Requires court to impose monetary bail for carjacking; requires juvenile alleged to have committed carjacking be tried as adult.

This New Jersey bill (S 683) requires courts to set monetary bail for carjacking charges based on the vehicle's value - equal to the vehicle's value for standard cases, or double that amount if combined with eluding police. It also mandates that juveniles aged 15 or older charged with carjacking must be tried as adults, unless the court determines it would be inappropriate after reviewing specific factors like the juvenile's maturity, prior record, and circumstances of the crime. The bill modifies existing juvenile justice procedures to expand automatic adult prosecution for carjacking, removing it from a previously listed exclusion but requiring prosecutors to justify waiver requests. These changes directly affect defendants charged with carjacking and juveniles involved in such offenses, altering both pretrial detention rules and court jurisdiction.