NEW JERSEY LEGISLATIVE DIGEST for October 15, 1998 OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION Legislative Information and Bill Room State House Annex, Room B-01, P.O. Box 068, Trenton, NJ 08625-0068 (609) 292-4840/ Toll-free in NJ (800) 792-8630 TDD for the hearing impaired (609) 777-2744/ Toll-free in NJ (800) 257-7490 Web Site: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us Vol. X No. 41 208th Legislature First Annual Session SENATE ACTION (QUORUM) Nominations Received and Referred to SJU: TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION: Diane Legreide, of Point Pleasant Beach. Nominations/Corrected Copy: TO BE A MEMBER OF THE POLICE TRAINING COMMISSION: Catherine Frank-White, of Lambertville, *Not Skillman. Bills Introduced: S1396 Bassano,C Sch. bd. vacancy, cert.-special elec. REF SGB S1397 Littell,R SHBP-makes cert. revisions REF SGB S1398 Robertson,N Solid waste fac. debt-st. assume pymt. REF SEN S1401 Allen,D Sch. dist., cert-proh St. aid adjustment REF SED S1402 Allen,D St. sch. aid, loss-made w/in 3 sch. yr. REF SED S1403 Allen,D Adult Literacy Ed. Svcs. St. Council REF SED S1404 Allen,D/Lipman,W Work First NJ prog.-repeals cert. limit REF SSV S1405 Lipman,W/Bassano,C+2 Work First NJ-mental heath scv referral REF SSV S1406 Bassano,C/Singer,R Infantile Autism Biomedical Act;$1.5M REF SHH S1407 Allen,D Work First NJ recipient-complete cert ed REF SSV S1408 McNamara,H/Bennett,J Hotel room occupancy tax-mun. impose REF SCU S1409 Cardinale,G Court off., entitled fees-modifies REF SJU S1410 Cardinale,G Translated forms in Spanish, cert.-req. REF SJU S1411 Bennett,J/O'Connor,E+2 Statutes-NJ Law Revision Comm. recompile REF SGB S1412 Singer,R Police co/mun-clarify cert arrest powers REF SLP S1413 McNamara,H/Cafiero,J+4 Laser lighting device, misuse-penal. REF SLP S1414 Matheussen,J/Girgenti,J Post-conviction proceeding-guidelines REF SJU S1415 Matheussen,J/Gormley,W Crim. cases-peremptory challenges REF SJU S1416 Matheussen,J/Connors,L Constr. devel.-disclose stop work orders REF SCU S1417 Gormley,W Prop., Galloway Twp surplus, cert.-sell REF SGB S1420 Kosco,L/Bassano,C+1 Death penalty cases-procedural changes REF SJU S1421 Connors,L/Matheussen,J+3 Computer failure, cert.-civil immunity REF SJU S1422 Connors,L/Cafiero,J Sr cit stabilization aid-elig criteria REF SED S1423 Connors,L/Bassano,C+1 Dist. svc. medal-auth. special lic plate REF STR S1424 Bassano,C Corporate proxy voting-allow telephonic REF SCM S1425 DiFrancesco,D Dredging Bond Act, various proj;$20.736m REF SEN SCR85 Matheussen,J/Kosco,L Post-conviction relief-defendant waive REF SJU SCR86 Kosco,L/Bassano,C+1 Death sentence-amend Constit. REF SJU SJR38 Robertson,N St. mun. aid-gov. and Leg. freeze REF SCU SJR39 Allen,D/Bark,M Domestic Viol. Awareness Month-Oct. 1998 REF SWF
