STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman KEVIN J. ROONEY
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Exempts law enforcement and certain other emergency personnel from liability for breaking into motor vehicle to rescue animal under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the rescue of an animal from a motor vehicle by law enforcement or other certain emergency personnel and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Any law enforcement officer, firefighter, member of ambulance, first aid, or rescue squad, or other emergency personnel shall be immune from any liability for any damages resulting from breaking into a motor vehicle in which an animal has been left in conditions that the person reasonably believes are an immediate threat to the health of the animal and breaking into the vehicle is the last resort to rescue the animal from serious injury or loss of life.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill exempts from any liability for any damages caused by any law enforcement officer, firefighter, rescue squad member, or other emergency personnel breaking into a motor vehicle in which an animal has been left in conditions that the person reasonably believes are an immediate threat to the health of the animal and breaking into the vehicle was the last resort to rescue the animal from serious injury or loss of life.