Bill Text: NJ S88 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: "Mainland Memoriam Act"; directs MVC to create graduated driver's license informational material to be distributed by motor vehicle dealers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-04 - Withdrawn from Consideration [S88 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-S88-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JIM WHELAN
District 2 (Atlantic)
SYNOPSIS
"Mainland Memoriam Act"; directs MVC to create graduated driver's license informational material to be distributed by motor vehicle dealers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning distribution of information on graduated driver's license laws, and supplementing P.L.2003, c.13 (C.39:2A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Mainland Memoriam Act."
b. As used in this section:
"Dealer" means any person engaged in the business of selling or leasing motor vehicles to consumers or other end users and licensed pursuant to R.S.39:10-19.
"Motor vehicle" means the same as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1.
c. (1) The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall create written informational material detailing the laws and conditions applicable to holders of special learner's permits, examination permits, and probationary driver's licenses and post the informational material on the official website of the commission.
(2) At the time of purchase or lease of a motor vehicle, a dealer shall provide, in a manner prescribed by the chief administrator, the written informational material created pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection to a person purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle from the dealer.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month after enactment but the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may take any anticipatory action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) to create and post on the official website of the NJMVC written informational materials detailing the State's graduated driver's license laws. Motor vehicle dealers are required to provide, in a manner prescribed by the chief administrator, the materials to every person buying or leasing a motor vehicle.
This bill is named the "Mainland Memoriam Act" in honor of four Mainland Regional High School football players who were tragically killed in a motor vehicle accident in August 2011.
