Bill Text: NJ A4196 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-12-19 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee [A4196 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A4196-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4196

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JUNE 10, 2013

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee on December 16, 2013, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning used authorized emergency vehicles and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  For the purposes of this act:

     ¹[(1) "equipment"] "Equipment"¹ shall include, but not be limited to, handheld spotlights affixed to side mirrors, antennas used for emergency response communication equipment, mobile vision and mobile data terminals, sirens, strobe lights, or any other light with optional strobe functions typically used on an authorized emergency vehicle;

     ¹[(2) "marking"] "Marking"¹ shall include, but not be limited to, any decal, insignia, or striping added to the authorized emergency vehicle by a State or municipal agency, or any other government entity engaged in law enforcement, fire services, or emergency medical  transportation; and

     ¹[(3) "siren"] "Siren"¹ shall include, but not be limited to, an adjustment to the standard horn in a steering wheel.

     b.    Prior to the sale or transfer of an authorized emergency vehicle as defined in R.S.39:1-1, to a person or an entity other than a State or municipal agency, or any other government entity engaged in law enforcement, fire services, or emergency medical transportation, any equipment or marking that would identify the vehicle as an authorized emergency vehicle shall be removed.

     c.    The Attorney General shall issue guidelines or directives for the enforcement of this act.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment, but the Attorney General may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.