Title 52, Title 52: STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

52:17B-238.1 Attorney General, perform functions, address specific needs, vulnerabilities, human trafficking. 1. a. The Attorney General shall allocate and utilize resources in the Department of Law and Public Safety to perform functions designed to address the specific needs and…

52:17B-239 Findings, declarations relative to violence as a public health crisis. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. On December 14, 2012, a heavily armed man, dressed in black fatigues and a military vest, walked into a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school and open…

52:17B-24. Superintendent of Division of Weights and Measures The Division of Weights and Measures shall be headed by a superintendent, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of such division. The superintendent of such division shall be app…

52:17B-240 Study Commission on Violence. 2. a. There is established a Study Commission on Violence to study the issue of violence. The commission shall consist of nine members. To the greatest extent practical, the public members shall have a background or education in mental hea…

52:17B-241 Duty of the commission. 3. a. It shall be the duty of the commission to study the trends of violence, the source of violence, and the impact of violence on the community, to develop a method to address the epidemic of violence at the federal and State levels, and to ma…

52:17B-242 Public hearings, report to Governor, Legislature. 4. a. The commission shall conduct public hearings in furtherance of its general purposes at such place or places as it shall designate, at which it may request the appearance of officials of any federal, State or inter…

52:17B-242.1 Findings, declarations relative to violence intervention strategies. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. In New Jersey, community violence is a public health crisis that disproportionately impacts underserved communities of color and firearm violence speci…

52:17B-242.2 New Jersey Violence Intervention Program. 2. The New Jersey Violence Intervention Program is established in the Office of the Attorney General, in the Department of Law and Public Safety. The purpose of the program is to invest in effective, evidence-based violence r…

52:17B-242.3 Awarding of funds. 3. a. The Office of the Attorney General shall award funds from the New Jersey Violence Intervention Program on a competitive basis to municipalities, not-for-profit health agencies, law enforcement agencies, and non-profit organizations that serve…

52:17B-242.4 Application for grant. 4. Application for a grant shall be made in a manner and form as determined by the Office of the Attorney General. A formal Notice of Availability of Funding shall be posted prior to the time for acceptance of applications. However, at a minimu…

52:17B-242.5 Use of funds for technical assistance, implementation and administration of program. 5. The Office of the Attorney General may use up to eight percent of the funds appropriated or made available, or such percentage as may be authorized under program guidelines for fu…

52:17B-242.6 Three annual public hearings. 6. The Office of the Attorney General shall annually hold three public hearings: one hearing in each of the northern, central, and southern regions of the State. The public hearings shall provide a forum to receive information on how the…

52:17B-242.7 Annual report to Governor, Legislature. 7. The Office of the Attorney General shall report annually to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, on the activities of the program. The report shall include a listing …

52:17B-242.8 Funding from federal government. 8. a. The Office of the Attorney General may seek money from the federal government, including but not limited to Victims of Crime Act grants, private foundations, and any other source to fund this initiative. b. Available federal fun…

52:17B-243 Retirement procedure for certain injured law enforcement officers. 1. a. A State, county, or municipal law enforcement officer who has been injured in the performance of the officer's duties shall not be discharged from employment as a result of a determination, based …

52:17B-244 Removal of certain information from websites concerning prosecutions by the Attorney General. 1. a. For all indictments and prosecutions by the Attorney General of persons who were thereafter acquitted of all criminal charges against them arising from the indictment or…

52:17B-245 Survey of untested sexual assault examination kits. 1. a. The Attorney General, in consultation with the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, shall develop a survey concerning the sexual assault examination kits in the possession of law enforcement agencies in …

52:17B-245.1 Sexual assault forensic evidence kit tracking system established. 1. a. The Attorney General shall establish a Statewide sexual assault forensic evidence kit tracking system. The Attorney General shall issue guidelines or a directive establishing the system. b. As us…

52:17B-246 Program to monitor drug activity involving fentanyl. 1. a. The Attorney General shall maintain a program to monitor drug activity in this State and surrounding regions. The program shall provide for multi-jurisdictional sharing of drug incident information among law en…

52:17B-247 Certain files required to be provided to law enforcement agencies. 1. a. As used in this act, "law enforcement agency" means a State, interstate, municipal, or county law enforcement agency; a law enforcement agency of an educational institution that appoints law enfor…

52:17B-25. Powers and duties of State Superintendent of Weights and Measures transferred to Superintendent of Division of Weights and Measures The functions, powers and duties of the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures are continued, but such functions, powers and duties…

52:17B-26. Organization of existing department of weights and measures continued Except as otherwise provided herein, or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the existing department of weights and measures is contin…

