Bill Text: NJ A5170 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repeals anachronistic sections of law that prohibit transport of indigent persons between counties in this State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-24 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A5170 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A5170-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Repeals anachronistic sections of law that prohibit transport of indigent persons between counties in this State.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning anachronistic statutory provisions and repealing R.S.44:4-79 and R.S.44:4-80.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following sections are repealed:
R.S.44:4-79; and
R.S.44:4-80.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would repeal two sections of the statutory law that are anachronistic in nature - i.e. belonging to an earlier time and irrelevant in the current legal, political, and social climate.
Selection of these sections of law was based on a recently published news article citing support for their repeal by the New Jersey Law Revision Commission, whose purpose under N.J.S.A.1:12A-8 is to "promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law . . . and its better adaptation to present social needs."
In particular, the bill would repeal the provisions of law prohibiting and penalizing the transport of indigent persons between counties in this State.
