Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, Senate.
Joseph Charles Jr.
Sponsored
Became law1
Reimburses certain urban enterprise zones for municipal account monies transferred to the General Fund during fiscal year 2003 and permits those zones to borrow from the enterprise zone assistance fund. *
Passed the Senate1
Allows members of certain municipal retirement systems to retain their membership if members vote to be covered under Social Security Act.
Out of committee5
Raises monetary threshold for at-fault automobile accidents to $1,000. *
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Requires development of State and county mosquito control plans; appropriates $5 million.
Provides additional retirement benefits for county, county college, and municipal employees; permits issuance of refunding bonds to fund benefits.
Clarifies responsibility of county to pay burial costs of indigent, unidentified or unclaimed deceased persons.
In committee23
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
Provides for school board membership selection in Type I school districts following reestablishment of local control.
Permits school board elections to include members from community at large in first election following State takeover.
Provides for immediate restoration of school board when local control is reestablished in State-operated district.
Requires designation of UEZ in municipality in which federal military installation has been decommissioned by Department of Defense.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $6 million to DMVA for renovation and restoration of Jersey City Armory.
Concerns subcontracting by public employers.
Commences taxation of real property located in Jersey City and Bayonne City owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which is currently exempt.
Prohibits use of territory in formulating automobile insurance rates.
Directs State Police to file annual report with Governor and Legislature concerning motor vehicle stops.
Rectifies effects of certain discriminatory practices; creates Office of Public Contract Oversight and Public Contract Oversight Advisory Committee.
Supplemental appropriation of $25 million to DCA to fund grant to Jersey City.
Provides for State assumption of the costs of the county prosecutors' offices.
Permits purchase of temporary service credit in TPAF and PERS even if the service did not result without interruption in permanent employment.
Exempts funds to September 11, 2001 victims from legal process.
Changes from 2/12 to 1/12 of 1% factor used to reduce pension of members retiring before age 60 from Employee's Retirement System of Jersey City.
Allows Jersey City to provide retirement incentives for certain employees.
Requires State contractors to provide certain employment information to Department of Treasury.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education for Adult Literacy grants.
Permits Director of ABC to grant plenary winery license under certain circumstances.
Appropriates $185,376 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for New Jersey City University.
Permits cost of living adjustments for retirees and increases in pension benefits for sheriff's employees in certain counties.
Requires DHSS to designate New Jersey Safety Net Hospitals.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Changes loan rate and adjustment rate for retirement system established in first class city with fewer than 300,000 inhabitants.
Criminalizes deprivation of civil rights, including racial profiling, by public officials. *
Provides for mandatory participation in school breakfast program for certain schools. *
Allows JRS member to reduce retirement allowance to provide survivor benefit.
Makes various changes to the "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
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
Revises criteria for financing underground storage tank closures, upgrades and remediations.
Passed the Senate · 5
Requires business entities receiving State funds for housing construction to grant preference to local business entities and local building contractors in purchases of goods, services, supplies or equipment.
Establishes Inmate Education and Vocational Training Study Commission. *
Designates third Saturday in June of each year "Juneteenth Independence Day" in New Jersey.
Appropriates $3,400,000 to DCA to fund Watershed Moratorium Offset Aid.
Establishes certain minimum Green Acres funding requirements for urban aid municipalities and densely populated counties under Garden State Preservation Trust Act. *
Out of committee · 8
Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness.
"New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002." *
The "Multiple Dwelling State Tax Credit Act." *
Restores Department of the Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch.*
Permits granting residency credit points to candidates taking municipal police and fire promotional examinations. *
Permits cost of living adjustments for retired county employees and beneficiaries from certain county pension funds.
Appropriates $185,376 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for New Jersey City University.
Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to DHS for grant to Babyland Family Services, Inc.
In committee · 22
Allows credit against gross income tax liability for dependent care expenses or a heightened credit for the expenses of child care provided by a nationally accredited child care center.
Provides credit against corporation business tax for taxpayers supporting child care facilities for employees.
Provides annual appropriations from FY 2000 through FY2026 for smoking prevention and education services from "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Provides benefit coverage to certain police, fire and emergency personnel.
Prohibits hospital from denying admission or services to patient based on patient's HMO coverage, and requires HMO's to cover legitimate emergency health care.
Requires payment of prevailing wages in construction related to DCED and EDA assistance.
Clarifies law enforcement officers' immunity from liability for injuries arising out of motor vehicle pursuits.
The "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
Requires Superintendent of State Police to report directly to Governor.
Specifies certain compensation levels for administrative law judges.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
The "Home Loan Protection Act."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Eliminates the statute of limitations in civil actions for sexual abuse; clarifies accrual of certain causes of action and modifies the Charitable Immunity Act.
Criminalizes the deprivation of civil rights.
Requires performance audit on Sports and Exposition Authority and creates "Sports and Exposition Authority Fair Employment Commission."
Permits wagering on slot machines at the Meadowlands racetrack.
Permits municipalities hosting UEZs to establish set-aside programs favoring local businesses for construction projects using State funds.
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS of $1,560,000 to provide grants for rodent control programs in municipalities with Abbott school districts.
Increases penalties for illegally posted signs; specifies that local units are entitled to certain fine moneys.
Implements procedures to ensure compliance of State agencies with certain set-aside contract requirements.
Designates the State agencies to be involved in the selection of school renaissance zones.