FISCAL NOTE TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1428

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: May 30, 1996

      Assembly Bill No. 1428 of 1996 would amend R.S.39:5-41.b by adding language specifically indicating that the Delaware River Port Authority shall not be deemed a State agency.

      Under current law, if a violation of Title 39 is written by a law enforcement officer from a State agency, the entire fine would be payable to the State. In the event that a violation of Title 39 is written by a non-State agent, one-half of the fine would be payable to the municipality where the offense occurred, and the other half would be paid to the county in which the offense occurred.

      The Administrative Office of the Courts states that it does not maintain statistics on the number of violations of Title 39 that are written by officers representing the Delaware River Port Authority. However, if it is assumed that all traffic matters written in the affected municipalities are written by Delaware River Port Authority officers, the State would lose about $1.2 million in annual revenue, while the municipalities and counties would collect $600,000 each. If half of the violations were written by Delaware River Port Authority officers, the State would lose approximately $600,000 and the municipalities and counties would gain $300,000.

      The Office of Legislative Services concurs.

This fiscal note has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67.