SENATE SENIOR CITIZENS, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 493

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: MARCH 7, 1996

 

      The Senate Senior Citizens, Veterans' Affairs and Agriculture Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 493.

      The penalty for selling or otherwise making available an impounded animal for experimentation is a disorderly persons offense, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of six months and a maximum fine of $1,000. This bill would increase the penalty to a crime of the fourth degree, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 18 months and a maximum fine of $7,500.