CHAPTER 143

 

An Act concerning use of strollers in certain public buildings and supplementing Title 10 of the Revised Statutes.


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


C.52:32-5.1 Use of strollet in public buildings; conditions.

    1. A person with a permanent disability or limited mobility who holds an identification card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation pursuant to either P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-204 et seq.) or P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.2 et seq.) and who, due to that disability or limited mobility, needs to transport his child in a stroller is entitled to the use of a public building, notwithstanding the building's prohibition on the use of strollers, subject to the following conditions:

    a. The person shall not leave the stroller unattended;

    b. The person who transports a child in a stroller shall not be charged any extra fee or payment for admission to or use of a public building ;

    c. The person who transports a child in a stroller shall be liable for any damages done to the premises of a public building by the stroller.

    As used in this section, "public building" means a public building as defined in section 3 of P.L.1975, c.220 (C.52:32-6), and "stroller" means a non-motorized, wheeled vehicle designed to push or otherwise transport a young child, including, but not limited to, a carriage, a folding-type umbrella stroller, or a full-size stroller.


    2. This act shall take effect immediately.


    Approved December 20, 1996.