[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 967

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblymen ASSELTA, CORODEMUS and Gibson

An Act concerning change of name filing fees ¹[and notification of certain name changes, amending]¹ and supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

    1. (New section) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a person who is incarcerated in a correctional facility shall not be eligible for a waiver of the fee for filing a change of name.

    ¹[2. N.J.S.2A:52-2 is amended to read as follows:

    2A:52-2. a. Such person, from and after the day specified therefor in the judgment in the action, shall be known by the name which, by the judgment, he is authorized to assume, and by no other. The judgment for change of name shall include the applicant's social security number and date of birth. The clerk of the court shall forward a copy of the judgment to the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police if the person has been convicted of a crime or if there are criminal charges pending against him.

    b. The State Bureau of Identification shall notify a victim or parent or legal guardian of a victim, as the case may be, of one or more of the following crimes when the perpetrator of the crime changes his name: N.J.S.2C:11-3; N.J.S.2C:11-4; N.J.S.2C:12-1b; N.J.S.2C:13-1; N.J.S.2C:14-2; N.J.S.2C:14-3; N.J.S.2C:15-1; section 1 of P.L.1993, c.221 (C.2C:15-2); N.J.S.2C:18-2; N.J.S.2C:29-5; any crime involving a sexual offense or child molestation as set forth in N.J.S.2C:14-1 et seq.; and, any crime endangering the welfare of children or incompetents which concerns sexual conduct which would impair or debauch the morals of the child, as set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-4.

    c. The Superintendent of State Police shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).

(cf: P.L.1993, c.228, s.2)]¹

    ¹[3.] 2.¹ This act shall take effect immediately.

Prohibits fee waiver for inmate name change.