SENATE, No. 822

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 22, 1996

 

 

By Senator CARDINALE

 

 

An Act concerning special motor vehicle registration plates for volunteer members of the Office of Emergency Management and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

    1. a. Upon application by a person who has been certified by the State Director of Emergency Management as a volunteer member of a county or municipal Office of Emergency Management, the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall issue for the motor vehicle owned or leased by the applicant special vehicle registration plates bearing the words "Emergency Management." The plates shall also include the vehicle registration number and other markings or identification prescribed by law and may include an emergency management insignia of a design approved by the director, after consultation with State Director of Emergency Management. Only one set of special registration plates shall be issued to an applicant. The special plates shall be displayed only on the vehicle for which they were issued.

    b. The special vehicle registration plates authorized by this section shall be issued upon proof satisfactory to the director that the applicant meets the qualifications specified in subsection a. of this section. A person who has been issued special vehicle registration plates under this section shall return the special plates when that person no longer meets these qualifications.

    c. The fee for the motor vehicle registration plates issued under this section shall be $25, in addition to the fees otherwise prescribed by law for the registration of motor vehicles.

    d. The director may adopt rules, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), governing the issuance and use of the special vehicle registration plates authorized by this section.

 

    2. The director may retain from the fees collected pursuant to subsection c. of section 1 of this act such sums as are necessary to defray all the costs incurred by the division in the implementation of this act as certified by the director.

 

    3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill would authorize special motor vehicle registration plates for volunteer members of county and municipal Offices of Emergency Management.

    A person who is certified by the State Director of Emergency Management as a volunteer member of a county or municipal Office of Emergency Management may apply for the special plates. The plates are to display the words "Emergency Management" and may include an emergency management insignia. The cost of the plates is $25. This cost is in addition to the fees otherwise charged by the Division of Motor Vehicles for vehicle registration. Only one set of plates may be issued to an applicant and they must be displayed only on the vehicle for which they were issued. The special plates must be returned if the person no longer qualifies for them as a volunteer member of a local Office of Emergency Management.

 

 

                             

 

Authorizes special license plates for Offices of Emergency Management volunteers.