Bill Text: NJ A1268 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes that traffic fine overpayments of $5 or less do not have to be refunded.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee [A1268 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1268-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JAMES W. HOLZAPFEL
District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes that traffic fine overpayments of $5 or less do not have to be refunded.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning overpayment of traffic fines and supplementing chapter 5 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Any overpayment to a municipality of a fine, penalty or forfeiture imposed for a violation of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of $5 or less shall not be refunded to the payor. The judge to whom the payment has been made shall forward the overpayment as provided in subsection b. of R.S.39:5-41.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that an overpayment of a traffic fine to a municipality does not have to be refunded to the payor if the overpayment is $5 or less.
Under the bill, the overpayment would be forwarded by the judge to whom it has been paid in the same manner as the fine. Under R.S.39:5-41, the municipality and the county in which the offense occurred each receive half of the fine.
In some instances, persons submit to municipal courts payment for their traffic fines in amounts exceeding the balance due. This bill would assist municipalities in avoiding the administrative difficulties involved in refunding negligible overpayments.
