SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 660

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: FEBRUARY 15, 1996

      The Senate Judiciary Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 660.

      The bill provides that the persons in the following circumstances would not be eligible for pretrial intervention:

      Any person charged with a crime of the first or second degree;

      Any legislator, judge or county prosecutor charged with a crime while serving in office; or

      Any former legislator, judge or county prosecutor charged with a crime involving a breach of public trust committed while serving in office.