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Chapter Description of Content
1 Requires DHSS standards for safe building interiors\; submission of documentation of investigation and remediation as a condition to issuance of construction permit for certain sites\; makes changes to the "Industrial Site Recovery Act."
2 Establishes an emergency deployment program for building inspection following disaster or emergency
3 Shortens time period after which interest is charged for late payment of workers' compensation benefits
4 Prohibits bids for local public contracts and public school contracts from falling on certain days
5 Extends eligibility for New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Program to dependents and spouses of persons who died as a result of illness caused by exposure to attack sites
6 Adds new causes of action for divorce based on irreconcilable differences
7 Increases maximum municipal dog license fee from $7 to $21
8 Requires manager of State-sponsored rental housing to hold quarterly meetings to discuss tenant complaints
9 Imposes civil penalty on owner or lessee who fails to return security deposit to tenant whose rent or income is State-subsidized; allows recovery by the State
10 Extends application deadline for financing for closure and associated remediation of regulated underground storage tanks; requires notification to municipalities by DEP of underground storage tank fund
11 Extends eligibility for higher education tuition assistance to certain former members of New Jersey National Guard and increases number of tuition-free credits available to National Guard members and their dependents
12 Establishes commuter transportation services public awareness campaign in DOT
13 Revises certain penalties relating to operation of autobuses
14 Concerns transportation services used in connection with temporary help service firms
15 Concerns withholding and diversion of wages by temporary help service firms
16 Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) public school district monitoring system
17 Clarifies authority of DOT to enter certain agreements with local governments
18 Authorizes individual boards of education to self insure for certain insurance\; removes current prohibitions
19 Upgrades penalty for failure to register as sex offender; imposes penalty for failure to verify address and requires verification prior to release
20 Requires police department to mail or fax accident reports upon request
21 Authorizes people with mobility-related disabilities to operate scooters on public property
22 Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention
23 Search Concerns employee expenses in suits against third parties in workers' compensation cases
24 Enhances penalties for possessing, receiving, and transferring community guns
25 Removes limitation on amount of grant money that may be allocated from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund
26 No History Compiled
27 No History Compiled
28 No History Compiled
29 No History Compiled
30 Authorizes creation of sports and entertainment district and imposition of additional taxes therein to finance development of sports and entertainment facilities
31 Broadens definition of "toxic chemical" in the drug statutes to include nitrous oxide and other substances
32 AEliminates restriction for licensing use of outline of the State on packaging of fresh or salt water food products
33 Prohibits denial of credit on the basis that individual was a victim of identity theft
34 Concerns unemployment compensation benefits and the rollover of certain retirement funds
35 Transfers certain authority over limousine operators from DOT to MVC
36 Imposes criminal penalties for certain actions concerning disposition of decedent’s body parts
37 Extends expiration date of automobile insurance urban enterprise zone program to April 1, 2009
38 Imposes 4% surcharge on liability and increases minimum tax under corporation business tax
39 No History Compiled
40 Concerns omnibuses; creates "Omnibus Safety Enforcement Fund."
41 Prohibits public school districts from joining under certain circumstances voluntary associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports programs
42 Eliminates various mandates imposed on public school districts
43 Establishes the "New Jersey Tax and Fiscal Policy Study Commission" to study the State and local tax structure and related fiscal issues
44 Establishes Forest Health Advisory Council in DEP
45 Establishes certain nutritional restrictions on food and beverages served, sold or given away to pupils in public and certain nonpublic schools
46 Requires court to conduct inquiry at prosecutor's request concerning source of bail funds where defendant is charged with crime with bail restrictions
47 No History Compiled
48 No History Compiled
49 Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits and mandatory imprisonment for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes
50 Establishes responsibilities for owner/operators working for licensed public movers
51 Prohibits deceptive use of depository institution's trade name or trademark
52 Establishes an independent Office of State Comptroller and consolidates financial audit and performance reviews of State and local government units
53 Provides for various school district accountability measures
54 Establishes "Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation Commission"\; establishes measures for local government efficiency\; appropriates $95,000
55 Establishes Joint Committee on Housing Affordability
56 Establishes Division of Risk Management in the Department of the Treasury; reorganizes Office of Information Technology\; requires consolidation of enhanced 9-1-1 public safety answering points.
