The Attorney General’s Office has issued a newly approved policy on the use of conducted energy devices (stun guns) by law enforcement personnel. This supplemental policy is based on the recommendations of the Attorney General’s Advisory Group to Study the Use of Less-lethal Force.

Conducted energy devices provide a valuable tool to be used in limited circumstances by law enforcement personnel where significant force is required. The policy permits the use of conducted energy devices by a limited number of specially trained officers. These officers may use the devices when confronted by an emotionally disturbed person conducting himself in a manner that the officer reasonably believes is likely to result in serious bodily injury to himself, the officer, or others. Use of the devices in conformance with these guidelines will assist law enforcement personnel by providing a significant addition to their continuum of force.

The policy specifically prohibits use of the devices: as "pain compliance devices," to prevent a person from committing property damage, to prevent a person from fleeing the scene, on persons restrained by handcuffs, and on persons in a motor vehicle. The policy requires semiannual retraining by officers authorized to deploy the devices. It additionally requires the procurement of only those devices that store critical data, such as a digital video recording and a time/date stamp, on every instance in which the device is discharged.

Implementation of this policy provides greater safety to the public as well as law

enforcement personnel, and ensures accountability for the use of these devices.

Any questions concerning the implementation of this new policy should be addressed to Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni, or her designee.

For a copy of the A.G. Policy go to:
http://njfop.org/pdf/ag_policy_conducted_energy-devices.pdf

Extension of Effective Date of Normal Retirement Age Regulations for Governmental Plans

Notice 2008-98

I. Purpose
The Service and Treasury intend to extend the date by which a governmental plan must comply with final regulations on distributions from a pension plan upon attainment of normal retirement age, which were published in the Federal Register as T.D. 9325 (72

FR 28604) on May 22, 2007 (“the 2007 final regulations”). Under the extension, the 2007 final regulations will be effective for a governmental plan (as defined in § 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. This notice does not change the effective date of the 2007 final regulations for a plan that is not a governmental plan or modify the relief previously provided in Notice 2007-69,

2007- 2 C.B. 468.  Full Rule, Click Here

OLD RULE

4A:8-1.1 General

( c )     At no time shall any employee be subject to any layoff action if the employee is on a military leave or absence for active service in the Armed Forces of the United States in time of war or emergency.

NEW RULE
4A: 8-1.1 A Temporary layoffs
(a)       An appointing authority in State or local service may institute a temporary layoff for economy, efficiency, or other related reasons.  A temporary layoff shall be defined as: (1) the closure of an entire layoff unit for one or more work days over a defined period; or (2) a staggered layoff of each employee in a layoff unit for one or more work days over a defined period.  A temporary layoff shall be considered a single layoff action even though the layoff or individual employees take place on different days during the defined period.  The defined period shall be set forth by the appointing authority in its temporary layoff plan; however, in a staggered layoff, the maximum period to stagger one day off shall not exceed 45 days.
(b)       A temporary layoff pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may, with the approval of the Chairperson or a designee, be subject to limited exceptions when necessary to ensure continued public health and safety, including but not limited to child welfare, law enforcement, and care for prisoners, patients, and other residents in the care or custody of the state. 
(c)       In a temporary layoff, no employee in the layoff unit, whether career, senior executive, or unclassified, shall be paid for any work day that is designated as exempt from a temporary layoff day pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be paid his or her regular wages for working on that day.
(c)       A temporary layoff plan shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the Civil service Commission or a designee in accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:8-1.4 at least 15 days prior to the issuance of temporary layoff notices, or such other period as permitted by the Chairperson or a designee.  The temporary layoff plan shall describe the implementation of the temporary layoff, including the specific day(s) on which the layoff unit will be closed, any exceptions pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and, if staggered, the reasons for not closing the entire layoff unit on a specific day, and the staffing plan for implementing a staggered temporary layoff.  Part time employees shall be designated for a proportional amount of temporary layoff time, consistent with the ration of hours worked to full-time employment.  In a staggered temporary layoff, the appointing authority shall be permitted, in its sole discretion, to designate as unpaid temporary layoff time any planned or unplanned leave time taken by an employee during the defined layoff period, up to the maximum temporary layoff time for that defined layoff period.  Employees shall not be permitted to substitute any paid leave for an unpaid temporary layoff day.
(d)       For purposes of accrual of leave time, anniversary dates, paid holidays, and seniority, temporary layoff time shall be treated as if the employee is in pay status.  An employee serving a working test period shall have the working test period extended for the time equal to the temporary layoff time.  A federal Family and Medical Leave Act leave or other leave for medical or family reasons shall not be affected by a temporary layoff.  An alternate work week program may be suspended for pay periods in which a temporary layoff is implemented.
(e)       This temporary layoff rule, N.J.A.C. 4A:8-1.1A shall expire on June 30, 2010.
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Statement from Governor Corzine on the Adoption of Furlough Rules by the Civil Service Commission 

TRENTON - Governor Jon S. Corzine today made the following statement on the Civil Service Commission's actions to set rules for mandatory furloughs.

"In the midst of this national economic crisis, we are faced with tough choices about how to balance the state budget. It is essential that we do what is right for all New Jerseyans. The right thing to do is to avoid putting thousands of people onto the unemployment rolls but instead keeping them on the job, even if it means mandatory, unpaid time off.

"With that in mind I concur with the finding by the Civil Service Commission that an emergency exists, requiring that the furlough rule be adopted immediately. This allows the commission to move forward so the state, county and local governments may expedite plans for temporary layoffs through mandatory furloughs in the current fiscal year and also in the upcoming FY2010 fiscal year.

"I have asked each of the departments to implement furlough plans in a manner that will be least disruptive to the public we serve and the workforce without compromising public safety.  As part of our effort to ensure the public is protected, we will exempt from furlough certain personnel who perform functions that require round-the-clock coverage, such as law enforcement, corrections and direct care aides at state institutions.

