NJ Society of ProfessionalLand Surveyors (2014-2015)

Bill: / A239
Sponsors: / Kean, S (R30); DeAngelo (D14); Andrzejczak (D1); Danielsen (D17) +2
Summary: / Exempts individuals with certain types of military service from certain professional and occupational fees and continuing education requirements.
Subjects: / Education-Finance; Veterans And Military
Related: / 2014:S2149; 2012:A690
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Al and I looked at this bill and see no objection. A similar bill was passed in 2008 and signed by the Governor, however it did not include continuing ed. This bill was introduced on 12/8/2011 but never got to the committee. FYI, surveyors are already exempt from continuing ed, as outlined in this bill for military service. See NJAC 13:40-11.8(e). - Nicholas Wunner 1/26/12
Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A367
Sponsors: / Caputo (D28) +1
Summary: / Authorizes professional and occupational boards to recognize continuing education approval entities.
Subjects: / Regulated Professions
Related: / 2012:A3394
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Regulatory Oversight Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Regulatory Oversight Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor - requested copy of the bill - sent 6/19/15
Bill: / A378
Sponsors: / Tucker (D28)
Summary: / Establishes a 500 foot drug free zone around child care centers.
Subjects: / Children; Human Services-Drug And Alcohol Abuse
Related: / 2014:S1426; 2012:A1373; 2010:A3954
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Women and Children Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor - requested copy of the bill - sent 6/19/15 - Seek amendment?
Bill: / A454
Sponsors: / Green (D22) +1
Summary: / Permits master deed of condominium to reflect proportional common and limited common elements interests of each owner as fractions.
Subjects: / Housing-Condominiums, Cooperatives And Mobile Homes
Related: / 2012:A1715; 2010:A430; 2008:A431; 2006:A467; 2004:A144; 2002:A1896; 2002:S2566; 2000:A3084
Progress: / 1st House: 2nd Reading
Status: / 06/01/2015 – 2nd reading in the Assembly
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.
06/01/2015 – Reported out of committee, 2nd reading in Assembly.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A459
Sponsors: / Green (D22)
Summary: / Modifies intent, purpose and standard of construction of "Municipal Land Use Law."
Subjects: / Land Use, Planning And Zoning; Local Government-Municipalities
Related: / 2012:A1720; 2010:A436; 2008:A439; 2006:A3860
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – AssemblyState and Local Government Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to AssemblyState and Local Government Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A521
Sponsors: / Peterson (R23)
Summary: / Requires certain conditions affecting application for development or zoning variance to be recorded with municipality and county.
Subjects: / Land Use, Planning And Zoning; Local Government-Counties; Local Government-Municipalities
Related: / 2012:A157; 2010:A620; 2008:S1893
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – AssemblyState and Local Government Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to AssemblyState and Local Government Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A609
Sponsors: / Webber (R26); Vainieri Huttle (D37); Mazzeo (D2) +4
Summary: / "Home-Based Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing, or retailing activities.
Subjects: / Economic Development-International, State And Regional
Related: / 2014:S1644; 2012:A983; 2012:S1850
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Commerce and Economic Development
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor - copy of bill requested - sent 6/19/15
Bill: / A678
Sponsors: / Cryan (D20)
Summary: / Limits public college immunity from municipal land use restrictions on large-scale development projects.
Subjects: / Higher Education; Land Use, Planning And Zoning
Related: / 2012:A4038
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – AssemblyState and Local Government Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to AssemblyState and Local Government Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Support - David Avery 5/17/13
Per Lewis Conley - 5/17/13 - My vote is to support this bill. I feel that the host municipalities should have some influence and say over large expansions or projects.
I am in support of this bill . - Stanley Hans Jr. 5/20/13
I am in support of this bill also. The municipalities should have some influence over projects that may have an effect on the master plan for that town. - Barry Gleisner 5/20/13
Per Keith Ludwig - 5/20/13 - Support
Per William McGrath - 5/20/13 - Support
Support and Monitor - Nicholas J. Wunner, PE, PLS 5/20/13
Per Nicholas Wunner - 5/30/13 - NJSPLS Supports this bill. If you have any questions please contact me (sent to Board).
Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A799
Sponsors: / Coughlin (D19); Diegnan (D18)
Summary: / Authorizes municipality to provide for imposition and collection of special assessment to secure developer's recovery of cost of certain improvements in connection with redevelopment project.
Subjects: / Economic Development-International, State And Regional; Local Government-Municipalities
Related: / 2012:A1276; 2010:A3817
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Commerce and Economic Development
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A1254
Sponsors: / Prieto (D32); Wimberly (D35); Diegnan (D18); Garcia (D33); Coughlin (D19)
Summary: / Requires certain civil actions against certain licensed persons to be brought within two years.
Subjects: / Civil Actions
Related: / 2012:A2553; 2012:S2215; 2010:A3929
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Judiciary Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A1484
Sponsors: / DeAngelo (D14); Benson (D14) +1
Summary: / Requires municipal agency under MLUL to notify prospective applicant of potential need for additional governmental approvals.
Subjects: / Land Use, Planning And Zoning
Related: / 2014:S1459; 2012:A206; 2012:S1021; 2010:A3198; 2010:S2564
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A1682 AcsAca (ACS/1R)
Sponsors: / Wisniewski (D19); Andrzejczak (D1); Webber (R26) +1
Summary: / Establishes time periods for adverse possession of certain property.
Subjects: / Property
Related: / 2014:S1364; 2012:A1551; 2012:S2946; 2010:A1451; 2008:A2054; 2008:S130; 2006:A2606; 2006:S1868; 2004:A4193
Progress: / 1st House: 2nd Reading
Status: / 06/15/2015 – 2nd reading in the Assembly
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee.
02/12/2015 – Reported out of committee with committee substitute, referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee.
06/15/2015 – Reported out of committee with committee amendments, 2nd reading in Assembly.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Lew Conley 6/19/15 - I don’t have any problem with the changes. I still feel that the Tidelands issue will require a constitutional amendment, but that is for the attorneys to worry about, not us. At our meeting Tuesday, our position was to Support these bills. My recommendation is still to Support.
Per Pete Burgess - 3/26/13 - Am I reading this correctly? Property owners could now adverse possess against the state. Didn't the tidelands issue cause all sorts of problems some 30 years ago? And didn't the tidelands and formerly or once flowed lands have to be purchased again from the state. didn't this go to the state supreme court? That said I think if all parties concerned in any specific property's transaction acted properly thru its history I don't think the land owner should pay twice. But allowing an opportunity for adverse possession against the state is a bad idea. I also believe that if allowed here the concept will be expanded to other situations.
Per Lewis Conley - 3/26/13 - That is my understanding also. The constitutional amendment was circa 1988, a portion of which is contained on all of the States Tidelands Claims maps and reads as follows: "Article VIII, Section 5, Paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution requires the State to assert its riparian claim to land which has not been flowed by the tide since November 3, 1941, by November 9, 1982, or forfeit its claim. Similarly, as to land which acquires the status of property not tidally flowed for 40 consecutive years after November 3, 1981, the State must assert its riparian claim before the conclusion of the 40 year periodor lose it. These maps are adopted to avoid these forfeitures and constitute the State's claims to riparian lands. The claims lines do not reflect the changes constantly occurring from the movement of land and water at the ocean's shore and elsewhere, or the impact of additional data which may become available or usable after the maps were drawn. Also, the claims lines do not show valid grants made by the State and, therefore, also do not reflect grant overlaps, ungranted riparian land inshore or adjacent to grants, or the legal effects of failed grants. Nor do the lines drawn reflect or impact on claims made in particular litigation, or reflect filing under the Wharf Act
Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A1721
Sponsors: / Eustace (D38); Wisniewski (D19); McKeon (D27); Caride (D36)
Summary: / "Blue Acres Floodplain Protection and Home Elevation Bond Act of 2013," authorizes bonds for $100 million, and appropriates $5,000.
