Bill Text: NJ A1111 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires certain commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with certain global positioning systems.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A1111 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A1111-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN DIMAIO
District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Peterson
SYNOPSIS
Requires certain commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with certain global positioning systems.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning commercial motor vehicle global positioning systems and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, "commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used or designed to transport passengers or property that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds or displays a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds. "Commercial motor vehicle" shall not include a motor vehicle that is operated by, or under contract with, a public or governmental agency, or religious or other charitable organization or corporation, or is privately operated, and is used for the transportation of children to or from a school, school connected activity, day camp, summer day camp, summer residence camp, nursery school, child care center, preschool center or other similar places of education.
b. A commercial motor vehicle operating upon the public highways of this State shall be equipped with a global positioning system navigation program that shall provide:
(1) information about upcoming highway infrastructure with low vertical clearance and weight restrictions; and
(2) dynamic route directions that account for commercial motor vehicle restrictions based upon the specific height and weight of the commercial motor vehicle when entered by the driver.
2. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.
3. This act shall take effect immediately but shall remain inoperative until 180 days after the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a commercial motor vehicle operating upon the public highways of this State to be equipped with a global positioning system navigation program that provides information about upcoming highway infrastructure with low vertical clearance and weight restrictions and dynamic route directions that account for commercial motor vehicle restrictions.
