ASSEMBLY INSURANCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2635

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE 9, 1997

      The Assembly Insurance Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2635.

      This bill makes it a disorderly persons offense to knowingly possess an automobile insurance identification card that is false, forged, altered or counterfeited with the intent to use it unlawfully or to exhibit one of these cards to a police officer or judge. The bill also makes it a disorderly persons offense to produce, sell, offer or expose for sale a document, printed form or other writing which simulates an automobile insurance identification card. A disorderly persons offense is punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, a term of imprisonment of up to six months, or both.

      The bill also increases the fines imposed for the offense of operating a motor vehicle without the mandatory liability insurance coverage. The fine for a first offense would increase from the current $300 to $500. The fine for a subsequent offense would increase from the current $500 to $1,000.