ASSEMBLY, No. 1139
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION
By Assemblywoman MURPHY and Assemblyman DeCROCE
An Act authorizing "Conquer Cancer" license plates 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. The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles may issue for a motor vehicle owned or leased and registered in the State special license plates bearing, in addition to the registration number and other markings or identification otherwise prescribed by law, the slogan "Conquer Cancer." These plates may include an emblem, to be designed by the Commissioner of Health and approved by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, indicating support for, or an interest in, finding new methods of treating and preventing cancer.
b. Application for issuance of a "Conquer Cancer" license plate shall be made to the director on such forms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the director. The director shall collect for each set of plates issued an application fee of $40, and an annual renewal fee of $12, in addition to the fees otherwise prescribed by law for the registration of motor vehicles.
c. Monies collected from all fees for "Conquer Cancer" license plates shall be deposited in the Cancer Research Fund, established in the Department of Health pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1982, c.40 (C.54:40A-37.1). Interest or other income earned on monies deposited under this act into the Cancer Research Fund shall be credited to the fund for use as set forth in this section.
Funds shall be utilized by the State Commmission on Cancer Research: (1) to reimburse the Division of Motor Vehicles for all costs incurred in producing, issuing, and publicizing the availability of "Conquer Cancer" license plates; (2) to reimburse the Department of Health for the design and printing of notices, posters and signs to be utilized by the Division of Motor Vehicles; and (3) for institutional support services for its approved research projects as defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.6 (C.52:9U-3).
d. The director shall annually certify to the Commissioner of Health the average cost per license plate incurred in the immediately preceding year by the Division of Motor Vehicles in producing, issuing and publicizing the availability of "Conquer Cancer" license plates. The commissioner shall annually report the Department of Health's costs and the division's costs to the Office of Management and Budget.
e. The director shall notify eligible motorists of the opportunity to obtain "Conquer Cancer" license plates by including a notice with all motor vehicle registration renewals, and by posting appropriate posters or signs in all division facilities and offices, as may be provided by the Department of Health. The notices, posters and signs shall be designed by the Commissioner of Health after consulting with the State Commission on Cancer Research. The designs shall be subject to the approval of the director. The Department of Health shall supply the division with the notices, posters and signs to be circulated or posted by the division.
f. The Commissioner of Health, the Commission on Cancer Research, and the director shall develop and enter into an interagency memorandum of agreement setting forth the procedures to be followed by the Department Of Health, the commission and the division in carrying out their respective responsibilities under this act.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fifth month after enactment; except the Commissioner of Health, the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles may take such action in advance of the effective date as may be necessary for the timely implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill permits the issuance of special "Conquer Cancer" license plates to raise funds to assist the State Commission on Cancer Research in its efforts to find new methods of treating and preventing cancer through its approved research projects at qualifying research institutions throughout the State.
Motorists who wish the plates, which will bear the slogan "Conquer Cancer" and may have a distinctive emblem, would be required to pay a $40 application fee and a $12 annual renewal fee. A portion of the revenues raised would be used to reimburse the Division of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Health for their costs related to the new plates. The existing Cancer Research Fund, out of which monies are appropriated for research projects of the commission, will serve as the depository for these fees to be allocated to future projects.
Establishes license plate to benefit cancer research.