Bill Text: NJ S717 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 717

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)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Madden, Whelan, Gordon, Beck, Stack and Ruiz

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides for indication of veteran status on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by MVC.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on March 4, 2013, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning ¹the display of¹ veteran status on driver's licenses and ¹identification cards issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission,¹ supplementing chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes ¹and amending P.L.1980, c.47¹.

 

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

 

     1.    ¹(New section)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.

 

     ¹2.   Section 2 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.3) is amended to read as follows:

     2.    a.  The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall issue an identification card to any resident of the State who is 14 years of age or older and who is not the holder of a valid permit or basic driver's license. The identification card shall attest to the true name, correct age , and veteran status, upon submission of satisfactory proof, by any veteran, and shall contain other identifying data as certified by the applicant for such identification card. Every application for an identification card shall be signed and verified by the applicant and shall be accompanied by the written consent of at least one parent or the person's legal guardian if the person is under 17 years of age and shall be supported by such documentary evidence of the age [and] , identity , and veteran status, or blindness, disability, or handicap, of such person as the chief administrator may require. In addition to requiring an applicant for an identification card to submit satisfactory proof of identity [and] , age, and, if appropriate, veteran status, the chief administrator also shall require the applicant to provide, as a condition for obtaining the card, satisfactory proof that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under federal law.  If the chief administrator has reasonable cause to suspect that any document presented by an applicant as proof of identity, age , veteran status, or legal residency is altered, false or otherwise invalid, the chief administrator shall refuse to grant the identification card until such time as the document may be verified by the issuing agency to the chief administrator's satisfaction.

     b.    The designation of veteran status on an identification card 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.

     c.     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, section 672 or section 12301, of the United States Code.¹

(cf: P.L.2011, c.47, s.3)

 

     ¹[2.] 3.¹     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.