Dan Cirucci: Christie Signs Seven Bills; Vetoes 11

Monday, August 19, 2013

Christie Signs Seven Bills; Vetoes 11

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today took action on the following legislation:

BILLS SIGNED:

S-1911/A-3047 (Madden, O’Toole/Diegnan, Lampitt, Egan, Quijano) – ‟Children’s Sudden Cardiac Events Reporting Act”

S-2363/A-4025 (Sweeney, O'Toole/Giblin, Cryan) - Requires home improvement contractors to display State-issued identification badge; requires surrender in certain circumstances; imposes penalty for improper display of badge

S-2516/A-3278 (Norcross, Oroho/Handlin, Barnes, A.M. Bucco) – Increases civil and criminal penalties involving unstamped and counterfeit cigarettes and cigarette smuggling and establishes crime involving transfers of counterfeit cigarettes

S-2715/A-4094 (Lesniak, Ruiz/Quijano, S. Kean) – Requires DOE to prepare and distribute informational pamphlets on how parents can limit a child’s exposure to media violence

S-2737/A-4217 (Sweeney, O’Toole/Greenwald, Rible) – Permits contractor in certain construction contracts with State college to choose between a retainage deduction from monthly progress payments or depositing a bond; allows 2% retainage deduction of amount due on each partial payment

S-2739/A-4187 (Madden, A.R. Bucco/Egan, Dancer) – Prohibits relieving certain charges of employer unemployment insurance accounts

S-2821/A-4194 (Norcross/Fuentes, Wilson) – Makes various changes to the Urban Hope Act including the financing and siting of renaissance school projects

BILLS VETOED:

S-454/A-2421 (Turner, Vitale/Benson, Vainieri Huttle, Wagner, Jasey) – ABSOLUTE - Permits a student to participate in certain voluntary surveys if the district sends prior written notification to the student’s parents; limits use of information obtained from survey

S-576/ACS for A-936, 922 (Madden/Riley, Moriarty) – ABSOLUTE Requires certain notifications, and provides for guaranteed NJ Spill Compensation Fund coverage, upon sale of property where private well is treated by point of entry water treatment system

SCS for S-1085/ACS for A-2837 (B. Smith, Norcross/McKeon, Moriarty, Chivukula) – CONDITIONAL - Establishes forest stewardship program for State-owned lands

S-1253/ACS for A-1665 (Vitale, Gordon, Allen/Johnson, Vainieri Huttle, Diegnan, Gusciora, Quijano) – ABSOLUTE - Requires SHBP and SHEBP to cover treatment for alcoholism, other substance-use disorders, and non biologically-based mental illnesses under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses

SCS for S-1191/ACS for A-2974 (Lesniak, Sarlo/Mosquera, Diegnan, Greenwald, Quijano, Giblin, Sumter) – ABSOLUTE - Allows establishment of county-wide purchasing system for certain school district services in certain counties; offers employment protections for certain food or custodial service employees; and regulates subcontracting by districts and public higher education institutions

S-1868/A-1331 (Van Drew, Pou/Greenwald, Singleton, DeCroce) – ABSOLUTE - Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically

S-1888/A-2938 (Codey, Allen/Jasey, Caputo, O’Donnell) – CONDITIONAL - Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit persons with mental illness unless they pose danger

S-1889/A-2937 (Codey, Stack/Jasey, Caputo, O’Donnell, Vainieri Huttle) - CONDITIONAL – Prohibits emergency shelters for the homeless from refusing to provide services for minimum time frame unless shelters are at maximum capacity

S-2551/S-3718 (Van Drew, Scutari/Diegnan, Handlin, Stender) – ABSOLUTE - Permits real estate licensees to prepare broker price opinions and comparative market analyses

S-2620/A-3874 (Sacco, Cunningham/Prieto, Ramos, Jimenez) – ABSOLUTE - Revises eligibility criteria for shore protection funding

S-2680/A-3933 (Sacco, Kyrillos/Handlin, Prieto, Jimenez) – ABSOLUTE - Allows development on piers in coastal high hazard areas in certain urban municipalities

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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