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Vol. XXXII No. 52  Internet Update I                           CALENDAR SUBJECT TO CHANGE                                                         213th Legislature

Prepared: October 3, 2008                               Check Internet site or call this office for updated schedule                            First Annual Session


*Denotes Changes

 

 


MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008

 

SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (3) Committees scheduled to meet

1:00 PM: Group (4) Committees scheduled to meet

 

Senate Budget and Appropriations Meeting 1:00 PM

Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chair: Sen. Buono, Barbara

A770 [Conners, Jack/Scalera, Frederick+30], PFRS-concerns accidental death benf.

A3111 [Greenwald, Louis D./Pou, Nellie], Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement-concerns

S1392 [Rice, Ronald L./Bucco, Anthony R.+13], PFRS-concerns accidental death benf.

S1418 [Sarlo, Paul A.], Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement-concerns

S2130 [Codey, Richard J./Buono, Barbara], Corp. bus. tax operating loss-concerns

SCR60 [Sweeney, Stephen M./Kean, Thomas H.+9], Pub. emp. benf.-concerns cert. contrib.

 

Senate Commerce Meeting

Chair: Sen. Gill, Nia H.

The Committee will not meet.

 

Senate Economic Growth Meeting

Chair: Sen. Lesniak, Raymond J.

The Committee will not meet.

 

Senate Environment Meeting 10:00 AM

Committee Room 10, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chair: Sen. Smith, Bob

S713 [Smith, Bob], Forest stewardship-estab.

S802 [Sweeney, Stephen M./O'Toole, Kevin J.+2], Deer hunting w/bow & arrow-auth. Sundays

S976 [Van Drew, Jeff+1], Hunting w/bow and arrow-concerns

S1310 [Gordon, Robert M./Lance, Leonard+1], Dam restoration proj.;$7M

S1644 [Weinberg, Loretta/Cardinale, Gerald+2], Hist New Bridge Landing St Park-concerns

S1875 [Sarlo, Paul A.], Green Acres prog.-extend appraisal date

 

Senate State Government Meeting 10:00 AM

Committee Room 6, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chair: Sen. Scutari, Nicholas P.

A3204 [Roberts, Joseph J./DeCroce, Alex+2], Jt. Leg. Comm., Ethical Standards-memb.

S1374 [Vitale, Joseph F.], Sept. 11 Remembrance Day-desig.

S2128 [Codey, Richard J./Lance, Leonard], Jt. Leg. Comm., Ethical Standards-memb.

For Discussion Only:

A351 [Diegnan, Patrick J./Barnes, Peter J.+5], Elections, nonpartisan mun.-concerns

S492 [Turner, Shirley K.], Nonpartisan mun election day-change date

S1099 [Buono, Barbara], Elections, nonpartisan mun.-concerns

 

Senate Transportation Meeting 1:00 PM

Committee Room 10, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chair: Sen. Sacco, Nicholas J.

A2731 [Wisniewski, John S./Greenstein, Linda R.+8], Traffic decisions-concerns co., mun auth

S1832 [Madden, Fred H.], MV fines-concerns

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008 (continued)

 

Senate Transportation Meeting (continued)

S1889 [Kean, Sean T./Ciesla, Andrew R.], Power vessel operation-concerns

S1908 [Buono, Barbara/Oroho, Steven V.+1], Traffic decisions-concerns co., mun auth

S2111 [Madden, Fred H.], Boat safety course, mandatory-concerns

 

Senate Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Meeting

1:00 PM Committee Room 7, 2nd Floor,

State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chair: Sen. Whelan, Jim

S168 [Bucco, Anthony R.], Downhill skiing-concerns cert. req.

SJR27 [Van Drew, Jeff], Sunset Lake Hydrofest-Gov's cup Series

For Discussion Only:

A3122 [Burzichelli, John J./Milam, Matthew W.+3], Casino emp-serve, Atlantic City gov body

S1987 [Whelan, Jim/Van Drew, Jeff], Casino emp-serve, Atlantic City gov body

 

ASSEMBLY QUORUM 1:00 PM Assembly Chambers

 

Assembly Appropriations Meeting

Chair: Asw. Pou, Nellie

The Committee will not meet.

