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TagsBill allowing state to fight crime in Atlantic City casino district also up for vote
BY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Legislation designed to chase bullying from New Jersey schools will be a highlight of the agendas when the state Senate and Assembly hold voting sessions on Monday in Trenton.
Both houses are prepared to approve what is described as the landmark Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights (A-3466) and Gov. Christie is expected to support the measure. The legislation, which is the product of nearly a year of research and discussions, is designed to combat harassment, intimidation and bullying among students.
Assembly Democrats will again move legislation (A-3273-3274) designed to restore $5 million in women's health care funding the legislation would also require the state to apply for federal matching dollars. Christie vetoed the proposal earlier in the year.
The lower house will also consider legislation (A-406) that would control school superintendent contracts by requiring the state commissioner of education to develop a model employment contract for superintendents. The contract would address, but need not be limited to, salary, health insurance, pension benefits, sick days and vacation leave.
Also on the Assembly agenda is bill (A-845) that would establish a task force to decide how best to bring a veterans' health care facility in southern New Jersey, bill (A-3224) that would improve coastal evacuation plans throughout the state in preparation for an event such as a hurricane or nor'easter, and bill (A-3159) that would exempt unused gift cards or gift certificates usable solely for telephone services from the seizure process signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie in June.
The Senate will consider 42 measures, including one to establish a state-supervised Atlantic City tourism district where the 11 casinos are located, in part, to allow the state police to support city police in reducing crime in the area.
Overall, the upper house will consider 10 bills related to an effort to encourage more interest and attendance at the Monmouth Park and Meadowlands horse and harness racing tracks and bolster state gambling tax revenue.
The Senate will also consider a proposal to allow advertising on the outside of school buses.
The Assembly is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and the Senate at 2 p.m.
