ASSEMBLY, No. 347
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman REED GUSCIORA
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman GILBERT "WHIP" L. WILSON
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Lampitt, Assemblymen Chivukula and Wimberly
SYNOPSIS
Requires court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on June 14, 2012, with amendments.
An Act concerning the protection of animals from abuse and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. 1a.1 In addition to the provisions of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes concerning the confiscation and restrictions on ownership of animals, the court, upon finding a person guilty of abusing an animal or otherwise violating the State animal cruelty laws, may issue an animal protection order against the person adjudged guilty of the abuse or other violation, requiring the person to refrain from interacting with an animal permanently or for a period of time specified by the court. The 1[court may issue the]1 animal protection order 1[to] may1 apply to a specific animal with which the adjudged person has had contact 1,1 or any 1other1 animal, as determined to be appropriate by the court.
1b. Any person who knowingly violates a condition of an animal protection order issued pursuant to this section, and, as a result, causes injury to the animal that is the subject of the animal protection order, shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.1
2. This act shall take effect immediately.