Bill Text: NJ A2683 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases monetary penalties to be assessed upon conviction for Megan's law offenses and fixes amount of penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee [A2683 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A2683-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Increases monetary penalties to be assessed upon conviction for Megan's Law offenses and fixes amount of penalty.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning monetary penalties for conviction of certain sex offenses and amending P.L. 2005, c.73.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of 2005, c. 73 (C.2C:14-10) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. In addition to any fine, fee, assessment or penalty authorized under the provisions of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, a person convicted of a sex offense, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2), shall be assessed a penalty for each such offense [not to exceed] in the amount of:
(1) [$2,000] $5,000,when the conviction is a crime of the first degree;
(2) [$1,000] $2,500, when the conviction is a crime of the second degree;
(3) [$750] $1,500, when the conviction is a crime of the third degree; and
(4) [$500] $1,000, when the conviction is a crime of the fourth degree.
b. All penalties provided for in this section shall be collected as provided for collection of fines and restitutions in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:46-4), and shall be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury as provided in subsection c. of this section.
c. All moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury to be deposited in the "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund" established in the State Treasury by section 2 of P.L.2005, c.73 (C.52:4B-43.2).
(cf:P.L. 2005, c.73, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
N.J.S.A. 2C:14-10 currently provides that a person convicted of a sex offense under N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2, "Megan's Law," shall be assessed a monetary penalty not to exceed the statutorily defined amount.
This bill amends N.J.S.A. 2C:14-10 to increase the monetary penalties to be assessed upon the conviction of a Megan's Law offense including but not limited to sexual assault and criminal sexual contact, and fixes the amount of the penalties.
