An act relating to regulating public emergency services in New Jersey.
Be it enacted by the Youth Model Legislature of the State of New Jersey that all claims whose services have been deemed a misuse of public funds shall be charged to the offender who ordered the call.
Section I:
An “emergency public service” shall be defined as including, but not limited to, the usage of firefighters, police officers, and/or other emergency service workers.
A “misuse of an emergency public service” shall be defined as, but not limited to, a call to emergency services under false circumstances.
An “offender” shall be defined as any person determined under the New Jersey Court System to have called and misused emergency public services.
Section II:
The misuse of public funds shall be determined by the New Jersey Court System under the due process of law. The case shall be carried out by the Attorney General.
Section III:
Prosecution under the law shall not be considered unless the total amount of money used by the state for the emergency call exceeds $5,000.
Section IV:
If the possible offender is convicted of calling/summoning emergency services under a false demand, they will be fined the total amount of funds allocated to the division(s) for the incident which they(the caller)had been a catalyst.
Section V:
The amount of the fine shall be determined by the individual departments based upon the amount of money used for the call.
Section VI:
The State shall have a maximum of two years to prosecute the offender.
Statement of Intent: The purpose of this Bill is to combat misuse of public funds and emergency services.
Effective Date: This Bill shall take effect January 1st, 2011.
Financial Statement: This bill will not require any additional costs. The amount of funds required for this bill is for the reprinting of the law books.
