SENATE, No. 1308

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 13, 1996

 

 

By Senator CARDINALE

 

 

An Act concerning motor vehicle agencies 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. The Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation shall immediately cease all activities and expenditures associated with the expansion and improvement of motor vehicle agencies, commonly known as the "model agencies" program. Agencies located in leased space which have been converted to model agencies prior to the effective date of this act shall, upon expiration of their leases, be restored to their approximate square footage and configuration prior to their conversion to model agencies. The division shall henceforth determine space and staffing requirements for all other motor vehicle agencies based on the average number of transactions per square foot completed in 1995 by agencies that had not been converted to model agencies.

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    The Model Agency Program in the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has resulted in new rentals costing as much as 3.5 times the rents previously being paid for perfectly satisfactory quarters. This bill would require the DMV to discontinue its Model Agencies Program, which provides for the expansion and renovation of motor vehicle agencies. This program has been continued by DMV, even though the operation of the motor vehicle agencies has been privatized. The bill directs DMV to immediately cease any model agency expansion and renovation activities now in progress. It further requires that completed model agencies in leased space be converted to their original size and configuration when their leases expire. The bill also


requires that DMV determine future space and staffing needs for motor vehicle agencies based on the average number of transactions per square foot completed by non-model agencies.

 

 

                             

 

Terminates DMV "model agencies" program.