A 1734 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Provides for payment to small municipalities, in certain cases, of certain penalty moneys assessed for violations of fish and game laws.

This bill requires that when a small municipality (population under 2,000) adjudicates a violation of state or federal fish and game laws in its municipal court, 50% of the penalty money collected must be paid to the municipality and 50% to the Division of Fish and Wildlife. For federal violations, this 50-50 split applies only if the case is handled by the small municipality's court and federal law doesn't prohibit it. In all other cases (e.g., non-small municipalities or federal violations not adjudicated locally), penalty money continues to go entirely to the Division of Fish and Wildlife. The bill also updates a legal reference from "misdemeanor" to "crime of the fourth degree" for failing to forward collected funds.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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