Bill Text: NJ S3201 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.*

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-01-19 - Pocket Veto - Bills not Acted on by Governor-end of Session [S3201 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S3201-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 3201

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 19, 2015

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  PETER J. BARNES, III

District 18 (Middlesex)

Senator  JAMES W. HOLZAPFEL

District 10 (Ocean)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Greenstein and Stack

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee on November 16, 2015, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning motor vehicle lighting and amending P.L.1997, c.374.

 

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

 

      1.   Section 1 of P.L.1997, c.374 (C.39:4-57.1) is amended to read as follows:

      1.   The driver of a motor vehicle equipped with an interior light, when stopped by a law enforcement officer [during the period when lighted lamps are required], shall [, upon request of the officer,] activate an interior light of the vehicle in order to illuminate the driver's compartment of the vehicle ¹during the period when lighted lamps are required, or upon request of the officer during the period when lighted lamps are not required¹.  A fine of $50 shall be imposed upon any person who [purposely refuses] fails to comply with this section.

      ¹As used in this section, "when lighted lamps are required" means the same as set forth in R.S.39:3-46.¹

(cf: P.L.1997, c.374, s.1)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.