Bill Text: NJ A1121 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended

New Jersey Assembly Bill 1121 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Upgrades certain crimes of misrepresenting oneself as member or veteran of US Armed Forces or organized militia.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2022-01-18 - Approved P.L.2021, c.435. [A1121 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A1121-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1121

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

Upgrades certain crimes of misrepresenting oneself as member or veteran of US Armed Forces or organized militia.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 8, 2021, with amendments.

An Act concerning certain crimes and amending N.J.S.38A:14-5.

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

1. N.J.S.38A:14-5 is amended to read as follows:

38A:14-5. Any person who knowingly, with intent to impersonate and with intent to deceive, misrepresents oneself as a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces or organized militia by wearing the uniform or any medal or insignia authorized for use by the members or veterans of the United States Armed Forces or the organized militia, by Federal and State laws and regulations, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.

Any person who knowingly, with intent to impersonate and with intent to deceive for the purpose of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit, misrepresents oneself as a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces or organized militia by wearing the uniform or any medal or insignia authorized for use by the members or veterans of the United States Armed Forces or the organized militia, by Federal and State laws and regulations, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree, subject to a minimum fine of $1,000, if the actor obtains money, property or other tangible benefit in an amount less than $75,000; or a crime of the second degree, if the actor obtains money, property or other tangible benefit in the amount of $75,000 or more.

Any person who knowingly, with intent to deceive for the purpose of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit, holds oneself out to be a recipient of any decoration or medal created by Federal and State laws and regulations to honor the members or veterans of the United States Armed Forces or the organized militia shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree, subject to a minimum fine of $1,000, if the actor obtains money, property or other tangible benefit in the amount less than $75,000; or a crime of the second degree, if the actor obtains money, property or other tangible benefit in the amount of $75,000 or more.

Any monies collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer, and shall ¹[annually be appropriated to] be deposited into¹ the Military Dependents Scholarship Fund, as established pursuant to P.L.2015, c.117 (C.18A:71B-98 et seq.), in the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority. ¹[Until such time as the Military Dependents Scholarship Fund is established, any monies collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer, and deposited into the "NJ National Guard State Family Readiness Council Fund," as established, pursuant to section
1 of P.L.2011, c.117 (C.54A:9-25.29).]¹