Bill Text: NJ A3319 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits State departments and agencies from charging a fee to an applicant solely to correct clerical errors on any application form.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)

Status: (Passed) 2014-01-17 - Approved P.L.2013, c.258. [A3319 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A3319-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 3319

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JOHN J. BURZICHELLI

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblyman  RUBEN J. RAMOS, JR.

District 33 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits State departments and agencies from charging a fee to an applicant solely to correct clerical errors on any application form.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning certain fees charged by State departments and agencies and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.  Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a State department, agency, board, bureau, authority, office, or any other entity or instrumentality thereof, shall not impose a fee, fine, or penalty on any applicant who has completed and submits an application for a permit, certificate, or any other purpose, when that fee or penalty is imposed solely to correct clerical errors made by the applicant on the application.  Nothing herein shall be construed to impair the State entity's ability to impose any fee, fine or penalty permitted by law or regulation on any applicant due to the applicant's provision of false, misleading, or fraudulent information on an application completed and submitted for a permit, certificate, or any other purpose.   

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill prohibits State government departments and agencies, and any other State entities, from imposing a fee, fine, or penalty on any applicant when it is imposed solely to correct clerical errors made by the applicant on an application for a permit, certificate, or any other purpose.  However, the bill would maintain the State entity's ability to impose any fee, fine or penalty that is permitted by law or regulation on any applicant due to the applicant's provision of false, misleading, or fraudulent information on an application for a permit, certificate, or any other purpose.

     This bill implements one of the recommendations made by the Red Tape Review Commission in its February 2012 report.