"While furloughs and wage freezes are not options we would choose in ordinary circumstances, they are the right choices in the current crisis as we fulfill our constitutional obligation to the people of this great state."
 

Identical Bill Number: AJR99 
Last Session Bill Number: SJR33 

Bucco, Anthony R.   as Primary Sponsor
Vitale, Joseph F.   as Primary Sponsor
Van Drew, Jeff   as Co-Sponsor
Baroni, Bill   as Co-Sponsor
Ruiz, M. Teresa   as Co-Sponsor
Sarlo, Paul A.   as Co-Sponsor
Weinberg, Loretta   as Co-Sponsor
Buono, Barbara   as Co-Sponsor
Pennacchio, Joseph   as Co-Sponsor
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5/19/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government Committee
11/13/2008 Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
12/15/2008 Passed by the Senate (38-0)
1/13/2009 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee

Introduced - 3 pages PDF Format    HTML Format
Statement - SSG 11/13/08 - 1 pages PDF Format    HTML Format
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Committee Voting:
SSG  11/13/2008  -  r/favorably  -  Yes {5}  No {0}  Not Voting {0}  Abstains {0}  -  Roll Call 

 Scutari, Nicholas P. (C) - Yes
 Weinberg, Loretta (V) - Yes
 Beck, Jennifer - Yes
 O'Toole, Kevin J. - Yes
 Whelan, Jim - Yes

 Session Voting:
Sen.    12/15/2008  -  3RDG FINAL PASSAGE   -  Yes {38}  No {0}  Not Voting {2}    -  Roll Call
To View Full Resolution:  http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/SJR/33_I1.PDF

To view the full text concerning and explaining this rule extension: 
http://www.njfop.org/pdf/irs101108.pdf
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Regular Retirement Age Update from the State PBA

Madden, Fred H., Jr.   as Primary Sponsor
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1/28/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee
To view the Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/SR/26_I1.HTM

Sponsored by:
Senator NICHOLAS P. SCUTARI
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
Senator JIM WHELAN
District 2 (Atlantic)

Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Cunningham, Lesniak, Stack, Sweeney, Weinberg and Vitale

 For additional  information on this matter:  http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S0500/119_S1.HTM
or to view a blog on this issue: http://blog.norml.org/category/medical-cannabis/ 
For an e-mail copy of the DEA Letter Opposing this Bill, DSC Facts About Medicinal Marijuana or a copy of the N.J. Final Bill, email either Pat Minutillo at PMinutillo@verizon.net. 
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1/8/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
12/15/2008 Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
2/23/2009 Passed by the Senate (22-16)

Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY R. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris)
&
Senator JOHN A. GIRGENTI
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by: Senator Stack. 
An Act concerning the possession of certain weapons by law enforcement officers, amending N.J.S.2C:39-3 and supplementing chapter 39 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.

“The chief law enforcement officer of a State, county or municipal law enforcement agency may permit a law enforcement officer of that agency who completes the training requirement of this section to possess and use a stun gun approved by the Attorney General in accordance with the requirements of this section.  Prior to granting approval to any law enforcement officer, the chief law enforcement officer shall certify to the Attorney General that the officer has completed the training requirement and shall use an approved stun gun in accordance with the requirements of this section.”

For full copy of Bill:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S0500/182_R1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: A3688    (1R) 

Codey, Richard J.   as Primary Sponsor
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2/9/2009 Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 
2nd Reading Introduced - 21 pages HTML Format

To view bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S0500/14_I1.HTM

To view an excellent Legislative History and full explanation of how this Bill will affect the PFRS from the NJ PBA President Anthony Wieners:
http://www.njspba.com/Documents/Pension%20Deferrals%20and%20PFRS%202.pdf
To view a joint opposition letter from the NJ FOP President Ed Brannigan and PFANJ President Dominick Marino:
http://njfop.org/pdf/a3688jointletter.pdf

S14/A3688 were modified and new Bill (the revised version) is A3868.  A3868 was signed into law.  It calls for a one-year Pension Holiday in PFRS, PERS & SPRS, plus the Teacher’s pension.  This is different from the original proposal in S14/A3688 which called for a 3 year Pension Holiday.  A3868 is also optional where S14/A3688 was automatic. 

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Identical Bill Number: A1179    (1R) 
Last Session Bill Number: S2422   (1R) 

Bucco, Anthony R.   as Primary Sponsor
Girgenti, John A.   as Primary Sponsor
Oliver, Sheila Y.   as Primary Sponsor
Quigley, Joan M.   as Primary Sponsor
Holzapfel, James W.   as Primary Sponsor
Greenstein, Linda R.   as Primary Sponsor
Madden, Fred H., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Cunningham, Sandra B.   as Co-Sponsor
Whelan, Jim   as Co-Sponsor
Kyrillos, Joseph M., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Vainieri Huttle, Valerie   as Co-Sponsor
Wagner, Connie   as Co-Sponsor
Giblin, Thomas P.   as Co-Sponsor
Ramos, Ruben J., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Vas, Joseph   as Co-Sponsor
Scalera, Frederick   as Co-Sponsor
Conners, Jack   as Co-Sponsor
Gusciora, Reed   as Co-Sponsor
Love, Sandra   as Co-Sponsor
Chiappone, Anthony   as Co-Sponsor
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1/8/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee
5/5/2008 Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
5/22/2008 Senate Amendment (38-0) (Girgenti)
6/12/2008 Passed by the Senate (38-0)
6/12/2008 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
12/15/2008 Substituted for A1179 (1R)
12/15/2008 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-1)
1/27/2009 Approved P.L.2009, c.5.

