on MMR vaccine and availability of blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose. *
Permits school pupils to self-administer medication for certain medical conditions. **
Prohibits certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
Repeals law creating State poet laureate.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for application filed prior to July 1, 2007.
Requires DEP to implement California Low Emission Vehicle program beginning on January 1, 2009 under certain circumstances; establishes review commission; and establishes incentive for purchase or lease of zero emission vehicles. *
Designates State Highway No. 70 bridge over Manasquan River as the "September 11 Memorial Bridge;" appropriates $2,500.
Expands duties of racing commission to include advocacy of growth, development and promotion of horse racing.
Requires training in diabetes care for certain school employees and use of medical management plans in schools for students with diabetes.
Appropriates $6,036,777 from the "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Appropriates $51,282,300 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populat
Appropriates $14,663,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $44,031,468 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 141
Punishes certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
Requires record keeping and sharing on minor delinquent activity.
Appropriates $204,514 to AOC for a Juvenile Central Registry.
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.
Mandates training for judges and judicial personnel regarding problems and issues faced by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
Creates the "Grandparents' Court Liaison Program."
Directs the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Human Services to work with institutions of higher education in the development of certain family programs.
Requires HMFA to prioritize projects affordable to extended family care givers; amends Fair Housing Act to allow funding to programs supporting extended family care.
Requires DHS and DHSS to provide information about federal and State benefits to persons providing kinship care.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests for disabled veterans.
Establishes nine-member Title 19 Revision Commission; appropriates $175,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DCA for expansion and refurbishment of fire training facilities at Camden County Fire Academy.
Supplemental appropriation of $8 million to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Tax Rate Reduction Award Program.
Appropriates $1.2 million for the development of videoconferencing network in Family Part courtrooms and municipal courtrooms; making an appropriation.
Repeals limit on increase in cash assistance benefits as the result of the birth of a child under Work First New Jersey program.
Revises State funding formula for public education.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid.
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law; appropriates $9 million in State funds and $9 million in federal funds.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $1,000 income tax deduction.
Extends deadline for filing of tax appeals in certain circumstances.
Permits municipality, local board of health or regional health commission to prohibit indoor smoking in public premises to protect public health.
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.
Appropriates $7,000,000 for New Jersey Fire Engine and Equipment Museum.
Prohibits black bear hunting for five years; requires development of plan for bear population control; and appropriates $95,000.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Extends certain veterans' benefits to include veterans who served in NATO campaign and peacekeeping in Yugoslavia.
Establishes the NJ Defense Industry Retention Program in the EDA; appropriates $15,000,000.
Extends the senior citizen's property tax deduction to certain qualified persons who reside in mobile home parks.
Permits certain TPAF veteran retirees to receive paid health benefits under State Health Benefits Program.
Appropriates $50,000 to DMVA for transportation pilot program to provide veterans' medical transportation.
Authorizes special emblem for license plates of disabled veterans.
Permits eviction for good cause of tenants who are creating nuisance; requires court to notify landlord when restraining order has been issued barring tenant from residential rental property.
Clarifies that the term "deadly weapon" includes an animal.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
The "Education Incentive Funding Program Act;" appropriates $1 million.
Appropriates $60,000 to AOC for an online database of juvenile services accessible to service providers and judicial staff.
Waives registration fees for personal vehicles of volunteer firefighters.
Establishes special license plates for veterans of the Korean conflict.
Changes calculation for special retirement benefits for certain veteran members of PERS.
Requires NJ Commerce and Economic Growth Commission to develop a foreign trade zone incentive program; appropriates $250,000.
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.
Provides a gross income tax deduction from the State gross income tax for donations of certain environmentally sensitive or undeveloped lands, or an interest therein, to the State of New Jersey.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
Directs State acquisition of Heritage Minerals tract in Ocean County for new State park.
Establishes "Seniors Helping Seniors Who are Blind or Visually Impaired Demonstration Program" in DHS; appropriates $360,000.
Provides incentive grants for school districts to establish educational foundations.
Provides for automatic submittal of local government unit application for acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes to Garden State Preservation Trust under certain circumstances.
Specifies criteria to determine degree of likelihood of development of lands proposed for acquisition for recreation and conservation purposes by local government units.
Creates defibrillator grant program in DHSS for municipalities; appropriates $1.7 million.
Requires nurses and home health aides to be tested annually for tuberculosis.
Requires copies of all political district maps, and changes thereto, be filed with school boards and fire districts in affected municipalities.
Permits municipality to issue additional liquor license for racetrack.
Permits boards of education to establish comprehensive household safety education programs; appropriates $750,000.
Increases pensions paid to surviving spouses under Prison Officers' Pension Fund.
Exempts certified shorthand reporters with at least 25 years experience from continuing education requirements.
Establishes an Office of Child Advocacy.
Provides for State aid payment to certain municipalities for loss of ratables due to an overburden of tax-exempt property; appropriates $25 million.
