Bill Text: NJ A201 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-12-15 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee [A201 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A201-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 201

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  REED GUSCIORA

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman  GILBERT "WHIP" L. WILSON

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Lampitt, Assemblymen Chivukula and Wimberly

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  


An Act concerning the protection of animals from abuse and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  In addition to the provisions of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes concerning the confiscation and restrictions on ownership of animals, the court, upon finding a person guilty of abusing an animal or otherwise violating the State animal cruelty laws, may issue an animal protection order against the person adjudged guilty of the abuse or other violation, requiring the person to refrain from interacting with an animal permanently or for a period of time specified by the court.  The animal protection order may apply to a specific animal with which the adjudged person has had contact, or any other animal, as determined to be appropriate by the court.

     b.    Any person who knowingly violates a condition of an animal protection order issued pursuant to this section, and, as a result, causes injury to the animal that is the subject of the animal protection order, shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would authorize a court, upon finding a person guilty of abusing an animal or otherwise violating the State animal cruelty laws, to issue an animal protection order against the person adjudged guilty of the abuse or other violation.  The animal protection order would require the person to refrain from interacting with an animal permanently or for a period of time specified by the court.  The animal protection order may apply to a specific animal with which the adjudged person has contact, or to any other animal, as determined to be appropriate by the court. 

     The bill would also provide that whenever a person knowingly violates the conditions of an animal protection order and, as a result, causes injury to the animal that is the subject of the animal protection order, the person would be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.

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