[Njagdu] Printable version of Dusty's Law

Fri Jan 24 11:30:55 UTC 2014

Dusty's Law will show up in New Jersey's criminal code - Title 2C, Chapter
29 but as of this morning, the NJ legislative site has not yet been updated.
I've attached a copy of the final bill that you can print out though.

Best,

Ginger

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Ginger, What was the law number and can we get a printable version?

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Today's Topics:

   1. Service animals in New Jersey now protected,    'Dusty's Law'
      signed (Ginger Kutsch)
   2. Provisions for Dusty's Law (Ginger Kutsch)

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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:29:18 -0500
From: "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
To: "New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users" <njagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Joe J Ruffalo <nfbnj1 at verizon.net>
Subject: [Njagdu] Service animals in New Jersey now protected,
    'Dusty's Law' signed
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Service animals in New Jersey now protected, 'Dusty's Law' signed 

Posted by: Jerry DeMarco  January 21, 2014  

Cliffview Pilot

Source:
http://cliffviewpilot.com/service-animals-in-new-jersey-now-protected-dustys
-law-signed/

The state measure born in Woodcliff Lake known as "Dusty's Law" is, in fact,
a law now after being signed by Gov. Christie today. It establishes criminal
penalties for killing, maiming or interfering with a service dog.

Before today, police couldn't investigate such instances as criminal acts
but, instead, must refer them to animal control agencies who sometimes
cannot respond immediately on nights or weekends. The law was crucial,
proponents said, because of the imminent danger to a blind person whose dog
is incapacitated or killed.

Dusty's Law makes it a criminal matter requiring police response. It governs
any animal that attacks, injures or interferes with any kind of service dog,
including during training.

That includes attacks on any dog, horse or other animal owned or used by a
law enforcement agency, including search-and-rescue dogs.

It's named for Dusty, a German Shepherd puppy being trained as a guide dog
who was mauled by a pit bull in Woodcliff Lake, requiring nearly 100
stitches, in July 2010.

Dusty, who was nine months old at the time, lost four teeth and suffered
emotional trauma that kept him from continuing his work with The Seeing Eye
program.

"Seeing eye dogs are especially vulnerable to injury during an attack
because they've been bred and trained to be non-aggressive," Jim Kutsch,
president and CEO of The Seeing Eye, the world's oldest guide-dog school.

They also "are unlikely to leave their masters' sides, even to save
themselves," he said.

Dusty's trainer, Roger Woodhour of Woodcliff Lake, who has volunteered with
The Seeing Eye for more than 20 years, noted that nearly half of all guide
dogs are attacked at some time by other animals, ordinarily within a
half-hour walk from home.

The Seeing Eye published a survey that found that 44% of 744 guide dog users
had experienced at least one attack by another animal. More than 80% said
they'd had some kind of interference by another animal.

Allowing an animal to kill a guide dog would be punishable by up to 18
months in prison and a fine of up $10,000, or both, under the law.

Allowing an animal to injure or interfere with a guide dog would be a
disorderly persons offense, with the potential for a six-month prison
sentence.

The measure also requires restitution if a guide dog is killed or injured -
including the dog's value, the nearly $60,000 it costs to train a
replacement dog, veterinary bills, and lost income.

.GUEST COLUMN (Morristown Green): State laws protecting the rights of guide
dogs and handlers vary, but few provide real protection, compensation, and
lawful response. Dusty's Law would offer round-the-clock police protection
for New Jersey's guide dog teams who need immediate assistance.

http://morristowngreen.com/2013/08/28/why-new-jersey-needs-dustys-law-a-pupp
y-raisers-story/ 

In Bergen County, call 201-573-8900 to report any form of suspected animal
cruelty or neglect.

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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:57:35 -0500
From: "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
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Cc: Joe J Ruffalo <nfbnj1 at verizon.net>
Subject: [Njagdu] Provisions for Dusty's Law
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  FYI. Dusty's Law is under NJ's criminal code -- Title 2C, Chapter 29, and
takes effect immediately. 

"Dusty's Law" establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring, or
interfering with a service animal or guide dog. 

      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.  

The text of Dusty's Law can be found at:

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S2000/1907_R1.HTM

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