Bill Text: NJ S717 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for indication of veteran status on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by MVC.*
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-08-19 - Substituted by A691/2030 (ACS) [S717 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S717-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator KEVIN J. O'TOOLE
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Senator ANTHONY R. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
Requires driver's licenses to indicate veteran status.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning veteran status on driver's licenses and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. In addition to the requirements for the form and content of a motor vehicle driver's license under R.S.39:3-10 and a probationary license issued under section 4 of P.L.1950, c.127 (C.39:3-13.4), the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall, upon submission of satisfactory proof, designate on an initial license, renewal license, or probationary license, as appropriate, that the license holder is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States of America. The designation of veteran status on an initial license, renewal license, or probationary license shall not be deemed sufficient valid proof of veteran status for official governmental purposes when any other statute, or any regulation or other directive of a governmental entity, requires documentation of veteran status.
b. For the purpose of this section:
"Veteran" means a person who has been honorably discharged from the active military service of the United States; and "Satisfactory proof" means a copy of form DD-214 or federal activation orders showing service under Title 10, subsection 672 or subsection 12301, of the United States Code.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the 18th month after enactment, but the chief administrator may take such anticipatory acts in advance of that date as may be necessary for the timely implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission, upon submission of satisfactory proof, to designate on an individual's driver's license that the individual is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces.
The bill provides that satisfactory proof of an individual's veteran status means a copy of form DD-214 or federal activation orders showing service under subsections 672 or 12301 of Title 10 of the United States Code and specifies that the designation of veteran status shall not be deemed sufficient valid proof of veteran status for official governmental purposes when any other statute, or any regulation or other directive of a governmental entity requires documentation of veteran status.