Introduced - 3 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 
Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill - 2 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 
Statement - SLP 5/5/08 ACS - 1 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 
Floor Statement - Senate 5/22/08 - 1 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 
Reprint - 2 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 
Advance Law - 2 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 
Pamphlet Law - 1 pages PDF Format    HTML Format 
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Committee Voting:
SLP  5/5/2008  -  r/favorably  -  Yes {5}  No {0}  Not Voting {0}  Abstains {0}  -  Roll Call 
 Girgenti, John A. (C) - Yes
 Stack, Brian P. (V) - Yes
 Bucco, Anthony R. - Yes
  Connors, Christopher J. - Yes
 Sacco, Nicholas J. - Yes

 Session Voting:
Sen.    5/22/2008  -  2ND READING   -  Yes {0}  No {0}  Not Voting {40}    -  Voice Vote Passed
Sen.    5/22/2008  -  AMEND   -  Yes {38}  No {0}  Not Voting {2}    -  Roll Call 
 

Sen.    6/12/2008  -  3RDG FINAL PASSAGE   -  Yes {38}  No {0}  Not Voting {2}    -  Roll Call 

Asm.  12/15/2008  -  SUBSTITUTE FOR A1179 Aca   -  Yes {0}  No {0}  Not Voting {80}  Abstains {0}  -  Voice Vote Passed
Asm.  12/15/2008  -  3RDG FINAL PASSAGE   -  Yes {76}  No {0}  Not Voting {3}  Abstains {1}  -  Roll Call

To view law:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/PL09/5_.HTM
 

Identical Bill Number: A1330 
Last Session Bill Number: S2996   A4622 

Sweeney, Stephen M.   as Primary Sponsor
Singer, Robert W.   as Primary Sponsor
Cunningham, Sandra B.   as Co-Sponsor
Madden, Fred H., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Adler, John H.   as Co-Sponsor
Rice, Ronald L.   as Co-Sponsor
Bucco, Anthony R.   as Co-Sponsor

1/8/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee

This bill creates a rebuttable presumption of workers’ compensation coverage for any death or disability, including post traumatic stress disorder, if the death or disability arises from the physical or psychological impact of stress or injury experienced by a public safety worker engaged in response to a terrorist attack, epidemic, or other catastrophic emergency, in which the worker is exposed to pathogens or biological toxins from biological warfare or epidemics, hazardous chemicals used in, or related to, chemical warfare, or cancer-causing radiation or radioactive substances, or witnesses death and suffering of a magnitude sufficient to cause significant psychological trauma.  The bill requires employers of public safety workers expected to respond to terrorist attacks or catastrophic emergencies to have programs to provide needed psychological and social counseling for the workers during and after the incidents or emergencies.
     The bill affirms that if, in the course of employment, a public safety worker is exposed to a serious communicable disease or a biological warfare or epidemic-related pathogen or biological toxin, all care or treatment of the worker, including services needed to ascertain whether the worker contracted the disease, shall be compensable under workers' compensation, even if the worker is found not to have contracted the disease.  If the worker is found to have contracted a disease, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that any injury, disability, chronic or corollary illness or death caused by the disease is compensable under workers' compensation.
     The bill affirms workers’ compensation coverage for any injury, illness or death of any employee, including an employee who is not a public safety worker, arising from the administration of a vaccine relate to threatened or potential bioterrorism or epidemic as part of a inoculation program in connection with the employee’s employment or in connection with any governmental program or recommendation for the inoculation of workers.
     The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that any condition or impairment of health of a public safety worker which may be caused by exposure to cancer-causing radiation or radioactive substances, is a compensable occupational disease under workers' compensation if the worker was exposed to a carcinogen, or the cancer-causing radiation or radioactive substance, in the course of employment.  Employers are required to maintain records of instances of the workers deployed where the presence of known carcinogens was indicated by documents provided to local fire or police departments under the “Worker and Community Right to Know Act,” P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-1 et seq.) and where events occurred which could result in exposure to those carcinogens.
     In the case of any firefighter with five or more years of service, due to the extremely high likelihood that such a firefighter will be repeatedly exposed to smoke and other carcinogens, the bill creates a rebuttable presumption that if the firefighter suffers an injury, illness or death which may be caused by cancer, that the cancer is a compensable occupational disease.
     The bill provides that, with respect to all of the rebuttable presumptions of coverage, employers may require workers to undergo, at employer expense, reasonable testing, evaluation and monitoring of worker health conditions relevant to determining whether exposures or other presumed causes are actually linked to the deaths, illnesses or disabilities, and further provides that the presumptions of compensability are not adversely affected by failures of employers to require testing, evaluation or monitoring.
     The public safety workers covered by the bill include paid or volunteer emergency, correctional, fire, police and medical personnel.
To view bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp

Identical Bill Number: A377
Last Session Bill Number: A4190 

Sweeney, Stephen M.   as Primary Sponsor
Vitale, Joseph F.   as Primary Sponsor
Kean, Sean T.   as Co-Sponsor
Whelan, Jim   as Co-Sponsor
Ciesla, Andrew R.   as Co-Sponsor
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1/28/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government Committee

To view this bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S1000/811_I1.HTM
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UPDATE___

Please be advised that Assembly Bill A377 which provides Civil Service status to Rutgers and NJIT Police Officers has passed the Assembly with a unanimous vote.  The Bill will now proceed to the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee for their approval.  Governor Corzine has reportedly indicated that he will sign the Bill into Law when it reaches his desk. 

This Bill impacts several of our members and we should all do whatever we can to ensure its passage.  Brother Len Safko has been keeping us updated on its progress and will continue to do so.

We would like to acknowledge the efforts of Brother Gordon Johnson, who chairs the New Jersey State Assembly Law & Public Safety Committee, for all his hard work resulting in the Assembly passage of A377.
 

