Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4-123.97

  • Department: means the Department of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
7. a. In addition to any fine, fee, assessment or penalty authorized under the provisions of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, a person convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for a sex offense, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C. 2C:7-2), shall be assessed a penalty of $30 per month.

b. All penalties provided for in this section, collected as provided for the collection of fines and restitutions in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C. 2C:46-4), shall be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury to be deposited in the “Sex Offender Supervision Fund” established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2013, c.214 (C. 30:4-123.98).

A person shall not be assessed the penalty established in subsection a. of this section if the person’s income does not exceed 149 percent of the federal poverty level.

L. 2013, c.214, s.7.