By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog
Today’s big legislative news concerns the Economic Opportunity Act, Save Jerseyans, but the Governor acted on 18 other bills, too, in what turned out to be a pretty busy Monday at the State House.
Details…
BILLS SIGNED:
A-2948/S-2311 (Mainor, Quijano/Cunningham, Stack) – Sets forth certain reporting requirements when out-of-State law enforcement entities conduct counter-terrorism investigations within New Jersey
A-3405/S-2484 (Lampitt, Wimberly/Madden, Addiego) – Provides for temporary approval of WIC vendor applications if the applicant currently operates another approved program
A-3598/S-2588 (Gusciora, Bramnick, Fuentes, Lampitt, Schepisi/Turner, Scutari) – Establishes conditional dismissal program in municipal court
A-3615/S-2447 (Coutinho, A.M. Bucco, Munoz/Van Drew, Rice) – Codifies protections set forth in certain case law and limits use of eminent domain under the “Local Redevelopment and Housing Law”
BILLS VETOED:
A-1273 (Coughlin, O’Donnell) – CONDITIONAL VETO – Requires SHBP to provide certain information to participating public employers [Click here to read veto message]
A-1279/S-896 (Coughlin, Wisniewski/Vitale, Sacco) – CONDITIONAL VETO – Directs NJTA to study and report on potential revenue generating services of NJTA rest areas and service plazas [Click here to read veto message]
A-1578/S-1450 (Wisniewski, Prieto, Giblin, Quijano/Weinberg) – ABSOLUTE VETO – Establishes “Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act” [Click here to read veto message]
A-1857/S-2433 (Diegnan, Coughlin /Vitale, Beach) – ABSOLUTE VETO – Provides that President of Municipal Clerks’ Association of New Jersey shall serve as member of Government Records Council [Click here to read veto message]
A-2737/S-897 (Coughlin, Benson/Vitale, Greenstein) – CONDITIONAL VETO – Clarifies intent of Legislature to protect certain senior tenants; aligns housing age restrictions with federal law [Click here to read veto message]
A-3039/S-2033 (Conaway, Lampitt, Benson/Whelan) – CONDITIONAL VETO – Establishes NJ Council on Lupus Education and Awareness in DOH [Click here to read veto message]
A-3082/S-2260 (Greenwald, Riley, Chivukula/Beach) – ABSOLUTE VETO – Limits motor vehicle rental companies vehicle license cost recovery fee to good-faith estimate of actual costs; requires company to annually adjust fee to reflect actual costs [Click here to read veto message]
A-3222/SCS for S-1773, 2162 (Fuentes, Wilson, Riley, Sumter, Wimberly/Norcross, Turner) – ABSOLUTE VETO – Revises law concerning the purchase of scrap metal [Click here to read veto message]
A-3227/S-2152 (Giblin, Johnson/Whelan) – ABSOLUTE VETO – Establishes procedure for licensure of timeshare salespersons [Click here to read veto message]
A-3270/S-2413 (Riley, Wagner, Mainor, Giblin/Beach, Ruiz) – CONDITIONAL VETO – Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to develop career exploration report for students in grades 7 through 12 [Click here to read veto message]
A-3489/S-2540 (Dancer, Burzichelli, Wagner, Caputo/Sweeney, Gordon) – CONDITIONAL VETO – Allows monies statutorily dedicated to standardbred or thoroughbred horse racing purses to be used for benefit of horse racing industry, subject to agreement between permit holder and representative horsemen’s organization [Click here to read veto message]
A-4149/S-2899 (Burzichelli, Dancer, Amodeo, Bramnick/Norcross, Bateman, O’Toole, Whelan) – CONDITIONAL VETO – Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special permits for horse racing on beach and for steeplechase race meeting; allows wagering on such races [Click here to read veto message]
A-4232/SCS for S-2844 (Fuentes, Singleton/Norcross) – CONDITIONAL VETO – Creates pilot program to allow certain county utilities authorities to fund certain local infrastructure [Click here to read veto message]
A-4237/S-2858 (Gusciora, Stender, Eustace, Wagner/Turner) – ABSOLUTE VETO – Changes date of 2013 general election from November 5th to October 16th [Click here to read veto message]
A-4249/S-2882 (Greenwald/Gill) – ABSOLUTE VETO – Requires opportunity to vote early in person using paper ballots on October 16, 2013 for both general election and U.S. Senate vacancy candidates [Click here to read veto message]
