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Vol. XI No. 15 208th Legislature • Second Annual Session

SENATE ACTION



The Senate did not meet. The Senate will meet on Thursday, May 6, 1999 (QUORUM, Committee Groups "1" and "2" scheduled to meet).



ASSEMBLY ACTION (QUORUM)



Bills Introduced/Without Reference/Given Second Reading:



AR174 Stuhltrager,G/Cottrell,M Armed Forces Day-recognize men & women



Bills Introduced:



A3038 Bodine,F/Chatzidakis,L Mt. Holly Gardens Community Ctr Inc;$15K REF ASC

A3039 Weinberg,L/Doria,J Documents, cert-use electronic processes REF AJU

A3041 Zecker,G Passaic Valley Water Comm.-memb. REF ALH

A3042 Weinberg,L/Zisa,C+1 Open Pub. Meetings Act-monitor req. REF ASG

A3043 Weinberg,L/Zisa,C+1 Open Pub. Meetings Act-amends, suppl. REF ASG

A3044 Arnone,M/Farragher,C Mun., special charter-revise req. REF ALH

A3045 Arnone,M/Farragher,C Loc. off.-inactive status of lic. REF ALH

A3046 Conners,J/Conaway,H Exec. Branch reorg. plans-concerns REF ASG

A3047 LeFevre,K/Quigley,J Guardianship prog. in DHS-estab. REF ASC

A3048 LeFevre,K/Blee,F Drink adulteration-reckless endangerment REF AJU

A3049 Azzolina,J/Gregg,G+3 Battle monuments at Gettysburg;$55,335 REF AEN

A3050 Bagger,R Mun. transfer of devel. rights-auth. REF AAN

A3051 Stuhltrager,G/Collins,J So. Woods St. Prison;$254K REF AAP

A3052 Geist,G/Gibson,J Delaware River Deepening proj.;$13M REF AEN

A3053 Doria,J/Wolfe,D Higher ed. instit.-concerns licensure REF AED

A3054 Malone,J/Conaway,H+1 Managed care plans-application forms REF AHL

A3055 Conaway,H/Greenwald,L+26 NJ SAVER-enhances tax relief REF AED

A3056 Corodemus,S Lake Restoration Leg. Advis. Task Force REF AEN

A3057 Doria,J St. prop.-prov. co. & mun. w/inventory REF ASG

A3058 Lance,L/Russo,D Suppl. comp., cert.-limits upon retir. REF ASG

A3059 Doria,J+1 Hudson-Essex-Passaic Soil Conserv.;$65K REF AAN

A3060 Wolfe,D/Doria,J Annual fac. surveys-req. sch. dist. REF AED

A3061 Jones,L Police/Communities Coop Commitment;$2.8M REF ALP

A3062 Zecker,G/Crecco,M Patient Access to Eye Care Act REF ABI

A3063 Arnone,M Loc. govt./sch dist-revise cert mandates REF ALH

A3064 Cohen,N Boxing judges-proh. comp. by promoters REF ACT

A3065 Bagger,R Farmland assessment-concerns REF AAN











Bills Introduced: (cont'd)



