New Jersey A1027 prohibits sex offenders from jobs involving 80% or more contact with children, with penalties for offenders and employers.
New Jersey A1027 makes it a crime of the third degree for sex offenders to hold jobs where 80% or more of their duties involve contact with children. It also criminalizes knowingly hiring such offenders for these roles. A crime of the third degree carries penalties of three to five years imprisonment, a fine of up to $15,000, or both. The bill defines "primarily consists of contact with children" as jobs where 80% or more of the duties involve contact with a child.
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