NEW JERSEY

LEGISLATIVE DIGEST



for January 25, 1999



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Vol. XI No. 3 208th Legislature • Second Annual Session



The Members of both Houses of the 208th Legislature met in Joint Session to receive the Annual Budget Message from Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of the State of New Jersey.





SENATE ACTION (QUORUM)



Nominations Received and Referred to SJU:



TO BE A MEMBER OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY BOARD OF TAXATION:

Annie W. Grant, of Long Branch.

 

Bills Introduced/Without Reference/Given Second Reading:



S7 Inverso,P/O'Connor,E Electric, gas util.-restructures



Bills Introduced:



S1664 O'Connor,E Enterprise zone-UEZA desig. addl. REF SCU

S1665 Inverso,P Div. of Taxation-elim cert. tax reports REF SBA

S1666 Littell,R/Inverso,P Tobacco Settlement Trust Fd.-estab. REF SHH

S1667 Vitale,J Atty. fees-cert. plaintiffs recover REF SJU

S1668 Allen,D Molds-prov. cert. liens REF SCM

S1669 Allen,D Resid. noise testing-DEP conduct test REF SEN

S1670 Allen,D Income subjected to tax-incr. minimum REF SBA

S1671 Furnari,G East Rutherford Boro, study skills;$75K REF SED



Bills Referred/SBA:



S1494 Bucco,A/Kosco,L Bail restrictions-cert. 3rd degree crime



Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading:



A1709 AaAa (2R) Bagger,R+2 Life jackets-children 12 & under REP

A2144 Holzapfel,J/Crecco,M+4 Parole hearings-victims submit videotape REP

S10 Sca (1R) DiFrancesco,D/Robertson,N+20 Mun. St. aid-inflation adjustment incr. REP

S401 Littell,R Jumping emerg. calls-criminalizes REP

S677 Littell,R Police, civil svc. mun.-raises ed. req. REP

S1103 Sca (1R) Allen,D/Connors,L Life jackets-children 12 & under REP/SCA

S1253 Sca (1R) Bucco,A/Allen,D Drug, alco. dependent offender-treatment REP/SCA

S1279 ScaSca (2R) Martin,R/Kavanaugh,W Interdist. Pub. Sch. Choice Prog.-estab. REP/SCA





Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading: (cont'd):



S1368 Bennett,J/Bucco,A Power vessels, small-minor operate REP

S1494 Bucco,A/Kosco,L Bail restrictions-cert. 3rd degree crime REP

S1495 Sca (1R) Bark,M/Kosco,L+1 E9-1-1 Comm.-estab. REP/SCA

S1526 Bennett,J/Bucco,A Sexually oriented bus.-reg. location REP



Bills Received from Governor/Conditional Veto:



S1063 Aca (1R) Martin,R/Zane,R+1 Civil Penal. Enforce. Act-estab. new



Co-Sponsors Added:



S6 (Bucco,A)

S466 ScaSa (2R) (Vitale,J)

S1495 Sca (1R) (Furnari,G)

S1528 (Vitale,J)

S1573 (Turner,S)

S1608 (Kavanaugh,W)

S1660 (Zane,R)



Co-Prime Sponsors Added:



S1253 Sca (1R) (Allen,D)



The Senate adjourned at 6:30 P.M. to meet on Thursday, January 28, 1999 (SESSION).





ASSEMBLY ACTION (QUORUM)



Bills Introduced/Without Reference/Given Second Reading:



A16 DiGaetano,P/Bagger,R+6 Electric & gas util.-restructures

A2842 Felice,N St. contract-new policy effective 8/1/99



Bills Introduced:



A2826 Holzapfel,J Handgun sale-trigger locking device req. REF ALP

A2827 Augustine,A Consumer cred. reports-consumer prot. REF ABI

A2828 Arnone,M Backstretch emp.-concerns workers comp. REF ALA

A2829 Gregg,G/Malone,J+10 Combat pay-excl. from gross income tax REF ACT

A2830 Gregg,G/Merkt,R+5 Death Tax Phase-Out Act REF AAP

A2831 Weingarten,J/O'Toole,K Rahway River-dredging;$33.5M REF AEN

A2832 Doria,J/Charles,J UEZ desig.-mun. w/ decomm. mil. base REF ACT

A2834 Augustine,A/Bagger,R Epinephrine admin-addl trained sch. emp. REF AED

ACR157 Conaway,H/Conners,J+11 Homestead prop. tax rebate-funding REF ALH

ACR158 Roberts,J Casino reg., wagers-not leg. intent REF APR

AJR64 Felice,N/Kelly,J+2 WWII Vet. Memorial Hwy-desig. Rt.208 REF ATR

AR157 Conners,J/Conaway,H Women's Hist. Mo.-desig. March, 1999 REF ASC



Bills Received from Governor/Conditional Veto:



A631 Roberts,J/Friscia,A+5 Blind & Visually Impaired-expands svcs.







Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading:



A122 Aca (1R) Holzapfel,J/Wolfe,D+1 Expedited Eviction, Drug Traffickers Act REP/ACA

A1016/1502 Acs (ACS) Zisa,C/Blee,F Bicycle laws, cert.-police exemp. REP/ACS

A1673 Aca (1R) Farragher,C/Arnone,M Alco. bev. lic.-auth DOL pop. report use REP/ACA

A2403 Aca (1R) Blee,F/Gibson,J St. computer surplus-dist. bd. of ed. REP/ACA

A2573 Chatzidakis,L Sch. elections, special-cert. dates REP

A2714 Acs (ACS) Bagger,R/Lance,L William Carlos Williams Merit Citation REP/ACS

A2742 Moran,J Loc. Mandates Council-clarify emp status REP

AJR51 Jones,L+20 Code Adam child safety prog.-recognizes REP

AR120 Aca (1R) Garcia,R+9 Passion Play-declares NJ home REP/ACA

S397 Sca (1R) Bennett,J Alco. bev. lic.-auth DOL pop. report use REP

S1009 Sa (1R) Martin,R Sch. elections, special-cert. dates REP

S1249 Sca (1R) Littell,R/Bennett,J+4 St. computer surplus-dist. bd. of ed. REP

S1438 Ciesla,A St. contract-new policy effective 8/1/99 REP

SJR12 Inverso,P Kindness Awareness Mo. in N.J.-desig May REP



Bills Combined:



A1502 Cottrell,M/Malone,J Bicycle traffic laws-police exemp. COMB/W A1016



Bills Withdrawn From The Files:



A2833 Felice,N St. contract-new policy effective 8/1/99 FROM ASG



Co-Sponsors Added:



A117 (Luongo,G)

A236 (Crecco,M)

A241 (Crecco,M)

A527 (Azzolina,J)

A849 (Weinberg,L)

A1008 (Crecco,M)

A1262 (LeFevre,K)

A1880 (LeFevre,K)

A2246 Aca (1R) (Luongo,G; Weinberg,L; Gregg,G; Crecco,M; Zecker,G)

A2267 (Caraballo,W; Roberts,J; Weinberg,L; Wolfe,D)

A2317 (Vandervalk,C; Friscia,A)

A2427 (Wright,B)

A2506 Aca (1R) (Crecco,M)

A2556 (Weinberg,L)

A2618 (Crecco,M)

A2676 (Luongo,G)

A2703 (Felice,N)

A2745 (Crecco,M)

A2748 (Buono,B)

A2790 (Holzapfel,J; Wolfe,D)

A2794 (Holzapfel,J; Wolfe,D)

A2809 (Garcia,R)

AJR51 (Barnes,P; Steele,A)

AJR64 (Barnes,P)

AR144 (Barnes,P; Buono,B; Conaway,H; Doria,J; Gill,N; Quigley,J)

AR151 (Luongo,G)



Co-Sponsors Withdrawn:



A2177 (Carroll,M)









Second Prime Sponsors Added:



A2690 (Rooney,J)

A2712 Acs (ACS) (Cohen,N)





The Assembly adjourned at 7:30 P.M. to meet on Thursday, January 28, 1999 (SESSION).





Bills Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor:



None



Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (1/21/99):



P.L.1999, c.7. S90 ScaAca (2R) Palaia,J/Matheussen,J+9 1/25/99 Diabetes and the Schs. Task Force-estab.

P.L.1999, c.8. A1308 Aca (1R) Heck,R/LeFevre,K+7 1/25/99 Abandonment of sr. cit., disab.-crime

P.L.1999, c.9. A1689/1837 Acs (ACS) Green,J/Augustine,A+20 1/25/99 Prostitution-enhances penal.

P.L.1999, c.10. A2012 Moran,J/Impreveduto,A+2 1/25/99 Electrical contractors-continuing ed.

P.L.1999, c.11. A511 Aca (1R) Zecker,G/Kelly,J+1 1/25/99 Sewerage/util auth escrow acct-standards

P.L.1999, c.12. A132 Acs (ACS) Bateman,C/Blee,F+3 1/25/99 Drug Abuse Ed. Fd.-income tax contrib.