Bill Text: NJ A5309 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempts veterans from non-driver identification card fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee [A5309 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A5309-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE CHAPARRO
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Conaway, Andrzejczak, Land and Chiaravalloti
SYNOPSIS
Exempts veterans from non-driver identification card fees.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning non-driver identification cards and amending P.L.1980, c.47.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 6 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.7) is amended to read as follows:
6. a. The chief administrator shall charge fees as follows:
Identification Card, Original $18
Identification Card, Duplicate $5
Identification Card, Renewal $18
Digitized picture $6, in addition
to the fees
required above
b. The chief administrator:
(1) may waive the fees established under subsection a. of this section for a homeless person who submits proof of temporary residence through a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless where the person is temporarily residing; and
(2) shall waive, upon request, the fees established under subsection a. of this section for a veteran who submits satisfactory proof of veteran status.
c. For the purposes of this section[,] :
"homeless person" means a person without a domicile who is unable to secure permanent and stable housing as determined by a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.48 (C.55:13C-1 et seq.);
"satisfactory proof" means a copy of form DD-214, a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or any other separation form approved or adopted by a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
"veteran" means a person who has been honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active military service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(cf: P.L.2016, c.99, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to waive, upon request, the non-driver identification card initial, duplicate, renewal, and digitized picture fees for veterans. Under the bill, a veteran is required to submit satisfactory proof of veteran status for the fees to be waived. The bill defines a "veteran" as a person who has been honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active military service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States.
