ASSEMBLY, No. 2377

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 26, 1996

By Assemblyman ASSELTA

An Act concerning driver's license and amending P.L.1983, c.565.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. Section 1 of P.L.1983, c.565 (C.2C:21-2.1) is amended to read as follows:

    1. A person who knowingly sells, offers or exposes for sale a document, printed form or other writing which simulates a drivers' license or other document issued by a governmental agency and which could be used as a means of verifying a person's identity or age is guilty of a [disorderly persons offense]crime of the fourth degree.

(cf: P.L.1983, c.565, s.1)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill would increase the crime of knowingly selling, offering, or exposing for sale a form simulating a driver's license, from a disorderly persons offense to a crime of the fourth degree.

Upgrades the crime of simulating a driver's license.