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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ginger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Njagdu [mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Classemt@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:04 AM<br><b>To:</b> njagdu@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Njagdu] Njagdu Digest, Vol 48, Issue 9<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Ginger, What was the law number and can we get a printable version?</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In a message dated 1/23/2014 7:02:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, <a href="mailto:njagdu-request@nfbnet.org">njagdu-request@nfbnet.org</a> writes:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Send Njagdu mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">njagdu@nfbnet.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/njagdu_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/njagdu_nfbnet.org</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:njagdu-request@nfbnet.org">njagdu-request@nfbnet.org</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:njagdu-owner@nfbnet.org">njagdu-owner@nfbnet.org</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Njagdu digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Service animals in New Jersey now protected, 'Dusty's Law'<br> signed (Ginger Kutsch)<br> 2. Provisions for Dusty's Law (Ginger Kutsch)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:29:18 -0500<br>From: "Ginger Kutsch" <<a href="mailto:GingerKutsch@yahoo.com">GingerKutsch@yahoo.com</a>><br>To: "New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users" <<a href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">njagdu@nfbnet.org</a>><br>Cc: Joe J Ruffalo <<a href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net">nfbnj1@verizon.net</a>><br>Subject: [Njagdu] Service animals in New Jersey now protected,<br> 'Dusty's Law' signed<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:01d501cf1775$f41568d0$dc403a70$@yahoo.com">01d501cf1775$f41568d0$dc403a70$@yahoo.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>Service animals in New Jersey now protected, 'Dusty's Law' signed <br><br>Posted by: Jerry DeMarco January 21, 2014 <br><br>Cliffview Pilot<br><br>Source:<br><a href="http://cliffviewpilot.com/service-animals-in-new-jersey-now-protected-dustys">http://cliffviewpilot.com/service-animals-in-new-jersey-now-protected-dustys</a><br>-law-signed/<br><br><br><br>The state measure born in Woodcliff Lake known as "Dusty's Law" is, in fact,<br>a law now after being signed by Gov. Christie today. It establishes criminal<br>penalties for killing, maiming or interfering with a service dog.<br><br><br><br>Before today, police couldn't investigate such instances as criminal acts<br>but, instead, must refer them to animal control agencies who sometimes<br>cannot respond immediately on nights or weekends. The law was crucial,<br>proponents said, because of the imminent danger to a blind person whose dog<br>is incapacitated or killed.<br><br><br><br>Dusty's Law makes it a criminal matter requiring police response. It governs<br>any animal that attacks, injures or interferes with any kind of service dog,<br>including during training.<br><br><br><br>That includes attacks on any dog, horse or other animal owned or used by a<br>law enforcement agency, including search-and-rescue dogs.<br><br><br><br>It's named for Dusty, a German Shepherd puppy being trained as a guide dog<br>who was mauled by a pit bull in Woodcliff Lake, requiring nearly 100<br>stitches, in July 2010.<br><br><br><br>Dusty, who was nine months old at the time, lost four teeth and suffered<br>emotional trauma that kept him from continuing his work with The Seeing Eye<br>program.<br><br><br><br>"Seeing eye dogs are especially vulnerable to injury during an attack<br>because they've been bred and trained to be non-aggressive," Jim Kutsch,<br>president and CEO of The Seeing Eye, the world's oldest guide-dog school.<br><br><br><br>They also "are unlikely to leave their masters' sides, even to save<br>themselves," he said.<br><br><br><br>Dusty's trainer, Roger Woodhour of Woodcliff Lake, who has volunteered with<br>The Seeing Eye for more than 20 years, noted that nearly half of all guide<br>dogs are attacked at some time by other animals, ordinarily within a<br>half-hour walk from home.<br><br><br><br>The Seeing Eye published a survey that found that 44% of 744 guide dog users<br>had experienced at least one attack by another animal. More than 80% said<br>they'd had some kind of interference by another animal.<br><br><br><br>Allowing an animal to kill a guide dog would be punishable by up to 18<br>months in prison and a fine of up $10,000, or both, under the law.<br><br><br><br>Allowing an animal to injure or interfere with a guide dog would be a<br>disorderly persons offense, with the potential for a six-month prison<br>sentence.