Bill Text: NJ A2460 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee [A2460 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2460-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANGELICA M. JIMENEZ
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Assemblyman CHARLES MAINOR
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Garcia
SYNOPSIS
Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning certain exemptions from payment of license fees for professional and occupational licenses for veterans and their spouses and supplementing P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in this act:
"Board" means a professional or occupational board designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15) that issues a professional or occupational license, certificate of registration, or certification.
"Veteran" means a person who received an honorable discharge from a branch of the active or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state.
2. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a board shall not charge a license fee for the issuance of a license to an applicant who is a veteran or the spouse of a veteran if that applicant holds a current license to practice the profession or occupation in another jurisdiction that the board determines has licensure requirements to practice the profession or occupation that are equivalent, or substantially equivalent, as the case may be, to those adopted by the board.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that the several professional and occupational licensing boards in the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall not charge a license fee to a veteran or the spouse of a veteran when granting that veteran or spouse, on the basis of reciprocity, a license to practice in New Jersey. In each such instance, the board has determined that the veteran or spouse holds a current license to practice the profession or occupation in another jurisdiction that the board determines has licensure requirements to practice the profession or occupation that are equivalent, or substantially equivalent, to those adopted by the board.
The bill defines "veteran" as a person who received an honorable discharge from a branch of the active or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state.
