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A1918
ASSEMBLY, No. 1918
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Assemblyman GARY S. SCHAER
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Murphy
SYNOPSIS
���� Waives certain commercial driver license fees for
veterans and spouses of veterans.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
��
An Act
concerning commercial driver licenses and amending
P.L.1990, c.103.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 22 of P.L.1990,
c.103 (C.39:3-10.30) is amended to read as follows:
���� 22.� Notwithstanding the
provisions of R.S.39:3-14 or any other sections of law which permit or require
the issuance of a driver's license without charge, the required fee for a
commercial driver license examination or learner's permit shall be $35.� A
permit issued before April 1, 1992 shall be valid for a period of two years
from the date of issuance, unless another time period is established for such
permits in federal regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the United
States Department of Transportation.� The permit holder shall have unlimited
testing opportunities consistent with the scheduling obligations of the
[
Division of
Motor Vehicles
]
Motor Vehicle Commission
and the need to provide testing opportunities
to all persons affected by this act.� For an examination or learner's permit
issued on or after April 1, 1992, the
[
director
]
chief
administrator
may limit the permit's validity to a specific length of time
or number of testing opportunities.
���� After the issuance of a
commercial driver license, the examination or learner's permit fee for an
additional endorsement or license class shall be $10 per endorsement or class.
���� In addition to fees for a
basic driver license and any non-commercial endorsement and renewals thereof,
the required fee for a 48-month licensing period shall be $18 for each
commercial driver license and renewal thereof and $2 for each endorsement and renewal
thereof.� In addition, the director shall charge a fee of $6 for a digitized
picture of the licensee.
���� The commercial driver license
shall expire on the last day of the 48th calendar month following the calendar
month in which the license was issued.� However, the
[
director
]
chief
administrator
may, at his discretion, issue licenses and endorsements which
shall expire on a date fixed by him.� The fee for such licenses or endorsements
shall be fixed in amounts proportionately less or greater than the fee
otherwise established.
���� Nothing in this section shall
be construed to alter or change any expiration date on any New Jersey
commercial driver license issued prior to the operative date of P.L.2001, c.391
(C.39:3-10f4 et al.) and, unless a licensee's driving privileges are otherwise
suspended or revoked, except as provided in R.S.39:3-10, the license shall
remain valid until its expiration date.
����
The Chief Administrator of
the Motor Vehicle Commission shall not charge a transfer or licensing fee to a
veteran or his spouse for the transfer of a commercial driver license from the
state in which the veteran or his spouse was previously domiciled.
����
As used in this section,
�veteran� means a person who received an honorable discharge from a branch of
the active or reserve
component of the Armed Forces of
the United States or the National Guard of any state.
(cf:� P.L.2001, c.391, s.6)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the third month following enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill waives certain
commercial driver license fees for a veteran and his or her spouse.�
Specifically, under the provisions of this bill, a veteran or his or her spouse
would not be charged a fee for transferring a commercial driver license from
the state in which the veteran or his or her spouse previously resided.
���� The bill defines �veteran� as
a person who received an honorable discharge from a branch of the active or
reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National
Guard of any state.