Page 2. October 15, 1998 Bills Referred/SBA: A581 Acs (ACS) Barnes,P/Carroll,M+2 Bail runners-req lic. as priv. detective S903 Scs (SCS) Sinagra,J/Kosco,L Bail runners-req. licensing S906 Scs (SCS) Zane,R Lic. plate, personalized-leased veh. S1188 Scs (SCS) Allen,D/Ciesla,A Corridor region revitalization;$30m S1211 Sca (1R) Rice,R/Codey,R+3 Seton Hall, St. Health Policy Ctr.;$580K S1239 Matheussen,J/Ciesla,A+2 NJ Devils, NJ Nets lic. plate-estab. S1345 Furnari,G/Bucco,A+2 Handicapped person-estab min. regis fees S1395 Palaia,J Combat Med. Badge recipients-lic. plate Bills Referred/SWF: A1109 Aca (1R) Azzolina,J/Luongo,G+5 Domestic viol. central registry-estab. Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading: A63 Acs (ACS) Blee,F/LeFevre,K+22 PAAD prescriptions-restore language REP A66 Jones,L Checks-proh. recording cert. info. REP A132 Acs (ACS) Bateman,C/Blee,F+3 Drug Abuse Ed. Fd.-income tax contrib. REP A505 Zecker,G Depository instit lending-permits parity REP A560 AcaSca (2R) Bagger,R/Augustine,A Trains, warning sounds-exempts cert. REP/SCA A974 Acs (ACS) LeFevre,K/Blee,F+2 Korean Vet. Fd.-income tax contrib. REP A1514 AcaAaSca (3R) Malone,J/Blee,F+1 Income tax return-contrib. to special fd REP/SCA A1631 AaSca (2R) Cohen,N/Bateman,C Tax records, nonofficial exam.-offense REP/SCA A1913 AcaSca (2R) Wisniewski,J/Bateman,C+2 Dental procedures-health insur. cover REP/SCA A1931 Sca (1R) Weingarten,J Collateral prot. insur.-reg. purch. REP/SCA A2086 DeCroce,A/Merkt,R+2 High occupancy veh. lanes-proh. estab. REP A2382 Aca (1R) DeCroce,A/Gregg,G+30 HOV lanes-reduce hours of operation REP S4/1358 Scs (SCS) Robertson,N/Singer,R+9 PAAD prescriptions-restore language REP/SCS S354 Sca (1R) Bassano,C Adoptees-allows access to med. hist info REP/SCA S425 Sca (1R) Inverso,P Collateral prot. insur.-reg. purch. REP/SCA S438 Bassano,C TPAF, PERS retir-highest benf year based REP S770 Sca (1R) Sinagra,J/Adler,J Athletic Training Lic. Act REP/SCA S777 Sca (1R) Vitale,J Haz. substances, RR storage-proh. REP/SCA S778 Scs (SCS) Vitale,J/Gormley,W Crime victims, injured-prov. VCCB awards REP S835 ScaSca (2R) Matheussen,J/Bucco,A+4 Urban search and rescue teams;$1.5m REP/SCA S854 Sca (1R) Furnari,G+20 Alco. driv. offenses-incr. penal. REP/SCA S906 Scs (SCS) Zane,R Lic. plate, personalized-leased veh. REP/SCS S941 Sca (1R) Lipman,W/Adler,J+1 Post-Separation Family Viol. Relief Act REP/SCA S1078 Scs (SCS) Singer,R/Bark,M Korean Vet Memor. Fd.-income tax contrib REP S1117 Martin,R/Ciesla,A+1 High occupancy veh. lanes-proh. estab. REP S1138 Sca (1R) Cardinale,G/Lesniak,R+1 Wine tasting-permits cert. Class C lic. REP/SCA S1147 Sinagra,J Bicycle paths-req., Transp. Trust Fd. REP S1148/1228 Scs (SCS) Sinagra,J/Codey,R+28 Health/dental insur. claims-prompt pymt. REP/SCS S1188 Scs (SCS) Allen,D/Ciesla,A Corridor region revitalization;$30m REP/SCS S1211 Sca (1R) Rice,R/Codey,R+3 Seton Hall, St. Health Policy Ctr.;$580K REP/SCA S1239 Matheussen,J/Ciesla,A+2 NJ Devils, NJ Nets lic. plate-estab. REP S1256 DiFrancesco,D PFRS elected off-retire & remain in off. REP S1258 Scs (SCS) Cafiero,J/Girgenti,J Laser lighting against off.