A3066 Rooney,J/Arnone,M Prop. assessment practices-revises REF ALH

A3067 Smith,B Sch. dist. consolidation-referendum REF AED

A3068 Heck,R/O'Toole,K PFRS-purch. of svc. credit, cert. memb. REF ASG

A3069 Conners,J/Conaway,H+3 Pennsauken Twp.;$2M REF ALH

A3070 Conaway,H/Conners,J Telephone area codes-concerns REF APR

A3071 Conners,J/Conaway,H Virtual Library, fiscal yr. 2000;$6M REF AED

A3072 Connors,C/Moran,J Disab vet. prop. tax exemption-St reimb. REF AAP

A3073 Bateman,C/Biondi,P Thermal imaging camera grant prog.;$10M REF ALP

A3074 Talarico,G/Malone,J+5 Lyme disease vaccination-insur. cover REF ABI

A3075 Talarico,G DeRito, Pasqual-appt. to police dept. REF ALP

A3076 Talarico,G Chinchar, Robert-appt. to police dept. REF ALP

A3077 Doria,J Unemp. benefits-increase duration REF ALA

A3078 Wolfe,D/Malone,J+3 Higher Ed. Capital Improvement Fd-estab REF AED

A3079 Talarico,G/Corodemus,S+10 St. Police weapons-replace;$1.5M REF ALP

A3080 Malone,J/Cottrell,M Species, dangerous-annual inspect. REF AAN

A1000000 Collins,J/Corodemus,S Garden St. Preserv. Trust Act REF AAN

AR172 LeFevre,K/Blee,F WorkForce 55+ prog.-commends REF ASC



Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading:



A126 Aca (1R) Holzapfel,J/Wolfe,D+66 Retir. income-incr. income tax excl. REP/ACA

A390 Moran,J/Connors,C Env. comm.-auth. co. to create REP

A676 Aca (1R) Gibson,J/Asselta,N+3 Fisheries Info/Devel Ctr, Rutgers;$500K REP

A1397/1617 AcsAca (ACS/1R) Corodemus,S/Luongo,G+1 Affinity card fees-allocate, env purpose REP/ACA

A1691/1657 Acs (ACS) Wolfe,D/Weingarten,J Sch. bd. memb.-expands indemnification REP

A1779 Aca (1R) Myers,C/Gregg,G+10 Affordable housing-mun. calculate need REP/ACA

A1918 AcaAca (2R) Lance,L+1 Conserv. contrib.-income tax deduction REP/ACA

A2139 Gregg,G/Cohen,N+6 Vending machines-incr. exemp., sales tax REP

A2317 Acs (ACS) Augustine,A/Wright,B+10 Needlestick injury-hosp. reduce risk REP

A2448 Aca (1R) Luongo,G/Geist,G+5 Constr. devel.-disclose stop work orders REP/ACA

A2545 Aca (1R) Azzolina,J/Thompson,S Multiple dwelling definition-concerns REP/ACA

A2581 Acs (ACS) Bodine,F/Felice,N+1 9-1-1 Comm.-estab. REP

A2625 DeCroce,A/Lance,L Transp. museum, Warren Co.;$500K REP

A2711 Malone,J/Romano,L+6 Ed. foundations-prov. grants to estab. REP

A2736 Heck,R/Lance,L+1 Devel. Disab. Waiting List Fd-approp fds REP

A2749 Suliga,J/Bagger,R+2 Landfill reclamation dist.-assess fees REP

A2969 Aca (1R) Vandervalk,C/Quigley,J Pain-health care fac. monitor in patient REP/ACA

A2970 Vandervalk,C/Heck,R Cancer pain mgmt.-encourage research REP

A2971 Vandervalk,C/Quigley,J Pain Mgmt. Policy Advis. Council-estab. REP

A2972 Vandervalk,C/Thompson,S Hosp. patients-receive pain assessment REP

ACR78 Myers,C/Gregg,G+10 Affordable housing-COAH modify rules REP

ACR165 Connors,C/Moran,J Nat'l. Caregiver Support prog.-support REP

AR167 Aca (1R) Azzolina,J/Corodemus,S Small Manufacturer-desig. Nov., 1999 REP/ACA

S1373 Sca (1R) Lesniak,R Landfill reclamation dist.-assess fees REP

S1495 Sca (1R) Bark,M/Kosco,L+2 9-1-1 Comm.-estab. REP



Bills Reported Referred/AAP:



A664/1110/ 1786/2642 Acs (ACS) Gibson,J/DiGaetano,P+13 Vet. prop. tax deduct.-incr. $50 to $100 REP/ACS REF AAP

A1980 Acs (ACS) LeFevre,K/Conaway,H+3 Alco/drug abuse prev resource ctrs;$1.2M REP/ACS REF AAP

