4:22-11.4 Duties, responsibilities of board of trustees. 4.The board of trustees of the New Jersey Society

4:22-11.4  Duties, responsibilities of board of trustees.4.The board of trustees of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shall:

a.Establish any bylaws or regulations as may be deemed necessary for governance and operation of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals;

b.Promote the interests of, and protect and care for, animals within the State;

c.Have the authority to grant county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals charters for the formation of county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals in a county;

d.Have the authority, upon a majority vote of the board of trustees, to revoke, cancel, or suspend the charter of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals for the cause of failing to comply with any requirement of this act pertaining to the establishment or operation of a county society;

e.Appoint agents for enforcing all laws and ordinances enacted for the protection of animals and for the investigation of alleged acts of cruelty to animals within the State; appoint agents for commission as humane law enforcement officers in accordance with the provisions of sections 9 and 10 of P.L.2005, c.372 (C.4:22-11.9 and C.4:22-11.10) for the purpose of enforcing all laws and ordinances enacted for the protection of animals and for the investigation of alleged acts of cruelty to animals within the State; appoint a Chief Humane Law Enforcement Officer from among the appointed humane law enforcement officers; and adopt a badge which shall be authority for making arrests;

f.Establish, or make arrangements for the provision of, mandatory annual training courses for all humane law enforcement officers and agents of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and of the county societies, which courses shall be subject to the approval of the Police Training Commission;

g.Make, alter, and use a common seal;

h.Have the authority to sue and be sued in all courts, and all actions brought by or against the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shall be in its corporate name;

i.Purchase and hold any real estate as may be expedient for the advancement of the purposes of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and take by devise or gift all real estate or personal property that is devised or given to it, or to a county society in a county where a chartered county society does not exist, without regard to value.  The title to any real estate shall be taken in the corporate name of the society;

j.Hold in escrow any assets, after payment of any outstanding debts, of a county society that dissolves or has its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended for any reason until a new county society for that county is formed and chartered or the revoked, canceled, or suspended charter for the county is restored, at which time the board of trustees shall transfer those assets to the newly formed and chartered county society or the county society whose revoked, canceled, or suspended charter has been restored, as the case may be; and

k.Assist persons in counties without a chartered county society to obtain a charter.

L.2005,c.372,s.4. 4:22-11.5  Fees for chartering county societies.5.The board of trustees of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals may establish reasonable fees for chartering county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals and for renewal of a charter.

L.2005,c.372,s.5. 4:22-11.6  Continuation of existing county societies.6.  a.  Every county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that is in existence on the date of enactment of P.L.2005, c.372 (C.4:22-11.1 et al.) shall be continued as a chartered county society.

b.A charter for a county society may be granted by the board of trustees of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals if the county society can demonstrate that it consists of at least 10 members.  The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to a county society which is continued as a chartered county society as provided in subsection a. of this section.

c.Every county society shall submit quarterly a law enforcement report to the board of trustees of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on a form developed in conjunction with the Attorney General.  Each county society shall also submit a copy of its quarterly report to the county sheriff and the county prosecutor.  The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shall compile these reports and submit them to the Attorney General.