ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 369

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

 

ADOPTED JANUARY 29, 1996

 

Sponsored by Assemblyman HOLZAPFEL

 

An Act concerning certain offenders and supplementing P.L.1995, c.126 (C.2C:43-7.1).

 

      Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1. Upon sentencing a person convicted on a first or second occasion of any of the crimes set forth in subsections a. or b. of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.126 (C.2C:43-7.1), the court shall inform that person orally and in writing of the provisions of that section, specifying that a third conviction of one of those crimes shall result in the imposition of either a term of life imprisonment, with no eligibility for parole, or an extended term of imprisonment pursuant to N.J.S.2C:43-7 if that third conviction meets the conditions set forth in subsections c. and d. of section 2 of that act.

      The defendant shall be required to acknowledge the receipt of the information provided by the court, but neither the court's failure to provide that information nor the defendant's failure to acknowledge the receipt of that information shall have any effect on a sentence subsequently imposed pursuant to P.L.1995, c.126 (C.2C:43-7.1).

 

      2. This act shall take effect immedately.

 

 

                             

 

Requires certain first and second time offenders be informed of provisions of "Persistent Offenders Accountability Act" at time of sentencing.