Bill Text: NJ S549 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes new crime of official interference with transportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-12 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee [S549 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-S549-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 549

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  KEVIN J. O'TOOLE

District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes new crime of official interference with transportation.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act establishing the crime of official interference with transportation and supplementing chapter 30 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.    A public official is guilty of official interference with transportation, if (1) the public official commits an act constituting an unauthorized exercise of official functions knowing that act is unauthorized, or (2) the public official knowingly refrains from performing a duty which is imposed on or clearly inherent in the nature of the office

     with the purpose of impeding, hampering, stalling, or otherwise interfering with the ordinary progress of any form of transportation on, in, or through the roadways, highways, bridges, railways, waterways, or airways of this State. 

     b.    Official interference with transportation is a crime of the fourth degree.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill establishes a new crime of official interference with transportation.  A public official would be guilty of this crime if (1) the public official commits an act constituting an unauthorized exercise of official functions knowing that act is unauthorized, or (2) the public official knowingly refrains from performing a duty which is imposed on or clearly inherent in the nature of the office, with the purpose of impeding, hampering, stalling, or otherwise interfering with the ordinary progress of any form of transportation on, in, or through the roadways, highways, bridges, railways, waterways, or airways of this State.

     Official interference with transportation would be graded as a crime of the fourth degree.  A crime of the fourth degree is ordinarily punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 18 months, a fine of up to $10,000, or both.