Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, General Assembly.
Raul Garcia
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Authorizes municipal inspection and closure of day care centers regarding lead paint presence.
Out of committee4
Provides for the continuity of certain contracts, securities and instruments affected by introduction of the Euro.
Exempts all pension income from gross income tax.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $600,000 to the Department of Labor for the Apparel Industry Unit of the Division of Workplace Standards.
Supplemental appropriation of $690,000 to Division on Women in DCA to fund Grants to Displaced Homemaker Centers program.
In committee42
Provides for instructional programs in each school grade on prevention of HIV/AIDS.
Provides for reporting and prevention of criminal activities in the public schools and for performance of community service by pupils guilty of misconduct; appropriates $400,000 for metal detectors in schools.
Prohibits investing certain pension funds in companies that do business in or with Cuba; prohibits certain purchases.
Establishes a contract bond participation program in the NJ Development Authority for Small Businesses, Minorities' and Women's Enterprises; appropriates $5,000,000.
Makes prisoners responsible for their own support and maintenance and provides the State with a lien for the cost thereof.
Prohibits exclusion of prospective juror on grounds that the juror is bilingual.
Requires that milk and milk products derived from dairy cows treated with recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) be labeled as such and notice be provided to milk distributors of the use of rbST.
Increases civil penalties imposed on auto insurers that fail to provide coverage to eligible persons.
Requires auto insurers to bind or decline coverage within three business days.
Suspends general assistance benefits to persons convicted of a drug offense.
Establishes the Private Vocational School Student Tuition Protection Fund; consolidates administration of private vocational schools.
Authorizes counties to charge inmates for costs of incarceration and to place a lien to ensure payment.
Limits rent increases for certain senior citizens.
Authorizes issuance of $250 million in general obligation bonds to help school districts finance construction and renovation of school buildings; appropriates $5,000.
Prohibits sale of materials simulating drug paraphernalia to persons under 18.
Requires certain automobile insurers to maintain sales representation in urban rating territories.
Provides for payment of lottery prizes of $50,000 or more either in a lump sum or by periodic payments at the discretion of the prize winner.
Allows PFRS member to purchase credit for service as a Class Two special law enforcement officer.
Provides for the licensure of accountant practitioners.
Prohibits charging fees for access or use of public beaches.
Provides five-day grace period before cancellation of automobile insurance policy for nonpayment of premium becomes effective.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to fund additional FY 1998 $1.0 million grant to Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development.
Makes apparel manufacturers and contractors liable for labor law violations of contractors.
Establishes special license plates to fund DARE program.
Provides for start-up funds for charter schools; appropriates $5 million.
Makes changes to various laws concerning juveniles and firearms.
Establishes fourth degree crime for parent who permits a minor to gain access to a firearm which is later used in a crime.
Provides that parent or guardian of child who uses firearm in commission of offense is guilty of fourth degree crime.
Establishes special license plates commemorating Francis Albert Sinatra.
Requires that Abbott v. Burke parity remedy aid be allocated to county vocational school districts for students enrolled in those districts who reside in an Abbott district.
Reallocates unexpended General Funds to reimburse certain counties pursuant to the "County Welfare Per Capita Cost Limitation Act of 1981."
Makes supplemental appropriation for grants-in-aid to pay New Jersey residents' legal expenses for a challenge to a change in the New York City nonresident earnings tax that discriminates against New York State nonresidents.
Supplemental appropriation of $27.4 million to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Jersey City State fiscal year 2000 budget gap grant.
Prohibits a communications tower facility from being erected within 200 feet of a public or private school or a child care-center.
The "Educational Facilities Construction Act."
Limits cost to district of residence for transporting pupil to the Marine Academy of Science and Technology.
Affirms news media's press-right to inform public about released sex offenders.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,750,000 to DCA for a grant to the Park Theater Center for the Arts in Union City.
Prohibits physician, dentist, clinic or hospital from denying access by parent or guardian of unmarried minor child to examination of that child.
Permits application of municipal rent control ordinances to certain State-financed rental property.
