Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:32-5.1

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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
1. A person with a permanent disability or limited mobility who holds an identification card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation pursuant to either P.L.1949, c.280 (C. 39:4-204 et seq.) or P.L.1980, c.47 (C. 39:3-29.2 et seq.) and who, due to that disability or limited mobility, needs to transport his child in a stroller is entitled to the use of a public building, notwithstanding the building’s prohibition on the use of strollers, subject to the following conditions:

a. The person shall not leave the stroller unattended;

b. The person who transports a child in a stroller shall not be charged any extra fee or payment for admission to or use of a public building ;

c. The person who transports a child in a stroller shall be liable for any damages done to the premises of a public building by the stroller.

As used in this section, “public building” means a public building as defined in section 3 of P.L.1975, c.220 (C. 52:32-6), and “stroller” means a non-motorized, wheeled vehicle designed to push or otherwise transport a young child, including, but not limited to, a carriage, a folding-type umbrella stroller, or a full-size stroller.

L.1996,c.143.