Bills in the 2000–2001 Session, General Assembly.
Guy F. Talarico
Sponsored
Became law3
Subjects HMOs to law regulating insurance holding company systems and revises calculation of health insurance policy reserves.
Authorizes establishment by courts of trusts for persons with disabilities.*
Eliminates statute of limitations in wrongful death cases if the death resulted from murder or manslaughter.*
Passed the General Assembly1
Establishes the Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission.
Out of committee7
Allows grace period for payment of rent for governmental assistance recipients.
Criminalizes the use of the Internet and other electronic communication devises to commit harassment or stalking.
Revises statutes with regard to execution of powers of attorney.
Excludes certain State education funds from the calculation of proportionate share under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Appropriates $1.1 million to match federal grant approved for New Bridge Landing Historic Site. *
Modifies statutes with regard to sexual assault in certain circumstances involving minors.
Permits care and treatment of animals by certain persons and prohibits those persons from identifying themselves as veterinarians.
In committee26
Changes the copayment for PAAD when more than two prescription drugs are purchased during any given month and increases the income eligibility limits for the PAAD program.
Disqualifies individuals who commit theft from their employers from receiving unemployment compensation.
Provides for legal defense of county correction officers; authorizes reinstatement and recovery of wages under certain circumstances.
The "Health Care Insurer Accountability Act of 1998."
Permits certain nonprofit organizations to conduct an unlimited number of certain raffles without payment of fees.
Provides certain procedural changes in death penalty cases.
Reduces number of peremptory challenges allowed in criminal cases.
Establishes certain guidelines for post-conviction proceedings.
Provides county and municipal employees with additional deferred compensation plan choices.
Allows teachers certified in other states to be certified to teach in this State pending passage of required test within first year of employment.
Imposes surtax on certain New Jersey wages and income of residents of a state that imposes taxes on New Jersey residents that it does not impose on its own residents.
Regulates limited health service organizations.
Appropriates $3,894,400 to permit the DOC to hire 100 additional corrections officers; requires DOC to provide Legislature with staffing plan.
Precludes toll surcharge or fine for not having exact change when Parkway toll booths are unmanned.
Allows surviving spouse to remarry and continue to receive Judicial Retirement System death benefits.
"Ban on Trafficking in Baby Body Parts Act."
Provides for motor fuel tax rebates and pass-through of cost savings to motor fuel users during period of higher retail pricing and makes appropriation therefore.
Establishes covenant marriage.
Provides for DNA testing on certain evidence in murder cases and requires DNA testing if death sentence imposed if identity was at issue.
Establishes a public school facilities construction and financing program.
"The New Jersey Scouts Honor Act of 2000."
Eliminates certain budget language which affects Bergen Regional Medical Center.
Bars profiting from sale of items owned by convicted persons.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to, or purchases of credits from, a federally qualified tuition program.
Provides supplemental pension benefits to certain NJ Transit employees.
Permits only licensed chiropractors to perform spinal adjustments to correct spinal vertebral subluxations.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
"New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act"; appropriates $500,000.*
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.
Appropriates $39,895,889 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond acts for local government open space acquisition or park development projects; and approves funding of certain local government park development projects.
Approves $16,001,500 in State funding for certain local government open space acquisition projects.
Makes decisions rendered by independent utilization review organizations under Independent Health Care Appeals Program binding on insurance carriers.
Establishes the "Tony Pompelio Commemorative Scholarship Fund" for the children of crime victims.
Requires certain landlords to notify tenants when property is in flood area.
Permits aid to nonpublic schools for electronic textbooks.
Eliminates corporation business tax on regular income of S corporations.
Expands access to certain juvenile records; establishes right of victims to attend juvenile delinquency proceedings.
Provides for special volunteer license for physicians who practice under certain limited circumstances.
Clarifies provisions concerning luring or enticing a child.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program beginning in tax year 2000.
Allows school districts to administer certain surveys to students only after receiving written informed parental consent.
Prohibits taking of menhaden in State coastal waters for fish meal reduction.
Special legislation to permit permanent appointment of Robert Chinchar to the South Hackensack Police Department and enrollment in PFRS.
Special legislation to permit appointment of Pasqual DeRito to Cliffside Park Police Department and enrollment in PFRS.
"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act."
Vetoed · 3
Allows covered persons with out-of-network benefits in dental and health service corporations and dental plan organization plans to assign dental benefits to dentist of choice.
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 · 13
Provides grants to county prosecutors to combat firearms trafficking; appropriates $5 million.*
"Tattooing and Body Piercing Practice Act."
Punishes certain acts involving invasion of privacy.
Includes security fraud as violation of consumer fraud act.
Supplemental appropriation of $2,500,000 to DLPS to be allocated to the State Office of Emergency Management to fund a satellite telephone grant program.**
Requires disclosure to certain prison guards of AIDS status of inmates.
Specifies use of actual enumeration of State's population by Apportionment Commission and Redistricting Commission to establish legislative and congressional districts.
Requires DOT to conduct mosquito abatement on storm water drainage facilities; appropriates $1.25 million. *
Expands the power of banks to include buying and selling platinum bullion.
