[nagdu] Dusty's law

[Passle Helminski]

Hi Clare,

Here is Dusty's law.

I am on my way to the airport so if it gets lost in cyber space I will send it again when I get back on Thursday.
A brief text is under the link.  To see the whole law open the link.

Passle


>> The text of the bill that was signed into law  on Tuesday, January 21, 2014
>> can be found at:
>> 
>> http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S2000/1907_R1.HTM
>> 


>> "Dusty's Law," which establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring,
>> or interfering with a service animal or guide dog in New Jersey, was signed
>> into law today (January 21, 2014) and takes effect immediately.  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Under the provisions of this new law, it is a crime of the fourth
>> degree for a person to recklessly kill a service animal or guide dog, or to
>> recklessly permit a dog that he or she owns or has immediate control over,
>> to kill a service animal or guide dog.  Fourth degree crimes are punishable
>> by a term of imprisonment of up to 18 months, a fine of up to $10,000, or
>> both.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   A person who recklessly injures a service animal or guide dog, or
>> recklessly permits a dog that he or she owns or has immediate control over,
>> to injure a service animal or guide dog is a disorderly persons offense.
>> Disorderly persons offenses are punishable by a term of imprisonment of up
>> to six months, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   A person who recklessly interferes with the use of a service animal or
>> guide dog, or who recklessly permits a dog that he or she owns or over which
>> he or she has immediate control to interfere with a guide dog, by
>> obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of that
>> service animal or guide dog or its handler, is guilty of a petty disorderly
>> persons offense.  Petty disorderly persons offenses are punishable by a term
>> of imprisonment of up to 30 days, a fine of up to $500, or both.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Dusty's Law also requires a person who recklessly kills, injures, or
>> interferes with a service animal or guide dog to pay restitution.
>> Restitution under the bill includes, but is not limited to, the value of the
>> service animal or guide dog; replacement and training or retraining expenses
>> for the service animal or guide dog and the handler; veterinary and other
>> medical and boarding expenses for the service animal or guide dog; medical
>> expenses for the handler; and lost wages or income incurred by the handler
>> during any period that the handler is without the services of the service
>> animal or guide dog.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   A person acts "recklessly" with respect to a material element of an
>> offense under this State's criminal code when he or she consciously
>> disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the material element
>> exists or will result from his or her conduct.  The risk must be of such a
>> nature and degree that, considering the nature and purpose of the person's
>> conduct and the circumstances known to the person, its disregard involves a
>> gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would
>> observe in the person's situation.  
>> 
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