ASSEMBLY LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2377

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: FEBRUARY 3, 1997

      The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2377.

      Under Assembly Bill No. 2377, a person who knowingly sells, offers to sell or exposes for sale a document, printed form or other writing which simulates a driver's license or similar document that is issued by a governmental agency, and which can be used to verify that person's identity or age, commits a fourth-degree crime punishable by a maximum imprisonment term of 18 months, a maximum fine of $7,500, or both.