<br><br><br><br>The measure also requires restitution if a guide dog is killed or injured -<br>including the dog's value, the nearly $60,000 it costs to train a<br>replacement dog, veterinary bills, and lost income.<br><br><br><br>.GUEST COLUMN (Morristown Green): State laws protecting the rights of guide<br>dogs and handlers vary, but few provide real protection, compensation, and<br>lawful response. Dusty's Law would offer round-the-clock police protection<br>for New Jersey's guide dog teams who need immediate assistance.<br><br><a href="http://morristowngreen.com/2013/08/28/why-new-jersey-needs-dustys-law-a-pupp">http://morristowngreen.com/2013/08/28/why-new-jersey-needs-dustys-law-a-pupp</a><br>y-raisers-story/ <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>In Bergen County, call 201-573-8900 to report any form of suspected animal<br>cruelty or neglect.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Share This<br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br>About the author<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Jerry DeMarco<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Related Posts<br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br>Hundreds mourn former Northern Highlands athlete<br><br>(via NJ.com) ALLENDALE - James Holleran asked everyone to stand at the end<br>of his eulogy for his daughter, Madison. 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Dusty's Law is under NJ's criminal code -- Title 2C, Chapter 29, and<br>takes effect immediately. <br><br><br><br><br><br>"Dusty's Law" establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring, or<br>interfering with a service animal or guide dog. <br><br><br><br> Under the provisions of this new law, it is a crime of the fourth<br>degree for a person to recklessly kill a service animal or guide dog, or to<br>recklessly permit a dog that he or she owns or has immediate control over,<br>to kill a service animal or guide dog. Fourth degree crimes are punishable<br>by a term of imprisonment of up to 18 months, a fine of up to $10,000, or<br>both.<br><br><br><br> A person who recklessly injures a service animal or guide dog, or<br>recklessly permits a dog that he or she owns or has immediate control over,<br>to injure a service animal or guide dog is a disorderly persons offense.<br>Disorderly persons offenses are punishable by a term of imprisonment of up<br>to six months, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.<br><br><br><br> A person who recklessly interferes with the use of a service animal or<br>guide dog, or who recklessly permits a dog that he or she owns or over which<br>he or she has immediate control to interfere with a guide dog, by<br>obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of that<br>service animal or guide dog or its handler, is guilty of a petty disorderly<br>persons offense. Petty disorderly persons offenses are punishable by a term<br>of imprisonment of up to 30 days, a fine of up to $500, or both.<br><br><br><br> Dusty's Law also requires a person who recklessly kills, injures, or<br>interferes with a service animal or guide dog to pay restitution.<br>Restitution under the bill includes, but is not limited to, the value of the<br>service animal or guide dog; replacement and training or retraining expenses<br>for the service animal or guide dog and the handler; veterinary and other<br>medical and boarding expenses for the service animal or guide dog; medical<br>expenses for the handler; and lost wages or income incurred by the handler<br>during any period that the handler is without the services of the service<br>animal or guide dog.<br><br><br><br> A person acts "recklessly" with respect to a material element of an<br>offense under this State's criminal code when he or she consciously<br>disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the material element<br>exists or will result from his or her conduct. The risk must be of such a<br>nature and degree that, considering the nature and purpose of the person's<br>conduct and the circumstances known to the person, its disregard involves a<br>gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would<br>observe in the person's situation. <br><br><br><br>The text of Dusty's Law can be found at:<br><br><a href="http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S2000/1907_R1.HTM">http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S2000/1907_R1.HTM</a><br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/njagdu_nfbnet.org/attachments/20140122/9d44fd18/attachment-0001.html">http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/njagdu_nfbnet.org/attachments/20140122/9d44fd18/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Njagdu mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Njagdu@nfbnet.org">Njagdu@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/njagdu_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/njagdu_nfbnet.org</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of Njagdu Digest, Vol 48, Issue 9<br>*************************************</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>