Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY R. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
Requires display of State vehicle abuse hotline bumper stickers on all State vehicles.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring the display of State vehicle abuse hotline bumper stickers on all State vehicles and supplementing chapter 31 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. All vehicles purchased with funds appropriated by the State for the use of any officer, department or institution of the State, shall display a vehicle abuse hotline bumper sticker unless specifically exempted by R.S.52:31-14 or other provision of law or in writing by the State Treasurer pursuant to a State vehicular assignment and use policy. The sticker shall contain a telephone number, or such other information as the State Treasurer shall deem necessary, through which complaints regarding potential misuse of a State vehicle can be submitted. The State Treasurer shall establish and maintain such a vehicle abuse complaint hotline. The operation of a State vehicle without the required sticker shall subject the operator to the penalty set forth in R.S.52:31-15.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the display of State vehicle abuse hotline stickers on all State vehicles, unless the display is exempt by law or written policy of the State Treasurer. The bill would codify a current requirement for the display of such stickers set forth in the State vehicular assignment and use policy circular of the Department of the Treasury, effective July 23, 2009.