A2427 Blee,F/LeFevre,K+12 Disabled-estab. co. off. REP REF AAP

A2596/565 Acs (ACS) Luongo,G/Faulkner,K+1 Alco. Ed, Rehab. & Enforce. Fd.-incr. fd REP/ACS REF AAP

A2985 Acs (ACS) LeFevre,K/Blee,F+10 Homeless Youth Act;$4M REP/ACS REF AAP

ACR29/79/143 Acs (ACS) Gibson,J/DiGaetano,P+7 Prop. tax deduct, vets-amends NJ constit REP/ACS REF AAP

S762 Scs (SCS) Kyrillos,J/Kavanaugh,W Prevention resource ctrs;$1.2M REP REF AAP



Bills Combined:



A565 Barnes,P/Buono,B Alco. Ed, Rehab. & Enforce. Fd.;$7M COMB/W A2596

A1110 Azzolina,J/Crecco,M+1 Vet. prop. tax deduct.-incr. to $100 COMB/W A664/1786/2642

A1786 Wisniewski,J/Bagger,R+14 Vet. prop. tax deduct.-incr. to $250 COMB/W A664/1110/2642





Bills Combined: (cont'd)



A2642 Cohen,N+4 Vet. prop. tax deduct.-incr. $50 to $500 COMB/W A664/1110/1786

ACR79 Wisniewski,J/Bagger,R+5 Vet. prop. tax deduct.-incr. COMB/W ACR29/143

ACR143 Cohen,N Vet. prop tax deduct, incr-amend constit COMB/W ACR29/79



Bills Transferred:



A2846 Crecco,M Truck dimensions/weight restrict-concern FROM ATR TO ALP



Bills Received from Governor/Conditional Veto:



A2121 AsSa (AS/1R) Talarico,G/Asselta,N+99 Health/dental insur. claims-concern pymt



Bills Withdrawn From The Files:



A249 Felice,N/Doria,J Mental illness-health insur. offer benf. FROM ABI

A1168 Myers,C Farm and winery-brewery lic.-estab. FROM 2RA

A2000 Farragher,C/Gregg,G Pub. emp. rep. org.-makes cert. changes FROM ASG

A3020 Felice,N Health and Research Prog. Act FROM AHL

ACR137 Myers,C+10 Sr., disab. prop tax deduct-income limit FROM ASC

AR101 Gregg,G/Merkt,R Tobacco lawsuit-renegotiate fees FROM AJU

AR114 Gregg,G/DeCroce,A+9 HOV lane restrictions-Interst. 80 & 287 FROM ATR



Co-Sponsors Added:



A157/2688 Acs (ACS) (LeFevre,K)

A172 (Crecco,M)

A230 (LeFevre,K)

A453 (Conaway,H; Conners,J)

A475 (Previte,M)

A476 (Previte,M)

A477 (Previte,M)

A515 Acs (ACS) (Myers,C)

A516 Acs (ACS) (Myers,C)

A517 Acs (ACS) (Myers,C)

A518 Acs (ACS) (Myers,C)

A519 Acs (ACS) (Myers,C)

A580 (Conners,J)

A590 (Gusciora,R)

A625 (Conaway,H; Conners,J; Lance,L; LeFevre,K)

A637 Aca (1R) (Steele,A; Pou,N; Payne,W)

A664/1110/ 1786/2642 Acs (ACS) (Cottrell,M; Geist,G; Gregg,G; Asselta,N)

A1015 (Conaway,H; Conners,J)

A1082 Aca (1R) (Vandervalk,C)

A1211 (Connors,C; Moran,J)

A1223 (Garcia,R)

A1241 (Conners,J; Conaway,H)

A1647 Aca (1R) (Crecco,M)

A1725 (Zisa,C)

A1760 AcaAsAa (AS/1R) (Garcia,R)

A1779 Aca (1R) (Arnone,M; Farragher,C)

A1786 (Felice,N)

A1787 (Holzapfel,J; Wolfe,D)

A1927 Aca (1R) (Pou,N)

