Bill Text: NJ A1036 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires court to consider gang affiliation when making bail determinations.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [A1036 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A1036-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1036

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

Assemblyman  RALPH R. CAPUTO

District 28 (Essex)

Assemblyman  MICHAEL PATRICK CARROLL

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires court to consider gang affiliation when making bail determinations.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning bail and supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  In determining the appropriate amount and conditions of bail, the court shall, in addition to any other factors, consider whether  a defendant is a member of a criminal street gang, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2007, c.341 (C.2C:33-29).

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill supplements N.J.S.A.2C:6-1 to require the court to consider whether the defendant is a member of a criminal street gang when making bail determinations.