[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 663
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 1996
By Senator BASSANO
An Act concerning certain at-fault accidents and amending P.L.1990, c.8.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 26 of P.L.1990, c.8 (C.17:33B-14) is amended to read as follows:
26. The commissioner shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this act, promulgate a schedule of automobile insurance eligibility points by rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). The schedule shall assess a point valuation to driving experience related violations and shall include assessments for violations of lawful speed limits within such increments as determined by the commissioner, other moving violations, and at-fault accidents. For the purposes of this section, an "at-fault accident" means an at-fault accident which results in payment by the insurer of at least a $500 claim ; except that an at-fault accident shall not mean an accident in which 1[a municipal public works employee] an operator1 is at-fault while operating 1[municipally-owned equipment for snow or ice removal] a motor vehicle that is self-insured or insured under a commercial insurance policy1.
(cf: P.L.1990, c.8, s.26)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Provides exception to definition of "at-fault accident" for operators of self-insured or commercially insured motor vehicles.