A1980 Acs (ACS) (Felice,N)

A2051 (Myers,C)

A2118 (LeFevre,K)

A2151 (Conners,J)

A2161 Aca (1R) (Conaway,H; Conners,J)









Co-Sponsors Added: (cont'd)



A2164 (Myers,C)

A2197 (Gusciora,R; Weinberg,L; Watson Coleman,B; Tucker,D; Quigley,J; Payne,W; Friscia,A; Previte,M)

A2199 (Merkt,R)

A2211 (Conaway,H)

A2245 (Crecco,M)

A2248 Aca (1R) (Roberts,J)

A2365 (Buono,B)

A2385 Aca (1R) (Azzolina,J; Conners,J)

A2427 (Cottrell,M)

A2439 (Azzolina,J)

A2476 (Conaway,H)

A2481 (Crecco,M)

A2487 (Conaway,H; Conners,J)

A2511 Aca (1R) (Conners,J; Felice,N)

A2572 (Conaway,H)

A2596/565 Acs (ACS) (Blee,F)

A2635 Acs (ACS) (Cruz-Perez,N)

A2644 (Felice,N)

A2649 (Conaway,H)

A2672 (Conaway,H; Buono,B; Caraballo,W; Thompson,S; Zecker,G; Wright,B; Conners,J; Weinberg,L; Stanley,C; Quigley,J;

Previte,M; Cottrell,M; Gusciora,R; Greenwald,L; Green,J; Wisniewski,J; Gill,N; Doria,J; Barnes,P; Myers,C)

A2708 (Barnes,P; Buono,B)

A2709 (Gill,N; Greenwald,L; Previte,M)

A2724 (Myers,C)

A2736 (Blee,F)

A2738/2343 AcsAca (ACS/1R) (Blee,F)

A2778 (Merkt,R)

A2783 (Watson Coleman,B)

A2795 Aca (1R) (Murphy,C)

A2798 (Murphy,C)

A2809 (Greenwald,L)

A2840 (Wolfe,D; Wright,B; Thompson,S; Malone,J; Holzapfel,J; DeCroce,A; Charles,J)

A2844 (Greenwald,L; Previte,M; Gill,N)

A2848 (DeCroce,A)

A2907 (Greenwald,L; Thompson,S; Buono,B; Stuhltrager,G; Zisa,C; Previte,M; Conners,J; Charles,J; DeCroce,A)

A2928 (Azzolina,J; Conaway,H)

A2950 (LeFevre,K; Previte,M)

A2965 Aca (1R) (Garrett,E; Myers,C)

A2985 Acs (ACS) (Romano,L; Thompson,S; Lance,L; Gibson,J; Gill,N; Felice,N; Cottrell,M; Conners,J; Zecker,G; Farragher,C)

A3001 (Connors,C)

A3015 (LeFevre,K)

A3021 (LeFevre,K)

A3025 (Crecco,M)

A3026 (Cottrell,M)

A3036 (Conaway,H)

A3049 (Kramer,P)

A3059 (Weingarten,J)

A3078 (Holzapfel,J)

ACR29/79/143 Acs (ACS) (Asselta,N; Bagger,R; Cottrell,M; Geist,G)

ACR57 (Arnone,M)

ACR78 (Arnone,M; Farragher,C)

ACR99 (Vandervalk,C)



Co-Sponsors Withdrawn:



A1910 AcaAs (AS) (Zecker,G)



Second Prime Sponsors Added:



A449 (Conaway,H)

A728 (Cottrell,M)

A2988 (Merkt,R)

A3037 (Wright,B)



Second Prime Sponsors Withdrawn:



A2894 (Biondi,P)



The Assembly Speaker has made the following appointments:



*Effective April 19, 1999



General Assembly Task Force on Grandparenting:



Howard Berger, of Margate.

Anne-Michelle Marsden, of Mays Landing.



Task Force on Mandated Health Insurance Benefts:



Dale Florio, of Skillman.





