Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, General Assembly.
Marion Crecco
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires public school sex education and AIDS education programs to stress abstinence.
Appropriates $12,789,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government park development projects.
Passed the General Assembly1
"Tattooing and Body Piercing Practice Act."
Out of committee9
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.
Permits a child and dependent care credit against gross income tax.
Provides for awarding of certain costs to certain defendants who prevail in DEP enforcement actions. *
Requires DOT to submit proposed noise mitigation measures to county for county to select type of noise mitigation measure to be employed.
Establishes presumption of justifiable need of licensed private detective to carry handgun on duty.
Requires parental consent prior to the tattooing or body piercing of minors.
Clarifies that certain housing authority police forces must be established as a division or unit of municipal police force.
Permits rehired firefighter to purchase PFRS credit for 3 years of layoff period.
Permits certain district factor group I or J school districts to receive supplemental school tax reduction aid.
In committee35
Requires evaluation by the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center of persons convicted of possession of child pornography.
Creates corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain costs of long-term care insurance policies.
Requires written permission of the parent or guardian for the participation of a child in the family life education program in local school districts.
Prohibits condom distribution in State institutions.
Modifies law regarding eviction of tenants.
Prohibits HMO from limiting a female enrollee's direct access to an obstetrician/gynecologist.
Upgrades criminal mischief to crime of the fourth degree.
Requires applicants for driver's licenses be able to read and understand English; directs DMV to offer examinations only in English.
Requires health care facilities to notify first aid, ambulance and rescue squads that they are transporting a patient who has AIDS or a contagious, infectious or communicable disease.
Expands parental rights regarding health care and other services for minors.
Requires State compensation of property owners for certain property devalued due to certain environmental laws; and requires State agencies to evaluate proposed administrative rules for potential to constitute taking of real property.
Includes same sex marriages among marriages declared void; provides that New Jersey will not recognize marriages in other jurisdictions which are void in New Jersey.
Requires marriage license applicants to be tested for AIDS.
Eliminates no-fault divorce.
Requires HIV testing of pregnant women.
Amends forfeiture of office statute.
Provides certain benefits to New Jersey Transit police officers.
Establishes a court-referred family mediation program.
Revises notification process for suspending license for failure to pay parking ticket.
Provides gross income tax credit for taxpayer with dependent under age six.
Requires public approval for privatization of fire services.
Raises educational requirements for individuals seeking initial appointment as municipal law enforcement officers.
Precludes certain persons from custody or visitation if natural or adoptive parent objects.
Establishes State Police toll-free hot line for reporting possible sex-related crimes involving juveniles over interactive computer services, appropriates $150,000.
Permits Reservists or National Guard members called into active duty for more than 30 days either to cancel their automobile insurance or to suspend premium payments.
Provides assistance to parents with biologically-based mental illness in divorce or separation actions under Parents' Education Program.
Requires installation of automatic fire suppression systems in all dormitories at public or private institutions of higher education.
Makes supplemental appropriation for FY2000 of $35,000 from the general Fund to the Wayne Township School District for construction of a playground at the Ryerson School.
Prohibits school personnel from recommending or discussing medication for school pupils.
Supplemental appropriation of $3.5 million to Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to fund grant to Bloomfield Township to replace deteriorating granite curbing.
The "County Corrections Officers Act"; clarifies rights, privileges, powers and protections afforded county corrections officers.
Requires the State to assume payment of county solid waste facility debt incurred in developing State-mandated solid waste facilities, including completed, canceled or abandoned solid waste facility projects.
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Establishes New Jersey Prescription Drug Pricing Review Commission.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from the General Fund to DCA for grant to Bloomfield Township for riverbank restoration and erosion control.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
"New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act"; appropriates $500,000.*
Provides for mandatory minimum five year prison term without parole for persons convicted of certain firearms offenses with prior violent crime convictions. *
Appropriates $26.3 million in federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds.
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 Cultural Trust.
Permits a State employees' salary reduction program for qualified transportation benefits and increases the Travel Demand Management Program gross income tax exclusions for commuter transportation benefits.*
Makes decisions rendered by independent utilization review organizations under Independent Health Care Appeals Program binding on insurance carriers.
