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S5
Revises procedure for police and fire contract disputes; imposes a "cap" on certain arbitration awards.

S6
Streamlines process for State and local agency business permits related to economic development projects. *

S29 Reduces school district, county, and municipal property tax levy cap from 4% to 2.0% and permits unused school district, county, and municipal increases to be banked for three succeeding years.*

S112 Ends the transitional energy facilities assessment, caps the State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures the balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.

S225 Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 35 as "Chosin Few Memorial Highway."

S355 Prohibits Council on Affordable Housing from establishing affordable housing need and fees based on commercial and industrial development.

S382 Makes it a disorderly persons offense to disrupt a funeral by picketing or conducting other protest activities within 300 feet.

S458 Requires holding of binding Statewide referendum by county on whether responsibility for certain municipal functions should be assumed by county government; repeals various sections of law concerning transfer or termination of employees of terminated local health agency.

S466 Requires BPU to offer similar incentives to residents purchasing certain oil heating equipment as are offered to residents purchasing certain natural gas heating equipment.

S467 Authorizes educational services commissions to purchase goods or services through nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement.

S490 Permits Internet wagering at Atlantic City casinos under certain circumstances.

S634 Extends eligibility for certain veterans' benefits to members of reserve components of US Armed Forces and NJ organized militia who serve at least 180 continuous days.

S719 Authorizes use of retail coupons for purchase of milk by consumers.

S761 Revises Business Employment Incentive Program to spur economic growth.

S762 Requires State Treasurer to issue cost benefit analysis and security report for conversion of military housing to civilian housing at Earle Naval Weapons Station and places moratorium on issuance of certain State permits and plan approvals.

S1008 Requires Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission to study financial impact of all enacted mandated health benefits.

S1150 Allows a corporation business taxpayer recognizing income, gain or loss pursuant to a plan of complete liquidation to deduct its net operating loss carryovers notwithstanding the limitations on such deductions during the 2002-2005 tax years.

S1151 Provides that trespassing in nuclear power plant is third degree crime.

S1625 Concerns availability of basic and special private passenger automobile insurance policies.

S1804 Authorizes any local unit to adopt an ordinance authorizing special emergency appropriations for the payment of contractually required severance liabilities, resulting from the layoff or retirement of employees, over five years.

S1843 Permits unused vacation and sick leave by public employee to be carried forward for one year only; requires unused administrative leave to be cancelled.

S1844 Establishes limits for certain damages in medical malpractice actions.

S1845 Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts.

S1848 Requires all elected or appointed local government officers to receive ethics training.

S1849 Enhances certain incentives and requirements of Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant Program.

S1850 Requires Director of Division of Taxation to study impact of State business income taxes on business out-migration, business formation, and employment.

S1851 Requires electronic bulletin board on DCA website for local units to advertise shared services opportunities; requires development of computerized survey to match local units together to implement shared services.

S1852 Establishes a "State Authorities Review Commission."

S1857 Establishes County School Business Boards to assume certain school district business services and functions.

S1859 Requires that public employees who are married or with domestic partners receive health care benefits from only one public employer.

S1860 Requires installation of automatic rain sensors on lawn sprinklers.

S1861 Establishes deadline and notice requirements for processing of teacher certification applications.

S1862 Establishes the New Jersey State Commission on Education Reform to develop academic outcome-based per pupil public school funding amounts.

S1863 Enhances corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain film and certain digital media content production expenses by increasing annual program expenditure limitations. View
S1864 Consolidates certain business-related categories of gross income and provides 20 year carryforward of certain net losses under gross income tax.

S1865 Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.

S1866 Establishes alternative methods of casino licensure.

S1873 Changes way electors for President and Vice President of the United States are selected in State.

S1879 Eliminates minimum corporation business tax on New Jersey S corporations.

S1880 Abolishes legislative leadership committees; reduces contributions to State political party committees to $12,500 per year, to county committees to $10,000 per year and to municipal committees to $5,000 per year.

S1913 Establishes "Garden State Growth Zone" program within NJEDA.

S1914 Streamlines process for State and local agency business permits related to economic development projects.

S1927 Concerns collective bargaining by executive county superintendents.

S1958 Authorizes hunting of game animals every day of the week during hunting season.

S1965 Concerns custody and parenting time for military parents.

S1987 Requires executive county superintendent of schools to determine routes and bid and award contracts for all nonpublic school busing in the county.

S1988 Phases out cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax over three-year period.

S1993 Designates "Red Bank Train Station" as "Daniel J. O"Hern Station - Red Bank, New Jersey."

S1994 Establishes "Choose Life" license plate.

S2024 Permits layoff plans as substitute for employment reconciliation plans for joint meetings or shared service agreements under certain circumstances.

S2025 Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to require implementation of shared services arrangements and to approve school district collective negotiations agreements prior to execution of agreement.

S2043 Concerns collective negotiations for school employees; repeals law prohibiting school boards from imposing terms and conditions of employment.

S2050 Requires investigating law enforcement officer to contact next of kin of unconscious motor vehicle accident victim who has been transported to hospital emergency room.

S2073 Designates bridge on Route 36 over Shrewsbury River as "Captain Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge."

S2097 Directs transfer of up to $22 million to support Main Street Business Assistance Program and provides for program's continuation; confers general power on EDA to collect certain fees.

S2173 Limits unused sick leave pay and vacation leave carry-forward for school and local employees; permits local unit to pay certain benefits over 10 years; limits sick leave use by public employee before retirement.

S2234 Establishes real property assessment demonstration program in Monmouth County.

S2261 Establishes governance structure for county administrative school districts.

S2290 Authorizes transfer of State's public broadcasting system to a nonprofit corporation or other entity eligible to operate a public broadcasting system; abolishes NJ Public Broadcasting Authority and Foundation for NJ Public Broadcasting.

S2291 Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for justices, judges, administrative law judges, county prosecutors, and workers' compensation judges from 70 to 75.

S2370 Revises financial assistance under Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant Program; repeals requirement to study implementation.

S2406 Authorizes transfer of certain assets of State's public broadcasting system to an entity eligible to operate a public broadcasting system. *

S2568 Changes certain licensing requirements for out-of-state entities to operate drivers' schools in New Jersey.

S2569 "Parent Empowerment and Choice Act"; enables parents to initiate reform in low performing schools through a petition process.

S2640 Provides New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority with the power to jointly run racetrack operations.

S2704 Makes various changes to the "Franchise Practices Act" regarding motor vehicle franchises.

SCR96 Proposes constitutional amendment to restore the death penalty under certain circumstances.

SCR97 Establishes joint legislative commission to study feasibility of establishing full-time Legislature.

SCR98 Constitutional amendment providing that elections occur only in even numbered years.

SCR104 Proposes constitutional amendment to impose strict 2.5 percent cap on tax levy increases by local units of government.

SCR123 Proposes constitutional amendment to increase mandatory retirement age for judges and justices from 70 to 75.

SJR36 Designating February 6th of each year as Ronald Reagan Day in the State of New Jersey.

SJR37 Designates September 15th of each year as "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Day" in New Jersey.

SJR64 Condemns the New Year's Eve attack and other violence against the Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt.

SR59 Declares that temporary taxes and fees are inimical to health of State's economy and to growth of investment and employment in New Jersey, and should be allowed to expire.

SR60 Urges expeditious implementation of Executive Order No. 17, which created NJ Privatization Task Force.