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Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETYChapter 80A - BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND PROGRAM
Subchapter 3 - PROGRAM GRANTS
Section 13:80A-3.6 - Body armor eligible to be purchased

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:80A-3.6

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Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 13:80A-3.6 - Body armor eligible to be purchased
(a) An applicant shall purchase only ballistic resistant body vests that meet the standards for such body armor as defined at 13:80A-1.4. An applicant shall purchase only ballistic resistant or stab-resistant body armor identified as compliant by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center as having met the requirements of Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor NIJ Standard - 0101.06, as amended or supplemented, or Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor NIJ Standard-0115.00, as amended or supplemented, in effect at the time of purchase. The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center maintains a searchable database of body armor models deemed compliant with NIJ standards available on the Internet at http://www.justnet.org/.
(b) In accordance with (a) above, the applicant agency head, in the reasonable exercise of discretion, shall determine the threat level, style and model of body armor to be purchased for the eligible officers.
(c) Except as provided in (c)1 below, the applicant agency head, in the reasonable exercise of discretion, shall determine the replacement program and the scheduling of eligible officers to receive body armor.
1. The State Department of Corrections shall establish a distribution schedule that gives first priority to State corrections officers assigned inmate supervision and control responsibilities in the State's maximum security correctional facilities and second priority to those officers assigned inmate supervision and control responsibilities in the State's medium security correctional facilities.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:80A-3.6

Amended by R.2009 d.124, effective 4/20/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 96(a), 41 N.J.R. 1877(a).
Rewrote the introductory paragraph of (a); recodified former (a)1 as new (b); deleted former (b) and (b)1; and in (b), substituted "(a) above" for "the above provision".