Provides that portions of faculty residence building held by colleges, schools, academies or seminaries that are used in part for consultations with students and for similar school purposes are exempt from taxation and remaining portions of faculty housi
Allows counties to develop and submit to DHSS countywide animal control plans; appropriates $1,050,000.
Incorporates balanced and restorative justice principles in juvenile justice system.
Concerns public works subcontractors.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for child and dependent care expenses.
Modifies Fair Housing Act and State Planning Act to assist in provision of affordable housing.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Entitles representatives of WACS, WAVES, Women Marines and Vietnam Veterans of America to leave of absence with pay to attend conventions.
Prohibits discrimination in the sale of malt alcoholic beverages by certain breweries to licensed wholesalers in the State.
Provides credit against gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain qualified mentors in "Export Mentor and Matchmaker Program."
Expands mission of NJ organized militia in DMVA and increases size and rank of leadership.
Allows vendors to retain 1% of sales tax collected as consideration for collecting and promptly remitting the same.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
The "Export Promotion Tax Credit Act"; allows tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses for certain export and export promotion activity.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Allows certain individuals and private small business employers to purchase SHBP coverage.
Upgrades tampering generally; upgrades tampering with prescribed medicine to second degree crime.
Permits volunteer firefighters and emergency services personnel to participate in health benefits program in municipality in which they volunteer.
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.
Creates continuing education and nurse recruitment pilot program in DMVA; appropriates $348,000.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of Operation "Enduring Freedom" and members of reserve and State organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Requires restitution by theft of identity offenders; establishes a State Police Theft of Identity Crimes and Investigation Unit.
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.
Prohibits legislators from certain lobbying activities for two years after leaving office; provides additional civil penalities for violations.
Requires voter approval when State funds are appropriated to finance construction of certain professional sports facilities.
Increases civil penalties for certain violations of "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law."
Designated as the Senior Property Tax Freeze Protection Act; extends annual deadline for filing application for homestead property tax reimbursement to June 30th.
Provides for legislative review and approval of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan.
Establishes procedures for approval of certain applications for development affecting neighboring municipalities.
Limits liability of physicians to their medical malpractice insurance coverage.
Waives $15 fee for Firefighters and First Aider special license plates for volunteers.
Provides for an enhanced homestead rebate for tenants who are disabled veterans equal to 18% of rent paid.
Creates commission to study ways to increase insurance competition in New Jersey.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DLPS for urban search and rescue teams.
Excludes certain federal employee retirement fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
"Senior Citizen Mile Based Automobile Insurance Act."
Authorizes creation of sports and entertainment districts in certain municipalities.
Requires testimony by health care providers to be given by persons licensed in this State and to conform to currently accepted medical standards.
Provides immunity for certain nonprofit health care clinics that provide free services and creates volunteer physican license.
Designates Jersey tomato as State Fruit.
Designates September 11 in each year as "Red, White, and Blue Ribbon Day" in honor of victims of September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
Provides that the amount of damages to be awarded in medical malpractice cases would be determined by a judge of workers' compensation.
Requires establishment of highly reflective roof coating program in DCA.
The "School Employees Contract Resolution and Equity Act."
Exempts qualified investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Concerns workers' compensation benefits and certain volunteer emergency personnel.
Authorizes "Fallen Firefighter" license plates; establishes scholarship program for children of fallen firefighters.
Requires DHSS to send Senior Gold application to PAAD beneficiaries who become ineligible for PAAD.
Allows counties and certain county bodies to provide funding assistance to constituent municipalities for purpose of eligibility for "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Provides tax credits for certain participants in federal Environmental Performance Track Program.
Eliminates the alternative minimum assessment under the corporation business tax.
Protects certain compliant municipalities from builder's remedy under "Fair Housing Act" pending readoption of methodologies, criteria and guidelines.
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.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $500 income tax deduction.
Decreases and eliminates certain fees and penalties.
Supplemental appropriation of $10 million to Department of Treasury for the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to administer certain programs.
Authorizes taxicab regulation in certain municipalites.
Allows imposition of $10,000 and $15,000 municipal fines on landlords for overcrowding.
Appropriates $28,820,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
"New Jersey Medical Care Availability and Patient Protection Act of 2003."
Prohibits certain contributions by certain entities and individuals doing business with counties or municipalities; limits amount of contribution by principals and officers of such entities.
Authorizes municipalities to require conformity with traffic performance objectives as a condition of subdivision or site plan approval.
Prescribes duties of drivers approaching police vehicle stopped along roadway and displaying flashing red light.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Increases eligibility for Senior Gold program.
Requires that certain gift certificates be redeemable at full face value.
Provides for temporary police chief appointment when activated military reserve police officer cannot take promotional examination.
Requires health insurers to provide health benefits coverage for treatment of pathological gambling.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of operations that have continued from "Desert Shield/Desert Storm."
Prohibits product testing with traditional animal test methods if federally recommended alternative test method exists, with certain exceptions; and provides for injunctive relief for violations.
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Requires that State fee increases affecting counties, municipalities and local school boards shall not be applicable until next local budget year.