NJLM - July 2007 Legislative Bulletin

Legislative Bulletin
July 2007

Assembly Bills

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SENATE BILLS
REQ.	BILL NO. AND SPONSOR	BILL SUMMARY	CURRENT STATUS	LEAGUE POSITION A-Approve O=Oppose
	S-2123 Joseph Coniglio	Establishes pilot program for traffic control signal monitoring. Conditional approval. Should be expanded to more towns and a *shorter pilot.*	2nd Reading in Senate	A*
	S-2649 Barbara Buono	Requires Treasurer and Division of Pensions and Benefits Director to report on status of State-administered pension plans to Legislature by April 15 and October 15 each year. Same as A-4273	Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee	A
	S-2654 Joseph F. Vitale.	Increases fee for burial, removal and transit permits and provides for deposit of fee in NJ Electronic Death Registration Support Fund. Oppose until a fixed municipal fee is determined.	On Governor's Desk	O
	S-2707 Joseph V. Doria Jr.	Permits bond ordinance to be adopted by affirmative votes of simple majority of local governing body. Important to financial stability of towns to maintain minimum *vote of 2/3 of governing body members.*	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	S-2724 Nicholas J. Sacco	Exempts municipal off-street parking regulations from preemption by Statewide site improvement standards where municipal regulations require greater numbers of parking spaces.	Senate Transportation Committee	A
	S-2802 Leonard T. Connors Jr.	Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years. Same as A-4432 Could result in confusion and litigation regarding local contract awards.	Senate State Government Committee	O
	S-2808 Shirley K. Turner	Clarifies intent and effect of requirements of P.L.2004, c.183 with respect to historic site real property tax exemptions. Same as A-4126	On Governor's Desk	A
	S-2813 Joseph V. Doria Jr..	Imposes conditions on contracts for collection, treatment or disposal of sewage by sewerage authorities; requires contracts to be renegotiated when conditions are not met. Opens window for extensive litigation. Also affects every sewerage authority in the state.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	S-2823 Bob Smith Paul A. Sarlo	Permits designation of certain areas that do not utilize solar energy systems as areas in need of redevelopment. The bill is crafted in such a narrow fashion that it can be only *applied in very rare circumstances.*	Senate Economic Growth Committee	O
	S-2826 Gerald Cardinale	Changes maximum stream length and width restrictions on certain county or municipal stream cleaning activities.	Senate Environment Committee	A
	S-2831 Ron L. Rice	Requires affirmative vote of majority of full membership of municipal council in mayor-council form of government to Could delay or prevent the award of contracts, if governing body *members had to recuse themselves in certain circumstances*.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	SCS-2053 Stephen M. Sweeney Joseph V. Doria Jr. Shirley K. Turner Joseph J. Roberts Jr. Upendra J. Chivukula Robert M. Gordon	Authorizes certain local units to develop broadband telecommunications infrastructure used for providing broadband telecommunications service via wirelesss community networks. Same as A-3752 *League supports the concept but believes amendments are appropriate to expand opportunities and local protections	On Governor's Desk	A

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ASSEMBLY BILLS
REQ.	BILL NO. AND SPONSOR	BILL SUMMARY	CURRENT STATUS	LEAGUE POSITION A-Approve O=Oppose
	A-164 Charlotte Vandervalk Upendra J. Chivukula Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr.	Requires police departments and parole board to adopt maternity. Unnecessary legislation. The Family Medical Leave Act and other state and federal laws provide sufficient guidance and protection in this area.	Passed Assembly. Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affiars Committee	O
	A-4053 Robert M. Gordon Nilsa Cruz-Perez Joseph R. Malone III Gordon M. Johnson Louis M. Manzo	Regulates certain tows and requires licensure of towing companies. Though intended to only apply to towing from private property, *this bill could require municipalities to alter local towing procedures.*	On Governor's Desk	O
	A-4197 Amy H. Handlin	Authorizes Commissioner of Transportation to extend current ban on large trucks outside of National Network to 96-inch wide trucks.	Assembly Transportation and Public Works Committee	A
	A-4266 Christopher J. Conners Brian E. Rumpf	Permits waiving of illegal parking charges in certain cases. Same as S-2803 Unnecessary legislation	Assembly Transportation and Public Works Committee	O
	A-4275 Reed Gusciora	Allows certain law enforcement officers to photograph motor vehicle operators upon issuance of citation	Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee	A
	A-4282 David C. Russo	Clarifies authority of municipalities to utilize zoning authority to regulate billboards or outdoor advertising bearing commercial advertisements.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	A
	A-4290 Thomas P. Giblin Joseph V. Egan Nelson T. Albano	Sets standards regarding New Jersey Transit Corporation contracts privatizing public transit services No purpose to this legislation. It would hurt municipal and *county operations seeking to improve transportation opportunities for their residents*	Assembly Transportation and Public Works Committee	O
	A-4302 Upendra J. Chivukula	Provides for development of universal public procurement application for use by public entities at all levels of government; provides for collaboration to streamline procurement application. Legislation does not define "universal." A universal public **procurement application does not consider the diversity of governmental units and the business community. One size does not fit all.**	Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee	O
	A-4351 Linda R. Greenstein	Authorizes automatic expungement of law enforcement officers' records when not guilty of criminal charges filed in course of official duties. Unnecessary legislation. Current effective procedure provides *better safeguards for officer and municipality.*	Passed Assembly. Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affiars Committee	O
	A-4356 Charlotte Vandervalk	Eliminates procedure by which taxpayer may appeal assessed value of property directly to State Tax Court. Administratively burdensome and costly to municipalities.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-4367 Jack Conners Frederick Scalera	Requires cigarette receptacles to be placed at entrances of buildings in which smoking is prohibited. Many prefer placement of smoking areas away from front doors *and receptacles can be stolen or abused*	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-4378 Jeff Van Drew Nelson T. Albano	Returns pension loan interest rate in TPAF, PERS, JRS, PFRS and SPRS to fixed 4%. The economic benefits of eliminating the low interest rate on *pension loans result in improved earnings on pension assets. This is a step towards fiscal solvency.*	Assembly State Government Committee	O
	A-4384 Joseph V. Egan	Requires local public contracts to contain provision for renegotiation upon key construction material's price change based on recognized industry price index. As a mandate, this poses difficulty for towns to monitor *fluctuations in price index. This should be permissive legislation since benchmarks currently exist.*	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-4393 John S. Wisniewski	Requires certain public contract bid advertisements to contain projected cost estimate range and specifies grounds for rejection of all bids. Same as S-2878 Replaces a responsible, competitive bidding process that is *driven by the marketplace with a new process pinned to estimated costs.*	Assembly Transportation and Public Works Committee	O
	A-4398 Frederick Scalera Johmn M. Quigley	Grants members of Community Emergency Response Team immunity from civil liability when responding to emergency.	Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee	A
	A-4414 Neil M. Cohen	Provides that the State pay health care coverage for certain survivors of members of PFRS and SPRS. *Provides disparate treatment for members of state pensionsystems.***	Assembly State Government Committee	O
	A-4415 Bonnie Watson Coleman	Requires AG to develop mandatory guidelines for municipal prosecutors and to develop a computer system for use by municipal prosecutors. This legislation could impose new costs and duties on local *offices and overturn locally responsible practices.*	Assembly Judiciary Committee	O

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