Paul Moriarty

QUIGLEY/CONNERS/MORIARTY ‘VOTE BY MAIL LAW’ CONTINUES ADVANCING

Measure Would Streamline Steps Voters Use to Cast Absentee Ballots in Elections

(TRENTON) – Assembly –approved legislation Assembly members Joan M. Quigley, Jack Conners and Paul Moriarty sponsored to eliminate New Jersey’s absentee ballot system and replace it with a “vote-by-mail” system continued advancing today toward law.

The bill was approved by the Assembly in June and was released Monday by the Senate State Government Committee. It’s sponsored in the Senate by Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union).

“Choosing who to vote for can be a confusing and stressful process,” said Quigley (D-Hudson), chairwoman of the Assembly State Government Committee. “Casting a ballot shouldn’t be. Moving to a true vote-by-mail system will make it easier for people to exercise their right to vote and increase public participation in the democratic process.”

MORIARTY/LOVE BILL MAKING IT A CRIME TO KNOWINGLY EXPOSE RESIDENTS TO TOXINS ADVANCES

Bill Crafted in Response to South Jersey ‘Kiddie Kollege’ Debacle

(TRENTON) –Legislation Assembly members Paul D. Moriarty and Sandra Love sponsored to make it a crime to knowingly expose residents to toxic pollutants and require new procedures for contaminated sites that are to be used for educational or day care purposes is advancing.

The measures stem from the 2006 case of the Kiddie Kollege day care center in Franklin Township, Gloucester County.

“If anything positive can come about from the Kiddie Kollege calamity, it exposed a weakness in state law that we are seeking to correct,” said Moriarty (D-Gloucester/Camden). “We need an immediate change to our system to allow for the swift prosecution of anyone who knowingly puts

PLAN TO MAKE NEW JERSEY 11TH STATE WITH ‘SILVER ALERT’ SYSTEM FOR MISSING ELDERLY CONTINUES ADVANCING

(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by six Assembly Democrats to make New Jersey the 11th state with a “Silver Alert” system to notify the public about missing elderly people continues advancing.

The plan is based on the “Amber Alert” system used by state police to locate missing children.

The measure is sponsored by Assembly members Wayne DeAngelo, Sandi Love, Paul Moriarty, Pamela R. Lampitt, Cary Rodriquez and Elease Evans.

The bill was recently released by a Senate committee and is now pending before appropriations committees in both houses.

“Unfortunately, it’s common for an elderly loved one suffering from dementia and other ailments to wander,” said DeAngelo (D-Hamilton). “This can be dangerous and even life-threatening for our loved ones and stressful for caregivers and family. This new system would be a common sense step toward protecting those who deserve our best, the elderly.”

BILL ELIMINATING ALIMONY, INHERITANCE RIGHTS FOR MURDERERS, ABUSERS ADVANCES

(TRENTON) – The Assembly Judiciary Committee today released legislation Assembly members Sandra Love, Paul D. Moriarty and Valerie Vainieri Huttle sponsored to block alimony payments to convicted killers and eliminate inheritance rights for parents who abandon, abuse or neglect a child.

BILL TARGETS UNSAFE JEWELRY

Measure Comes After Minnesota Boy Died After Swallowing Lead-Tainted Bracelet

(TRENTON) – Assembly Democratic-sponsored legislation targeting unsafe jewelry is advancing toward law. The bill is sponsored by Assemblywomen Sandi Love, Nilsa Cruz-Perez and Linda Greenstein and Assemblyman Paul Moriarty.

Under the bill, no one may sell, distribute, import or manufacture jewelry in New Jersey that contains materials classified as unsafe The bill also includes stricter restrictions on materials used in children’s jewelry and body piercing jewelry.

Love crafted the legislation (A-2877) after a 4-year-old Minneapolis boy died of lead poisoning from swallowing a tainted charm bracelet.

“Buying a necklace or a charm bracelet shouldn’t bring about fears of lead and mercury poisoning, yet the health and safety of New Jerseyans are at risk,” said Love (D-Gloucester). “It’s time these harmful products are taken down from store shelves for good.”

ASSEMBLY BILL TO BOOST PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND DISABLED SIGNED INTO LAW

Measure Increases Income Limits for Property Tax Relief Program

(CLIFFSIDE PARK) – Gov. Jon S. Corzine today signed into law an Assembly bill to help more senior citizens and disabled residents receive property tax relief.

The bill (A-3460) raises the income eligibility limits for senior citizen and disabled homeowners to apply for the Senior Freeze property tax relief program, increasing household income limits from $55,000 to $80,000 over the next three years.

The law is sponsored by Assembly members Paul Moriarty (D-Gloucester), Joan Voss (D-Bergen), Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex), Sandi Love (D-Camden/Gloucester), Nellie Pou (D-Passaic) and Patrick J. Diegnan (D-Middlesex).

“Making it easier for senior citizens and disabled homeowners to take advantage of this property tax relief will help ensure the global economic crisis doesn’t force residents on fixed incomes out of their homes,” Moriarty said.

Gloucester Township Mayor Cindy Rau-Hatton, a Republican, is expected to seek re-election in 2009, and not run for the State Assembly.

Gloucester Township Mayor Cindy Rau-Hatton, the highest-ranking Republican elected official in Camden County, is expected to pass on a chance to run for the State Assembly in 2009 and instead will seek re-election to a second term as Mayor.  Insiders had viewed Rau-Hatton as the only significant potential challenger against the Democratic incumbents, Paul Moriarty and Sandra Love.

Possible GOP Assembly candidates include Gloucester Township Councilwoman Shelley Lovett, ’01 candidate Cherie Jenkins, and Black Horse Pike Regional Board of Education member John Custodio.  Custodio, well known in Trenton from his years as a Vice President of Fleet Bank, was courted by the GOP in 2007, but declined to run.

Rau-Hatton was elected in 2006, winning a May non-partisan election.  Voters subsequently approved a referendum that made Gloucester Township municipal elections partisan, so the mayoral post is now up in November 2009, instead of May 2010.

LOVE/MORIARTY BILL EMPOWERING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS TO BREAK LEASES TO ESCAPE ABUSE SIGNED INTO LAW

(TRENTON) – Gov. Jon S. Corzine has signed into law legislation Assemblywoman Sandi Love and Assemblyman Paul Moriarty are sponsoring to enable domestic abuse victims to break a residential lease agreement to escape from their abuser.

“For some victims of domestic violence, the legal hurdles to escape an abusive relationship can be just as hard to overcome as the emotional hurdles,” said Love (D-Camden/Gloucester).

MORIARTY MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE ON 'THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS WARRANTY LEMON LAW'

Measure Would Extend Lemon Law Coverage to Consumer Electronics, Warranties

(WASHINGTON TWP.) - In advance of Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving that typically marks the start of the holiday shopping season - Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D-Gloucester) today issued a multimedia package on his legislation that would create a "Consumer Electronics Warranty Lemon Law."

ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS REACT TO VOTING SESSION FOCUSED ON PROTECTING RESIDENTS FROM ECONOMIC MELTDOWN

Assembly Passes Nearly 30 Bills Designed to Jumpstart State Economy & Help Insulate Residents, Businesses from Global Recession

(TRENTON) - Assembly Democrats today issued the following multimedia package following an Assembly voting session that considered nearly 30 bills to jumpstart the state's economy and help protect residents and businesses from the continuing global economic meltdown.