 

Assembly Budget Meeting 9:30 AM

Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chair: Asm. Greenwald, Louis D.

The Chairman has invited Caren Franzini, Chief Executive Officer of the NJEDA to speak on the implementation of the merger of the Commerce and Economic Growth Commission into the NJEDA and the potential implications for business retention

and growth in the State.

Pending Referral:

A688 [Spencer, L. Grace/Chiappone, Anthony], Lifeline Cred./Tenants Asst.-COL incr.

A2517 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie/Green, Jerry+9], Homeownership Preserv. Act

A2720 [Vas, Joseph/Burzichelli, John J.+2], UEZ bus. purch.-point of sale tax exempt

A3124 [Greenwald, Louis D./McKeon, John F.+5], Corp. bus. tax-net operating loss deduct

 

Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Meeting

12:30 PM Committee Room 12, 4th Floor,

State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chair: Asm. Vas, Joseph

The Committee will hear testimony regarding the State's ongoing efforts in job

growth and industry building.

A1277 [Carroll, Michael Patrick], Telecommute-corp. bus. tax cred.

A2722 [Vas, Joseph/Greenwald, Louis D.], Corp. bus. tax-elim throwout of receipts

A2997 [Vas, Joseph/Coutinho, Albert], Bus. Emp. Incentive Prog-revise elig req

Pending Introduction and or Referral:

A2626 [Vas, Joseph], Corp. bus. tax-concerns

A3294 [Milam, Matthew W./Albano, Nelson T.], Prov. Enhancements to BR&RAGP

 

Assembly Consumer Affairs Meeting

Chair: Asw. Cruz-Perez, Nilsa

The Committee will not meet.

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008 (continued)

 

Assembly Environment and Solid Waste and the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Joint Meeting 10:00 AM Committee Room 16, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chairs: Asm. McKeon, John F./ Asm. Chivukula, Upendra J.

The Assembly Environment and the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committees will meet jointly to receive testimony from the Board of Public Utilities and other invited guests on rising energy costs, energy efficiency initiatives, and green job creation.

 

Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance and the Assembly Housing and Local Government Joint Meeting 12:30 PM Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chairs: Asm. Schaer, Gary S./Asm. Green, Jerry

The Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance and the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committees will meet jointly to receive testimony from the Department of Banking and Insurance, the Department of Community Affairs, and

other invited guests on the ongoing home mortgage and foreclosure crisis.

 

Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Meeting 2:30 PM Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chair: Asm. Schaer, Gary S.

(Immediately following the Joint Meeting with the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee)

A281 [Schaer, Gary S./Burzichelli, John J.+3], Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prev. Act

A2316 [Diegnan, Patrick J./Egan, Joseph V.+1], Mortgage payoff balances-concerns

A2496 [Holzapfel, James W.], Mortgage foreclosure proc-concerns

A3125 [Caputo, Ralph R./Vas, Joseph], Foreclosured prop.-concerns maintenance

S250 [Adler, John H.], Mortgage foreclosures, cert.-concerns

Pending Introduction and Referral:

A3269 [Wisniewski, John S./Schaer, Gary S.], Mortgage foreclosures, cert.-concerns

A3293 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie], .) exempts sales to homeowner assistance and recovery programs from realty transfer fees

 

Assembly Health and Senior Services and the Assembly

Human Services Joint Meeting 2:00 PM Committee Room 11,

4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chairs: Asm. Conaway, Herb/Asw. Oliver, Sheila Y.

The Assembly Health and Senior Services and the Assembly Human Services Committees will meet jointly to hear from the Commissioners of the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Human Services about the impact of the current financial crisis on health care and social services.

 

Assembly Higher Education Meeting

Chair: Asm. Diegnan, Patrick J.

The Committee will not meet.

 

Assembly Law and Public Safety and the Assembly Regulated Professions Joint Meeting 2:00 PM Committee Room 16,

4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chairs: Asm. Johnson, Gordon M./ Asm. Prieto, Vincent

The Assembly Law and Public Safety and the Assembly Regulated Professions will meet jointly to receive testimony from the Attorney General and other invited guests concerning oversight of the financial services industry and enforcement of federal and state laws and regulations governing the industry.