Last Session Bill Number: A4448 

Van Drew, Jeff   as Primary Sponsor
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2/14/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S1500/1140_I1.HTM

Last Session Bill Number: A4444 

Van Drew, Jeff   as Primary Sponsor
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2/14/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S1500/1144_I1.HTM

Van Drew, Jeff   as Primary Sponsor

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2/14/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S1500/1146_I1.HTM

Van Drew, Jeff   as Primary Sponsor
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2/14/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S1500/1147_I1.HTM

Last Session Bill Number: S2860 

Rice, Ronald L.   as Primary Sponsor
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5/5/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
10/2/2008 Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S2000/1623_S1.HTM

Last Session Bill Number: A4447 

Van Drew, Jeff   as Primary Sponsor
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5/8/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S2000/1775_I1.HTM

Rice, Ronald L.   as Primary Sponsor
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5/19/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

To view this Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S2500/2169_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: A932    (1R) 
Sarlo, Paul A.   as Primary Sponsor
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10/6/2008 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

To view this Bill in its entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S2500/2169_I1.HTM

S-16 / A-3070

S-16/ A-3070 was sponsored by Senators Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) and M. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex, Union), Assemblywomen Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden) and Mary Pat Angelini (R-Monmouth) as well as Assemblymen John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), Anthony Chiappone (D-Hudson) and Michael J. Doherty, (R-Warren, Hunterdon).

Identical Bill Number: A3694 

Rice, Ronald L.   as Primary Sponsor
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2/2/2009 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S3000/2543_I1.HTM

Sweeney, Stephen M.   as Primary Sponsor
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2/2/2009 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

To view the Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S0500/14_I1.HTM

Signed into law by Gov. Corzine on Oct. 1st, a new revised section has been added to A3168/S2568 

  This bill would establish “9-1-1: Lifeline Legislation,” to grant immunity to underage drinkers who unlawfully consume or possess alcoholic beverages, whether on public or private property, if they call for medical assistance for another underage person who has consumed alcoholic beverages.  The bill also provides immunity to an underage person who receives such medical assistance.

  Under current law, a person under the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages who knowingly possesses or consumes any alcoholic beverage on public property is guilty of a disorderly persons offense. Disorderly persons offenses are punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to six months, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.  If the offense is committed in a motor vehicle, the offender’s driver’s license is also suspended for six months.

      Current law also authorizes municipalities to enact ordinances to make it an offense for underage persons to possess or consume alcoholic beverages on private property.  A violation of such a municipal ordinance is punishable by a fine of $250 for a first offense and a fine of $350 for subsequent offenses.  The court also may suspend the offender’s driver’s license for six months.

      Under the bill, an underage person and one or two other persons are immune from prosecution under these underage drinking laws if:

      (1) one of the underage persons called 9-1-1 and reported that another underage person was in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption;

      (2) the underage person who called 9-1-1 and, if applicable, one or two other persons acting in concert with the underage person who called 9-1-1 provided each of their names to the 9-1-1 operator;

      (3) the underage person was the first person to make the 9-1-1 report; and

      (4) the underage person and, if applicable, one or two other persons acting in concert with the underage person who made the

9-1-1 call remained on the scene with the person under the legal age in need of medical assistance until assistance arrived and cooperated with medical assistance and law enforcement personnel on the scene.

      The bill also provides immunity for the underage person who receives medical assistance.

      The bill is modeled after Colorado’s statute providing immunity for underage possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages if the underage person calls for medical assistance under the conditions set forth in the bill.

      In introducing this legislation, it is not the sponsor's intent to condone the use of alcohol by underage persons.  This bill was introduced in response to incidents of excessive drinking by underage persons and creates the opportunity to save young persons whose lives are imperiled as a result of severe intoxication.
To view bill in it's entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A3500/3160_U1.HTM

Oct 1, 2009
 
 
 
 

Identical Bill Number: A884

Van Drew, Jeff   as Primary Sponsor
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5/7/2009 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee

STATEMENT
 This bill amends N.J.S.2B:20-10 to exempt from jury duty full-time State, county and municipal police officers and Class Two special law enforcement officers appointed pursuant to P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.8 et seq.). 
 Under current law, police officers are not afforded an exemption from jury duty.  However, prior to revision of the statutes governing jury service in 1995, police officers were exempted from jury duty under the provisions of N.J.S.2A:69-2, now repealed.

     Presently, exemptions from jury duty are statutorily authorized for persons: 75 years of age or older; who have served on a jury within the previous three years; or who will suffer severe hardship due to circumstances that are unlikely to change within a year (i.e. medical conditions, care of another or financial hardship).  Members of volunteer fire departments and first aid or rescue squads and, under certain circumstances, teachers are exempted

Bucco, Anthony R.   as Primary Sponsor
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5/7/2009 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

STATEMENT
This bill would add a representative from the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey as a member of the New Jersey Police Training Commission.

The Italian American Police Society of New Jersey, with a membership of more than 5,000 law enforcement officers is the State’s largest ethnic police organization.  The society has a long record of advocacy and education for New Jersey law enforcement officers.

Van Drew, Jeff   as Primary Sponsor

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5/14/2009 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

STATEMENT
     This bill would up grade the penalties for assaulting a law enforcement officer.

     Under current law, an assault against a law enforcement officer “acting in the performance of his duties while in uniform or exhibiting evidence of his authority or because of his status as a law enforcement officer” is a crime of the third degree if the officer suffers bodily injury, otherwise it is a crime of the fourth degree.

     This bill would make such an assault against a law enforcement officer a crime of the second degree.  A crime of the second degree is punishable by a fine of up to $150,000, imprisonment for a term of between five and 10 years, or both.

Van Drew, Jeff   as Primary Sponsor

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5/14/2009 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

STATEMENT
This bill would permit retired law enforcement officers who are authorized by the Superintendent of State Police to carry a handgun to possess hollow nose ammunition.

