Calling card rules among last-minute legislation.

-- Of the more than 100 different bills on the agenda for a long final day of the legislative session were surcharges on tickets and parking to the new Prudential Center, in downtown Newark.

The City officials lobbied for the bills, saying they need additional revenue to pay for police and traffic control in the arena district. The special event-parking tax will be 7 percent, and the ticket tax will be 5 percent.


The additional parking tax can also be applied to Elizabeth and all the cities of Hudson County. The ticket tax be imposed for sites with seating for at least 10000 spectators.

Various other bills would be approved Monday:

-- Require employers to pay interest on delinquent Newark payroll taxes. Newark is the only municipality in the state allowed to collect a tax on local salaries.

-- Delete the USS Battleship New Jersey Commission and its foundation, with some of their funds being transferred to the Home Port Alliance, and others to a new foundation.

-- Place the burden of proof on school districts, not the parents, to due process as special education hearings to resolve disputes.

-- Direct the police of the State of New Jersey to develop a model of missing persons-practices. There were 18620 cases of missing persons reported in the national database in 2005, in New Jersey, 90 percent handled by the local police.

-- Provide $ 250000 from the current budget of the State for Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey, which is facing financial difficulties since the loss of a state grant that it has received in recent years .

-- Require prepaid calling cards for the author's name, 24-hour customer service number, the tax and price per minute information on the card itself, but in advertising .