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

52:4B-19.1 Victims of Crime Compensation Office, annual report to Governor, Legislature. 1. a. The Attorney General shall direct the Executive Director of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office in the Department of Law and Public Safety to annually submit to the Governor and th…

52:4B-2 Definitions. 2. As used in P.L.1971, c.317: "Agency" means the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency; "Child" means an unmarried person who is under 21 years of age and includes a stepchild or an adopted child; "Dependent" means a relative of a deceased victim who was whol…

52:4B-20 Subrogation of agency to cause of action of victim against person responsible for personal injury or death; liens. 20. a. Whenever an order for the payment of compensation is or has been made for personal injury or death resulting from an act or omission constituting an …

52:4B-21 Severability. 21. If any section or sections of P.L.1971, c.317 or any provision thereof shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative in whole or in part, such section or provision shall, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inope…

52:4B-22 Information booklets, pamphlets. 1. a. Every State, county, and municipal police department and hospital or other place of emergency medical care shall have available and shall post in a public place information booklets, pamphlets or other pertinent written information,…

52:4B-23 Failure to give notice; immunity from liability; nonalteration of requirements. 2. No cause of action against the State, any county, or any municipality, or any employee thereof, shall arise out of a failure to give the notice required by section 1 of P.L.1981, c.256 (C.…

52:4B-24 Senior citizens' public awareness program. 3. The agency shall undertake a special senior citizens' public awareness program to make brochures and applications for claim forms available to senior citizens. L.1981, c.396, s.3; amended 2007, c.95, s.26.

52:4B-25 Victim counseling service. 2. a. The Victims of Crime Compensation Office shall establish a victim counseling service which shall identify and develop sources to provide counseling to victims as defined in P.L.1971, c.317. The service shall provide assistance to victims …

52:4B-25.1 Child and family counseling unit. 1. a. In addition to the victim counseling service established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1982, c.192 (C.52:4B-25), the Victims of Crimes Compensation Agency shall establish a specialized child and family counseling unit. This unit s…

52:4B-25.2 Payment for certain victim counseling services. 1. a. In the event that a person is the victim of a firearm or stabbing injury incurred during the course of an offense described in subsection b. of section 11 of P.L.1971, c.317 (C.52:4B-11), and the person receives cou…

52:4B-25.3 Rules, regulations. 2. The Victims of Crime Compensation Office may, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.2019, c.489, s.2.

52:4B-3.2 Victims of Crime Compensation Office. 2. a. There is hereby established in the Department of Law and Public Safety the Victims of Crime Compensation Office. b. The chief executive officer of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office shall be the director, who shall be ap…

52:4B-3.3 Violent Crimes Compensation Board abolished. 3. The Violent Crimes Compensation Board established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1971, c.317 (C.52:4B-3) is abolished and the terms of the persons serving as members of that board on the effective date of P.L.2007, c.95 (C.5…

52:4B-3.4 Victims of Crime Compensation Review Board, members, terms, no compensation. 4. The term of office of each member of the Victims of Crime Compensation Review Board shall be three years and until the member's successor is appointed and qualifies, except that of the membe…

52:4B-34. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights." L. 1985, c. 249, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1985.

52:4B-35. Findings, declarations The Legislature finds and declares that without the participation and cooperation of crime victims and witnesses, the criminal justice system would cease to function. The rights of these individuals should be given full recognition and protection.…

52:4B-36 Findings, declarations relative to rights of crime victims, witnesses. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that crime victims and witnesses are entitled to the following rights: a. To be treated with dignity and compassion by the criminal justice system; b. To be infor…

52:4B-36.1 Rights of victim's survivor relative to a homicide prosecution. 2. Pursuant to Article I, paragraph 22 of the New Jersey Constitution, in any homicide prosecution: a. A victim's survivor may, at the time of making the in-person statement to the sentencing court authori…

52:4B-36.2 Crime victims not required to pay certain costs. 3. Pursuant to Article I, paragraph 22 of the New Jersey Constitution: a. A crime victim shall not be required to pay the maintenance, support, rehabilitation, or other costs arising from the imprisonment or commitment o…

52:4B-37 "Victim" defined. 4. As used in this act, "victim" means a person who suffers personal, physical or psychological injury or death or incurs loss of or injury to personal or real property as a result of a crime committed by an adult or an act of delinquency that would con…

52:4B-38. "Tort Claims Act" rights Nothing contained in this act shall mitigate any right which the victim may have pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (N.J.S. 59:1-1 et seq.). L. 1985, c. 249, s. 5, eff. July 31, 1985.

