ASSEMBLY, No. 812
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman JAMEL C. HOLLEY
District 20 (Union)
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Caputo, Assemblywomen Quijano, Murphy, Timberlake, Jimenez, Reynolds-Jackson, Lopez, Assemblyman Conaway and Assemblywoman McKnight
SYNOPSIS
Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the General Assembly on March 1, 2021.
An Act concerning certain municipal court notice and supplementing P.L.1997, c.256.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In any municipality that requires by ordinance a person applying for representation by a municipal public defender to pay an application fee pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1997, c.256 (C.2B:24-17), the municipal court shall be required to provide notice to all applicants of the application fee and 1[any additional potential fees and]1 the process to waive the 1[fees] fee1 in the event the applicant is unable to pay. 1No fee other than that permitted by section 17 of P.L. 1997, c.256 (C.2B:24-17) shall be assessed for representation by a municipal public defender.1
2. This act shall take effect 60 days after enactment.