Supplemental appropriation of $55,000 to DHS for grant to Volunteer Center of Bergen County for Parent Aides for Teens program.
Permits master deed of condominium to reflect proportional common and limited common elements interests of each owner as fractions.
Supplemental appropriation of $45 million to DOT for road repair grants to counties and municipalities, for State road repair, and for State and local road and bridge repair with concrete.*
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Out of committee · 27
Revises PFRS funding to reduce local employers' contributions by $150 million for FY 2001.
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. *
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.
Provides civil immunity for allegations of domestic violence made in good faith.
Makes it a crime of fourth degree if any person makes a false report of child abuse or neglect; authorizes division to release records and reports under certain circumstances.*
Authorizes law enforcement officer memorial license plates for college scholarships for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for child and dependent care expenses.
Exempts from sales tax certain sales by or to any senior citizens club organized for pleasure, recreation, or other nonprofitable purposes.
"Health Care Claims Payment Responsibility Act." *
Increases veteran's property tax deduction.
Permits person registering to vote to declare political affiliation on voter registration form. *
Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct an oral recitation from the Declaration of Independence before the opening of each school day in grades 3-12; appropriates $10,000.
Provides for life sentence without parole eligibility for persons convicted of murder under certain circumstances.
Permits qualified retired law enforcement officers who were employed by law enforcement agencies outside the State to carry firearms.
Requires that administrative rules be written in simple language. *
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. **
"Health Care Carrier Accountability Act."
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct one-half of their federal self-employment taxes from gross income under the gross income tax.
Prohibits sale of gasoline containing MTBE; directs DEP to seek waiver from EPA oxygen requirements for purpose of discontinuing use of MTBE; and establishes Transportation Energy Security Council to monitor good faith compliance effort. *
Establishes a 3-year pilot program of fire safety evacuation training for certain care givers; appropriates $100,000.
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. *
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.
In committee · 54
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on Class C beneficiaries and nieces and nephews of a decedent.
Concerns unemployment benefits for corporate owners and officers.
Revises membership of U.S.S. New Jersey Battleship Commission; expands powers to operate the berthing site.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Creates the offense of murder of a fetus.
Eliminates the presumption of nonincarceration.
Establishes penalties for purchase and possession of tobacco by persons under age 18.
Requires organization that receives State family planning services funds to be separate from organization that provides abortion services.
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.
Amends forfeiture of office statute.
Establishes State Police toll-free hot line for reporting possible sex-related crimes involving juveniles over interactive computer services, appropriates $150,000.
Provides immunity for volunteer licensed health care professionals and free standing clinics and creates volunteer physician license.
Establishes minimum registration fees for certain private passenger vans and noncommercial trucks equipped with wheelchair lifts.
Reduces sales and use tax rate from 6% to 5.5% on July 1, 1999 and to 5% on July 1, 2001.
Prohibits sex offenders from coaching youth sports teams.
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
Directs DEP to conduct feasibility study of assessing air pollution sources in and around certain airports and military bases.
"Adult Entertainment Tax Act."
Allows board of education to disqualify a bidder if the board has had prior negative experience with that bidder.
Requires payment of medical malpractice policy proceeds in certain circumstances.
Establishes "State Special Education Services Fund" in DOE to finance the cost of special education programs and services for public school students.
Establishes a pilot program to provide teaching staff members in the Palisades Park School District with instruction in the Korean language.
Appropriates $1,620,000 to Environmental and Occupational Health Services Institute for airport emissions study.
Establishes gross income tax deduction for taxpayers in disaster areas who suffered personal casualty loss caused by Hurricane Floyd.
Requires notice to certain public employees of their temporary disability benefit coverage status.
Raises educational requirements for certain law enforcement officers; permits civil service municipalities to adopt higher educational requirements.
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.
Upgrades arson and criminal mischief under certain circumstances if certain historic property is target.
Directs DEP to phase out the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a component of gasoline.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Clarifies definition of "a place of public accommodation" under the Law Against Discrimination.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Provides procedure for approving airport expansion; provides assistance to affected property owners.
Repeals the "Federal Clean Air Mandate Compliance Act."
Prohibits Medicaid funding for abortifacients.
Exempts physicians who exceed speed limit while responding to emergency calls from penalties.
Regulates use of human embryos fertilized in vitro.
Provides penalties for injuring or killing search and rescue dogs.
"Post-Viability Protection Act."
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.
Clarifies authority of municipal court to issue subpoena directing release of certain information concerning subscriber of electronic communication or remote computing services.
Creates the offense of murder of an unborn child.
Permits boards of education to establish comprehensive household safety education programs; appropriates $750,000.
Increases penalties for lying about conduct of law enforcement officer.
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority to establish memorial program for members of the State Police who were killed in line of duty.
Establishes special license plates to fund certain programs for pregnant women.
Prohibits discriminatory rental practices of government funded premises.
Allows gross income tax credits for certain dependent educational expenses; provides a Parental Control and Involvement Act.
Establishes hiring preference for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty seeking appointment to municipal police forces.
Allows certain individuals and private small business employers to purchase SHBP coverage.
Modifies Fair Housing Act and State Planning Act to assist in provision of affordable housing.
Filed · 1
The "New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act;" appropriates $8.98 million.