ASSEMBLY, No. 506

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblymen ROBERTS, LANCE, Dalton, Connors, Moran, Arnone, Barnes, Blee, Assemblywomen Buono, Cruz-Perez, Friscia, Assemblymen Greenwald, Gusciora, Kelly, LeFevre, Malone, Assemblywoman Quigley, Assemblymen Rocco, Romano, Suliga, Assemblywoman Turner, Assemblymen Wisniewski, Bateman, Bodine, Charles, Felice, Garcia, Mattison, Roma, R. Smith, T. Smith, Assemblywoman Weinberg, Assemblymen Zecker, Augustine, Geist, Doria, Rooney, Assemblywoman Vandervalk, Assemblymen Stanley, Carroll, Gibson, Assemblywoman Allen and Assemblyman DeSopo

An Act waiving the driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for certain volunteers and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. a. Upon the approval of the application of any person who is a volunteer member of any fire company or of any first aid or rescue squad in this State, the director shall waive the payment of the required fee for that person's basic driver's license issued pursuant to R.S.39:3-10. The waiver authorized under this subsection shall not be construed to include any other fee imposed for any endorsement to a basic driver's license. Any volunteer whose driver's license is revoked or suspended by the director pursuant to law or regulation shall no longer be eligible for the waiver authorized under this subsection.

    b. (1) The application required under subsection a. of this section shall be in a manner and form prescribed by the director and shall be supported by such proof as the director shall deem satisfactory to establish that the applicant is a bona fide volunteer member of a fire company or of a first aid or rescue squad.

    (2) Any person whose driver's license fee has been waived pursuant to the provisions of this section and who, subsequent to that wavier, resigns, is removed or otherwise terminates or is terminated from his association as a volunteer member of the fire company or of the first aid or rescue squad, shall within 15 days so notify the director. Upon such notice, the director shall charge that person a fee for his a basic driver's license. The amount of the fee shall be proportionate based upon the calendar month and year that person's driver's license is scheduled to expire.

    c. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500, imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than 60 days, or both.

    2. a. Upon the approval of the application of any person who is a volunteer member of any fire company or of any first aid or rescue squad in this State, the director shall waive the payment of the annual motor vehicle registration fee for either the passenger automobile owned or leased by the applicant and registered under the provisions of R.S.39:3-8 or the noncommercial truck owned or leased by the applicant and registered under the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1968, c.439 (C.39:3-8.1), and which is used by the applicant as his primary means of transportation in travelling to and from his volunteer services with the fire company or the first aid or rescue squad. The waiver authorized under the provisions of this subsection shall apply to and include all additional registration fees and surcharges imposed and collected by the director pursuant to chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes and those imposed and collected pursuant to section 68 of P.L.1990, c.8 (C.17:33B-63); provided, however it shall not apply to or include any additional fee, fine or surcharge imposed or assessed as a penalty for any violation, offense, conviction, or accident. Any volunteer whose motor vehicle registration certificate is suspended or revoked by the director pursuant to law or regulation shall no longer be eligible for the waiver authorized under this subsection.

    b. (1) The application required under subsection a. of this section shall be in a manner and form prescribed by the director and shall be supported by such proof as the director shall deem satisfactory to establish that the applicant is a bona fide volunteer member of a fire company or a volunteer member of a first aid squad.

    (2) Any person whose motor vehicle registration fee has been waived pursuant to the provisions of this section and who, subsequent to that waiver, resigns, is removed or otherwise terminates or is terminated from his association as a volunteer member of the volunteer fire company or of the first aid or rescue squad, shall within 15 days so notify the director. Upon such notice, the director shall charge that person a motor vehicle registration fee. The amount of the fee shall be proportionate based upon the calendar month the motor vehicle registration is scheduled to expire.

    c. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500, imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than 60 days, or both.

    3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.

Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.