Bill Text: NJ S2098 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Exempts hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles from certain labeling requirements.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-09 - Approved P.L.2016, c.89. [S2098 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-S2098-Chaptered.html
An Act concerning fuel cell vehicles and amending P.L.1984, c.55.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1984, c.55 (C.39:3-79.4) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. No person shall drive upon a public highway, road or street a motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this State and powered primarily or secondarily by a compressed or liquified gaseous fuel unless the vehicle is identified with a weather resistant diamond shaped label which may be obtained from the [Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety] New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission or from a gas industry source.
b. A fee may be charged for the label. The amount of the fee shall be established by rule and regulation of the [Director] Chief Administrator of the [Division of Motor Vehicles] New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and shall not exceed the reasonable cost of preparation and distribution.
c. As used in P.L.1984, c.55 (C.39:3-79.4 et seq.), "compressed or liquified gaseous fuel" shall not include a hydrogen fuel cell system used to power a motor vehicle, provided that the fuel cell system is installed by the vehicle manufacturer and the exterior of the vehicle includes a manufacturer-installed badge identifying it as being a fuel cell-powered vehicle.
(cf: P.L.1984, c.55, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill exempts hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles from certain labeling requirements.
Under current law, a vehicle registered or principally garaged in this State and powered primarily or secondarily by a compressed or liquified gaseous fuel is required to be identified with a weather resistant diamond shaped label. The label may be obtained from the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) for a fee, or from a gas industry source.
The bill excludes vehicles powered by a hydrogen fuel cell system from the current labeling requirement if the vehicle manufacturer includes a badge on the vehicle identifying it as being a fuel cell vehicle. The bill does not authorize the MVC to charge a fee since the manufacturer would be responsible for labeling a fuel cell vehicle.
Exempts hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles from certain labeling requirements.
