Bill Text: NJ S2335 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

New Jersey Senate Bill 2335 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Provides emergency vehicle exemption for vehicle spot lamps. *

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-30 - Substituted by A3253 (2R) [S2335 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-S2335-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2335

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Sponsored by:

Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

Provides emergency vehicle exemption for vehicle spot lamps.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee on January 14, 2013, with amendments.

An Act concerning ¹[spotlights] vehicle spot lamps¹ and amending R.S.39:3-53.

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

1. R.S.39:3-53 is amended to read as follows:

39:3-53. ¹[Any] A¹ motor vehicle may be equipped with ¹[not to exceed] no more than¹ one spot lamp ¹,¹ but the use of any such spot lamp for driving purposes is prohibited and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used so as not to be ¹[dazzling] distracting¹ or glaring to any person. ¹[The limitation on the number of spot lamps set forth in this section] The provisions of this section¹ shall not apply to ¹[any]¹ emergency ¹[services] service¹ vehicles ¹, including, but not limited to,¹ law enforcement vehicles, ambulances, and official fire department vehicles ¹, or to vehicles used for a safety service patrol or emergency service patrol program operated by the Department of Transportation, a private entity under contract with the department, or through the use of a public-private partnership or demonstration project¹.