Bill Text: NJ A1053 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee [A1053 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A1053-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1053

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman  SCOTT T. RUMANA

District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)

Assemblyman  VINCENT MAZZEO

District 2 (Atlantic)

Assemblyman  ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen C.A.Brown and Space

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning desecration of venerated objects and amending N.J.S.2C:33-9.

 

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

 

     1.    N.J.S.2C:33-9 is amended to reads as follows:

     2C:33-9. Desecration of Venerated Objects. A person commits a disorderly persons offense if he purposely desecrates any  public monument, insignia, symbol, or structure, or place of worship or burial.

     A person commits a crime of the third degree if he purposely desecrates a military monument.

     "Desecrate"  means defacing, damaging or polluting.

     "Military monument" means any monument that was erected with the intent to honor a current or former member or members of the armed forces or to mark or commemorate a past military action or battle.

(cf: N.J.S.2C:33-9)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill makes purposely desecrating a military monument a crime of the third degree.  As used in the bill, the term "military monument" means any monument that was erected with the intent to honor a current or former member or members of the armed forces or to mark or commemorate a past military action or battle.