[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 581

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED JANUARY 29, 1996

By Senator SINAGRA

An Act concerning use of strollers in certain public ²[facilities] buildings² and supplementing Title 10 of the Revised Statutes.

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

    1. A person with ²a² permanent disability or limited mobility who holds an identification card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of ¹[Law and Public Safety] Transportation¹ 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 ²[facility] building², notwithstanding the ²[facility's] building's² 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 ²[facility] building² ;

    c. The person who transports a child in a stroller shall be liable for any damages done to the premises of a public ²[facility] building² by the stroller.

    As used in this section, "public ²[facility] building²" means a public ²[facility] building² as defined in section ²[5 of P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-5)] 2 of P.L.1987, c.246 (C.52:32-6)², 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.

Allows persons with disabilities to use strollers in public buildings.