ASSEMBLY, No. 893

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

 

 

By Assemblywoman WRIGHT

 

 

An Act concerning special license plates and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 23 of Title 48 of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

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

 

    1. a. The director may issue for a motor vehicle registered in this State special license plates bearing, in addition to the registration number and other markings or identification otherwise prescribed by law, words and an emblem indicating support for, or an interest in, the New Jersey Network. The license plate shall be designed by the director, in consultation with the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority created by section 3 of P.L.1968, c.405 (C.48:23-3).

    b. The director shall collect a $50 application fee for the New Jersey Network license plate in addition to the fees otherwise prescribed by law for the registration of the motor vehicle. The director shall collect in years subsequent to the year of issuance a $40 fee for the license plate in addition to the fees otherwise prescribed by law for the registration of the motor vehicle. The additional fees required by this subsection shall be deposited into the New Jersey Network Support Fund, established pursuant to section 2 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (now pending before the Legislature as this bill). A person who pays the additional fees shall become a member of the New Jersey Network.

 

    2. a. There is created in the Department of the Treasury a non-lapsing, revolving fund to be known as the "New Jersey Network Support Fund." The fund shall be the depository of the fees collected pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (now pending before the Legislature as this bill). Interest or other income earned on monies deposited into the New Jersey Network Support Fund shall be credited to the fund.

    b. Moneys in the New Jersey Network Support Fund shall be appropriated and distributed exclusively: (1) to reimburse the Division of Motor Vehicles for all costs incurred by that division, as stipulated by the director of that division, in producing and issuing the New Jersey Network license plates; (2) for operational costs of the New Jersey Network.

    c. The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall annually certify to the State Treasurer the average cost per license plate incurred in the immediately preceding year by the Division of Motor Vehicles in producing and issuing the New Jersey Network license plates. On a quarterly basis, the State Treasurer shall transfer a sum equal to the division's cost of producing and issuing the New Jersey Network license plates from the New Jersey Network Support Fund to the division.

 

    3. This act shall take effect on the 180th day after enactment.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill establishes a special New Jersey Network license plate, with proceeds dedicated to the support of the New Jersey Network for public television. The plate would bear words and an emblem, designated by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in consultation with the Director of the Public Broadcasting Authority, indicating support for the network. Motor vehicle owners and lessees would be able to obtain the plate for an initial fee of $50 and an annual $40 renewal fee, in addition to the registration fees otherwise prescribed by law. A person who pays the additional fees shall become a member of the New Jersey Network. The additional fees would be deposited in the "New Jersey Network Support Fund," created by the bill, and used exclusively for license plate costs and New Jersey Network operating expenses.

 

 

 

Establishes special license plate to aid New Jersey Network.