Bill Text: NJ A2525 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires State to offer surplus State Police vehicles to certain volunteer fire and emergency service organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-04 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee [A2525 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A2525-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires State to offer surplus State Police vehicles to certain volunteer fire and emergency service organizations.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning used State Police vehicles and supplementing Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Whenever a surplus State Police vehicle becomes available to be sold at public auction, the Department of the Treasury shall provide notice of availability to each volunteer fire company; volunteer fire police association; volunteer first aid, ambulance, or rescue squad; and volunteer search and rescue squad in the State. Each volunteer company, association, or squad shall be afforded the opportunity to request that ownership be transferred to it. In the event that multiple volunteer companies, associations, or squads request a vehicle, a lottery shall be held and the winning company, association, or squad shall be granted the vehicle at no cost. In the event that only one company, association, or squad requests a vehicle, the vehicle shall be granted at no cost to that company, association, or squad.
b. The Department of the Treasury shall develop a plan for the distribution of vehicles and the notification of volunteer fire companies; fire police associations; first aid, ambulance, or rescue squads; and search and rescue squads.
c. The State shall not be liable for any damages that may result from the use or operation of any transferred vehicle.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month after enactment.
STATEMENT
The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to donate surplus police vehicles to volunteer fire companies; fire police associations; first aid, ambulance, or rescue squads; and search and rescue squads.
The Department of the Treasury is required to notify eligible volunteer organizations when a surplus State Police vehicle is available. The volunteer organization may request that ownership be transferred to it. If a request is made by more than one organization, a lottery will be held and the vehicle will be donated to the winner of the lottery. The bill specifies that these vehicles are to be transferred at no cost to the volunteer organizations.
