NJLM - November 2004 Legislative Bulletin

Legislative Bulletin
November 2004

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-206 Smith, Bob Lance, Leonard	Allows commercial nonagricultural activities to occur on preserved farmland under certain circumstances. Same as A-559	2nd Reading in the Assembly	O
	S-1112 Rice, Ronald	Allows emergency medical technicians to transfer to and enroll in Costly to municipalities.	Senate State Government Committee	O
	S-1642 Connors, Leonard T.	Establishes municipal authority to supervise, disipline and terminate employment of construction code officials.	2nd Reading in the Senate	A
	S-1761 Scutari, Nicholas P.	Appropriates $500,000 for the development of a pilot program for a videoconferencing network in municipal courtrooms.	Senate Judiciary Committee	A
	S-1762 Connors, Leonard T.	Authorizes mechanism for independent determination of legal sufficiency of initiated ordinances and referendum petitions.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	A
	S-1849 Martin, Robert J.	Standardizes maximum fine for violation of municipal and county ordinances and resolutions at $1,250.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	A
	S-1856 Kyrillos, Joseph M.	Permits appointment of municipal emergency management coordinator from contiguous or adjoining municipality.	Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee	A
	S-1865 Connors, Leonard T. Rice, Ronald L.	Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to DLPS to assist local police departments in paying for new National Crime Information terminals.	Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee	A
	S-1868 Bucco, Anthony R. Girgenti, John A.	Requires municipalities that receive State aid to certify that all municipal buildings adhere to fire codes. *Administrative nightmare. Irrational to hold CFO personally responsible.*	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	S-1906 Kean, Thomas H.	Permits municipal police officers to make arrests for any disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offense outside the territorial limits of their municipality. Imposes liability on a jurisdiction that will have no supervisory *authority over officers' actions.*	Senate Judiciary Committee	O
	S-1921 Rice, Ronald L.	Concerns venue for certain workers' compensation cases involving local government agencies. Potentially burdensome for employer.	Senate Labor Committee	O
	S-1926 Adler, John H. Kean, Thomas H.	"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces. Removes all local discretion and imposes mandate upon local *board of health.*	Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee	O
	S-1927 Bryant, Wayne R.	Changes polling place hours for certain elections. Current hours are suitable.	Senate State Government Committee	O
	S-1937 Doria, Joseph V.	Provides uniform period for certain contracting entities to issue changes or addenda to bid advertisements.	Senate State Government Committee	A
	S-1978 Palaia, Joseph A.	Provides State aid to finance revaluation relief abatements in "urban aid" municipalities. There is no demonstrated need for this bill.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	S-1979 Palaia, Joseph A.	Creates "Post-Revaluation Fiscal Shock Property Tax Deferral Loan Program;" appropriates $2,000,000. There is no demonstrated need for this bill. Residents do survive *municipal re-valuations.*	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	S-1980 Palaia, Joseph A.	Permits municipal assessor to implement partial reassessment compliance plan without approval from county or State.	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	A
	S-1982 Bark, Martha W.	Requires DEP to send copy of dam repair orders to municipalities and counties	Senate Environment Committee	A
	S-2008 Asselta, Nicholas	Distinguishes campgrounds from private residential leasehold communities.		A

