[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1342

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

 

 

By Assemblyman DeCROCE

 

 

An Act concerning special motor vehicle registration plates for certified Heavy Rescue 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 application by a person who has been certified as a Heavy Rescue volunteer and whose certification is currently valid, the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall issue for the motor vehicle owned or leased by the applicant, or the motor vehicle owned or leased by the applicant's spouse, special vehicle registration plates bearing the 1[letters "HR."] words "Heavy Rescue" and a heavy rescue insignia or emblem.1 The plates shall also include the vehicle registration number and other markings or identification prescribed by law in a design approved by the director. The special plates shall be displayed only on the vehicle for which they were issued.

    b. The special vehicle registration plates authorized by this section shall be issued upon proof satisfactory to the director that the applicant meets the condition specified in subsection a. of this section. A person who has been issued special vehicle registration plates under this section shall return the special plates when that person no longer meets the qualification in subsection a. of this section.

    c. The fee for the motor vehicle registration plates issued under this section shall be $25, in addition to the fees otherwise prescribed by law for the registration of motor vehicles.

    d. A person who violates a provision of this section shall be fined $50.

    e. The director may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), governing the issuance and use of the special vehicle registration plates authorized by this section.

 

    2. The director shall retain from the fees collected pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of this act such sums as are necessary to provide for all costs incurred by the division in the implementation of this act as certified by the director.

 

    3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the 1[fourth] seventh1 month after enactment.

 

 

 

Authorizes special license plates for certified Heavy Rescue volunteers.