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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 40, MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

    Chapter 48: Ordinances; general purpose.

NOTE: This section is repealed by L.2021, c.25, effective Immediately.

      Section: 40:48-1.2a: Immunity from prosecution; certain circumstances.

          2. a. An underage person and one or two other persons shall be immune from prosecution under an ordinance authorized by section 1 of P.L.2000, c.33 (C.40:48-1.2) prohibiting any person under the legal age who, without legal authority, knowingly possesses or knowingly consumes an alcoholic beverage or cannabis item on private property if:

(1) one of the underage persons called 9-1-1 and reported that another underage person was in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption or the consumption of a cannabis item;

(2) the underage person who called 9-1-1 and, if applicable, one or two other persons acting in concert with the underage person who called 9-1-1 provided each of their names to the 9-1-1 operator;

(3) the underage person was the first person to make the 9-1-1 report; and

(4) the underage person and, if applicable, one or two other persons acting in concert with the underage person who made the 9-1-1 call remained on the scene with the person under the legal age in need of medical assistance until assistance arrived and cooperated with medical assistance and law enforcement personnel on the scene.

b. The underage person who received medical assistance as provided in subsection a. of this section also shall be immune from prosecution under an ordinance authorized by section 1 of P.L.2000, c.33 (C.40:48-1.2).

L.2009, c.133, s.2; amended 2021, c.16, s.81.

This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2021-03-17 11:16:23.






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