Bill Text: NJ A4631 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits certain use of emergency communications receivers for pecuniary gain.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-25 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee [A4631 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A4631-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ALEXANDER "AVI" SCHNALL
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits certain use of emergency communications receivers for pecuniary gain.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning emergency communications receivers and amending P.L.1991, c.432.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.1991, c.432 (C.2C:33-22) is amended to read as follows:
2. a. Any person who, while in the course of committing or attempting to commit a crime, including the immediate flight therefrom, possesses or controls a radio capable of receiving any message or transmission made on or over any police, fire, or emergency medical communications system, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.
b. A person shall not use a radio capable of receiving any message or transmission made on or over any police, fire, or emergency medical communications system, for pecuniary gain, except as authorized by the Department of Law and Public Safety. A person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a disorderly person offense.
(cf: P.L.1991, c.432, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits the use of emergency communication receivers for pecuniary gain, unless the person is authorized by the Department of Law and Public Safety (department) to do so. Under current law, it is unlawful to possess or control a radio capable of receiving any message or transmission made on or over any police, fire or emergency medical communications system, while in the course of committing or attempting to commit a crime, including the immediate flight therefrom.
Under this bill, a person shall not use a radio capable of receiving messages or transmission made on or over any police, fire, or emergency medical communication system for pecuniary gain, unless authorized by the department. A person who violates the bill is guilty of a disorderly person offense. A disorderly person offense is punishable by a term of imprisonment for up to six months, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.