Permits cost of living adjustments for retired county employees and beneficiaries from certain county pension funds.
Allows PERS members to purchase credit for public service under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
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.
Establishes New Jersey Prepaid Higher Education Expense Program.*
Provides that Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Infantile Autism shall be funded annually at $1.5 million.
Establishes the Henry J. Raimondo New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program and appropriates $60,000.
Amends the Structured Financing Act to permit participation by sewerage authorities, utilities authorities and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission.*
Provides for expedited approval process for certain applications by financial institutions and updates parity provisions for financial institutions.
Provides for the merger of subsidiaries into financial institutions.
Clarifies that the law concerning liability for underground storage tanks under certain circumstances applies to underground storage tank facilities.
Supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DHS for grant to Hudson Cradle.
"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act."
Vetoed · 2
Increases pharmacy dispensing fees in Medicaid and PAAD by $1.00 over three-year period; appropriates $6,481,000 in State funds and $3,325,000 in federal funds.*
Amends "The New Home Warranty and Builders' Registration Act" to enhance oversight and accountability.
Passed the General Assembly · 11
Supplemental appropriation of $8 million to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Tax Rate Reduction Award Program.
Defines municipal powers to remove graffiti from buildings. **
Establishes programs through NJ KidCare for State financial assistance and subsidies to purchase employer-sponsored health benefits plans for certain dependent children.
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Regulates the sale of laser lighting devices and their possession by persons under 18.
Establishes toll-free telephone hotline for reporting guns and other weapons in public schools.*
Provides for acquisition, receipt, warehousing and allocation or sale of certain surplus property, other than real property, for State, county, municipal or school district purposes, appropriates $75,000.*
Places five-year moratorium on distribution and sale of irradiated food.
Appropriates $50,000 to DHS for a grant to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
Appropriates $100,000 to the Hudson-Essex-Passaic Soil Conservation District for two-year soil survey in Hudson County.*
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Out of committee · 22
Provides low interest loans to persons who need to acquire a new home because they have been forced to vacate their homes due to the presence of hazardous substances.
Provides for health monitoring after exposure to hazardous substances in residential dwellings.
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history.
Requires licensure of third party administrators of health and dental benefits plans and certification of third party billing services.*
Makes fiscal year 2000 supplemental appropriations of $153,359,000 from the General Fund and $55,082,685 from the Property Tax Relief Fund.
The "Education Incentive Funding Program Act;" appropriates $1 million.
Provides New Jersey sales tax amnesty program for small business.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for medically necessary expenses incurred in diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to establish staffing level ratios for DYFS caseworkers; appropriates $12,000,000.
Establishes that police cruisers have a useful life of five years and allows local units to bond for such vehicles.
Requires insurers that provide certain prescription drug benefits to cover costs of contraceptives.
Creates the offense of endangering an injured victim.
Approves State funding for certain "urban aid" local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act." *
Makes supplemental appropriation of $6 million to DMVA for renovation and restoration of Jersey City Armory.
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,250,000 to DCA for grants to Hoboken, Weehawken, West New York and Gutenberg for restoration and development of Hudson River piers for park and recreation purposes.
"Health Care Carrier Accountability Act."
Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for active members and retirees; revises calculation of assets and establishes benefit enhancement fund.
Supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DCA to fund grant to ASPIRA, Inc. of New Jersey to pay off mortgage on Statewide headquarters building.
Provides benefit coverage to certain police, fire and emergency personnel.
In committee · 71
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Permits schools to require truant pupils to serve in-school suspension.
Increases penalties for parents of truants.
Permits court to require community service of juvenile with repeated unauthorized absences from school.
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.
Increases minimum wage.
Requires timely release of medical records to former enrollee of HIP Health Plan of New Jersey or health care provider on enrollee's behalf.
Permits minor to consent to medical care or treatment for HIV infection or AIDS.
Requires elementary schools to include firearms safety awareness within implementation of health and physical education core curriculum content standard.
Clarifies legislative intent concerning 65 MPH speed limit law.