-estab. crime REP/SCS S1265 Sca (1R) Vitale,J/Sinagra,J Dental procedures-health insur. cover REP/SCA S1282 Sca (1R) Bucco,A/Girgenti,J+1 PFRS loans-deduct from retir. allowance REP/SCA S1323 Sca (1R) Adler,J/Vitale,J Ex-POWs Memor. Hwy.-desig. GSP REP/SCA S1338 Cafiero,J/Zane,R+17 Correctional fac. changes-pub. hearing REP S1345 Furnari,G/Bucco,A+2 Handicapped person-estab min. regis fees REP S1350 Kavanaugh,W Ticket Brokering Study Comm-incr. memb. REP S1355/1413 Scs (SCS) Cafiero,J Laser beam, shining or pointing-crime REP/SCS S1367 Sca (1R) Bennett,J/Robertson,N+6 Personal info. misuse-penalty REP/SCA S1381 Connors,L/Ciesla,A+1 NJT emp. pension benf.-cert agreements REP S1387 Sca (1R) Singer,R Laser lighting, under 18-reg. sale REP/SCA S1395 Palaia,J Combat Med. Badge recipients-lic. plate REP S1399 DiFrancesco,D/Bennett,J Children Relief Fd-lowers threshold elig REP S1418 Littell,R/Bennett,J Income tax contrib.-incr. amounts REP SCR70 Inverso,P Fluoridated water labeling-juice REP SJR21 Zane,R/Cafiero,J All Sports Museum of NJ-desig. REP
Page 3. October 15, 1998 Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading: (cont'd) SJR27 Sca (1R) Allen,D+17 Discrim. Against Women, UN-US ratify REP/SCA SJR28 Sca (1R) Vitale,J/Sinagra,J+1 Nat'l Organ Donor Awareness-3rd wk April REP/SCA SJR39 Allen,D/Bark,M Domestic Viol. Awareness Month-Oct. 1998 REP SR36 Lipman,W/Turner,S+1 Seneca Falls Convention-150th anniv. REP SR49 Turner,S/Ciesla,A Train arrival posting sys-njt install REP SR53 Furnari,G/Kavanaugh,W+8 St. entities-prov grant info on Internet REP Bills Combined: S1228 Inverso,P Health care claim, prompt pymt.-concerns COMB/W S1148 S1358 Turner,S/Furnari,G+5 PAAD prescriptions-restore language COMB/W S4 S1413 McNamara,H/Cafiero,J+4 Laser lighting device, misuse-penal. COMB/W S1355 Bills Transferred: A1913 AcaSca (2R) Wisniewski,J/Bateman,C+2 Dental procedures-health insur. cover FROM SCM TO SHH Co-Sponsors Added: S68 (Codey,R) S212 (Turner,S) S1179 (Cardinale,G; Vitale,J) S1340 (DiFrancesco,D) S1358 (Rice,R) S1405 (Codey,R; Rice,R) S1411 (Kosco, L; Matheussen,J) S1413 (Robertson,N; Connors,L; Inverso,P; Bassano,C) S1420 (Cardinale,G) S1421 (Cafiero,J; Bassano,C; Singer,R) S1423 (Cafiero,J) SCR36 (Singer,R) SCR86 (Cardinale,G) Co-Prime Sponsors Added: S212 (Girgenti,J) S1258 Scs (SCS) (Girgenti,J) S1326 (DiFrancesco,D) S1341 (Lynch,J) S1342 (Lynch,J) S1399 (Bennett,J) Co-Prime Sponsors Withdrawn: S1326 (DiFrancesco,D) The Senate President has made the following appointments: *Effective October 13, 1998 New Jersey Advisory Council on Elder Care: Senator Wynona M. Lipman (29) Senator Norman M. Robertson (34) Senator Robert W. Singer (30)
