SENATE SENIOR CITIZENS, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1501

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 8, 1997

      The Senate Senior Citizens, Veterans' Affairs and Human Services Committee favorably reports Assembly Bill No. 1501 (1R).

      This bill would permit the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles to approve the use of colored emblems that can be affixed to certain military veteran- related license plates. This would enhance the significance of plates used by members of veteran service organizations such as the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Vietnam Veterans. Special honors veterans, such as former prisoners of war and the recipients of the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Silver Star would also benefit. Such emblems are already in use by members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the New Jersey National Guard. The cost of the emblems, expected to be minimal, would be assumed by the emblems' purchasers.

      This bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 1226 of 1996 (Inverso) which the Senate Law and Public Safety reported favorably on January 23, 1997.