Legislation

Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.

Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.

Requires State to offer surplus State Police vehicles to certain volunteer fire and emergency service organizations.

Requires tuition bills of public institutions of higher education to include details on student fees and opt-out provision for student-managed entertainment fees, and requires certain institutions’ websites to include student fee information.

Requires DCA provide certain information on low-income home energy assistance program, annually update program handbook and issue program request for proposal, and provide quarterly training sessions on administering program.

Permits local unit to contract with private entities to lease advertising space on local unit's official Internet website.

Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home energy assistance benefit applicants.

Establishes green infrastructure financing program.

Concerns installation and maintenance of solar panels in common interest communities.

Requires certain CATV companies to provide Internet service at public libraries with business customer class Internet access bandwidth and circuit capacity proportional to public libraries’ needs.

Allows club license holder to sell alcoholic beverages in connection with fund raising events held by non-profits and charitable organizations.

Requires all campaign contributions to be reported to ELEC.

Establishes “Career and Technical Education Scholar Awards” to annually recognize outstanding career and technical education students

Increases child care provider payments and revises hourly limits on child care for school-aged children under subsidized child care assistance program during 2020-2021 school year.

Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.

Clarifies that member of SPRS may receive accidental disability benefit under certain circumstances.

Requires certain unclassified State employees to receive certain salary increases

Establishes manufacturing machine and metal trade apprenticeship tax credit program.

Defines indigent veteran and veteran status for certain veteran interment purposes.

Provides incentives for certain businesses associated with military installations.

Requires public water systems to provide certain notice of boil water notices and violations of drinking water quality standards.

Expands means to obtain protective order for minor.

Authorizes county colleges to establish and operate student dormitories.

Requires bidders on public works construction projects to submit information on fire safety features.

Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from EDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.

Revises criteria for remote net metering program established by BPU.

Permits State employment on temporary basis of workers with certain skills to perform routine maintenance in State facilities.

Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in health care facilities; makes appropriation.

Clarifies which refrigerants are permissible for use within State Uniform Construction Code.

Requires State to include motion sensor lights in new and existing State buildings.

Recognizes 138th anniversary of Knights of Columbus

Designates first week of May of each year as Wounded Warrior Appreciation Week.

Honors accomplishments of State Troopers Fraternal Association.

Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from tax levy and appropriation cap, as applicable, for municipalities and counties

Establishes uniform rates for water and sewer services for residential use based exclusively on metered consumption.

Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.

Requires prompt payment of certain construction contracts.

“Vegetation Management Response Act”; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure.

Requires BPU to conduct biennial rate cases for public utilities; increases penalties for public utilities failing to comply with BPU orders.

Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears veteran’s or recipient’s special license plate or placard issued by MVC.

Provides consumer protections under certain telecommunications service provider contracts.

Directs BPU to conduct study to determine whether microgrid and distributed energy resource deployment will reduce length of power outages.

Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.

Establishes Economic Development Incentive Review Commission.

Creates cigar night smoking ban exemption at racetracks and off-track wagering facilities.

Establishes “County Career Technical Education Annual Recognition Awards” to annually recognize best programs implemented by county vocational school districts.

Increases child care provider payments and revises hourly limits on child care for school-aged children under subsidized child care assistance program during 2020-2021 school year.

Allows members of PERS Prosecutors Part to establish purchased PERS credit in the Part at additional cost.

Establishes “New Jersey Small Business Indoor Air Quality Management Support Program.”

Revises penalties for transfer of certain professional and occupational licenses

Prohibits businesses that outsource jobs overseas from receiving State contracts or grants; prohibits investment of State funds in such businesses.

Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.

Allows utility lines necessary for certain solar energy generation facilities to cross municipally-owned preserved open space under certain circumstances.

Provides corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle charging stations.

Concerns investigation of missing persons cases

Requires contracts for sale of certain health care entities to preserve employee wages and benefits and to honor collective bargaining agreements.

Establishes tuition reimbursement program for students enrolled in certain private postsecondary educational schools.

Extends deadlines, under certain circumstances, for completion and commercial operation of certain solar electric power generation facilities.

Permits purchase of service credit in PERS for period of time after termination of public employment due to COVID-19 pandemic if member returned to PERS employment within 12 months

Provides retirement allowance after 20 years of service regardless of age for members of PFRS.

Establishes certain requirements if purchasing and reselling same single-family home within one year of receiving certificate of occupancy.

Establishes “Energy Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Program” and related financing program in NJ Infrastructure Bank; and authorizes certain energy contracts under “Public School Contracts Law” and “Local Public Contracts Law” up to 30 years.

Imposes conditions on drivers approaching disabled vehicles.

Designates October 1 of each year as “Ostomy Awareness Day” in New Jersey.

Designates month of March of each year as “Irish-American Heritage Month” in New Jersey.