Page 4. October 15, 1998 Note to the September 28, 1998 Legislative Digest: Nominations Notice of Intention: TO BE A JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT: Gerald C. Escala, of Demarest. The Senate adjourned at 7:00 P.M. to meet on Monday, October 19, 1998 (QUORUM, Committee Groups "1" and "2" scheduled to meet). ASSEMBLY ACTION (QUORUM) Bills Introduced: A2529 Buono,B One-Call Damage Prev. System REF APR A2530 Malone,J/Cottrell,M Co. voter reg lists-no vote solicitation REF ASG A2531 Gill,N/Caraballo,W Sr cit home solicitation-proh cert loans REF ASC A2532 Smith,T Check cashing bus, cash cert check-crime REF AJU A2533 Smith,T Health care prof., shelter-liab immunity REF AHL A2534 Murphy,C Deaf community, continue assist.;$150k REF ASC A2535 Moran,J/Connors,C Sr cit stabilization aid-elig criteria REF AED A2536 Blee,F/LeFevre,K Prop., Galloway Twp surplus, cert.-sell REF ASG A2537 LeFevre,K/Asselta,N+2 Dredging Bond Act, various proj;$20.736m REF AEN A2538 Faulkner,K Sr. Cit. Prop. Tax Relief Act REF ASC A2539 Smith,T Pub. housing units-available for purch. REF ALH A2540 Weingarten,J Musical groups names, cert.-unlawful REF ACP A2541 Wright,B/Kramer,P Monroe Sch. Dist, regionalization;$8k REF AED ACR138 Weingarten,J Audit cert. govt. prog.-amend constit. REF ASG AR123 Malone,J/Cottrell,M Community Resid Fac Site Selection-estab REF ASC AR124 Crecco,M Marriage Tax Elim. Act-Cong. enact REF APR AR125 LeFevre,K/Azzolina,J Grandparenting Task Force-estab. REF ASC Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading: A184 Aca (1R) Geist,G/Russo,D Primary elections-1st Tuesday in March REP/ACA A286 Cohen,N Real estate brokers-incl. bus. broker REP A542 Aca (1R) Rooney,J+1 Food waste composting-prov. REP/ACA A745 Asselta,N/Gibson,J Escrow fds.-forms other than cash/check REP A843 Aca (1R) Impreveduto,A/Kelly,J Massage, Somatic Therapist Lic. Act REP/ACA A1097 Acs (ACS) Gregg,G/Stanley,C Rental-purch. agreements-regulate REP/ACS A1441 Aca (1R) Collins,J/Stuhltrager,G+1 Farmer-exemp. deer hunting lic. fee REP/ACA A1551 Charles,J/DeCroce,A Noise barriers-recycled materials REP A1736 Impreveduto,A/Cohen,N+1 Emission control equip.-dealer disclose REP A1974 Aca (1R) Heck,R/Luongo,G+2 Women's Heritage Trail;$70K REP/ACA A2039 Wolfe,D/Luongo,G Sch. bus. admin.-shared only by two dist REP A2111 Aca (1R) Weingarten,J/O'Toole,K US Constit. instruction-curricula REP/ACA A2149 Murphy,C/LeFevre,K+2 Molds-prov. cert. liens REP A2222 Aca (1R) Wolfe,D/Doria,J Athletic trainers, pub. sch. dist.-cert. REP/ACA A2251 Aca (1R) Holzapfel,J/Barnes,P Drug dealing offense-grade by units REP/ACA A2313 Gibson,J/Stuhltrager,G+1 Pub Sch Contract viol-limit w/holding fd REP A2414/1638/2456 Acs (ACS) Augustine,A+1 Identity theft-crime REP/ACS A2479 Aca (1R) Cohen,N/Caraballo,W Anti-money laundering-penalty REP/ACA A2492 Cohen,N/Holzapfel,J Wiretapping, Surveillance Act-amend REP AJR46 Aca (1R) Moran,J/Connors,C So. Ocean Landfill, Inc.-DEP to close REP/ACA AR18 Friscia,A/Steele,A+24 Religious persecution-urges awareness REP AR31 Acs (ACS) Wolfe,D Year of the Ocean-expresses support REP/ACS
