ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
ASSEMBLY, No. 4907
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
ADOPTED NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblyman THOMAS P. GIBLIN
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman McKeon, Assemblywomen Timberlake and McKnight
SYNOPSIS
Concerns body worn cameras for law enforcement officers; appropriates $58 million.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Substitute as adopted by the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
An Act concerning body worn cameras, supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes, and making an appropriation.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury or any other appropriate State agency shall enter into a contract in accordance with the provisions of chapter 34 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes or, if feasible, renegotiate a contract that was entered into prior to the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) by the division or the agency for the purchase of body worn cameras and related services for the purpose of enabling contracting units to purchase body worn cameras and related services under that contract. The division or State agency may enter into contracts with multiple bidders in accordance with section 1 of P.L.1986, c.26 (C.52:34-12.1).
b. Upon adoption of a resolution, any contracting unit under the Local Public Contracts Law, P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), without advertising for bids or having rejected all bids obtained pursuant to advertising therefor, may purchase body worn cameras or related services under any contract entered into for body worn cameras or related services pursuant to subsection a. of this section on behalf of the State by the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury or a State agency.
c. Any contracting unit may make purchases under the contract awarded or renegotiated pursuant to subsection a. of this section if the contract terms and conditions are most advantageous to the unit, taking into consideration price and other factors.
d. All purchases made by contracting units under this section shall be reported to the director of the division or the State agency, in a manner prescribed by the director or agency.
2. Every State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall store data from body worn cameras using a tamper-proof digital evidence management system that is compliant with Criminal Justice Information Services and has the ability to securely share data while maintaining an audit trail and chain of custody.
3. There is appropriated $58
million from the General Fund to the Department of Law and Public Safety for
the purchase of body worn cameras and related services by State, county, and
municipal law enforcement agencies. On or after January 1, 2022, a law
enforcement agency that purchased body worn cameras prior to the effective date of P.L. c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) may apply for reimbursement from the appropriation under this section for the cost of the body worn cameras.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.