Active duty law enforcement officers are authorized to possess hollow nosed ammunition.  This bill would afford retired law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry a handgun the same privilege to possess this type of ammunition.

Van Drew, Jeff   as Primary Sponsor

6/11/2009 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee

This bill would grant immunity from civil liability to a State, county and local law enforcement officer who issues a summons to the holder of a provisional driver’s license for exceeding the number of passengers permitted in the motor vehicle and, in good faith, permits the licensee to proceed while still in violation of the passenger provision.  If the provisional licensee is subsequently involved in a motor vehicle accident, the law enforcement officer could not be held civilly liable for injuries arising out of that accident. 
     Under current law, the holder of a provisional driver’s license is permitted to transport only one passenger in addition to passengers who reside with the licensee.  When a provisional licensee is ticketed for this violating this law, the law enforcement officer has limited options concerning what to do with the driver and passengers.  The police officer may transport the driver and passengers to the police station for release to their parents or guardians or drive the passengers home.  Both of these options require a disproportionate amount of the police officer’s time and other police department resources to be dedicated to a single, relatively minor, traffic offense.   Therefore, police officers would prefer to allow the driver to bring the passengers home, but they are hesitant to do so because of the possibility of being sued if the motor vehicle is involved in an accident subsequent to the citation being issued.  Under the bill, police officers acting in good faith under these circumstances would not be liable.
To view this bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S3000/2870_I1.HTM

12/10/2009 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

This bill provides for an adjustment in the contributions that local employers must make to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and the Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS) during State fiscal year 2010.
     The PERS and PFRS, like the other State-administered retirement systems, are funded on an actuarial reserve basis.  An actuary for each system annually projects that system's overall liability for benefits to members, retirees and their beneficiaries. The actuary then sets off against this projected liability the system's assets on hand, and its anticipated income from such sources such as return on investments and member contributions.  The difference constitutes the system's liability, which must be met through employer contributions.  These consist of a "normal contribution," covering the system's liability attributable to the service rendered by covered employees during the year for which the contribution is determined, and an "accrued liability contribution," covering the system's unfunded liability for previous service.  The two contribution requirements are computed and certified to employers as a percentage of total employee compensation.
      In recognition of the enormous financial burden that full payments of the PERS and PFRS contributions in State fiscal year 2010 will place on local property taxpayers and local budgets during this historically difficult economic period for the State, this bill provides that the State Treasurer will reduce for local employers the normal and accrued liability contributions to 50 percent of the amount certified annually by the PERS and PFRS for payments due in State fiscal year 2010.
     An employer that elects to pay the reduced normal and accrued liability contribution must adopt a resolution, separate and apart from other budget resolutions, stating that the employer needs to pay the reduced contribution
      The bill provides that a local employer may pay 100 percent of the required contribution.  Such an employer will be credited with the full payment and any such amounts will not be included in their unfunded liability.
      The actuaries for PERS and PFRS will determine the unfunded liability of those retirement systems, by employer, for the reduced normal and accrued liability contributions provided under the bill. This unfunded liability will be paid by the employer in level annual payments over a period of 15 years beginning with the payments due in the State fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 and will be adjusted by the rate of return on the actuarial value of assets.
      The bill provides that for the respective fiscal year during which a local public employers' pension contributions to the PERS and PFRS is reduced, and for the year thereafter when the employers would again be subject to the full contribution requirement, the affected contribution payments will be exempt from the limits imposed on increases to municipal appropriations set forth in N.J.S.A.40A:4-45.3, the local budget "cap" law, and to the county tax levy set forth in N.J.S.A.40A:4-45.4.  The bill also amends current law concerning the calculation of the tax levy growth limitation for the purpose of an increase in the adjusted tax levy for a school district, and the exclusions added to the calculation for the adjusted tax levy for a local unit of government, to account for certain normal and accrued liability pension contribution increases.
 

AJR97
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

AJR97
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

AJR97
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

AJR97

Identical Bill Number: SJR73 
Last Session Bill Number: SJR33   w/c 
 

Sponsors

Scalera, Frederick   as Chief Sponsor Chiusano, Gary R.   as Primary Sponsor Rumana, Scott T.   as Primary Sponsor McHose, Alison Littell   as Co-Sponsor Amodeo, John F.   as Co-Sponsor Polistina, Vincent J.   as Co-Sponsor Addiego, Dawn Marie   as Co-Sponsor Rudder, Scott   as Co-Sponsor Casagrande, Caroline   as Co-Sponsor Angelini, Mary Pat   as Co-Sponsor Handlin, Amy H.   as Co-Sponsor Thompson, Samuel D.   as Co-Sponsor DeCroce, Alex   as Co-Sponsor Biondi, Peter J.   as Co-Sponsor Malone, Joseph R., III   as Co-Sponsor Vandervalk, Charlotte   as Co-Sponsor Russo, David C.   as Co-Sponsor Albano, Nelson T.   as Co-Sponsor Burzichelli, John J.   as Co-Sponsor

Chiappone, Anthony   as Co-Sponsor Coutinho, Albert   as Co-Sponsor Caputo, Ralph R.   as Co-Sponsor Gusciora, Reed   as Co-Sponsor DeAngelo, Wayne P.   as Co-Sponsor Wagner, Connie   as Co-Sponsor Wolfe, David W.   as Co-Sponsor Holzapfel, James W.   as Co-Sponsor Greenstein, Linda R.   as Co-Sponsor Conners, Jack   as Co-Sponsor Chivukula, Upendra J.   as Co-Sponsor Vainieri Huttle, Valerie   as Co-Sponsor Schaer, Gary S.   as Co-Sponsor Bucco, Anthony R.   as Co-Sponsor Vitale, Joseph F.   as Co-Sponsor O'Toole, Kevin J.   as Co-Sponsor Baroni, Bill   as Co-Sponsor Ruiz, M. Teresa   as Co-Sponsor Sarlo, Paul A.   as Co-Sponsor

