Bill Text: NJ A1676 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Clarifies police powers of certain sheriff's officers to enforce motor vehicle and traffic laws.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee [A1676 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A1676-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Clarifies police powers of certain sheriff's officers to enforce motor vehicle and traffic laws.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the powers of sheriff's officers and supplementing Chapter 154 of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Sheriff's officers of a county wherein the sheriff conducts road patrols and wherein there is no county police department shall have the powers to enforce all the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, including the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1950, c.142 (C.39:3-84.3), provided they are fully trained and certified and the county provides all the equipment appropriate and necessary for such enforcement.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that sheriff's officers who conduct road patrols and serve in counties where there is no county police department have the power to enforce all the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes (Motor Vehicles), including the authority to weigh and measure trucks set forth in section 5 of P.L.1950, c.142 if they are fully trained and certified and the county provides all the necessary and appropriate equipment.