Designates portion of Route 18 as "World War II Veterans' Memorial Highway"; appropriates $25,000.*
Excludes U.S. military pensions and survivors benefits of persons less than 62 years of age from gross income taxation.
Revises administrative rule-making process.
Appropriates $205 million from "1999 Statewide Transportation and Local Bridge Fund," and reappropriates unexpended balances from 1983 and 1989 bridge bond funds.*
Allows candidate for school board to sign own nominating petition.
Creates Coordinating Committee on Youth in Department of State; appropriates $50,000.
Creates Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program; appropriates $25,000.
Establishes the "New Jersey Individual Development Account Program," appropriates $2 million from federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds. **
Supplemental appropriation of $150,000 from General Fund for New Jersey Naval Militia Joint Command.*
Requires period for which eligibility for Medicaid and NJ KidCare are determined be maximum permitted under federal law.
Authorizes State to establish intergovernmental transfer program in Medicaid program.
Specifies the crimes encompassed by the provisions of the "No Early Release Act," including murder.
Allows school districts to administer certain surveys to students only after receiving written informed parental consent.
Revises certain mandates, requirements and procedures for local governments. *
"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act."
Vetoed · 2
Requires that school districts receive written informed parental consent prior to administering certain surveys to their students.
Amends "The New Home Warranty and Builders' Registration Act" to enhance oversight and accountability.
Passed the General Assembly · 24
"State Debt Reduction and Avoidance Act."
Upgrades the offense of theft of an object from a place of worship.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.6 million to DHSS for defibrillator grants.*
Concerns membership on the Passaic Valley Water Commission.
Directs New Jersey Highway Authority to designate Garden State Parkway as memorial highway to ex-POWs.
Punishes certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
"Family Home Occupation Act;" classifies certain home-occupations as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing or retailing activities.
Requires venue in juvenile cases be in the county where the act was committed.
Requires disclosure to certain prison guards of AIDS status of inmates.
Provides for extended terms of imprisonment for certain crimes committed in places of worship and cemeteries.*
Specifies use of actual enumeration of State's population by Apportionment Commission and Redistricting Commission to establish legislative and congressional districts.
Authorizes the establishment of youth courts to resolve certain complaints against juveniles.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to the Department of State for model youth programs.*
Requires DOT to conduct mosquito abatement on storm water drainage facilities; appropriates $1.25 million. *
Establishes program to reduce risk from lead-based paint; requires inspection of rental properties for lead-based paint; creates lead-safe housing registry. **
Places five-year moratorium on distribution and sale of irradiated food.
Requires the Commission on Higher Education to prepare an annual report on campus sexual assaults.
Establishes forensic laboratory fees for sexual assault; designates uses.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to ingest any toxic chemicals. *
Provides victim of sexual assault with opportunity to consult with prosecutor on plea negotiations.
Requires institutions of higher education to annually distribute and publicly post copies of the "Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights."
"Standards and Assessments Accountability Act."
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits under Medicaid.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Out of committee · 54
Revises PFRS funding to reduce local employers' contributions by $150 million for FY 2001.
Revises "Solid Waste Management Act" to eliminate those parts of the statutory law that have been rendered obsolete, unconstitutional or unenforceable by the Carbone, Atlantic Coast and Waste Management v. Shinn decisions.
Authorizes municipalities to assume primary responsibility for the collection and disposal of municipal solid waste.
Revises statutory law to reflect changes in recycling law and regulations.
Provides for the termination of public utility rate regulation of solid waste collection and solid waste disposal.
Creates State obligation to subsidize recovery of stranded solid waste facility debt.*
Clarifies that punitive damages may not be awarded against public entities or public employees acting within the scope of their employment in any action.*
Authorizes criminal background checks for au pairs and nannies.
Allows vendors to retain 1% of sales tax collected as consideration for collecting and promptly remitting the same.
Clarifies health insurance coverage requirements for Pap smears and requires same coverage under State Health Benefits Program.
Criminalizes the use of the Internet and other electronic communication devises to commit harassment or stalking.
Permits litter control programs employing inmates of county correctional facilities to be eligible for Clean Communities Account funds; revises allocation and administration of funds.
Revises provisions of the consumer fraud act.