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6/19/2008 Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading
9/25/2008 Passed by the Assembly (78-0-0)
10/2/2008 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government Committee
5/7/2009 Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
6/18/2009 Substituted for SJR73
6/18/2009 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0)

Statement - SSG 5/7/09 - 1 pages   HTML Format 
Introduced - 3 pages   HTML Format
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Committee Voting:
SSG  5/7/2009  -  r/favorably  -  Yes {5}  No {0}  Not Voting {0}  Abstains {0}  -  Roll Call 

Scutari, Nicholas P. (C) - Yes
Weinberg, Loretta (V) - Yes
Beck, Jennifer - Yes
O'Toole, Kevin J. - Yes
Whelan, Jim - Yes

Session Voting:
Asm.  9/25/2008  -  3RDG FINAL PASSAGE   -  Yes {78}  No {0}  Not Voting {2}  Abstains {0}  -  Roll Call 
 

Addiego, Dawn Marie - Yes  Albano, Nelson T. - Yes  Amodeo, John F. - Yes   Angelini, Mary Pat - Yes  Barnes, Peter J., III - Yes  Biondi, Peter J. - Yes   Bramnick, Jon M. - Yes  Burzichelli, John J. - Yes  Caputo, Ralph R. - Yes   Carroll, Michael Patrick - Not Voting  Casagrande, Caroline - Yes  Chiappone, Anthony - Yes   Chiusano, Gary R. - Yes  Chivukula, Upendra J. - Yes  Conaway, Herb, Jr. - Yes   Conners, Jack - Yes  Coutinho, Albert - Yes  Coyle, Denise M. - Yes   Cruz-Perez, Nilsa - Yes  Cryan, Joseph - Yes  Dancer, Ronald S. - Yes   DeAngelo, Wayne P. - Yes  DeCroce, Alex - Yes  Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr. - Yes   Doherty, Michael J. - Yes  Egan, Joseph V. - Yes  Evans, Elease - Yes   Fisher, Douglas H. - Yes  Giblin, Thomas P. - Yes  Green, Jerry - Yes   Greenstein, Linda R. - Yes  Greenwald, Louis D. - Yes  Gusciora, Reed - Yes   Handlin, Amy H. - Yes  Holzapfel, James W. - Yes  Jasey, Mila M. - Yes   Johnson, Gordon M. - Yes  Karrow, Marcia A. - Yes  Lampitt, Pamela R. - Yes   Love, Sandra - Yes

Malone, Joseph R., III - Yes  McHose, Alison Littell - Yes   McKeon, John F. - Yes  Merkt, Richard A. - Yes  Milam, Matthew W. - Yes   Moriarty, Paul D. - Yes  Munoz, Eric - Yes  O'Scanlon, Declan J., Jr. - Yes   Oliver, Sheila Y. - Yes  Polistina, Vincent J. - Yes  Pou, Nellie - Yes   Prieto, Vincent - Yes  Quigley, Joan M. - Yes  Quijano, Annette - Yes   Ramos, Ruben J., Jr. - Yes  Rible, David P. - Yes  Roberts, Joseph J., Jr. - Yes   Rodriguez, Caridad - Yes  Rooney, John E. - Yes  Rudder, Scott - Yes   Rumana, Scott T. - Yes  Rumpf, Brian E. - Yes  Russo, David C. - Yes   Scalera, Frederick - Yes  Schaer, Gary S. - Yes  Smith, L. Harvey - Not Voting   Spencer, L. Grace - Yes  Stender, Linda - Yes  Thompson, Samuel D. - Yes   Tucker, Cleopatra G. - Yes  Vainieri Huttle, Valerie - Yes  Van Pelt, Daniel M. - Yes   Vandervalk, Charlotte - Yes  Vas, Joseph - Yes  Voss, Joan M. - Yes   Wagner, Connie - Yes  Watson Coleman, Bonnie - Yes  Webber, Jay - Yes   Wisniewski, John S. - Yes  Wolfe, David W. - Yes

Sen.    6/18/2009  -  SUBSTITUTE FOR SJR73   -  Yes {0}  No {0}  Not Voting {40}    -  Voice Vote Passed
Sen.    6/18/2009  -  3RDG FINAL PASSAGE   -  Yes {40}  No {0}  Not Voting {0}    -  Roll Call

Conners, Jack   as Primary Sponsor
Scalera, Frederick   as Primary Sponsor
Tucker, Cleopatra G.   as Primary Sponsor
Cruz-Perez, Nilsa   as Primary Sponsor
Johnson, Gordon M.   as Primary Sponsor
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Asm.  2/5/2009  -  CONCUR IN SA   -  Yes {77}  No {0}  Not Voting {2}  Abstains {1} 

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1000/770_R1.HTM
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SIGNED INTO LAW ON, MARCH 16, 2009
 

Last Session Bill Number: A3153   (1R) S2209 

Schaer, Gary S.   as Primary Sponsor
Scalera, Frederick   as Primary Sponsor
Johnson, Gordon M.   as Co-Sponsor
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1/8/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A0500/279_I1.HTM
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CORZINE SIGNES BILL LIMITING UNPAID SUSPENSION
MARCH 5, 2009
Police and firefighters in N.J. can’t be indefinitely suspended without pay. Gov. Corzine on Thursday signed a bill into law that limits unpaid suspensions to 180 days.  The bill excludes officers or firefighters who are the subject of a criminal investigation.  The gov. says it is “an issue of fairness” when an investigation crawls to a stop.  The measure applies to all full-time officers employed by the state, county or municipality. 
Corzine signed the bill Thursday during the P.B.A. Mini Convention in A..C.

