Legislators Abolishing Out Of Date Laws To Make Room For Newer Soon To Be Out Of Date Laws

The latest effort of legislators to show that they care about gun violence without actually doing anything real to curb gun violence by enacting laws that will soon be outdated. A proposed law by Assemblyman Sean Kean wants to enact a 10 thousand dollar fine if a store sells a mature rated game to a teen. Besides for the fact that stores currently do not allow the sale of mature games to children. The entire law will look antiquated in a few years. Games are no longer being physically sold in stores as the new consoles will be able to download all the latest games directly to your home. Here is a list of current laws that our legislature is going to be removing from the books. Perhaps they should wait a few months for the video game law to be included. 

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ASSEMBLY REGULATORY OVERSIGHT AND GAMING COMMITTEE STATEMENT TO ASSEMBLY, No. 3726 with committee amendments STATE OF NEW JERSEY DATED:  FEBRUARY 7, 2013       


The Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 3726.      As amended by the committee, this bill would repeal and amend various sections of the statutory law, in order to remove provisions that have been superseded or invalidated, or which are anachronistic in nature – i.e. belonging to an earlier time and irrelevant in the current legal, political, and social climate.      In particular, the bill would repeal the provisions of law associated with the following topics and issues: 

1. Records, rerecords, entries or abstracts of mortgages, and certified transcripts of these instruments as evidence;
2. Sale of spray paint without a posted sign warning juveniles of the penalty for graffiti;
3. Yielding of a party phone line in an emergency;  
4. Permitting a stallion to run at large;
5. Permitting a bull to run at large;        
6. Rams trespassing or going at large during a specific period each year;     
7. Appointment of pursuers of thieves by a private detective association;        
8. Delay or detainment of a homing pigeon;
9. Public drinking cups and infectious disease concerns;   
10. Transportation of infected persons and items by common carriers; 
11. Occupations forbidden to persons infected with venereal disease;
12. Permitted movement of persons with venereal disease from one jurisdiction to another;
13. Examination of presumed typhoid carriers and involuntary commitment of confirmed carriers; 
14. Killing of an unmuzzled dog running at large;(15)     
15. Separation of debtors and criminals in prison;(16)     
16. Victualing (feeding) of county prisoners;(17)     
17. Prisoners in workhouses – keeping prisoners at labor and punishment of prisoners for misconduct and escape;(18)     
18. County hospitals for communicable diseases;(19)     
19. Municipal hospitals for communicable diseases;(20)     
20. Recovery of shipwrecked bodies, disposition of personal property from shipwreck victims, and maintenance of medical examiner’s records pertaining to shipwrecks;(21)     
21. Turnpike or plank road companies – vacation of public rights in, and relief from public duties associated with, turnpike or plank road; and(22)     
22. The Unfair Cigarette Sales Act of 1948. 

The bill would also delete from current law the provisions requiring a person to use an audible warning when passing a vehicle on the road. COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS     The proposed committee amendments would:     

1. Provide for the repeal of section 8 of P.L.1995, c.251 (C.2C:33-25) (regarding the sale of spray paint); N.J.S.2C:40-2 (regarding the yielding of a party phone line for an emergency call); and R.S.23:4-54 (regarding the detainment of a homing pigeon)
2.  Delete the statutory definition of “spray paint”;
3. Amend portions of the State motor vehicle and traffic laws to delete references to the use of audible warning when passing; and 
4. Change the bill title to reflect the mandatory nature of the bill.