Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, Senate.
Edward T. O'Connor Jr.
Sponsored
Became law1
Clarifies law with regard to commissions of executors of estates.
Passed the Senate2
Authorizes "Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation" license plate.
Revises present statutes concerning procedures in civil actions relating to notice of pending actions, judgments, collection of judgments and public sales.
Out of committee3
Approves $9,749,389 in State funding for certain "urban aid" local government park development projects.
Eliminates possible price-driven rate increase in petroleum products gross receipts tax and sets tax rate at the current minimum rate floor.
Amends the Structured Financing Act to permit participation by sewerage authorities, utilities authorities and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission.*
In committee10
Authorizes criminal background check of public housing applicant.
Exempts municipal incinerator authorities from motor vehicle registration fees.
Permits N.J. Urban Enterprise Zone Authority to designate an additional enterprise zone.
Requires designation of UEZ in municipality in which federal military installation has been decommissioned by Department of Defense.
Revises PERS purchase of certain municipal or county service based upon vested status.
Establishes "Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant Fund Program" in DHS.
Permits cost of living adjustment for retired county employees and beneficiaries from certain county pension funds.
Authorizes school districts and charter school trustees to enter into interlocal service agreements with municipalities for school crossing guard services; gives boards of education primary responsibility to hire and assign school crossing guards.
Requires parental notification for certain procedures to be performed on unemancipated pregnant minors.
Supplemental appropriation of $130,000 to DLPS to be allocated to the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy for a domestic violence counseling and shelter grant.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
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.
Provides tuition assistance for children and spouses of the victims of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. *
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Concerns payment of temporary disability payments and workers' compensation settlements for the same injury or illness.
Provides that the family court has discretion to order performance of community service in addition to incarceration for certain delinquent child support obligors.
Directs UEZA to establish extended enterprise zones.*
Approves State funding for certain "urban aid" local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Ratifies New Jersey's participation in "National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact."
Provides for post-conviction DNA testing; allows post-conviction DNA profile information to be used in the investigation and prosecution of other crimes. *
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.
Requires prosecutor to instruct grand jury in the elements of justification in cases involving use of force by law enforcement officer.
Requires four year digitized picture driver's license; tightens requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal aliens; appropriates $1.5 million.*
Passed the Senate · 10
Establishes "Local Option Mortgage Assistance Program."
Requires rear cross-view mirrors on certain commercial delivery vehicles.
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $54,500,000 from the General Fund for Special Municipal Aid Act allocations.
Requires instruction on compulsive gambling to be included as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education; appropriates $200,000.
Imposes mandatory minimum 3-year prison term for theft of a firearm.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for an endowment to the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center to be established at Kean University.
Designated the "Interior Designers Certification Act."
Criminalizes the deprivation of civil rights by public officials.
Clarifies requirement that fiduciary must act reasonably and in good faith.
Out of committee · 20
"New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act"; appropriates $500,000.*
Imposes civil penalties on domestic violence offenders and establishes Domestic Violence Victims' Fund. *
Revises recipient contributions for emergency assistance under Work First New Jersey program.
Provides for notification to Public Defender of address of indigent defendant owing reimbursement for services rendered.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates. *
Establishes "Neighborhood Revitalization Mortgage Assistance Program;" appropriates $5 million.*
Eliminates motor vehicle registration fees for certain entities.
Provides additional juror compensation for certain jurors; appropriates $4,600,000.*
Provides funding for non-profit energy assistance organization.
Establishes 65 mph speed limit on interstate and limited access highways.
Supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DHS for grant to Hudson Cradle.
Increases penalties for fraudulent motor vehicle insurance identification cards.
Appropriates $16 million to DHSS for grants of $2 million each to the State's designated children's hospitals.
Requires that configuration of toll collection lanes be consistent throughout New Jersey Turnpike.
Requires that configuration of toll collection lanes be consistent throughout Garden State Parkway.
Establishes matching grant program to assist counties in upgrading election equipment; appropriates $5 million.
Allows adopted person access to his original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000. *
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.
Requires trials to be commenced within six months of indictment by State grand jury.
In committee · 33
Provides for the inclusion of certain district factor group A or B districts based on 1990 census data within the Abbott district definition.
Makes various changes in civil service system concerning titles and compensation.
Establishes PAAD Expansion Program.
Permits local construction code official to inspect traveling carnival-amusement rides.
Authorizes imposition of hotel occupancy fee in State's tourism regions to support tourism promotion.
Requires the Governor's annual budget recommendations to establish the State share of public school costs at 50 percent by dedicating growth in certain State revenues.
Makes fiscal year 1998 supplemental appropriation of $17,000,000 for special municipal aid by reducing certain excess appropriations.
Extends expiration date of certain municipally authorized taxes, clarifies State instrumentalities not exempt from local parking tax.
Permits municipal law enforcement officers to contract with nonprofit development corporations to provide private security services in certain cases.
Supplemental appropriation of $150 million to DHSS for reimbursement to participating health care providers of HIP Health Plan of New Jersey.
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.
Clarifies certain terms concerning motor fuel prices.
Appropriates $2 million for emergency projects at Ellis Island.
Modifies definition of Abbott districts to include urban districts within DOE's district factor groupings A or B.
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history.
Provides annual appropriations for hospital and physicians that provide charity care, long- term care initiatives and graduate medical education and research from "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Requires Apportionment and Redistricting Commissions to use only statistically sampled or adjusted population count for legislative and congressional redistricting.
Promotes fairness in telephone competition through State aid funding of the replacement of the incumbent local exchange carrier personal property tax and the reduction of intrastate access charges.
Includes retirees under the PFRS mortgage loan program.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires the licensing of certain security officers and the registration of their employers.
Requires the licensing of certain security officers and the registration of their employers.
Allows surviving spouses who remarry to continue to receive PFRS and SPRS accidental death benefits.
Authorizes legal fees and costs against public entity filing legally groundless suits against citizens who are critical of the public entity.
Excludes victims of sexual or child abuse from liability for payments for psychiatric care of abusive parents.
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.
Establishes lead-safe housing registry and grant fund for lead hazard control work in distressed housing.
Supplemental appropriation of $20,000 to DMAVA for grant to Italian American War Veterans of U.S. 66th annual national convention in Atlantic City.
"Dignity in Home Care Act"; provides for increases in Medicaid reimbursements to home health agencies for direct care worker salaries; appropriates $10 million in State and $10 million in federal funds.
Requires DEP to classify certain surface waters of the State as category one waters.
Bans consent searches of motor vehicles by State and local law enforcement officers.
Tightens requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal alien; upgrades penalties for sale and possession of fake driver's license.
Prohibits imposition of death penalty on mentally retarded defendants.
Filed · 2
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.