Makes supplemental appropriation from the General Fund for State aid to local government units and school districts to replace local tax loss attributable to certain change in taxable value of depreciable business personal property.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time students; appropriates $29 million.
Grants paid leave for certain firefighters who are affiliates of certain Black or Hispanic firefighters' associations to attend State or national conventions.
Permits municipalities to enter into agreements with other municipalities to create Highway Corridor Redevelopment Zone Commission; authorizes measures to stimulate economic activity within highway corridor redevelopment zones.
Waives registration fees for personal vehicles of volunteer firefighters.
Enhances tax relief under the NJ SAVER and Homestead Rebate Act.
Provides annual appropriations from FY 2000 through FY2026 for smoking prevention and education services from "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Provides annual appropriations from FY 2000 through FY 2026 for community-based health care services from "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Provides annual appropriations for hospitals and physicians that provide charity care, long-term care initiatives and graduate medical education and research from "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Establishes "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Permits purchase of PFRS credit for certain pre-enrollment temporary service.
Enacts the "Ethical ATM Act of 1997."
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to establish staffing level ratios for DYFS caseworkers.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments.
Authorizes additional purposes for which certain insurance funds may be established or used by a local unit.
Expands the types of insurance authorized for school board joint insurance funds.
Requires local units and school districts to file certain reports concerning debt levels.
Requires State Police to file reports on motor vehicle stops they initiate.
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Prohibits HMOs from denying provider participation to orthotists, prosthetists and pedorthists willing to meet terms of HMO contract.
Makes various changes in civil service system concerning titles, compensation and layoffs.
Directs NJ Transit to designate a Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System station in Jersey City the Thomas and John Jackson Station.
Exempts certain individuals from payment of civil service examination fees.
Requires Commissioner of Personnel to change test questions between administration of examinations for law enforcement officer and firefighter titles.
Permits requirement of municipal residency prior to appointment as police officer or firefighter; permits municipalities to require residency for 2 years after appointment.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $15,000,000 from General Fund to DCA for State aid for allocation to Jersey City and Paterson to relieve municipal property tax burdens in State-operated school districts.
Adds passenger automobile insurance information to DMV database.
Improves the formula for computing retirement allowances for certain PERS and TPAF members retiring on deferred, early, service or ordinary disability retirement allowances.
Permits purchase of TPAF credit for certain nonpublic school service.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Directs DEP to establish toxic air pollutant monitoring stations in Bergen county and Passaic county; appropriates $420,000 therefor.
Directs DEP to establish risk assessment program for industry and improved monitoring of hazardous air pollutants Statewide.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
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.
Provides fiscal rewards to school districts with low administrative expenditures.
Requires hepatitis B immunization for admission to kindergarten or first grade and sixth grade at a public or private school.
Makes fiscal year 1998 supplemental appropriation of $17,000,000 for special municipal aid by reducing certain excess appropriations.
Requires health care provider participating in NJ KidCare program to provide all medically necessary health care services to eligible child which provider is qualified to provide.
The "Dormitory Fire Safety Act."
Prohibits DHS from requiring SSI recipients to enroll in HMOs to receive Medicaid.
Appropriates $1.0 million to DHSS for grant to North Hudson Community Action.
Requires State and local civil service entities to grant paid leave of absence to members of certain law enforcement and firefighters' associations who attend State or national conventions.
Provides for nonbinding referendum as to the permanent berthing of the Battleship U.S.S. New Jersey; makes an appropriation.
Permanently denies convicted criminals access to public records containing victim's information; protects certain criminal investigatory files and crime victim information from public access.
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act."
Regulates issuance of honorary law enforcement badges.
Appropriates $16 million to DHSS for grants of $2 million each to the State's designated children's hospitals.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
Supplemental appropriation of $22.9 million in General and federal Funds to DHSS for supplemental charity care.
Expands Medicaid to cover additional disabled children.
Establishes minimum salary of $40,000 for teaching staff members in school districts and educational services commissions.
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Establishes a computers for schools program in DOC.
Specifies that school board members in type I school districts will serve terms of three years.
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.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Filed · 1
The "New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act;" appropriates $8.98 million.