Page 5. October 15, 1998 AR104 Talarico,G/Heck,R+1 Canadian goose-control population REP S92 Palaia,J Sch. bus. admin.-shared only by two dist REP S808 ScsSa (SCS/1R) Cafiero,J/Zane,R Pub Sch Contract viol-limit w/holding fd REP Bills Reported Referred/AAP: A510 Zecker,G Bail restrictions-cert. 3rd degree crime REP REF AAP A644 Roberts,J/Jones,L+2 Litter/debris removal-dot reimburse mun. REP REF AAP A678 Aca (1R) Gibson,J/Azzolina,J Aquaculture Assist. Prog.-estab. REP/ACA REF AAP A1361 Kelly,J/Vandervalk,C+2 Sexual offenders, repeat-incr. mand term REP REF AAP A1445 Collins,J/Crecco,M+1 PFRS police, rehired-may purch. cred. REP REF AAP A1956 Aca (1R) Luongo,G Nonpub. sch. pupils-incr. distance REP/ACA REF AAP A2164 Heck,R/Talarico,G+1 Special Ed. Svcs. Fd.-estab. REP REF AAP A2357 Chatzidakis,L/Bodine,F+5 Sanitary Contingency Fd.-redirect moneys REP REF AAP A2364 Aca (1R) Asselta,N/Felice,N+1 Oyster Seed Prod. Enhancement;$250K REP/ACA REF AAP A2508 Aca (1R) Gregg,G/Thompson,S+2 Lake restoration, north NJ;$3.16M REP/ACA REF AAP A2509 Aca (1R) Faulkner,K/Corodemus,S+2 Lake restoration, south NJ;$1.83M REP/ACA REF AAP Bills Reported Referred/ABI: A2173 Acs (ACS) Cohen,N/DiGaetano,P Check cashing bus.-file cert. reports REP/ACS REF ABI Bills Transferred: A526 Rooney,J Dry Cleaning Bus. Asst. Act FROM AEN TO ASH A2456 Cohen,N/Wisniewski,J Identity theft-estab. penalty FROM ALP TO AJU Bills Combined: A1638 Pou,N/Wisniewski,J+14 Impersonation-upgrades crime COMB/W A2414/2456 A2456 Cohen,N/Wisniewski,J Identity theft-estab. penalty COMB/W A2414/1638 Bills Withdrawn From The Files: A406 Moran,J TPAF, PERS-cert. teachers purch. cred. FROM ASG Co-Sponsors Added: A7 (Murphy,C; Felice,N) A119 (Buono,B; Thompson,S) A126 (Gregg,G) A177 Aca (1R) (Myers,C) A374 Aca (1R) (Crecco,M) A506 (Crecco,M) A728 (Conaway,H) A1581 (Geist,G) A1786 (Vandervalk,C) A1837 (Gusciora,R) A1927 (LeFevre,K) A2015 (Gill,N; Jones,L; Augustine,A; Luongo,G) A2023 (Holzapfel,J; Wolfe,D) A2125 (Gusciora,R) A2126 (Kramer,P) A2144 (Azzolina,J) A2321 (Holzapfel,J; Wolfe,D; Zecker,G; Zisa,C) A2328 (Cohen,N) A2372 (Greenwald,L) A2508 Aca (1R) (Felice,N) A2516 (Augustine,A) ACR61 (Conaway,H; Kelly,J)
Page 6. October 15, 1998 ACR79 (Vandervalk,C) ACR91 (Stanley,C; Luongo,G; Malone,J; Murphy,C; Payne,W; Smith,R; Kelly,J; Vandervalk,C; Weinberg,L; Zecker,G; Romano,L; Augustine,A; Friscia,A; Felice,N; Cruz-Perez,N; Conaway,H; Bodine,F; Azzolina,J; Jones,L) ACR134 (Vandervalk,C) ACR135 (Blee,F) AR18 (Gusciora,R) AR104 (Felice,N) Co-Sponsors Withdrawn: A2015 (Felice,N) Second Prime Sponsors Added: A644 (Jones,L) A2411 (Jones,L) ACR61 (Wolfe,D) Second Prime Sponsors Withdrawn: A2372 (Greenwald,L) The Assembly Speaker has made the following appointments: *Effective October 8, 1998 Advisory Council on Adolescent Pregnancy: John T. Tomicki, of Ringwood. New Jersey Advisory Council on Elder Care: Assemblywoman Carol Murphy (26) Assemblyman Samuel Thompson (13) Assemblyman Louis Romano (33) The Assembly adjourned at 5:58 P.M. to meet on Thursday, October 29, 1998 (SESSION). Bills Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor: None Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (10/5/98): None