Task Force on Diabetes and the Schools:



Marianne Krupa, of Woodbury Heights.



The Assembly Speaker has made the following re-appointment:



*Effective April 8, 1999



Dredging Project Facilitation Task Force:



J. Stephen Carnahan, of Bridgeton.



The Assembly adjourned at 6:35 P.M. to meet on Thursday, May 6, 1999 (QUORUM, Committee Groups "C" and "D" scheduled to meet).



Bills Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor:



None



Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (03/29/99):



P.L.1999, c.52. S1801 DiFrancesco,D+16 3/31/99 Auto Insur. Cost Reduction Act-clarifies

P.L.1999, c.53. S1705 Sca (1R) Gormley,W/Lipman,W+9 3/31/99 Adoption and Safe Families Act-implement

P.L.1999, c.54. S57 Sca w/GR (2R) Kavanaugh,W+7 4/9/99 Student loan, nonpymt.-suspend cert. lic

P.L.1999, c.55. S808 ScsSaAa w/GR (SCS/3R) Cafiero,J/Zane,R+3 4/9/99 Pub Sch Contract viol-limit w/holding fd

P.L.1999, c.56. S175 Sca (1R) Bennett,J 4/13/99 Navy Cross lic. plates-auth.

P.L.1999, c.57. A2370 AcsSca (ACS/1R) Geist,G/Lance,L+16 4/13/99 Candidates-expands definition

P.L.1999, c.58. A11 Thompson,S/Talarico,G+16 4/13/99 Mun. and mun. svcs.-consolidation

P.L.1999, c.59. A12 Aca (1R) Arnone,M/Luongo,G+18 4/13/99 Local units/sch bd-offer retir incentive

P.L.1999, c.60. A13 AcaAcaAa (3R) Garrett,E/Kramer,P+26 4/13/99 Regional Efficiency Devel Incentive;$10M

P.L.1999, c.61. A14 AcaAcaSa (3R) Roberts,J/Lance,L+22 4/13/99 Regional Efficiency Aid Prog.-estab.

P.L.1999, c.62. S1340 Bassano,C+5 4/14/99 Kean Univ.;$6M

P.L.1999, c.63. S12 Matheussen,J/Allen,D+49 4/15/99 NJ SAVER and Homestead Rebate Act

P.L.1999, c.64. S500 Sca (1R) Ciesla,A+2 4/16/99 Lands, cert.-req. priv. sale by DOT

P.L.1999, c.65. S1584 Connors,L/Rice,R+1 4/16/99 Council on Loc. Mandates-clarify status

P.L.1999, c.66. A507 AcaSca (2R) Zecker,G/LeFevre,K+5 4/16/99 Chronic fatigue syndrome-estab.;$95K









Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (03/29/99): (cont'd)



P.L.1999, c.67. A2915 Collins,J/Friscia,A+21 4/16/99 Homestead prop tax reimb deadline-extend

P.L.1999, c.68. S164 Aa (1R) Kyrillos,J/Bryant,W+2 4/22/99 Devel. improvements-standardized forms

P.L.1999, c.69. S375 ScaSaAca (3R) Kenny,B/Allen,D+16 4/22/99 Food Stamp Prog.-reimb. admin. costs

P.L.1999, c.70. S803 Sca (1R) Gormley,W/O'Connor,E+2 4/22/99 Surrogates-revise statutes

P.L.1999, c.71. A1676 AcaSca (2R) Gibson,J/Corodemus,S+26 4/28/99 Shore Prot. Fd.-incr. amt credited to fd

P.L.1999, c.72. A2460 Collins,J/Doria,J+32 4/29/99 Arthritis Qual Life Initiative Act;$634K

P.L.1999, c.73. S271 Sca (1R) Lipman,W/Codey,R+13 4/30/99 Domestic viol. victim-retreat doctrine

P.L.1999, c.74. S534 Sinagra,J+1 4/30/99 Loyal Heart Award Day-1st Sunday in May

P.L.1999, c.75. S993 Sca (1R) Littell,R/Inverso,P+11 4/30/99 Higher ed. constr. proj.;$4.532M

