New Jersey S 991: Revises and renames NJSTARS; repeals NJSTARS II; establishes NJ HonorScholars Program.

Bill Text

S991 

SENATE, No. 991 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits municipal police officers to make arrests for 
any disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offense outside territorial 
limits of� municipality.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act 
concerning the power of municipal police officers to arrest certain offenders 
outside the territorial limits of their municipality and amending P.L.1977, 
c.436.

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

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.1977, 
c.436 (C.40A:14-152.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding the 
provisions of N.J.S.40A:14-152 or any other law to the contrary, any full-time, 
permanently appointed municipal police officer shall� have full power of arrest 
for any crime, disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offense, or 
breach of the peace committed in said officer's presence� and committed 
anywhere within the territorial limits of the State of New Jersey.

(cf:� P.L.1977, c.436, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would permit 
municipal police officers to make arrests for any disorderly persons or petty 
disorderly persons offense outside the territorial limits of their 
municipality.� Currently, such officers are only expressly authorized to make 
arrests for these types of offenses within the territorial limits of their 
municipality.� See N.J.S.40A:14-152.