CORRECTIONS BILLS
2006-2007 Legislative Session

 

A613	"County Corrections Officers Act."
A820	Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
A1041	Supplemental appropriation of $1.2 million to Maurice River Township for the siting of a State correctional facility.
A1043	Establishes aid program for certain municipalities with State correctional facilities.
A1153	Upgrades qualifications for county corrections officers; clarifies administration and management policies for county corrections departments.
A1281	Requires State reimbursements to county be computed from first day State inmate is housed in its correctional facility.
A1464	Requires disclosure to certain prison guards of AIDS status of inmates.
A1550	Establishes that "45-day" rule applies to corrections officers, sheriff's officers, New Jersey Transit police officers and paid firefighters. ***
A1551	Permits law enforcement officers, including county sheriff and corrections officers, to participate in intergovernmental transfer program; permits waive of accumulated sick leave and seniority privileges by such officers.
A1712	Requires DOC commissioner to implement telecommunications voice mail system for staff in correctional facilities.
A1979	Requires drug and alcohol testing of adult inmates within 72 hours prior to furlough, work release or similar programs under certain conditions.
A2075	Makes possession or use of cellular telephone or accessories by person confined to State correctional facility second degree crime.
A2168	Requires State Auditor review of certain Department of Corrections privatization contracts.

A2169	Appropriates $25 million to remove and replace 500 bed Phase I facility at Southern State.
A2211	Directs prison administrators to notify local news media of inmate escapes.
A2213	Requires notification, public hearing and economic impact analysis prior to change in security classification or reassignment of staff or inmates in  State correctional facilities.
A2224	Authorizes trained and qualified county corrections to carry a firearm at all times in New Jersey.
A2254	Clarifies that statute making "good behavior" credits at ADTC contingent upon participation in treatment program applies to all inmates.
A2334	Requires inmates with sufficient means to pay their incarceration costs.
A2565	Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
A2598	Criminalizes possession and use of cellular phone in adult or juvenile correctional facility and criminalizes giving cellular phone to inmate.
A2679	Establishes pilot program in DOC for removal of certain tattoos.
A2707	Revises qualifications and specifies appointment titles of county corrections officers.
A2760	Makes prisoners responsible for their own support and maintenance and provides the State with a lien for the cost thereof.
A2860	Clarifies statewide arrest powers of county corrections officers and sheriff's officers.
A3022	Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits when disability is incurred as result of fourth degree crime or gross misconduct.
A3064	Supplemental appropriation of $12,000,000 in capital funding to DOC for construction of 400-bed housing unit at Bayside State Prison.
A3286	Prohibits release of illegal immigrants from correctional facilities.
A3469	Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
S61	Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
S231	Eliminates entitlement to workers' compensation cash benefits during imprisonment.
S269	Permits law enforcement officers, including county sheriff and corrections officers, to participate in intergovernmental transfer program; permits waive of accumulated sick leave and seniority privileges by such officers.

S306	Establishes aid program for certain municipalities with State correctional facilities.
S368	Makes prisoners responsible for their own support and maintenance and provides the State with a lien for the cost thereof.
S448	Makes possession or use of cellular telephone or accessories by person confined to State correctional facility second degree crime.
S635	Requires DOC to study deficiencies in facilities whenever certain inmate disturbances occur and to include needed improvements in budget request.
S636	Requires adult corrections officers in State facilities to complete inservice training program. *
S666	Makes fiscal year 2006 supplemental appropriation of $22,000,000 to Department of Corrections for grants to counties housing State inmates and amends certain language provisions of the fiscal year 2006 appropriations act concerning certain grants.
S1037	Gives Statewide police powers to certain county juvenile detention officers.
S1196	Upgrades qualifications for county corrections officers; clarifies administration and management policies for county corrections departments.
S1197	Clarifies statewide arrest powers of county corrections officers and sheriff's officers.
S1279	Clarifies that statute making "good behavior" credits at Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center contingent upon participation in treatment program applies to all inmates.
S1347	Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
S1602	Appropriates $25 million to remove and replace 500 bed Phase I facility at Southern State.
S1603	Supplemental appropriation of $1.2 million to Maurice River Township for the siting of a State correctional facility.
S1789	Establishes that "45-day" rule applies to corrections officers, sheriff's officers, New Jersey Transit police officers and paid firefighters. *
S1918	Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
S1923	Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits when disability is incurred as result of fourth degree crime or gross misconduct.
S1971	Authorizes paid leaves of absence for certain delegates of employee organizations representing corrections officers attending conventions.
S1972	"State Corrections Officers Bill of Rights."

S1981

Authorizes trained and qualified county corrections to carry a firearm at all times in New Jersey.