Bill Text: NJ S2546 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits sale, purchase, and possession of certain merchandise designed to conceal license plate to evade law enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Substituted by A2969 (1R) [S2546 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2546-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2546

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 27, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  RONALD L. RICE

District 28 (Essex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits sale, purchase, and possession of certain merchandise designed to conceal license plate to evade law enforcement.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning certain merchandise designed to conceal or degrade the legibility of license plates 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 person shall not sell, offer for sale, distribute, transfer, purchase, receive, or possess any merchandise, including but not limited to retractable license plate holders, reflective spray, or anti-photograph license plate covers, knowing that such merchandise is designed or intended to be used to conceal or degrade the legibility of any part of any marking imprinted upon a vehicle's license plate for the purpose of evading law enforcement.  The penalty for a violation of this section shall be a fine not to exceed $500.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on a newspaper that accepts or publishes classified advertising for merchandise that is designed or intended to be used to conceal or degrade the legibility of any part of any marking imprinted upon a vehicle's license plate for the purpose of evading law enforcement.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides that a person is prohibited from selling, offering for sale, distributing, transferring, purchasing, receiving, or possessing any merchandise including, but not limited to, retractable license plate holders, reflective sprays, or anti-photograph license plate covers, knowing that the merchandise was designed or intended to be used to conceal or degrade the legibility of any part of any marking imprinted upon a vehicle's license plate for the purpose of evading law enforcement.  The bill provides that newspapers that accept or publish classified advertising for this type of merchandise are exempt from liability.  The penalty for a violation is a fine not to exceed $500.