Requires transfer of certain excess animal control funds to prosecutors, municipalities, police departments, and Police Training Commission for enforcement of animal cruelty laws and training humane law enforcement officers.
S 3277 redirects unspent funds from New Jersey's animal control special accounts (currently going to municipal/state general funds) to support animal cruelty enforcement. Excess municipal funds will go to county prosecutors (40% retained, 60% distributed to municipalities), while excess state funds will go to the Superintendent of State Police (40% to State Police, 50% to county humane officers, 10% to the Police Training Commission). These funds must be used exclusively for investigating, prosecuting animal cruelty offenses, performing necropsies, and training humane law enforcement officers. The bill directly affects municipalities, county prosecutors, police departments, and the Police Training Commission by requiring targeted use of redirected funds.
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in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
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Governor
Introduced May 16, 2024
Last action Oct 10, 2024
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MINOR
The Senate Economic Growth Committee reported S3277 with amendments on October 10, 2024. The substantive changes correct the name of a state fund from 'Law Enforcement Training and Equipment Fund' to 'Law Enforcement Officers Training and Equipment Fund' (adding a statutory citation) and clarify a cross-reference in section 3. Most other changes are formatting and typographical.
DEFINITION
The fund name was corrected from 'Law Enforcement Training and Equipment Fund' to 'Law Enforcement Officers Training and Equipment Fund' with an added citation to section 9 of P.L.1996, c.115 (C.2C:43-3.3). This change appears in both subsection e.(2) and subsection f.
TECHNICAL
In section 3, subsection c., the phrase 'complying with the requirements of this subsection' was changed to 'complying with the requirements of this section,' broadening the scope of costs a municipality may pay from its special account fees.
The bill's explanatory STATEMENT section was removed in the reprint version, which is standard practice when a bill is reported out of committee.
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Oct 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Oct 10, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
May 16, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Troy Singleton
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