SENATE LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 702

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MARCH 3, 1997

      The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 702.

      This bill establishes a fund to support the development of courses and the purchase of equipment by police training schools.

      The bill imposes an additional penalty of $30 against a person convicted of a crime and $15 against a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for the commission of a crime. These penalties are to be deposited after collection into the Law Enforcement Officers Training and Equipment Fund which is established by the bill. The monies in the fund would then be distributed by the Police Training Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety to police training schools to support basic and in-service police training courses and to purchase equipment.

      The additional penalty imposed by this bill would be collected only after collection of the penalty assessed in section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:43-3.1) for use by the Victims of Crimes Compensation Board and after payment of any court-ordered restitution.