Final Reports & Recommendations

 The projects listed on this page have been completed by the the Commission and submitted to the Legislature but not yet enacted. The work of the NJLRC is only a recommendation until enacted. Once a project is enacted, it is removed from this list and may be found on the Enacted Reports page.

Please consult the New Jersey statutes in order to determine the current law of the State.

Click the title of a project to access its underlying Memorandums and Reports.

• Actor for purposes of N.J.S. 2C: 1-6 (c) - Definition of - 2019

• Administrative Procedure Act - 2013

• Adverse Possession - 2008

• Affidavit of Merit Statute - Application to Respondeat Superior Claims - 2017

• Aggravated Assault – Bodily Fluids - 2020

• Aggravated Recklessness - 2018

• Alternative Procedure for Dispute Resolution Act (APDRA) - 2017

• Anachronistic Statutes - 1989

• Autobus

• Aviation

• Bail Jumping in New Jersey’s Code of Criminal Justice (N.J.S. 2C:29-7)

• Base Salary

• Books and Records - Rights of Inspections

• Capias Writs - Title 2A

• Certificate of Title for Vessels Act

• Charitable Registration and Investigation Act

• Child Endangerment Statute - Definition of “Harm”

• Children Custody - Title 9

• Civil Arrest

• Civil Causes of Action - Title 2A

• Civil Penalty Enforcement Act

• Civil Unions

• Clarification of Tenure Issues

• Codification Recompilation - Title 1

• Compilation of Criminal Law

• Comprehensive Drug Reform Act - Joint Motions to Vacate Parole Ineligibility (N.J.S. 2C:35-12)

• Confinement

• Construction Lien Law - Title 2A

• Consumer Leases Protection Act

• Contempt

• Conviction - Definition of 

• Corporate Books and Records of Account

• Costs and Fees - Title 22A

• County Commissioner

• Criminal Code Causation

• Defense and Indemnification of Non-State Personnel in Legal Actions

• De Minimis Quantity Exemption

• Disability Benefits After Leaving Public Employment

• Distraint/Artisans’ Liens

• Door-to-Door Retail Installment Sales Act

• Driver’s License Penalties – Title 39

• Driving after Suspension but Before Reinstatement

• Driving While Intoxicated

• Driving While Intoxicated – Driving While Intoxicated and Drunk Driving Enforcement Fund Statutes

• Effect of Abstentions

• Election Law

• Environmental Statutes – Land Use Regulation

• Environmental Statutes – Natural and Historic Resources

• Environmental Statutes – Tidelands

• Equestrian Activities Liability Act

• Ex Post Facto Nature of the Parole Supervision for Life Statute (N.J.S. 2C:43-6.4)

• Fair Resolution of Proprietary Title Claims Act

• Fee Discrepancies

• Games of Chance

• Gendered Terms Related to Married Individuals in New Jersey Statutes - Use of

• General Durable Power of Attorney Act

• Hand-Held Devices

• Harassment

• “Harm” in Child Endangerment Statute – Definition of

• “Harm” in Kidnapping Statute - Definition of

• Hearsay Evidence in Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings

• Interpretation of the Vote By Mail Law 

• Imputing Negligence to a Public Entity

• “Inhabitant” in the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination - Use of

• Inmate – Use of the Term

• Interest and Usury

• Interest Rate in Eminent Domain Actions

• Interpretation of the Receivership Act

• Interpretive Statement

• Jessica Lunsford Act in New Jersey’s Sexual Assault Statute – N.J.S. 2C:14-2

• Judgments and Judgments and their Enforcement

• Juvenile Justice – State Home for Boys and Girls as used in N.J.S. 30:4-85

• Juvenile Sentencing

• Juvenile Sex Offender Lifetime Registration

• Land Use Law

• Landlord Tenant Law

• Local Lands and Building Law - Lease

• Magistrate

• Mandatory Property Tax Refund 

• Mandatory Sentencing; Factors Requiring Jury Determination

• “Marital Status” in the Law Against Discrimination - Definition of

• Material in Insurance Fraud Statute - Definition of

• Megan’s Law and the Definition of “Minor”

