ASSEMBLY PASSES FISHER/BURZICHELLI BILL EXPANDING DUAL HEALTH COVERAGE BAN TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS

(TRENTON) - The General Assembly today passed legislation Assemblymen Douglas H. Fisher and John J. Burzichelli sponsored to extend dual health care coverage prohibitions to all state and local elected and appointed officials eligible for more than one taxpayer-subsidized health plan.

The lawmakers said the legislation would expand a previously enacted ban, which only applied to legislators.

ASSEMBLY PANEL ADVANCES BURZICHELLI BILL TO GIVE SCHOOLS ACCESS TO STUDENTS' CRIMINAL RECORDS

Measure Would Permit School Administrators Access to Adult Students' Criminal Histories when They Commit a Crime

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli sponsored to give high school administrators access to adult students' criminal histories was unanimously released today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee.

BURZICHELLI/SCHAER BILL SEEKING TO REIN-IN 'WILD WEST' RENT-TO-OWN HOUSING MARKET PASSES ASSEMBLY

Measure Would Ensure Families Are Not Exploited by Unscrupulous Landlord-Sellers

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen John J. Burzichelli and Gary S. Schaer sponsored to better protect consumers from abusive practices in the unregulated rent-to-own housing market was passed today by the General Assembly by a vote of 79 to 0.

MEDIA ADVISORY - WHELAN-BURZICHELLI TO HOLD JOINT HEARING ON TOURISM TOMORROW

ATLANTIC CITY – As part of the Governor’s Conference on Tourism, Senator Jim Whelan and Assemblyman John Burzichelli, the Chairmen of the Senate Wagering and Tourism Committee and the Assembly Tourism and Gaming Committee, will hold a joint public hearing tomorrow in Atlantic City on the State of tourism in the Garden State.

U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION HIGHLIGHTS NEED
FOR UPDATED NJ/DELAWARE BORDER PACT

(Paulsboro) - Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Senator Stephen M. Sweeney today said the divided United States Supreme Court decision upholding Delaware's combination of a 1682 map-making decision with its own Coastal Zone Act to block an economic development project in New Jersey underscores the need for the two states to revisit the century-old compact that governs land-use along the Garden State side of the Delaware River.

BURZICHELLI/CHIVUKULA/FISHER BILL TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS ON SWITCH FROM ANALOG TO DIGITAL TV BROADCASTS PASSES

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today passed legislation Assembly members John Burzichelli, Upendra Chivukula and Douglas H. Fisher sponsored to educate consumers on the upcoming television broadcast switch from analog to digital.