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Bill Text

A1243 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1243 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Grants municipal courts discretion to assess court 
costs for certain dismissals.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning municipal court costs and amending 
N.J.S.22A:3-4.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

����� 1.�� N.J.S.22A:3-4 is amended 
to read as follows:

����� 22A:3-4.��� Fees for criminal 
proceedings.

����� The fees provided in the 
following schedule, and no other charges whatsoever, shall be allowed for court 
costs in any proceedings of a criminal nature in the municipal courts but no 
charge shall be made for the services of any salaried police officer of the 
State, county or municipal police.� 

����� For violations of Title 39 of 
the Revised Statutes, or of traffic ordinances, at the discretion of the court, 
up to but not exceeding $33.

����� For all other cases, at the 
discretion of the court, court costs may be assessed for matters which may 
be dismissed or held open up to but not exceeding $33.

����� In the event of the 
dismissal of any charges of violations of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes or 
of traffic ordinances as part of a plea agreement, at the discretion of the 
court, up to but not exceeding $33 and applicable assessments per violation 
dismissed.

����� In municipal court 
proceedings, the court shall impose court costs within the maximum limits 
authorized by this section, as follows:� 

����� a.�� For every violation of 
any statute or ordinance the sum of $2.00. �The court shall not suspend the 
collection of this $2.00 court cost assessment.� These court cost assessments 
shall be collected by the municipal court administrator for deposit into the 
Automated Traffic System Fund, created pursuant to N.J.S.2B:12-30.� 

����� b.�� For each fine, penalty 
and forfeiture imposed and collected under authority of law for any violation 
of the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes or any other motor 
vehicle or traffic violation in this State the sum of $.50.� The court shall 
not suspend the collection of this $.50 court cost assessment.� These court 
cost assessments shall be collected by the municipal court administrator for 
deposit into the "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund" 
established pursuant to P.L.1992, c.143 (C.26:2K-54 et al.).� 

����� c.�� For every violation of 
any statute or ordinance the sum of $3 to fund the Statewide modernization of 
the Automated Traffic System.� The court shall not suspend the collection of 
this $3 court cost assessment.� These court cost assessments shall be collected 
by the municipal court administrator for deposit into the Automated Traffic 
System Statewide Modernization Fund, established pursuant to section 1 of 
P.L.2004, c.62 (C.2B:12-30.1).

����� The provisions of this act shall not prohibit 
the taxing of additional costs when authorized by R.S.39:5-39.� 

����� For certificate of judgment......... $4.00

����� For certified copy of paper filed with the 
court as a public record:

����� First page......... $4.00

 Each additional page or 
part thereof......... $1.00

����� For copy of paper filed with the court as a 
public record:

 First page......... $2.00

����� Each additional page or part thereof......... 
$1.00

����� In addition to any fine imposed, when a 
supplemental notice is sent for failure to appear on a return date the cost 
shall be $10.00 per notice, unless satisfactory evidence is presented to the 
court that the notice was not received.� 

����� CONSTABLES OR OTHER OFFICERS

����� From the fees allowed for court costs in the 
foregoing schedule, the clerk of the court shall pay the following fees to 
constables or other officers:� 

����� Serving warrant or summons, $1.50.

����� Serving every subpoena, $0.70.

 Serving every execution, 
$1.50.

����� Advertising property under execution, $0.70.

 Sale of property under 
execution, $1.00.

����� Serving every commitment, $1.50.

 Transport of defendant, 
actual cost.

����� Mileage, for every mile of travel in serving 
any warrant, summons, commitment, subpoena or other process, computed by 
counting the number of miles in and out, by the most direct route from the 
place where such process is returnable, exclusive of the first mile, $0.20.� 

����� If defendant is found guilty of the charge laid 
against him, he shall pay the costs herein provided, but if, on appeal, the 
judgment is reversed, the costs shall be repaid to defendant. If defendant is 
found not guilty of the charge laid against him, the costs shall be paid by the 
prosecutor, except when the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle 
Comm