Bill Text: NJ A1695 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-10-20 - Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Vainieri Huttle) [A1695 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A1695-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1695

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  RONALD S. DANCER

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  NANCY J. PINKIN

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  DAVID P. RIBLE

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman  WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman  ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Coughlin

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the General Assembly on October 20, 2016.

 

An Act concerning motor vehicle lighting and amending P.L.1997, c.374.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 1 of P.L.1997, c.374 (C.39:4-57.1) is amended to read as follows:

     1.    ¹a.¹ The driver of a motor vehicle equipped with an interior light, when stopped by a law enforcement officer [during the period when lighted lamps are required], shall [, upon request of the officer,] activate an interior light of the vehicle in order to illuminate the driver's compartment of the vehicle during the period when lighted lamps are required, or upon request of the officer during the period when lighted lamps are not required.  A fine of ¹[$50] $35¹ shall be imposed upon any person who [purposely refuses] fails to comply with this section.

     ¹b.   The chief administrator shall utilize the Internet and any other available means to promote public awareness that drivers are required to activate the interior light of a motor vehicle during the period when lighted lamps are required, or upon the request of the law enforcement officer during the period when lighted lamps are not required.

     c.¹   As used in this section, "when lighted lamps are required" means the same as set forth in R.S.39:3-46.

(cf: P.L.1997, c.374, s.1)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect ¹[immediately] on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment¹.