New Jersey Statutes 23:13-3. Suspension of privileges
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:13-3
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Fishing: means the possession of an instrument used to take fish in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where fish may be found. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
- Hunting: means the possession of an instrument used to take wildlife in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where wildlife may be found. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
- 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
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Wildlife: means any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal or any part, product, egg, or offspring or the dead body or parts thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
b. When the Division of Fish and Wildlife receives notification of the conviction of a New Jersey resident from a licensing authority of a participating state, the division may suspend the resident’s hunting, fishing, or trapping privileges, or other privileges to take or possess wildlife, if the conviction can be treated as if the violation had occurred in this State. The division shall determine if the conviction from a participating state would satisfy the suspension requirements of the resident’s hunting, fishing, or trapping privileges, or other privileges to take or possess wildlife in New Jersey pursuant to Title 23, Title 50, and chapter 24 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
When the division determines the violation is a violation which can be considered for a suspension in New Jersey by (1) pre-requisite of an accumulation of violations, or (2) cause of collateral consequence, a suspension due to the nature of the violation corresponding with prescribed penalties of Title 23, Title 50, and chapter 24 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the division may suspend the resident’s privileges to hunt, fish, or trap in this State for the same period imposed by the issuing state, not to exceed the time period prescribed by corresponding State law, rule, or regulation. The division shall provide written notification to the person of their suspension of privileges to take or possess wildlife in New Jersey in compliance with this act.
c. When notice of suspension is sent to a person, the person shall immediately surrender any current New Jersey wildlife licenses to the division.
d. A person whose privileges have been suspended and who hunts, fishes, or traps in this State, who applies for or purchases any license or permit to hunt, fish, or trap in this State, or who refuses to surrender any current hunting, fishing, or trapping license as required, shall be subject to penalties and sanctions prescribed in Title 23, Title 50, and chapter 24 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes, and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
L.2016, c.101, s.3.