Requires transfer of certain excess animal control funds to prosecutors, municipalities, police departments, and Police Training Commission for enforcement of animal cruelty laws and training humane law enforcement officers.
This bill changes how unspent animal control funds are handled in New Jersey. Instead of transferring excess funds from municipal and state animal control accounts to general funds after three years, the bill requires these funds to be redirected to specific entities for animal cruelty enforcement. Municipal excess funds will go to county prosecutors (with 40% retained and 60% distributed to municipalities), while state excess funds will go to the State Police (with 40% retained, 50% distributed to county humane officers, and 10% to the Police Training Commission). These funds must be used exclusively for enforcing animal cruelty laws, including investigations, prosecutions, necropsies, and training humane law enforcement officers. This affects municipalities, county prosecutors, police departments, and the Police Training Commission by providing dedicated funding for animal cruelty enforcement.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
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Tennille McCoy
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