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ASSEMBLY BILLS
REQ.	BILL NO. AND SPONSOR	BILL SUMMARY	CURRENT STATUS	LEAGUE POSITION A-Approve O=Oppose
	A-559 Chivukula, Upendra J. Smith, Robert J.	Allows commercial nonagricultural activities to occur on preserved farmland under certain circumstances Development rights are already sold in current farmland preservation programs.	2nd Reading in the Assembly	O
	A-2374 Van Drew, Jeff Chippone, Anthony	Allows emergency medical technicians to transfer to and enroll in PFRS Costly to municipalities	Assembly State Government Committee	O
	A-2961 Connors, Christopher J. Rumpf, Brian E.	Establishes municipal authority to supervise, discipline and terminate employment of construction code officials.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	A
	A-3050 Vas, Joseph Quigley, Joan M.	Authorizes issuance of bonds for refurbishment of certain public safety vehicles. This can be accomplished now by using capital notes. Opposed *to taking operating cost and placing into debt.*	Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee	O
	A-3166 McKeon, John F. Diegnan, Patrick J.	Permits municipalities to purchase and issue certain surplus retail alcoholic beverage licenses.	Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee	A
	A-3129 Greenstein, Linda R.	Requires all cats and dogs released from pounds and shelters be sterilized with certain exceptions; establishes special fund for sterilizations; increases certain dog-related fees and dedicates increases to the fund. Towns will not benefit from increased licensed fees.	Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee	O
	A-3225 Diegnan, Patrick J. Barnes, Peter J.	Increases host community benefit for municipalities wherein solid waste transfer stations are located from fifty cents to one dollar per ton of solid waste processed at such facilities.	Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee	A
	A-3232 McKeon, John F.	Concerns powers of political subdivisions with respect to labor regulations.	Assembly Labor Committee	A
	A-3234 Johnson Gordon M. Chivukula, Uprenda J.	Permits public employers to pay health insurance premiums for survivors of PFRS members. This is not allowed in PERS.	Assembly State Government Committee	O
	A-3247 Kean, Sean T. Corodemus, Steve	Distinguishes campgrounds from private residential leasehold communities.	2nd Reading in the Assembly	A
	A-3293 Van Drew, Jeff	Makes employment matters not exempted by statute mandatory subjects of public employment collective bargaining. Weakens management prerogatives	Assembly Labor Committee	O
	A-3296 Conaway, Herb Conners, Jack	Permits municipalities to defer 100% of payment of property taxes owed by senior citizen homeowners enrolled in PAAD. Unworkable under current tax assessment system and would create an incredible shift in tax burden.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-3320 Connors, Christopher J. Rimpf, Brian E.	Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to DLPS to assist local police departments in paying for new National Crime Information terminals.	Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee	A
	A-3342 Johnson, Gordon M. Manzo, Louis Scalera, Frederick	Allows law enforcement officers in PERS to transfer to and enroll in PFRS; requires all law enforcement officers to be enrolled in PFRS. Costly for municipalities.	Assembly State Government Committee	O
	A-3347 Azzolina, Joseph	Permits appointment of municipal emergency management coordinator from contiguous or adjoining municipality.	Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee	A
	A-3373 Bodine, Francis L. Chatzidakis, Larry	Requires DEP to send copy of dam repair orders to municipalities and counties. Solid Waste Committee	Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee	A
	A-3387 Kean, Sean T.	Permits municipal assessor to implement partial reassessment compliance plan without approval from county or State.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	A
	A-3388 Kean, Sean T.	Creates "Post-Revaluation Fiscal Shock Property Tax Deferral Loan Program;" appropriates $2,000,000. There is no demonstrated need for this bill. Residents do survive municipal re-valuations.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-3389 Kean, Sean T.	Provides State aid to finance revaluation relief abatements in "urban aid" municipalities. There is no demonstrated need for this bill.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-3399 Chiappone, Anthony	Provides for priority by municipality over State on lien filed on contaminated property under certain circumstances.	Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee	A
	A-3404 Carroll, Michael Patrick	Requires greater voter identification at polling place; restricts access to absentee ballots; makes appropriation. Limits voter options and will create administrative problems.	Assembly State Government Committee	O
	A-3406 Corodemus, Steve	Requires local governing body to prepare capital budget benefit cost analysis. Government Committee Governing body members are duly elected by residents as guardians of the public purse. State law to require justification of expenditures is unnecessary.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	O
	A-3424 Munoz, Eric	New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces. Removes all local discretion and imposes mandate upon local board of health.	Assembly Health and Human Services Committee	O
	A-3458 DeCroce, Alex Pennacchio, Joseph	Standardizes maximum fine for violation of municipal and county ordinances and resolutions at $1,250.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	A
	ACR-195 Bodine, Francis L. Chatzidakis, Larry	Proposes constitutional amendment to allow Council on Mandates to examine existing statutes, rules and regulations for unfunded mandates and make recommendations to Legislature.	Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee	A

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