Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.

A1157

ASSEMBLY, No. 1157

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA

District 34 (Essex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Sampson, Inganamort, Assemblywoman Speight,
Assemblymen Hutchison, Karabinchak, Assemblywomen Fantasia, Murphy, Flynn,
Assemblymen Stanley, Rodriguez, Miller and Assemblywoman Carter

SYNOPSIS

���� Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters
and members of first aid or rescue squads.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act
concerning specialty licenses plates for firefighters
and members of first aid or rescue squads and amending P.L.1977, c.369.

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

���� 1.� Section 1 of P.L.1977,
c.369 (C.39:3-27.8) is amended as follows:

���� 1.��� Upon the application of
any person who is a compensated, partially compensated or volunteer member of
any fire department in this State, the
[
director
]

Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
may issue for a
motor vehicle owned or leased by
[
such
]

the

person, or owned by the spouse or parent thereof, or owned by a business firm
of which
[
such
]

the

person is the principal owner or stockholder a license plate bearing a Maltese
Cross and the letters "F.D."�� The design and color for
[
such
]

the

plate shall be approved by the
[
director
]

chief
administrator
.

���� Upon the application of any
person who is a compensated, partially compensated or volunteer member of any
first aid or rescue squad in this State, the
[
director
]

chief
administrator
may issue for a motor vehicle owned or leased by
[
such
]

the

person, or owned by the spouse or parent thereof, or owned by a business firm
of which
[
such
]

the

person is the principal owner or stockholder a special license plate.� The
design for
[
such
]

the

plate shall be approved by the
[
director
]

chief
administrator
.

(cf: P.L.1983, c.74, s.1)

���� 2.��� Section 2 of P.L.1977,
c.369 (C.39:3-27.9) is amended as follows:

���� 2.
a.
The special plate
authorized by
[
this
act
]

P.L.1977,
c.369 (C.39:3-27.8 et seq.)
may be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the
[
director
]

chief
administrator
, that the applicant is presently a bona fide member of a fire
fighting department or first aid or rescue squad in this State.�
[
The fee for
such plate shall be $15.00 in addition to the
]

There shall be no additional fee imposed for the special plate, except for
any
fees otherwise prescribed by law for the registration of
[
such
]

the

motor vehicle.

�����
b. An individual issued a
special plate pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be required to
annually renew the special plate.� The renewal shall require submission of
proof, as determined by the

chief administrator, that
demonstrates that the individual remains a bona fide
member of a fire fighting department or first aid or
rescue squad in this State.

(cf: P.L.1979, c. 447, s. 2)

���� 3.��� Section 3 of P.L.1977,
c.369 (C.39:3-27.10) is amended as follows:

���� 3.��� Any person lawfully in
possession of
[
such
]

the

special plate who resigns, is removed or otherwise terminates or is terminated
from his association with
[
such
]

the

fire department or first aid or rescue squad, shall return
[
such
]

the

special plate to the
[
division
]

commission

within 15 days.

(cf: P.L.1979, c.447, s.3)

���� 4.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill eliminates the fee
imposed by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission for the issuance of a
special license plate for any person who is a compensated, partially
compensated, or volunteer member of any fire department in this State
(firefighter) or any person who is a compensated, partially compensated, or
volunteer member of any first aid or rescue squad in this State. ��������� Under
current law, firefighters and members of any first aid or rescue squad in this
State may apply for and receive the special license plate, which costs $15 in
addition to other fees prescribed by law for the registration of the
firefighter�s or member�s vehicle. ��� This bill would allow firefighters and
members of any first aid or rescue squad in this State to apply for and receive
the special license plate for no additional cost, except for any fees
prescribed by law for the registration of the firefighter�s or member�s
vehicle. An individual is to annually renew the special plate. As part of the
renewal, proof is to be submitted that demonstrates the individual remains a
bona fide member of a fire fighting department or first aid or rescue squad in
New Jersey.