52:17B-27. Attorney General; efficiency of departmental operations; coordination; integration The Attorney General shall, after consultation with the heads of the several divisions in the department, develop, and from time to time revise, a program designed to accomplish the grea…

52:17B-28. Powers of Attorney General in matters of adjudications and licenses Any power, except (1) that of adjudication after a hearing required by statute, (2) that of granting or denying any application for a license, permit, transportation insignia, or removal of a disqualif…

52:17B-29. Division of Professional Boards, powers, duties and property transferred to The New Jersey State Board of Public Accountants, the New Jersey State Board of Architects, the State Board of Registration and Examination in Dentistry, the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Dire…

52:17B-3. Divisions established in Department There is hereby established in the Department of Law and Public Safety a Division of Law, a Division of State Police, a Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, a Division of Motor Vehicles, a Division of Weights and Measures and a Div…

52:17B-3.1. Appointment of certain assistant deputy Attorneys General to permanent positions in classified service without competitive examination Assistant deputy Attorneys General in the Division of Law in the Department of Law and Public Safety not exceeding 6 in number at any…

52:17B-3.2. Construction of act Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any other right or protection provided him under any other law. L.1966, c. 152, s. 2.

52:17B-3.3. Repealer Section 8 of "An act to establish a Department of Law in the State Government," approved March 7, 1944, is repealed. L.1966, c. 152, s. 3.

52:17B-30. Boards within Division of Professional Boards; powers and duties Subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, each of the respective boards within the Division of Professional Boards established hereunder shall continue to have all of the powers and shall exercise …

52:17B-31. Terms of office of members of boards transferred not affected This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the respective boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof. Such boards shall continue to be constituted as provided by existing la…

52:17B-32. Removal of board members; vacancies Any member of any of the boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, upon notice and opportunity to be heard. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of any of such boards sh…

52:17B-32.1. Compensation and expenses of members of Board of Pharmacy Subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in the act to which this act is a supplement: Each member of the Board of Pharmacy of the State of New Jersey, other than the secretary, shall continue to …

52:17B-32.2. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. L.1952, c. 329, p. 1054, s. 2.

52:17B-33. Appointment, employment or removal of officers and employees; compensation The authority, vested pursuant to existing law in any of the respective boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof, or in any member or officer thereof, to appoint, employ or remove any off…

52:17B-34. Transfer of officers and employees of boards to Division of Professional Boards Such officers and employees of each of the respective boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof, as such board may determine are needed for the proper performance of the work of such …

52:17B-35. Attorney General; powers and duties in respect to Division of Professional Boards In addition to other powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him by this act or by any other law, the Attorney General shall: a. Exercise general supervision over the wo…

52:17B-36. Funds of board, transfer to State treasury The treasurer or custodian of the funds of each of the respective boards enumerated in section twenty-nine hereof shall, on the effective date hereof, through the Attorney General, transfer to the State treasury all funds and …

52:17B-37. License fees, fines and penalties; disposition Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary: a. All license, certificate, permit, registration and renewal fees prescribed by law for any of the professions or occupations with which any of the boards e…

52:17B-39. Budget requests On or before the tenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, each of the boards within the Division of Professional Boards established hereunder shall prepare and submit to the Attorney General a budget request for appropriations for…

52:17B-4. Powers and duties of Attorney General The Attorney General, in addition to the functions, powers and duties specifically conferred and imposed upon him, shall: a. Maintain suitable headquarters for the department and such other quarters within the State as he may deem n…

52:17B-4.1. Governmental immunity study; recommendations; technical and clerical assistance The Attorney General is authorized, during the fiscal years commencing July 1, 1966, to study the present general provisions of the statutes and case law relating to governmental immunity …

52:17B-4.10 Establishment of minority recruitment and selection program. 2. a. Each law enforcement agency in this State shall establish a minority recruitment and selection program in accordance with guidelines established by the Attorney General pursuant to section 4 of this ac…

52:17B-4.11 Annual reports. 3. a. Each State law enforcement agency, including the Division of State Police, shall annually report to the Attorney General and each municipal and county law enforcement agency in this State shall annually report to the county prosecutor with jurisd…

52:17B-4.12 Guidelines, directives. 4. The Attorney General shall develop for dissemination to law enforcement agencies and county prosecutors throughout this State those guidelines or directives deemed necessary or appropriate to ensure the uniform application of this act. L.202…

52:17B-4.13 Attorney General, steps to combat organized retail theft. 6. a. The Attorney General shall undertake such steps as the Attorney General deems appropriate to promote the effective investigation, prosecution, and deterrence of organized retail theft in this State, which…