SENATE LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 1226

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JANUARY 23, 1997

      The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1226.

      This bill permits the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles to approve the use of colored emblems that can be affixed to certain military veteran- related license plates. This bill is intended to enhance the significance of plates used by members of veteran service organizations such as the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Vietnam Veterans. Special honors veterans, such as former prisoners of war and the recipients of the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Silver Star would also benefit. Such emblems are already in use by members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the New Jersey National Guard. The cost of the emblems, expected to be minimal, would be assumed by the emblems' purchasers.