ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2367

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: MARCH 3, 1997

 

      The Assembly Transportation and Communications Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2367.

      This bill amends the statute that reduces by two the number of motor vehicle points assessed against a driver's record by the Division of Motor Vehicles for the completion of an approved motor vehicle defensive driving course. Current law allows a point reduction, after completion of an approved motor vehicle defensive driving course, only once every five years. This bill would allow such a reduction once every three years. In so doing, the bill makes this provision similar to P.L.1995, c. 308 (C.17:33B-45.1), which requires private passenger automobile insurers to reduce insurance rates for insureds for a three-year period after completion of such a course.