NJLM - April 2003 Legislative Bulletin

Legislative Bulletin
APRIL 2003

Assembly Bills

Senate Bills

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SENATE BILLS
REQ.	BILL NO. AND SPONSOR	BILL SUMMARY	CURRENT STATUS	LEAGUE POSITION A-Approve O=Oppose
	S-605 Ciesla, Andrew R. Bucco, Anthony R.	Provides a thermal imaging camera to each fire organization.	Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee	A
	S-1118 Vitale, Joseph F.	Permits certain emergency management volunteers to display blue emergency warning lights on vehicles.	Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee	A
	S-1256 Bucco, Anthony R.	Subjects minor subdivisions to the provisions of the Map Filing Law. Cost-prohibitive. Removes option of filing subdivision by deed. Principle of local discretion in such matters should be preserved.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	S-1308 Allen, Diane B.	Provides that employees no longer must pay full cost of purchase of PERS, PFRS or TPAF credit for military service. The buy back of percentage of military service is an added expense on local government.	Senate State Government Committee	O
	S-2270 Kean, Thomas H. Bucco, Anthony R.	Establishes guidelines for operating authorized emergency vehicles in emergency situations. Existing guidelines and regulations work well. Not necessary to alter.	Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee	O
	S-2276 Sweeney, Stephen M.	Establishes a cause of action for intentional failure of employer to follow or correct known health or safety violations or standards. Opens door to litigation on employers.	Senate Labor Committee	O
	S-2312 Adler, John H.	Permits awards of local public contracts without public advertising for bids under certain circumstances. Subverts intent of Local Public Contracts Law. Open to perception of collusion.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	S-2322 Bennett, John O.	Permits monthly payment of interest on fire districts bonds.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	A
	S-2330 Adler, John H.	Requires certain small municipalities to share services of certain licensed municipal professionals. Infringement on home rule.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	S-2359 Allen, Diane B.	Provides penalties for injuring or killing search and rescue dogs.	Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee	A
	S-2367 Girgenti, John A. McNamara, Henry P.	Permits counties and municipalities to enact ordinance or resolution requesting background check for official governmental purpose.	Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee	A
	S-2402 Keny, Bernard F. Kyrillos, Joseph M.	Makes various changes to "Long Term Tax Exemption Law." Unmanageable. Shrinks tax base and diminishes home rule.	Passed Senate	O
	S-2444 Cardinale, Gerald	Provides exemption from municipal rent control for up to 30 years for abandoned properties rehabilitated into multiple dwellings. This is already optional for municipalities. It is best left as local option.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	SCR-94 Inverso, Peter A.	Proposes constitutional amendment to extend eligibility for property tax deduction to New Jersey resident who is the surviving spouse of a nonresident veteran. This resolution is another piecemeal approach and further indication of the need for a constitutional convention to address the whole issue of property tax reform.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O

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ASSEMBLY BILLS
REQ.	BILL NO. AND SPONSOR	BILL SUMMARY	CURRENT STATUS	LEAGUE POSITION A-Approve O=Oppose
	A-125 Cruz-Perez, Nilsa	Prohibits sale of tobacco products in vending machines and establishes requirements for retail sales of tobacco.	2nd Reading in Assembly	A
	A-403 Kean, Thomas H.	Establishes guidelines for operating authorized emergency vehicles in emergency situations. *Existing guidelines and regulations work well. Not necessary to alter.*	2nd Reading in Assembly	O
	A-1884 Impreveduto, Anthony Moran, Jeffrey W.	Subjects minor subdivisions to the provisions of the Map Filing Law. Cost - prohibitive. Removes option of filing subdivision by deed. Principle of local discretion in such matters should be preserved.	Passed Assembly	O
	A-2746 Van Drew, Jeff	Authorizes county clerk to act as local registrar of vital statistics. Removes authority from local level and would inconvenience residents when requesting vital records.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-2941 Impreveduto, Anthony Sarlo, Paul A. Ahearn, Matt	Releases certain purchasers of public property from reverter clause under certain circumstances. The mandatory reverter clause was placed in the law to prevent undue gain from something that serves the public.	2nd Reading in Assembly	O
	A-3124 Doria, Joseph V. Steele, Alfred E.	Provides contributory SHBP benefits to certain PFRS, CPFPF and PERS retirees. Selective and Expensive.	Assembly State Government Committee	O
	A-3164 Van Drew, Jeff Conners, Jack	Provides that employees no longer must pay full cost of purchase of PERS, PFRS or TPAF credit for military service. *The buy back of a percentage of military service is an added expense on local government.*	Assembly State Government Committee	O
	A-3193 Friscia, Arline M.	Establishes a cause of action for intentional failure of employer to follow or correct known health or safety violations or standards. Opens door to litigation on employers.	Assembly Labor Committee	O
	A-3195 Johnson, Gordon M. Guear, Gary L. Van Drew, Jeff	Provides penalties for injuring or killing search and rescue dogs.	Passed Assembly; Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee	A
	A-3214 Cryan, Joseph Gusciora, Reed	"New Jersey Water Supply Infrastructure Act." Unnecessary to place a new tax on water customers. It simply raises money that will go towards supporting an additional state bureaucracy.	Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee	O
	A-3247 Kean, Sean T. Corodemus, Steve	Provides a thermal imaging camera to each fire organization.	Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee	A
	A-3299 Hackett, Mims	Updates payments in lieu of taxes for certain real property owned by the New Jersey Transit Corporation.	Assembly Transportation Committee	A
	A-3315 Smith, Robert J. Greenstein, Linda R.	Provides that area surrounding a child care center and playground be designated as a drug free zone.	Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee	A
	A-3324 Smith, Robert J. Conners, Jack	Permits Municipal Court to waive marriage license waiting period in emergency Bill too vague on conditions for wait waiver.	Assembly Judiciary Committee	O
	A-3349 Ahearn, Matt	Permits municipality to authorize lease of certain real or personal property by resolution. Adoption of resolution procedure short changes the ordinance. Actions of the governing body should be open to public notification.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-3388 Gregg, Guy R. McHose, Alison Littell	Revises definition of manufactured or mobile home under "State Uniform Construction Code Act." Too restrictive for municipalities.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-3404 Sires, Albio Roberts, Joseph J.	Makes various changes to "Long Term Tax Exemption Law." Unmanageable. Shrinks tax base and diminishes home rule.	Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee	O
	A-3408 Diegnan, Patrick J. Egan, Joseph V.	Permits local contracting units to award public contracts to certain bidders whose offered price does not exceed price of lowest responsible bidder by more than one percent. Municipalities abide by the directives of the Local Public Contracts Law to award contract to lowest, responsible bidder.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-3422 O'Toole, Kevin J.	Permits certain emergency management volunteers to display blue emergency warning lights on vehicles.	Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee	A
	A-3443 Weinberg, Lorretta	Requires local public, educational, and governmental access channels and New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority to provide free airtime for legislative candidates. *This mandate could force local access channels to confront controversial issues and lead to litigation.*	Assembly State Government Committee	O
	ACR-159 Greenstein, Linda R.	Proposes constitutional amendment to extend eligibility for property tax deduction to New Jersey resident who is the surviving spouse of a nonresident veteran. This resolution is another piecemeal approach and further indication of the need for a constitutional convention to address the whole issue of property tax reform.	Assembly State Government Committee	O

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