Allows per diem compensation paid to election day workers to be excluded from gross income under New Jersey gross income tax.*
Permits automotive collecting activities on residential property outside of ordinary public view.
Provides full PFRS credit for transferred PERS service of certain PFRS members.**
Provides New Jersey sales tax amnesty program for small business.
Requires that new teachers hired by licensed child care centers to provide preschool classes to Abbott district students be certified.
Establishes the NJ Teacher Youth Mentoring Matchmaker Program in the DOE.
Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 for services to sex offenders in secure Juvenile Justice Commission facilities.
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Permits person registering to vote to declare political affiliation on voter registration form. *
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3.5 million to the DHS for distribution of grants in equal amounts to all county ARCs.
Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to establish staffing level ratios for DYFS caseworkers; appropriates $12,000,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand Respite Care for the Elderly Program.
Limits minors' access to certain Internet materials in public schools and libraries. *
Requires criminal history record background checks for child care center employees.
Extends civil service veterans preference to certain persons who served in Operation "Uphold Democracy" in Haiti.
Requires that administrative rules be written in simple language. *
Establishes the New Jersey Export Matching Grant Program in the New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission; appropriates $250,000.
"Congestion Reduction and Transportation Trust Fund Renewal Act."
Restricts surgical debarking or silencing of dogs.*
Permits counties and municipalities to collect fees and penalties for weights and measures regulation.
Makes certain acts of animal cruelty crimes of the fourth degree; requires juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain animal cruelty offenses to receive court-ordered psychological counseling. **
"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act." *
Appropriates $5 million to downtown business improvement loan fund in DCA.
Requires development of State and county mosquito control plans; appropriates $5 million. *
Increases Public Health Priority Funding by $480,000.
Makes supplemental grants-in-aid appropriation of $1.5 million to the New Jersey Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs for expansion of delinquency programs. *
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law.
"Health Care Carrier Accountability Act."
Supplemental appropriation of $150,000 to DHSS for a grant to Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey, Inc.
Repeals law relating to transportation development districts and provides for establishment of transportation enhancement districts.
Provides single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula, eliminates "regular place of business" requirement to allocate less than 100% of income to New Jersey, provides airline-specific sales fraction. *
"Local Bridge Bond Act of 2001"; authorizes bonds for $250 million, appropriates $5,000.
Reimburses municipalities for certain costs involving police officers who are exonerated.
Requires speedy trial for police officers.
Provides property tax exemption for maximum of two parsonages of any congregation of any religious corporation in the State.
Supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DCA to fund grant to ASPIRA, Inc. of New Jersey to pay off mortgage on Statewide headquarters building.
Eliminates automatic liens and removes financial liability for certain family members of patients in psychiatric facilities, developmental centers or receiving other residential functional service.
Codifies Urban Home Ownership Recovery Program (UHORP) in NJHMFA to promote revitalization, redevelopment and stabilization of urban neighborhoods.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Expands mission of NJ organized militia in DMAVA and increases size and rank of leadership.
Requires four year digitized picture driver's license; tightens requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal aliens; appropriates $1.5 million. *
In committee · 84
Upgrades the penalty for aggravated assault when the victim is a law enforcement officer who suffers serious bodily injury.
Provides that English shall be the official language of the State.
Requires that DMV suspension and revocation notices be given by certified mail.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on Class C beneficiaries and nieces and nephews of a decedent.
Requires health benefits coverage for prescription drugs for treatment of epilepsy.
Establishes State Pediatric Epilepsy Resource Program; appropriates $50,000.
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.
Prohibits discrimination with respect to prices charged by sellers of services.
Concerns disqualification from unemployment benefits.
Death Tax Phase-Out Act; phases out the transfer inheritance tax over three years.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Makes the cloning of a human being a crime of the first degree and provides that an individual's genetic information is the property of the individual.
Creates a civil rape shield law.
Requires short-term custody, evaluation for student bringing gun to school.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Prohibits use of unmarked police vehicles for routine traffic stops.
Allows a married couple filing a joint federal income tax return to file either a joint State return or separate State returns.
Immunizes employers from civil liability for certain disclosures regarding employees and former employees.
Requires physician to inform pregnant woman of the potential increased risk of breast cancer prior to performing an abortion.