• Membership and Organization of County Committees

• Mens Rea for Disorderly Persons Offenses

• Mens Rea Required to Violate the Local Government Ethics Law

• Misdemeanor

• “Misrepresentation of a Material Fact” in the New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act

• Mistaken Imprisonment Act (N.J.S. 52:4C–1 to –7)

• Motor Vehicle Liens

• Motorcycle License Plate Display

• New Jersey First Act: Residency Requirement

• New Jersey Safe Housing Act’s Application to Non-physical Harm

• New Jersey Statute of Frauds - Mandatory Attorney Review Provision in N.J.S. 25:1-5(h)

• Oaths and Affidavits

• Obsolete Special Election Language in Local Budget Caps Statute

• Parental Rights – Replacement of the Term “Surrender”

• Partnership and Trade Name Statutes  

• Pending Tenure Charges and Back Pay

• Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Claims

• “Physical Examination” in the Context of Public Entity Immunity Granted Under N.J.S. 59:6-4

• Prison and Youth Correctional Facilities – Use of “Farms,” “Camps” and “Quarries”

• Police Captains as Managerial Executives

• “posse” - Use of

• Post-adjudication Incarceration of Juveniles

• Powers of Commissioner

• Predatory Towing Prevention Act

• Prevention of Domestic Violence Act

• Property – Title 46

• Public Assistance Law

• Public Health Statute - Duplicative Definitions Sections

• Public Transportation

• Reasonable Cause in the Context of a Domestic Violence Search Warrant

• Re-Enrollment in PERS as a Critical Need Employee

• Rescue Doctrine and Property

• Residence for Sex Offender Registration

• Residential Mortgage Satisfaction Act

• Retroactive Child Support Orders

• Retroactive Modification of Child Support in N.J.S. 2A:17-56.23a: Exceptions for Emancipation and Adult Adoption

• Roll-back Taxes in the Farmland Assessment Act

• Sales and Use Tax Exemption

• Satisfactory Completion of Probation

• “School District of Residence” for purposes of the Charter School Program Act - Definition of

• Self-Defense Statute (N.J.S. 2C:3-4) – Scope of the Term “Dwelling”

• Self-Representation in Involuntary Commitment and Termination of Parental Rights Matter

• Special Civil Part –  Mandatory Attorney’s Fees

• Special Needs Trusts

• Statute of Limitations for Medical Providers in Workers’ Compensation

• Structure of the Court System

• Subpoena v. Subpena

• Temporary Disability Benefits to Certain Volunteers and Other Workers

• Title 18A: Updating Terms Related to Epinephrine Administration and Nurses

• Title 51 – Weights and Measures

• Title 9 – Child Abuse and Neglect

• Title 9-Parentage

• Tort Claims Act - Applicability of Notice Provision to Contribution and Indemnification Claims

• Traffic on Marked Lines

• “Tumultuous” Definition of

• Underground Facility Protection Act

• Unemployment Compensation Benefits for the Wrongfully Incarcerated

• Unemployment Benefits when an Offer of Employment is Rescinded

• Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking

• Uniform Asset Preservation Orders Act

• Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act

• Uniform Commercial Code – 2022 Amendments

• Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act

•  Uniform Debt Management Services Act

• Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

• Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

• Uniform Electronic Recordation of Custodial Interrogations Act

• Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act

• Uniform Environmental Covenants Act

• Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act

• Uniform Limited Partnership Act

• Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act

• Uniform Premarital and Martial Agreements Act

• Uniform Principal and Income Act

• Uniform Protection of Genetic Information in Employment Act

• Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act

• Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic

• Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

• Voided Ballot Initiatives – School Board Reclassification

• Voting Offenses to the Criminal Law

• Workers’ Compensation - Recreational or Social Activities

• Workhouse – Use of the Term