52:4B-39 Definitions. 1. As used in P.L.1985, c.404: a. "Victim" means a person who suffers personal physical or psychological injury or death or incurs loss of or injury to personal or real property as a result of a crime committed against that person. b. "Agency" means the Vict…

52:4B-40 Office of Victim-Witness Assistance. 2. There is established under the jurisdiction of the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency in the Department of the Treasury an Office of Victim-Witness Assistance under the supervision of the Director of the Office of Victim-Witness …

52:4B-40.1 Director of the Office of Victim-Witness Assistance. 31. The Office of Victim-Witness Assistance shall operate under the direction of the Director of the Office of Victim-Witness Assistance, who shall be appointed by the executive director of the agency. The Director o…

52:4B-42 Victim-witness rights information program. 4. The victim-witness rights information program shall: a. Provide victims or their representatives with information about the availability of social and medical services, especially emergency and social services available in th…

52:4B-43. Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy There is established in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety an Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy under the supervision of the Chief of the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy. L. 1985, c. 404, s. 5.…

52:4B-43.1. Continuation of The Victim and Witness Advocacy Fund 20. a. The Victim and Witness Advocacy Fund, established in the State Treasury by section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 (C.2C:43-3.1), administered by the Department of Law and Public Safety through the Division of Criminal …

52:4B-43.2 "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund." 2. a. The "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund" shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving fund and shall be administered by the Victims of Crime Compensation Board established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1971, c.317 (C.52:4B-3),and all …

52:4B-44 Standards, law enforcement agencies, ensure rights of crime victims. 6. a. The Attorney General shall, through the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety and in consultation with the county prosecu…

52:4B-44.1 Establishment of standard protocols for provision of information and services to victims of human trafficking, minors charged with prostitution. 7. The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Senior Services, the Co…

52:4B-44.1a Attorney General, community outreach, victims of human trafficking; pilot program, grants. 1. a. The Attorney General shall exercise its authority as head of the Department of Law and Public Safety and chief law enforcement officer of the State to utilize the resource…

52:4B-44.2 Law enforcement training concerning needs of crime victims. 1. a. At least one law enforcement officer in every State, county, and municipal police department located in the six urban municipalities with the highest crime index in this State, according to the most rece…

52:4B-44.3 Information available to victims of sexual assault. 1. Upon receiving a report of aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault as defined in subsection a. or c. of N.J.S.2C:14-2, the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy, the county prosecutor's office, or any other law enf…

52:4B-44.3a Required timeframe to submit sexual assault forensic evidence kits to appropriate forensic laboratories; retention of certain kits. 1. a. Every State, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall submit every sexual assault forensic evidence kit collected from a…

52:4B-44.4 Reporting of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact cases. 1. a. The Attorney General, in consultation with the county prosecutors, regularly shall report cases of sexual assault and criminal sexual contact in this State. Information to be reported shall include, but …

52:4B-45. County victim-witness coordinators a. The Chief of the Office of the Victim-Witness Advocacy shall appoint a county victim-witness coordinator in each county. b. A county victim-witness coordinator shall be responsible for the implementation of the victim-witness rights…

52:4B-46. Coordination with law enforcement agencies In providing the information and services mentioned above, the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy shall coordinate its efforts with the various law enforcement agencies. These agencies are required by P.L. 1985, c. 249 (C. 52:4B…

52:4B-47 Training. 9. a. The curriculum for police training courses required pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.) shall include training on responding to the needs of crime victims, and specific training on responding to the needs of victims of human trafficking as de…

52:4B-48. Criminal Justice assistance The Division of Criminal Justice shall provide assistance to county prosecutors and law enforcement agencies in implementing the guidelines and training requirements of this act. L. 1985, c. 404, s. 10.

52:4B-49. Annual reports a. The Chief of the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy shall annually report to the Attorney General, through the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety, on the services provided to victims and witnesses, as…

52:4B-5 Duties, compensation, employees. 5. The agency is authorized to appoint and fix the duties and compensation of such officers, examiners, and other experts as may be necessary for carrying out its functions under this act, and the provisions of section 4 of P.L.1970, c.74 …

52:4B-5.1 Access to criminal history records. 11. The Victims of Crime Compensation Agency is authorized to obtain direct access to criminal history records maintained by the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of the State Police and is hereby designated a criminal ju…

52:4B-50 Findings, declarations relative to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program, established pursuant to P.L.1997, c.328, has been successful in ensuring more timely and accurate collection of…

52:4B-51 Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program. 3. The Attorney General shall establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program in the Department of Law and Public Safety. Upon implementation of the certification process for a forensic sexual assault nurse exa…

52:4B-52 Duties of program coordinator; "rape care advocate" defined. 4. The program coordinator shall: a. Coordinate the county Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program in accordance with standard protocols for the provision of information and services to victims of sexual assault …

52:4B-53 Certification process for forensic sexual assault nurse examiners; qualifications. 5. The Attorney General and the New Jersey Board of Nursing shall jointly establish a certification process for a forensic sexual assault nurse examiner. a. An applicant for certification …