57 Clarifies the law concerning the emergency administration of epinephrine to students for anaphylaxis
58 "Medicaid Program Integrity and Protection Act"\; establishes Office of Medicaid Inspector General\; appropriates $3 million
59 Establishes "Blue Heart Law Enforcement Assistance Program" to provide counseling support for wounded law enforcement officers
60 No History Compiled
61 Changes date of presidential primary from last Tuesday in February to first Tuesday after first Monday in February
62 Establishes homestead credits to reduce property taxes\; imposes 4% cap on local tax levies; permits Local Finance Board to define capital and non-bondable current expenses\; makes an appropriation
63 Implements CORE proposals, including "Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act"\; user -friendly budgets; revision of county superintendent of schools title and duties
64 Provides for plaques in State House to honor Hutchins F. Inge and Walter Gilbert Alexander, first African-American Senator and Assemblyman
65 Requires DHSS to make certain information about long-term care and adult day health services facilities available on its website
66 Designates first Monday in November each year as Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Day
67 Reinforces prohibition of any debarred contractor using new business entity to circumvent the debarment\; provides for suspension of contractor's registration pending hearing
68 Requires prevailing wages to be paid for construction work on State-owned properties
69 Upgrades tampering generally\; upgrades tampering with prescribed medicine to second degree crime under certain circumstances
70 Requires certain continuing education for newly licensed accountants
71 Provides reimbursement of expenses for board of trustees for pension funds of school district employees in first class counties
72 Revises membership of the New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange board
73 Permits oaths, affirmations and affidavits to be taken by certified court reporters
74 Requires hospital trustees to undergo training approved by DHSS
75 Authorizes Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to establish additional air terminals
76 Requires DCF and DHS to compile lists of State properties suitable for certain residential uses
77 Requires school bus drivers to inspect bus for pupils remaining at end of route
78 Establishes penalty for failing to comply with school crossing guard's signal to stop
79 Requires ambulatory care facilities to provide uncompensated outpatient renal dialysis services for uninsured low-income persons
80 Requires MVC to share organ donor information with federally designated organ procurement organizations
81 Revises and clarifies assessment funding mechanism for Division of Banking\; provides certain uniform reporting and licensing requirements for regulated entities
82 Permits criminal history record check for unpaid volunteers in schools and requiresapplicant to be reimbursed for costs of check; permits the reimbursement of paid schoolpersonnel for such costs
83 Skinner's and Michelle's Law; increases penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury
84 Allows certain nonprofits to apply directly to Division of Highway Traffic Safety for federal grants
85 Clarifies certain restrictions on sending unsolicited fax advertisements over telephone lines
86 "The Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection Act"
87 No History Compiled
88 Prohibits certain deceptive advertising or concert performance practices with respect tolive musical performances or productions
89 Increases amount of State tax credits under "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
90 Permits short-term tax exemption or abatement for houses destroyed by fire when reconstruction or renovation is performed by charitable entity, or for-profit using volunteer labor
91 Permits short-term tax exemption or abatement for houses improved to accommodate totally disabled persons when reconstruction or renovation is performed by charitable entity, or for-profit entity using volunteer labor
92 Implements various recommendations of Joint Legislative Committee on Public Employee Benefits Reform concerning benefits and certain terms and conditions of public office and employment
93 Revises trustee's power to adjust principal and income under "Uniform Principal and Income Act of 2001."
94 Revises statutes governing compensation for victims of crime
95 Increases voting members on UMDNJ board of trustees from 11 to 19; provides for additional board powers; and establishes board of directors for University Hospital
96 Concerns tobacco manufacturer payments under the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
97 Revises Work First New Jersey earned income disregards and sanction policy for noncompliance with work activity requirements
98 Increases fee for burial, removal and transit permits and provides for deposit of fee in NJ Electronic Death Registration Support Fund
99 No History Compiled
100 Concerns enhancement of tax compliance under the State Uniform Tax Procedure Law
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