Subjects: / Bonds; Environment-Beaches And Shores; Environment-Flooding, Dams And Lakes
Related: / 2014:S304; 2012:A2930; 2012:S1919
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A1822
Sponsors: / Lampitt (D6); Mosquera (D4)
Summary: / Provides gross income tax credit for certain small business employers that provide health care benefits to employees.
Subjects: / Insurance-Health Insurance; Taxation-Business Taxes; Taxation-Personal Income Tax
Related: / 2012:A1146; 2010:A1534; 2008:A2122
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A1874
Sponsors: / Burzichelli (D3)
Summary: / Makes various technical and procedural amendments to the "Municipal Land Use Law."
Subjects: / Land Use, Planning And Zoning
Related: / 2012:A1514; 2010:A1697; 2010:S1585; 2008:A1510; 2008:S2882
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – AssemblyState and Local Government Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to AssemblyState and Local Government Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / I don't see any issues - Rich Smith
I don't see any issues either - Lewis Conley
Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A2023 Aca (1R)
Sponsors: / Greenwald (D6); Benson (D14)
Summary: / Revises definition of "responsible charge" as it pertains to licensed professional engineers and licensed architects.
Subjects: / Regulated Professions
Related: / 2014:S2675; 2012:A3477
Progress: / 2nd House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 12/15/2014 – Senate Commerce Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee.
12/04/2014 – Reported out of committee with committee amendments, 2nd reading in Assembly.
12/15/2014 – Passed in Assembly 72-0-0. Received in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce Committee.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Mark Husik - 1/14/13 - They now have no position on this legislation.
Bill McGrath - 11/15/13 - This bill would allow large engineering firms to fire all licensed land surveyors in their firm and just keep one to sign and seal survey plans. It won't effect me but, I can see where it will effect an awful lot of my colleagues.
Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A2053
Sponsors: / Fuentes (D5); Quijano (D20)
Summary: / Authorizes sale of certain property interests in public roads by local governments to connect certain electric generating facilities with customers; provides for net metering, virtual net metering and connections by public utility.
Subjects: / Energy; Energy-Conservation; Public Utilities
Related: / 2014:A2751; 2014:S571; 2012:A1396; 2012:A2988; 2012:S827; 2010:A4122; 2010:S2557
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Priority: / Medium
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A2115
Sponsors: / Gusciora (D15)
Summary: / Provides State, county, municipal, and school district contracts for professional services will be awarded pursuant to competitive contracting process.
Subjects: / Education-School Boards And Districts; Local Government-Counties; Local Government-Municipalities; Public Contracts-Local; Public Contracts-State
Related: / 2014:S1586; 2012:A3634; 2012:S1517; 2010:S1311; 2008:S484; 2006:A526; 2006:S754; 2004:A2885; 2004:S2532
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 01/16/2014 – AssemblyState and Local Government Committee
History: / 01/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to AssemblyState and Local Government Committee.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A2600 Aca (1R)
Sponsors: / Diegnan (D18); Mainor (D31); Giblin (D34)
Summary: / Pertains to certain review and approval responsibilities of land surveyors.
Subjects: / Land Use, Planning And Zoning
Related: / 2012:A1851; 2010:A408; 2008:A3361
Progress: / 1st House: 2nd Reading
Status: / 10/23/2014 – 2nd reading in the Assembly
History: / 02/20/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee.
10/23/2014 – Reported out of committee with committee amendments, 2nd reading in Assembly.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Barry Gleissner - 2/24/14 - We are in support of this Bill and we would ask that Assemblymen Deignan be approached and ask to remove the portion pertaining to having the landowner sign a waiver to have the outbound corners set when preparing a subdivision. It is our opinion that when a newly created lot has been granted, property corners should be set so that the new owner is aware of their property extents. In the long run, this will allow the home owner to save time and money when a surveyor comes to the site to perform his work for stakeout of buildings, fences, etc. This will put everyone on notice as to where the new lines are located.
One other little thing in the Bill found on page 23, line 32: monuments set for a subdivision will have to contain the name of the surveyor and the name of the firm. Currently it is either one. If we could get this change made also, it would prove to be beneficial.
Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A2751
Sponsors: / Wilson (D5)
Summary: / Authorizes local governments to license the use of, or sell in fee simple or as an easement interest, public roads within a municipality to connect a non-contiguous solar, wind, combined heat and power, or biomass generation facility with an end-use custo
Subjects: / Energy; Local Government-Municipalities; Public Utilities
Related: / 2014:A2053; 2014:S571; 2012:A1396; 2012:A2988; 2012:S827; 2010:A4122; 2010:S2557
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 02/25/2014 – Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
History: / 02/25/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Priority: / Medium
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / A3188
Sponsors: / Lagana (D38); Jimenez (D32) +1
Summary: / Requires property record cards and tax maps prepared in conjunction with revaluations to be produced in electronic format.
Subjects: / Taxation-Property Tax
Related: / 2014:S1962
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 05/15/2014 – AssemblyState and Local Government Committee
History: / 05/15/2014 – Introduced and referred to AssemblyState and Local Government Committee.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Carl P. - 04/29/14 - This sounds like every town that is going through a revaluation will be required to create a digital tax map. I don't see any reason why we wouldn't support this bill.
Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A3390 Aca (1R)
Sponsors: / Coughlin (D19); Pinkin (D18); Webber (R26); Diegnan (D18) +3
Summary: / Permits transmittal of certain land use documents via email.
Subjects: / Communications; Land Use, Planning And Zoning
Related: / 2014:S2309
Progress: / 2nd House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 12/01/2014 – Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
History: / 06/09/2014 – Introduced and referred to AssemblyState and Local Government Committee.
09/22/2014 – Reported out of committee with committee amendments, 2nd reading in Assembly.
11/13/2014 – Passed in Assembly 73-0-0.
12/01/2014 – Received in Senate and referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A3421 AcaSa (2R)
Sponsors: / Dancer (R12); Mukherji (D33); Singer (R30) +1
Summary: / Revises the "Self-Funded Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Regulation Act."
Subjects: / Insurance-Health Insurance
Related: / 2014:S2220
Progress: / Governor
Status: / 06/11/2015 – Passed in both houses
History: / 06/16/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee.
06/23/2014 – Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee. Reported out of committee with committee amendments, 2nd reading in Assembly.
06/26/2014 – Passed in Assembly 79-0-0.
06/30/2014 – Received in Senate w/o committee reference, 2nd reading in Senate.
03/16/2015 – Amended on Senate floor, 2nd reading in Senate 23-0 (Singer).
05/18/2015 – Substituted for S-2220 (2R). Passed in Senate 28-0.
06/01/2015 – Received in Assembly, 2nd reading in Assembly to concur with Senate amendments.
06/11/2015 – Passed in Assembly and sent to Governor 71-0-0.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Mark Husik - 6/9/15 - The NJSPLS is in full support of this bill.
Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A3561
Sponsors: / Sumter (D35); Garcia (D33); DeCroce, B. (R26); Pinkin (D18)
Summary: / Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
Subjects: / Regulated Professions
Related: / 2014:S2610
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 08/04/2014 – Assembly Regulated Professions Committee
History: / 08/04/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee.
Position: / Support
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Support
Bill: / A3774
Sponsors: / Garcia (D33); Lampitt (D6)
Summary: / Establishes a 1,000 foot drug free zone around playgrounds and other public parks, buildings and housing facilities.
Subjects: / Crimes And Penalties; Environment-Parks, Forests And Open Space
Related: / 2014:S67; 2012:S655; 2010:S270; 2008:S724; 2006:A1784; 2004:A2928
Progress: / 1st House: Referred to Committee
Status: / 10/02/2014 – Assembly Women and Children Committee
History: / 10/02/2014 – Introduced and referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee.
Position: / Monitor
Notes: / Per Legislative Committee 6/16/15 - Monitor
Bill: / S67
Sponsors: / Stack (D33); O'Toole (R40)
Summary: / Establishes a 1,000 foot drug free zone around playgrounds and other public parks, buildings and housing facilities.
Subjects: / Crimes And Penalties; Environment-Parks, Forests And Open Space
Related: / 2014:A3774; 2012:S655; 2010:S270; 2008:S724; 2006:A1784; 2004:A2928