Eliminates the New Jersey inheritance tax and repeals chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Disqualifies individuals who commit theft from their employers from receiving unemployment compensation.
Eliminates motor vehicle registration fees for certain entities.
Authorizes expansion of existing UEZs to include contiguous economically distressed areas.
Permits certain sheriffs to enforce truck weight limits.
Revises procedure for the provision of remedial and auxiliary services for certain nonpublic school students.
Clarifies general law enforcement powers of campus police officers.
Concerns reimbursements to hospitals, physicians and podiatrists from the New Jersey Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Recovery Fund.
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Changes duration of contracts for professional services under "Local Public Contracts Law."
"Patient Access to Eye Care Act."
Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to establish staffing level ratios for DYFS caseworkers.
Provides for interlock devices to curb drunk driving.
Establishes a five-year tuition voucher pilot program and appropriates $5.5 million.
Amends "Family Leave Act" to apply only to employers with 50 or more employees in New Jersey.
Reduces sales and use tax rate from 6% to 5.5% on July 1, 1999 and to 5% on July 1, 2001.
Establishes "Sex Offender Relapse Prevention" telephone hotline.
Authorizes establishment of regional treatment centers for juvenile sex offenders.
Increases penalties for assaults committed by gangs.
Excludes certain deferred compensation of public school and charity employees from current taxation under the gross income tax.
Permits municipalities to appoint paid fire chiefs for paid and certain part-paid fire departments; clarifies duties and responsibilities.
Prohibits negative check-off fee for support of any organization to be assessed on student tuition bills at public institution of higher education.
Requires DOE to develop guidelines for the evaluation and identification of gifted students and establish program guidelines to address their special academic needs.
Makes Division of Criminal Justice investigators and certain probation officers eligible for body armor grants.
Upgrades simple assault committed against domestic violence victims to aggravated assault.
Classifies victim impact statements as confidential communications.
Imposes additional penalties on sex offenders; creates the "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund" to provide counseling and treatment to sex crime victims and their families.
Establishes county forfeiture review boards.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Extends line item veto authority of Essex county executive over county budget additional three years.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Clarifies definition of "a place of public accommodation" under the Law Against Discrimination.
Requires HIV testing for marriage license applicants.
Establishes PAAD Expansion Program.
Appropriates $7.5 million annually in tobacco settlement monies for cancer research.
Reorganizes New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Clarifies who shall be licensed as an insurance producer.
"Post-Viability Protection Act."
Amends definition of veteran for certain military engagements.
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.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $200,000 to the Department of Education for a grant to the Little Falls Township School District for ADA Compliance projects.
"Accountability and Safety in Employment Education Act."
"The New Jersey Scouts Honor Act of 2000."
Permits boards of education to establish comprehensive household safety education programs; appropriates $750,000.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
Establishes matching grant program to assist counties in upgrading election equipment; appropriates $5 million.
Supplemental appropriation of $10 million to UMDNJ for The Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.5 million in tobacco settlement funds to N.J. State Commission on Cancer Research.
Directs DEP to clean, clear, desnag and maintain certain portions of the Passaic, Pompton and Ramapo rivers; appropriates $2,000,000.
Permits municipalities to establish "Senior Citizen Affordable Housing Support Program;" combines property tax relief with COAH credit.
Establishes assessment and treatment services program in DHS; appropriates $1 million.
Supplemental appropriation of $2.2 million to DHS for domestic violence programs.
Concerns basic skills training.
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.
Supplemental appropriation of $35 million to DHSS for charity care payments to hold harmless certain hospitals for FY2001 reductions in estimated allocations.
Makes it a crime to kill or injure a domestic companion animal.
Excludes victims of sexual abuse from liability for payments for psychiatric care of abusive parents.
Requires DEP to classify certain surface waters of the State as category one waters.
Allows worker selection of treatment providers under workers' compensation.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for child and dependent care expenses.
Requires text of model codes to be reprinted in State regulations rather than incorporated by reference.
Directs DEP to conduct feasibility study of assessing air pollution sources in and around certain airports and military bases; appropriations $50,000.
Filed · 2
The "New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act;" appropriates $8.98 million.
Requires election of freeholders by district in certain counties.