STATEMENT TO

[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1888

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senator RICE and Senator BASSANO)

ADOPTED: DECEMBER 18, 1997

      Assembly Bill No.1888 (1R) amends the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," specifically N.J.S.59:5-2, to clarify that a law enforcement officer involved in the pursuit of a person will not be liable for any injuries arising out of that pursuit.

      These Senate amendments further clarify that neither a public entity or public employee would be liable for any injury occurring during a law enforcement officer's pursuit to a bystander who, at the time of that injury, was in the course of committing or attempting to commit a crime or fleeing a crime scene.