Bill Text: NJ S2546 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-12 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee [S2546 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-S2546-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Holzapfel
SYNOPSIS
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning operations at New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission agencies 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. For purposes of this section, "vehicle and licensing services" shall include, but not be limited to: providing a change of address; and obtaining the issuance or renewal of basic driver's licenses, examination permits, special learner's permits, probationary driver's licenses, identification cards, registration certificates, motor vehicle certificates of ownership, including transfers of ownership, and motor vehicle license plates.
b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall provide both vehicle and licensing services at each commission agency location and shall allow these services to be completed in-person at each commission agency location. The commission shall not require a customer to complete vehicle and licensing services online.
c. At each commission agency location, the commission shall provide service to walk-in customers seeking vehicle and licensing services and shall not require an appointment for such services.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month after enactment, but the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may take anticipatory actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to provide both vehicle and licensing services at each commission agency location and to allow these services to be completed in-person at each agency. The bill also requires that, at each commission agency location, the commission provide service to walk-in customers seeking vehicle and licensing services.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the commission designated each commission agency location as either a licensing center or vehicle center, required appointments for certain services, and required certain services to be completed online. The commission continues to operate in this manner, which in certain circumstances, requires customers to travel a great distance or make multiple appointments to obtain service. This bill requires the commission to operate as it did prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and to offer both vehicle and licensing services at each agency location, allow walk-in customers to obtain service, and allow customers to obtain service at each agency rather than requiring certain services to be completed online.
