ASSEMBLY, No. 2008

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED MAY 13, 1996

By Assemblymen T. SMITH and Corodemus

An Act concerning the responsibilities of the county sheriff and amending N.J.S.2B:6-1.

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

    1. N.J.S.2B:6-1 is amended to read as follows:

    2B:6-1. Courtrooms and Equipment; Security. a. Suitable courtrooms, chambers, equipment and supplies for the Supreme Court, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court and the Chancery Division, other than the Family Part of the Chancery Division, of the Superior Court shall be provided at the expense of the State by the Administrative Director in cooperation with the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury. These courtrooms and chambers shall be located in a courthouse or other public building so far as practicable.  

    b. Each county shall provide suitable courtrooms, chambers, equipment and supplies necessary for the processing and decision of cases from that county in the Law Division and the Family Part of the Chancery Division.

    c. A flag of the United States shall be displayed in an appropriate place in each courtroom during all sessions of the court.

    d. The sheriff of each county shall [provide] have the sole responsbility for providing security for the [Law and Chancery Divisions] entire designated court house, court annex, or court complex for all county owned or leased facilities in their jurisdiction where functions of the Superior Court [sitting in that county in the manner established by the assignment judge in the county] and the Appellate Division of the of the Superior Court occur. The sheriff may at the direction of the assignment judge provide security for any judge whose duties require holding legal proceedings in any hospital, psychiatric hospital, correctional facility, or any other location deemed appropriate by the assignment judge.

(cf: P.L.1991, c.177, s.3)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill establishes that the county sheriff has the sole responsibility for providing security for the entire designated court house, court annex or court complex for all county owned or leased facilities in their jurisdiction where functions of the Superior Court and the Appellate Division of the Superior Court .

    The bill also authorizes the sheriff, at the discretion of the assignment judge, to provide security for any judge whose duties require the holding of legal proceedings in locations outside the court house, court annex or court complex, as long as the location is deemed appropriate by the assignment judge.

Establishes sheriff as sole provider of security at court-related facilities in county.