Sean Kean

Establishes State-funded roster of mental health professionals to perform competency evaluations in criminal cases; makes appropriation.

Requires school bus personnel members to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires certain school buses transportating students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features; makes appropriation.

Provides for special session of Legislature to consider property tax relief and reform.

Provides 50 percent sales and use tax exemption for certain businesses in impacted municipalities during ongoing public highway project.

Designates November 7 of each year as "Shwachman Diamond Syndrome Awareness Day" in NJ.

Allows 50 percent sales and use tax exemption for telephone, mail-order, and internet transactions by qualified businesses within Urban Enterprise Zone; allows quarterly tax returns for qualified businesses; increases allowable administrative expenses by qualified municipalities.

Establishes EDA grant program to support increased business expenses incurred by certain businesses impacted by certain public highway projects; provides 50 percent sales and use tax exemption in impacted municipalities; appropriates $1 million.

"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.

Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.

Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.

Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.

Requires health care representative to make health care decisions for incapacitated patient in accordance with patient's religious beliefs.

Requires DEP to establish artificial reef plan for commercial and recreational fishing.

Concerns eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits for certain seasonal employees.

Provides for identification and study of infant fatalities and near fatalities resulting from vaccination; requires inclusion of vaccination information in sudden infant death reports; and requires use of federal infant death reporting form.

Establishes Children's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.

Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.

Requires electric public utilities to implement flood mitigation plans for certain electric distribution substations; prohibits rate increase pending implementation of flood mitigation plans.

Disqualifies person named on federal Terrorist Watchlist from obtaining firearms identification card or permit to purchase handgun.

Appropriates $10 million to the DEP for Black Creek and Wreck Pond dredging.