P.L.1999, c.76. S1064 Sca (1R) Ciesla,A/Allen,D+4 4/30/99 Consumer fraud law-exemp cert. brokers

P.L.1999, c.77. S1369 Scs (SCS) Bennett,J/Palaia,J+5 4/30/99 Imitation firearm, against police-crime

P.L.1999, c.78. S1372 Cafiero,J/Allen,D+3 4/30/99 Escrow fds.-forms other than cash/check

P.L.1999, c.79. S1461 Singer,R/Kosco,L+12 4/30/99 Korean Vet. Mem. Fd.;$250K

P.L.1999, c.80. S1467 Zane,R+2 4/30/99 Writs of execution, cert.-valid, 2 yrs.

P.L.1999, c.81. A505 Zecker,G 4/30/99 Depository instit lending-permits parity

P.L.1999, c.82. A1209 Acs (ACS) Doria,J/Blee,F+2 4/30/99 Hosp. alliance pilot prog-estab. in DMVS

P.L.1999, c.83. A1277 Aca (1R) DeCroce,A/Murphy,C+1 4/30/99 Child care svc., sch.-exemp. zoning reg.

P.L.1999, c.84. A1396 Corodemus,S/Smith,T+1 4/30/99 Clam depuration, Monmouth Co.-repeals

P.L.1999, c.85. A1581 Aca (1R) Wright,B/Doria,J+44 4/30/99 Nurses-prescribe dangerous substance

P.L.1999, c.86. S452 Lipman,W/DiFrancesco,D+8 5/3/99 Fost-Adopt Demo. Prog.-estab. DYFS;$90K

P.L.1999, c.87. S1176 Sa (1R) Martin,R/Baer,B+2 5/3/99 Athletic trainers, pub. sch. dist.-cert.

P.L.1999, c.88. S1543 Gormley,W/Lynch,J+1 5/3/99 SCI emp.-confidential emp.

P.L.1999, c.89. S1679 Sca (1R) McNamara,H/Vitale,J+1 5/3/99 Petroleum underground tanks-finan. asst.

P.L.1999, c.90. A148 Aa (1R) Bateman,C/Caraballo,W 5/3/99 Crim. law-revises and codifies

P.L.1999, c.91. A808 Sca (1R) Vandervalk,C/Rooney,J+7 5/3/99 Off. of Disab. Svcs.-estab. in DHS

P.L.1999, c.92. A974 Acs (ACS) LeFevre,K/Blee,F+4 5/3/99 Korean Vet. Fd.-income tax contrib.

P.L.1999, c.93. A1441 AcaAa (2R) Collins,J/Stuhltrager,G+1 5/3/99 Farmer-exemp. deer hunting lic. fee

P.L.1999, c.94. A1635 AcaAaSa (3R) Weingarten,J/O'Toole,K+2 5/3/99 Household workers-simplify emp reporting

P.L.1999, c.95. A1773 AcaSa (2R) DiGaetano,P 5/3/99 Grave robbing-amends criminal statute

P.L.1999, c.96. A2306 DiGaetano,P/Doria,J+1 5/3/99 PFRS elected off-retire & remain in off.

P.L.1999, c.97. A2536 Blee,F/LeFevre,K+1 5/3/99 Galloway Twp. surplus prop.-auth. sale

P.L.1999, c.98. A2921 Bagger,R/Charles,J+3 5/3/99 Annual approp. act-informational display

P.L.1999, JR.3. SJR28 Sca (1R) Vitale,J/Sinagra,J+5 4/7/99 Nat'l Organ Donor Awareness-3rd wk April

P.L.1999, JR.4. SJR44 Allen,D/Turner,S+23 4/7/99 Women's Wellness Mo.-desig. April

P.L.1999, JR-5. AJR47 Doria,J/Charles,J+2 4/19/99 Joseph A. LeFante Mem. Hwy.-desig Rt 169