New Jersey Statutes 2C:43-3.3. Additional penalties for persons convicted of crime deposited in “Law Enforcement Officers Training and Equipment Fund.”
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2C:43-3.3
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- 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
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2021, c.342)
c. The penalties assessed under subsections a. and b. of this section shall be collected as provided for the collection of fines and restitution in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C. 2C:46-4) and forwarded to the State Treasury for deposit in a separate account to be known as the “Law Enforcement Officers Training and Equipment Fund.” The penalty assessed in this section shall be collected only after a penalty assessed in section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C. 2C:43-3.1) and any restitution ordered is collected.
The fund shall be used to support the development and provision of basic and in-service training courses for law enforcement officers by police training schools approved pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C. 52:17B-66 et seq.). In addition, the fund shall also be used to enable police training schools to purchase equipment needed for the training of law enforcement officers. Distributions from the fund shall only be made directly to such approved schools.
d. The Police Training Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall be responsible for the administration and distribution of the fund pursuant to its authority under section 6 of P.L.1961, c.56 (C. 52:17B-71).
e. An adult prisoner of a State correctional institution who does not pay the penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall have the penalty deducted from any income the inmate receives as a result of labor performed at the institution or any type of work release program. If any person, including an inmate, fails to pay the penalty imposed pursuant to this section, the court may order the suspension of the person’s driver’s license or nonresident reciprocity privilege, or prohibit the person from receiving or obtaining a license until the assessment is paid. The court shall notify the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles of such an action. Prior to any action being taken pursuant to this subsection, the person shall be given notice and a hearing before the court to contest the charge of the failure to pay the assessment.
f. For the purposes of this section, “person” excludes a juvenile as defined in section 3 of P.L.1982, c.77 (C. 2A:4A-22).
L.1996,c.115,s.9; amended 2021, c.342, s.6.