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By DMUAdmin News & Releases Shirley K. Turner

19 Jun: Turner: Business Development Subsidies Must Show Results

TRENTON – The Senate approved legislation today sponsored by Senator Shirley K. Turner that would require businesses receiving development subsidies from the State to submit information that would allow the State to monitor the effectiveness of those programs.

“New Jersey spends millions of dollars each year on tax breaks and subsidies to lure businesses to New Jersey,” said Senator Turner, D-Mercer. “Programs like the Business Employment Incentive Program (BEIP) and the Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant (BRRAG) Program, are funded year after year because of claims that they help create new jobs in New Jersey. As budgets continue to look tight for the future, we need to prove that the programs we fund really do pay off with job growth.”

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Nicholas J. Sacco

19 Jun: Sacco Measure Would Strengthen Lemon Law

TRENTON – The Senate passed a legislation today sponsored by Senator Nicholas Sacco that all used cars be covered by a warranty on their emissions control systems under the State’s Lemon Law.

“Right now, if someone chooses to waive their warranty rights under the Lemon Law, that covers all parts of the car,” explained Senator Sacco, D-Bergen and Hudson and Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee. “However, car dealers are unable to do the same tests on the emissions control equipment that are done during a state inspection. If the dealer can’t give you a definite answer on a car’s emissions status, it’s unfair to consumers to allow that part of the Lemon Law warranty to ever be waived.”

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Steve Sweeney

19 Jun: Sweeney Measure To Help Prevent Ground Contamination Clears Senate

TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senator Steve Sweeney that would fund the removal and the replacement of petroleum underground storage containers with above ground tanks, thereby helping to prevent soil and groundwater contamination was unanimously approved today by the Senate.

“This bill would provide the necessary means to allow homeowners and business owners to prevent future, very dangerous ground contamination,” said Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem. “The fact is that these tanks could leak in the future. It could be the very near future, or it could be years from now, but that’s not really important. The important and dangerous thing is that by leaking, these tanks would contaminate nearby soil and ground water, and pose serious threats to public health and safety – that’s not a risk I’m willing to take.”

By DMUAdmin Joseph Vitale Loretta Weinberg News & Releases

15 Jun: Vitale-Weinberg Bill To Ensure Access To Outpatient Cancer Care Advances

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale and Loretta Weinberg which would require outpatient cancer care facilities to provide services to patients without regard to pay or source of payment was approved by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee today by a vote of 5-0, with one abstention.

“Whether you’re young, old, rich or poor, cancer doesn’t discriminate, and is an equal-opportunity disease that strikes all segments of the population,” said Senator Vitale, D-Middlesex, the chair of the health panel. “Our State’s outpatient cancer treatment and testing facilities shouldn’t discriminate either. We need to ensure that everyone, regardless of their economic situation, has access to the best cancer care that New Jersey has to offer.”

By DMUAdmin Joseph Vitale News & Releases

15 Jun: Vitale Bill To Educate Parents On Meningitis Advances In Committee

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Joseph F. Vitale which would require the Departments of Health and Senior Services and Education to provide information to parents of students in grades 6-12 about meningococcal meningitis was unanimously approved by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee today.

“Our best weapon against the spread and survival of meningitis is information,” said Senator Vitale. “If caught early, bacterial meningitis can be effectively treated by antibiotics, but it’s important that parents are educated to be able to spot the symptoms of the disease before it progresses to fatal levels. Also, parents should know that proper vaccination all but ensures that students will not catch this potentially deadly disease.”

By DMUAdmin Loretta Weinberg News & Releases

15 Jun: Weinberg Bill Would Help Protect Confidentiality Of Rape And Domestic Abuse Survivors

TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senator Loretta Weinberg that would exempt rape and domestic victim counselors from having to testify in criminal cases was approved today by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“The time period immediately following an attack, once a victim decides to step up and report the assault is critical to the healing process. Many victims choose to work through their pain in secret for fear of ridicule, especially in public, high profile cases, but what they don’t realize is that silence allows the violent behavior to continue,” said Senator Weinberg, D-Bergen, who is a member of the Senate Judiciary panel. “This legislation would allow victims to fully confide in their counselors in the presence of police officers and know that information given to counselors in confidentiality will, by law, remain confidential.”

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Paul A. Sarlo

15 Jun: Assembly Judiciary Committee Clears Sarlo/Girgenti Measure Strengthening Penalties For Organized Shoplifting

TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Paul A. Sarlo and John A. Girgenti that would create the crime of “leader of an organized retail theft enterprise,” and impose prison time on persons found guilty of leading or participating in organized theft rings received unanimous approval today from the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

“This legislation would help apprehend members of these shoplifting rings on every level, from the low men on the totem pole to the ringleaders,” said Senator Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex and Passaic. “Groups like these force store owners to raise prices, leaving the rest of us to have to pay more and make up for the lost profits. Tougher penalties are needed to send a clear message to these shoplifting organizations that the State is standing behind store owners and honest consumers, and we will not allow these theft rings to continue – if they are caught, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Ronald L. Rice

15 Jun: Rice Opens The Eminent Domain Debate In Senate

TRENTON – Senator Ronald L. Rice, Chair of the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee today, released the following statement regarding his eminent domain reform bill, S-1975, which would safeguard the practice against abuse while protecting an important community redevelopment tool.

“The issue of eminent domain generates a great amount of passion among individuals, especially those who face the loss of their property. Their individual passion is certainly understandable.

By DMUAdmin News & Releases

13 Jun: Bryant: Continue Efforts To Cut Spending

TRENTON – Senator Wayne R. Bryant, the Chairman of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, today said he had no intentions of trying to extend the sales tax to professional services.

“We have to keep looking for ways to cut spending,”said Senator Bryant, D-Camden.

Senator Bryant also said it was “fiscally unrealistic”to consider reducing the sales tax without extending its coverage to a wide array of services not currently taxed.

By DMUAdmin News & Releases

12 Jun: Codey, Weinberg Bill Honoring Senator Byron Baer

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey, D-Essex, honoring retired Senator Byron M. Baer, cleared the Senate State Government Committee today and now heads to the full Senate for a vote. Bill S-1959, co-sponsored by Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, would rename the “Open Public Meetings Act” after Sen. Baer, who sponsored the groundbreaking law in the mid-1970’s.

“In his years of public service, Byron Baer helped secure many of the rights we take for granted today, one of them being the right to an open and transparent government,” said Sen. Codey. “I was honored to serve beside him in the Senate for so many years and witness his advocacy for civil rights and liberties. For his tireless efforts, this honor is well deserved.”

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