SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 1559

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: FEBRUARY 10, 1997

 

 

      The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1559.

      This bill amends the statute that reduces by two the number of motor vehicle points assessed against a driver's record by the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for the completion of an approved motor vehicle defensive driving course only once every five years. The bill allows such a reduction if the driver completes another such course after only three years. In so doing, the bill makes this provision similar to P.L.1995, c.308 (C.17:33B-45.1), which requires private passenger automobile insurers to reduce insurance rates for insureds for a three-year period after completion of such a course.