Under the Dome: 5/11 Senate & Assembly Committees

by: Jason Springer

Sun May 10, 2009 at 11:33:39 PM EDT

On the Senate side, it's the Department of Transporation, NJ Transit and the Motor Vehicle Commission who get their turn before the Senate Budget Committee at 10am.  At 1:30pm, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development steps up to the plate and that should be particularly interesting given all the talk of furloughs, layoffs and unemployment these days.

On the Assembly side, the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste committee takes up the now $600 million open space public question legislation. They also have a resolution opposing offshore drilling for oil and natural gas and encourages use of renewable resources among other bills. The Human Services Committee will vote on a three-bill package to improve state mental health services.

The State Government Committee will consider legislation to require the state to publish contract and grant information on a single, searchable Web site. It will also consider legislation to impose electoral and campaign finance requirements upon Lieutenant Governor candidates. The panel will also weigh legislation to help charitable organizations weather the global economic recession. That bill would give charitable organizations that have been hit hard by the recent economic troubles more discretion to spend and invest endowment money.

The Judiciary Committee will consider legislation that would revise the New Jersey False Claims Act to entitle the state to more recovery in Medicaid fraud cases. They will also have a bill that would create a civil rape shield law. The Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will take testimony on whether New Jersey should allow raw milk sales. The Labor Committee will vote on a bill that requires the Board of Public Utilities to adopt regulations providing that the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers employed in the performance of any construction undertaken in connection with board financial assistance, or undertaken to fulfill any condition of receiving board financial assistance, including the performance of any contract to construct, renovate or otherwise prepare a facility, the operations of which are necessary for the receipt of board financial assistance.

The Assembly Military and Veterans? Affairs Committee will take up a bill that would exclude pay earned by New Jersey military personnel during combat and hazardous duty and duty subject to hostile fire and imminent danger from state income taxes. The Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee will consider a bill that would create a Highway Construction Zone Safety Program.

As always, you can follow along with live streaming feeds through the Legislature's website. I've also put all of the legislation up for consideration below the fold.

Hearing on the FY 2010 Budget: Department of Transportation, NJ Transit
and Motor Vehicle Commission

Senate Budget and Appropriations (Budget Hearings Only) Hearing 1:30 PM

Hearing on the FY 2010 Budget: Department of Labor and Workforce Development

ASSEMBLY QUORUM 1:00 PM Assembly Chambers

Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Meeting 2:00 PM
The Committee will receive comments and testimony from invited guests
concerning the sale of raw milk.
A3239 [McKeon, John F./Fisher, Douglas H.+2], Forest stewardship-estab.
S713 [Smith, Bob/Van Drew, Jeff], Forest stewardship-estab.

Assembly Education Meeting

The Committee will not meet.

Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Meeting 2:00 PM
A791 [Gusciora, Reed/Greenstein, Linda R.+24], Historic Prop. Reinvestment Act
A1006 [Wisniewski, John S./McKeon, John F.+1], Integrated computer sys.-DEP maintain
A3865 [Rooney, John E./McKeon, John F.+1], Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Comm.
A3896 [Greenstein, Linda R./Milam, Matthew W.], Land-recreation & conserv. purpose;$66M
A3897 [Scalera, Frederick/DeAngelo, Wayne P.], Open space, park devel.;$120.123M
A3898 [McKeon, John F./Schaer, Gary S.], Land-recreation & conserv purpose;$19.9M
A3899 [Riley, Celeste M./Burzichelli, John J.], His. preserv. proj.;$15,557,201
A3901 [McKeon, John F./Riley, Celeste M.], Green Acres Bond Act 2009;$600M bonds
AR147 [Gusciora, Reed/McKeon, John F.+2], Offshore drilling for oil-opposes

Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Meeting

The Committee will not meet.

Assembly Human Services Meeting 2:00 PM

A3582 [Cryan, Joseph/Vas, Joseph+1], Mental health svcs.-concerns
A3583 [Cryan, Joseph/Vas, Joseph+1], Psych. fac.-concerns admission
A3584 [Cryan, Joseph/Vas, Joseph], Mental illness-concerns svcs.

Assembly Judiciary Meeting 10:00 AM

A243 [Vandervalk, Charlotte+2], Rape shield law, civil-creates
A2054 [Wisniewski, John S.], Adverse possession-concerns
A2143 [Cryan, Joseph+2], Stalkers-concerns
A3348 [Cryan, Joseph], Stalkers, convicted-e-mail regis. req.
A3731 [Conaway, Herb/DeAngelo, Wayne P.+1], False Claims Act-concerns
S2534 [Buono, Barbara/Beck, Jennifer], False Claims Act-concerns

Assembly Labor Meeting 10:00 AM

A3372 [Barnes, Peter J./Diegnan, Patrick J.+5], Construction contracts-prevailing wage

Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Meeting 10:00 AM

A1707 [Munoz, Eric/Bramnick, Jon M.+4], Vets' Oral Hist. Foundation-estab.
A1952 [Conners, Jack], Mil. comp., cert.-excl, gross income tax
A2598 [Wolfe, David W./Conners, Jack+1], Support the Troops-auth lic. plate
A3137 [Vainieri Huttle, Valerie/Cruz-Perez, Nilsa], Indigent vets-concerns burial

Assembly State Government Meeting 2:00 PM

A2944 [Angelini, Mary Pat], PFRS memb.-reduce retir. allowment
A3787 [Russo, David C./Voss, Joan M.], MIA-OON flag-concerns display
A3840 [Moriarty, Paul D./Gusciora, Reed+4], St. expenditure Internet website-concern
A3871 [Diegnan, Patrick J./McKeon, John F.], Uniform Prudent Mgt. of Instit. Fds. Act
A3902 [Quigley, Joan M.], Lieutenant Gov. candidates-concerns
A3903 [Roberts, Joseph J./Greenwald, Louis D.], Real prop., surplus-St. Treasurer sell
AJR124 [Chivukula, Upendra J./Johnson, Gordon M.], Asian Pacific Amer. Heritage Mo.-May

Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Meeting 10:00 AM

A2427 [Prieto, Vincent/Wisniewski, John S.], E-ZPass transponder-concern lost, stolen
A2943 [DeCroce, Alex], GPS navigation devices-concerns
A3117 [Wisniewski, John S.], Hwy. Constr. Zone Safety Prog.-estab.
A3278 [Gusciora, Reed], Veh. regis.-contain issue date
A3338 [Giblin, Thomas P./Wisniewski, John S.+32], NJT bd.-adds non-voting memb.
A3597 [Rumpf, Brian E./Van Pelt, Daniel M.], Traffic congestion avoidance prog.-req
S515 [Sacco, Nicholas J./Ciesla, Andrew R.], E-ZPass transponder-concern lost, stolen
For Discussion Only:
A3292 [Cryan, Joseph], Motorcycle safety reg.-enacts