Bill Text: NJ A4623 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires study of program allowing community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-16 - Substituted by S3015 [A4623 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A4623-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 4623

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 15, 2017

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  SHAVONDA E. SUMTER

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  SHEILA Y. OLIVER

District 34 (Essex and Passaic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires study of program allowing community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning motor vehicle surcharges.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  The Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury and the Motor Vehicle Commission, shall conduct a study to determine whether a program allowing persons to perform community service in lieu of the payment of a motor vehicle surcharge can be administered efficiently and the impact the program would have on surcharge revenue and the State's bond and budgetary obligations when the person is:

     (1)   unemployed;

     (2)   unable to pay a motor vehicle surcharge levied pursuant to paragraph (1), subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2), or paragraph (3) of subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1983, c.65 (C.17:29A-35); and

     (3)   enrolled in a job training or education program, or in the process of applying for a commercial driver license or endorsement. 

     b.    The department shall examine the number of likely applicants to the program, the financial implications the number of likely applicants would have on the State's ability to meet bond obligations pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1983, c.65 (C.17:29A-35), and the number of counties and municipalities that likely would participate in the program. 

     c.     The department shall prepare a report on its findings, and the report shall be submitted to the Governor within six months of the effective date of this act.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury and the Motor Vehicle Commission, to study a program allowing community service as an alternative to paying motor vehicle surcharges under certain circumstances. 

     Specifically, the bill requires this study to determine the administrative efficiency of a program that allows persons to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges when the person is:

     (1)   unemployed;

     (2)   unable to pay certain motor vehicle surcharges; and 

     (3)   enrolled in a job training or education program, including applying for a commercial driver license or endorsement. 

     The study also is to determine the impact of the program on surcharge revenue and the State's bond and budgetary obligations. 

     The bill requires the study to be completed and submitted to the Governor within six months.