Pending Introduction and or Referral:

A2272 [Curz-Perez, Nilsa], concerns security fraud and

AR156 [Albano, Nelson T./Milam, Matthew W.], enforcement of laws concerning financial institutions

 

Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Meeting 10:00 AM Committee Room 16, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Chair: Asm. Chivukula, Upendra J.

(Immediately Following the Joint Meeting with the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee)

A843 [Chivukula, Upendra J./Karrow, Marcia A.], Energy-related incentives-bus. apply

Pending Referral:

A2550 [Lampitt, Pamela R./Chivukula, Upendra J.], Wind and solar fac.-concerns location

For Discussion Only:

A616 [Karrow, Marcia A./Chivukula, Upendra J.+2], Societal benf. charge rev.-concerns

A2670 [Chiappone, Anthony], Mun. util. auth.-concerns

A3062 [McKeon, John F./Chivukula, Upendra J.], Wind, solar tech fac-zoning use variance

 

 

 

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008 (continued)

 

Assembly Tourism and Gaming Meeting

Chair: Asm. Burzichelli, John J.

The Committee will not meet.

 

State House Commission Meeting 9:00 AM

Committee Room 3, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008

 

Joint Committee on the Public Schools Meeting 11:00 AM Camden High School, Baird and Park Boulevards, Camden, NJ

The Subcommittee on School Facilities and Construction will hear updates from SDA CEO, Scott Weiner on proposed new school construction projects, and Education Commissioner, Lucille Davy, will speak about the new grant process for the RODS.

 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008

 

Joint Committee on the Public Schools Meeting 11:00 AM

Glenn Cunningham Early Childhood Center,

210 Ocean Avenue, Jersey City, NJ

The Abbott Subcommittee will hear presentations from Commissioner of Education, Lucille Davy, Department of Human Services representatives Jeanette Page-Hawkins and Beverly Wellons and others on the subject of Statewide preschool expansion.

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2008

 

SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (2) Committees scheduled to meet

1:00 PM: Group (1) Committees scheduled to meet

 

ASSEMBLY QUORUM Assembly Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (C) Committees scheduled to meet

2:00 PM: Group (D) Committees scheduled to meet

 

*New Jersey Law Revision Commission Meeting 4:30 PM

Commission Offices, 153 Halsey St., 7th Floor, Newark, NJ

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008

 

SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (4) Committees scheduled to meet

1:00 PM: Group (3) Committees scheduled to meet

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008

 

SENATE SESSION 2:00 PM Senate Chambers

Voting Session: Board list to be announced

 

ASSEMBLY QUORUM Assembly Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (A) Committees scheduled to meet

2:00 PM: Group (B) Committees scheduled to meet

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2008

 

SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (1) Committees scheduled to meet

1:00 PM: Group (2) Committees scheduled to meet

 

ASSEMBLY SESSION Assembly Chambers

Voting Session: Board list to be announced

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008

 

SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (3) Committees scheduled to meet

1:00 PM: Group (4) Committees scheduled to meet

 

ASSEMBLY QUORUM Assembly Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (C) Committees scheduled to meet

2:00 PM: Group (D) Committees scheduled to meet

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008

 

ASSEMBLY SESSION Assembly Chambers

Voting Session: Board list to be announced

 

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008

 

SENATE SESSION 2:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Committees at the call of the Senate President

Voting Session: Board list to be announced

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008

 

SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (2) Committees scheduled to meet

1:00 PM: Group (1) Committees scheduled to meet

 

ASSEMBLY QUORUM Assembly Chambers

Committees at the call of the Speaker

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008

 

SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Group (4) Committees scheduled to meet

1:00 PM: Group (3) Committees scheduled to meet

 

Joint State Leasing and Space Utilization Committee Meeting

3:00 PM Committee Room 12, 4th Floor,

State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Agenda will be added at a later date.

 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2008

 

SENATE SESSION 2:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Committees at the call of the Senate President

Voting Session: Board list to be announced

 

ASSEMBLY SESSION Assembly Chambers

Voting Session: Board list to be announced

 

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2009

 

SENATE SESSION

State of the State Address: Time and location to be announced