Last Session Bill Number: A898   S1395 

Gusciora, Reed   as Primary Sponsor
Watson Coleman, Bonnie   as Primary Sponsor
Green, Jerry   as Co-Sponsor
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1/8/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1000/793_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: S2787

Last Session Bill Number: A3773   (1R) 

Scalera, Frederick   as Primary Sponsor
Quigley, Joan M.   as Primary Sponsor
Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
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1/8/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1000/926_I1.HTM

Wisniewski, John S.   as Primary Sponsor
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 1/8/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1500/1031_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: S180    (1R) 
Last Session Bill Number: A2436   (ACS) A3069   (ACS) A3175   (ACS) 

Oliver, Sheila Y.   as Primary Sponsor
Quigley, Joan M.   as Primary Sponsor
Holzapfel, James W.   as Primary Sponsor
Greenstein, Linda R.   as Primary Sponsor
Vainieri Huttle, Valerie   as Co-Sponsor
Wagner, Connie   as Co-Sponsor
Giblin, Thomas P.   as Co-Sponsor
Ramos, Ruben J., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Vas, Joseph   as Co-Sponsor
Scalera, Frederick   as Co-Sponsor
Conners, Jack   as Co-Sponsor
Gusciora, Reed   as Co-Sponsor
Love, Sandra   as Co-Sponsor
Chiappone, Anthony   as Co-Sponsor
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1/8/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
5/5/2008 Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
12/15/2008 Substituted by S180 (1R)
Introduced - 3 pages PDF Format    HTML Format
Statement - ALP 5/5/08 - 2 pages PDF Format    HTML Format
Reprint - 2 pages PDF Format    HTML Format
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Committee Voting:
ALP  5/5/2008  -  r/Aca  -  Yes {6}  No {0}  Not Voting {0}  Abstains {0}  -  Roll Call

 Johnson, Gordon M. (C) - Yes
 Albano, Nelson T. (V) - Yes
 Bramnick, Jon M. - Yes

 Evans, Elease - Yes
 Rible, David P. - Yes
 Spencer, L. Grace – Yes

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1500/1179_R1.HTM

BILL Signed by Corzine 
1/27/09 See S180
Above

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1500/1194_I1.HTM

Pou, Nellie   as Primary Sponsor
Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr.   as Primary Sponsor
Prieto, Vincent   as Primary Sponsor
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1/8/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1500/1208_I1.HTM

Stender, Linda   as Primary Sponsor
Wisniewski, John S.   as Primary Sponsor
Chivukula, Upendra J.   as Co-Sponsor
Conaway, Herb, Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Conners, Jack   as Co-Sponsor
Cruz-Perez, Nilsa   as Co-Sponsor
Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Fisher, Douglas H.   as Co-Sponsor
Green, Jerry   as Co-Sponsor
Greenstein, Linda R.   as Co-Sponsor
Greenwald, Louis D.   as Co-Sponsor
Johnson, Gordon M.   as Co-Sponsor
McKeon, John F.   as Co-Sponsor
Quigley, Joan M.   as Co-Sponsor
Roberts, Joseph J., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Rooney, John E.   as Co-Sponsor
Russo, David C.   as Co-Sponsor
Thompson, Samuel D.   as Co-Sponsor
Vandervalk, Charlotte   as Co-Sponsor
Burzichelli, John J.   as Co-Sponsor
Egan, Joseph V.   as Co-Sponsor
Cryan, Joseph   as Co-Sponsor
Prieto, Vincent   as Co-Sponsor
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1/8/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1500/1294_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: S1678 

Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr.   as Primary Sponsor
Conaway, Herb, Jr.   as Primary Sponsor
Pou, Nellie   as Primary Sponsor
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3/10/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A2500/2490_I1.HTM

SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 STATEMENT TO 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2655 

with committee amendments

 STATE OF NEW JERSEY

       The Senate Education Committee favorably reports Assembly Bill No. 2655 (1R) with committee amendments.

      As amended, this bill requires law enforcement or prosecuting agencies to provide written notice to the principal of a secondary school of the identity of any student who is 18 years of age or older who has been charged, adjudicated, or convicted if:

      1)   the offense occurred on school property or a school bus, occurred at a school-sponsored function, or was committed against an employee or official of the school;

      2)   the student was taken into custody as a result of information or evidence provided by school officials; or

      3)   the offense constitutes a crime and the offense:

            --resulted in death or serious bodily injury or involved an attempt or conspiracy to cause death or serious bodily injury;

            --involved the unlawful use or possession of a firearm or other weapon;

            --involved the unlawful manufacture, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog;

            --was committed with a purpose to intimidate an individual or group of individuals because of race, color, religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity; or

            --is a crime of the first through third degree.

      Currently, law enforcement and prosecuting agencies are required to advise a principal when a charge, adjudication, or disposition of a juvenile takes place.  This bill extends the notification to situations involving students who are age 18 or older, but who are still enrolled in high school.

      The bill also changes current law to require that law enforcement or a prosecuting agency must advise the principal in writing in the case of a charge, adjudication, or disposition of a juvenile.  In addition, notification would also be sent for third degree crimes, not just first and second degree as the law currently reads.

      Under current law, any local school board that receives a new student is required to request, in writing, the student’s records from the student’s school district of last attendance.  The school district of last attendance is required to notify the student’s new school district of any information received from a law enforcement or prosecuting agency regarding the student.  The bill would ensure that the school district of last attendance would provide notice concerning information it has obtained from a law enforcement or prosecuting agency about a student 18 years of age or older.  In addition, the bill adds a new requirement to this provision of law stating that in a case where a school district of last attendance does not receive a request for information within two weeks of the student’s transfer, the school district must use every available means to determine in which new school district a student has enrolled, and send the student’s records to that district.

