ASSEMBLY, No. 396

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

Assemblyman  RALPH R. CAPUTO

District 28 (Essex)

Assemblyman  MICHAEL PATRICK CARROLL

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

Assemblyman  JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires court to consider gang affiliation when making bail determinations.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  


An Act concerning bail and supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  In determining the appropriate amount and conditions of bail, the court shall, in addition to any other factors, consider whether  a defendant is a member of a criminal street gang, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2007, c.341 (C.2C:33-29).

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill supplements Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes to require the court, in addition to any other factors, to consider whether the defendant is a member of a criminal street gang in making a determination concerning the appropriate amount and conditions of bail.