2B:19-1.
Short title
1.
Sections 1 through 9 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the
"Comprehensive Enforcement Program Fund Act."
L.1995,c.9,s.1.
2B:19-2
Findings, declarations.
2.The
Legislature finds and declares that:
a.The
Judiciary routinely enters judgments and court orders setting forth
assessments, surcharges, fines and restitution against litigants pursuant to
statutory law.
b.The
enforcement of court orders is crucial to ensure respect for the rule of law
and credibility of the court process.
c.Despite
monitoring of judgments and court orders by probation divisions and other
segments of the Judiciary responsible for doing so, many orders are not
complied with because there is a lack of central coordination, funding,
automation, and control.
d.The
Judiciary has successfully developed a hearing officer program in child support
enforcement and a pilot criminal enforcement court project, which is in the
process of being expanded, that have demonstrated significant increases in
collections and compliance.
e.The
Governors Management Review Commission has reviewed the collections process in
New Jersey and made recommendations supporting the establishment and funding of
a Statewide comprehensive enforcement program operated by the Judiciary.
f.Upon
passage of this act, the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice will establish a
Statewide comprehensive enforcement program which will provide for the
enforcement of court orders and oversee collection of court-ordered fines,
assessments, surcharges and judgments in the civil, criminal and family
divisions, the Tax Court and in municipal court as provided in section 6 of
P.L.1995, c.9 (C.2B:19-6). The comprehensive enforcement program will provide
for the collection of certain surcharges administratively imposed by the
Division of Motor Vehicles as provided in section 6 of P.L.1995, c.9
(C.2B:19-6). The comprehensive enforcement program will utilize the child
support hearing officer model and the pilot project criminal enforcement court
model, supported by a Statewide automation system designed to increase
collections, compliance and accountability.
L.1995,
c.9, s.2; amended 1997, c.280, s.1; 2001, c.421, s.1.
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