      It is the committee’s intent that the reference to “every available means” in the bill includes means available to the district given its existing level of funding or resources.

      The committee amended the bill to require the receiving school district that has enrolled a new student to use every available means to obtain a student’s records, in the case in which it has sent a written request to the school district of last attendance but not received the records.

      As amended and reported by the committee, this bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 1809 with committee amendments, which was reported by the committee on this same date.
 

Scalera, Frederick   as Primary Sponsor
Caputo, Ralph R.   as Primary Sponsor
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10/6/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee
11/7/2008 Reviewed by the Pension and Health Benefits Commission Recommend to not enact

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A3500/3248_I1.HTM

Cryan, Joseph   as Primary Sponsor
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10/6/2008 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
To view this Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A3500/3291_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: S2064    (SCS/1R) 

Wisniewski, John S.   as Primary Sponsor
Ramos, Ruben J., Jr.   as Primary Sponsor
Stack, Brian P.   as Co-Sponsor
O'Toole, Kevin J.   as Co-Sponsor

Signed into Law by Governor Corzine on May 4, 2009

Johnson, Gordon M.   as Primary Sponsor
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1/13/2009 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee

To view this Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4000/3591_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: S959 
Last Session Bill Number: A2757 

Albano, Nelson T.   as Primary Sponsor
Milam, Matthew W.   as Primary Sponsor
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1/26/2009 Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4000/3679_I1.HTM

Smith, L. Harvey   as Primary Sponsor
Chiappone, Anthony   as Primary Sponsor
Evans, Elease   as Primary Sponsor
Oliver, Sheila Y.   as Primary Sponsor
Johnson, Gordon M.   as Primary Sponsor
Watson Coleman, Bonnie   as Primary Sponsor
DeAngelo, Wayne P.   as Co-Sponsor
Vas, Joseph   as Co-Sponsor
Greenstein, Linda R.   as Co-Sponsor
Quigley, Joan M.   as Co-Sponsor
Prieto, Vincent   as Co-Sponsor
Rodriguez, Caridad   as Co-Sponsor
Ramos, Ruben J., Jr.   as Co-Sponsor
Chivukula, Upendra J.   as Co-Sponsor
Wagner, Connie   as Co-Sponsor
Spencer, L. Grace   as Co-Sponsor
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2/9/2009 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee

 To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4000/3741_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: S425 
Last Session Bill Number: A4378 

Albano, Nelson T.   as Primary Sponsor
Milam, Matthew W.   as Primary Sponsor
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1/26/2009 Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4000/3682_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: S962 
Last Session Bill Number: A2219 

Albano, Nelson T.   as Primary Sponsor
Milam, Matthew W.   as Primary Sponsor
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1/26/2009 Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4000/3683_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: S967 
Last Session Bill Number: A3719   w/c 

Albano, Nelson T.   as Primary Sponsor
Milam, Matthew W.   as Primary Sponsor
Vas, Joseph   as Primary Sponsor
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1/26/2009 Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee

To view Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4000/3684_I1.HTM

Identical Bill Number: S14 

Cryan, Joseph   as Primary Sponsor
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1/26/2009 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee
1/26/2009 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
2/5/2009 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Cryan)
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Committee Voting:
ABU  1/26/2009  -  r/favorably  -  Yes {7}  No {5}  Not Voting {0}  Abstains {0}  -  Roll Call 

 Greenwald, Louis D. (C) - Yes
 Schaer, Gary S. (V) - Yes
 Burzichelli, John J. - Yes

 Cryan, Joseph - Yes
 Johnson, Gordon M. - Yes
 Karrow, Marcia - No

 Malone, Joseph R., III - No
 McHose, Alison Littell - No
 O'Scanlon, Declan J., Jr. - No

 Pou, Nellie – Yes
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To view this Bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4000/3688_S2.HTM

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A3868 Adjusts required local employer contributions to PERS and PFRS for State fiscal year 2009. 
Substituted by another Bill 

This Bill Passed by the Legislature on March 16, 2009.  It replaces S21 and A3688.
This is an important Bill for those in PFRS and PERS.
 

Dancer, Ronald S.   as Primary Sponsor

5/18/2009 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee

     The bill is intended to permit municipalities and counties to take full advantage of their window of opportunity to utilize 100% federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, as supplemented by the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, to hire or re-hire police officers for a three-year period under the COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP).  The federal ARRA stimulus funds allow municipalities to hire new officer or re-hire officers laid-off due to decreases in State aid to municipalities in the last several fiscal years.  In the fourth year following receipt of the federal CHRP aid, the financial responsibility to pay for the employment of the new or re-hired officers will shift to the municipalities.  At that time it will be extremely difficult for municipalities and counties to pick up that financial responsibility and remain under the 4% property tax levy cap, and the consequential loss of these police officers, after the three-year federal funding period, could endanger public safety.
To view this bill in it’s entirety:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A4000/3977_I1.HTM

Buono, Barbara
Caputo, Ralph R
Chivukula, Upendra J.
Conners, Jack
Chiappone, Anthony
Cruz-Perez, Nilsa
DeAngelo, Wayne P.
Evans, Elease
Greenstein, Linda R.
Johnson, Gordon M.
Oliver, Sheila Y.
Prieto, Vincent 
Quigley, Joan M.
Ramos, Ruben J., Jr.
Rice, Ronald L
Rodriguez, Caridad
Scalera, Frederick

Smith, L. Harvey
Tucker, Cleopatra G.
Ruiz, M. Teresa
Sarlo, Paul A.
Spencer, L. Grace 
Schaer, Gary S.
Vitale, Joseph F. 
Van Drew, Jeff
Vas, Joseph 
Wagner, Connie
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
Weinberg, Loretta

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