Bill Text: NJ A3018 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes time limit for issuance of warrant for certain motor vehicle violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee [A3018 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A3018-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 3018

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 16, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  RONALD S. DANCER

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes time limit for issuance of warrant for certain motor vehicle violations.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning certain motor vehicle violations and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    In the case of a non-moving motor vehicle violation, if the municipal court fails, within three years of the date of the violation to issue a warrant for the defendant's arrest, a warrant shall not be issued thereafter.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill establishes a time limit for the issuance of a warrant for certain motor vehicle violations.

     Specifically, under the provisions of this bill, if the municipal court fails within three years of the date of a non-moving motor vehicle violation to issue a warrant for the defendant's arrest, a warrant may not be issued thereafter.

     Under current law, there is no time limit for issuing a warrant for the defendant's arrest resulting from a non-moving motor vehicle violation.