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A2047
ASSEMBLY, No. 2047
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
���� Authorizes creation of registered nurse license
plates.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
authorizing the creation and issuance of
registered nurse license plates and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised
Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� a.� Upon proper
application, the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
shall issue registered nurse license plates for any motor vehicle owned or
leased and registered in this State.� In addition to the registration number
and other markings or identification otherwise prescribed by law, the license
plates shall display the caduceus symbol, along with the words �Registered
Nurse.�� The chief administrator shall select the design and color scheme of
the registered nurse license plates.� The registered nurse license plates shall
be subject to the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes,
except as hereinafter otherwise provided.
���� b.��� Application for issuance
of registered nurse license plates shall be made to the chief administrator in
a form and manner prescribed by the chief administrator.� In order to be deemed
complete, an application shall be accompanied by a fee of $50, payable to the
commission, which shall be in addition to the fees otherwise prescribed by law
for the registration of a motor vehicle.� The chief administrator shall collect
annually, subsequent to the year of issuance of the registered nurse license
plates, a $10 fee for the license plates in addition to the fees otherwise
prescribed by law for the registration of a motor vehicle.�
���� c.��� The chief administrator
shall annually certify to the State Treasurer the average cost per license
plate incurred in the immediately preceding year by the commission in
producing, issuing, renewing, and publicizing the availability of the
registered nurse license plates.� The annual certification of the average cost
per license plate shall be approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or
its successor.
���� d.��� In the event that the
average cost per license plate as certified by the chief administrator and
approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, is greater
than the $50 application fee established in subsection b. of this section in two
consecutive fiscal years, the chief administrator may discontinue the issuance
of registered nurse license plates.
���� e.��� The chief administrator
shall notify eligible motorists of the opportunity to obtain registered nurse
license plates by publicizing the availability of the license plates on the
commission�s website.�
���� 2.��� a.� The Director of the
Division of Budget and Accounting shall specify a State funding source to
offset the initial cost of designing, producing, issuing, and publicizing the
availability of the registered nurse license plates, as well as any computer
programming changes that may be initially necessary to implement the registered
nurse license plate program.
���� b. �The commission shall not
begin designing, producing, issuing, or publicizing the availability of
registered nurse license plates, or making any necessary programming changes,
until the director specifies a State funding source as required by subsection
a. of this section.
���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately but shall remain inoperative until the first day of the 13th
month following the date on which the condition set forth in subsection a. of
section 2 of this act has been satisfied.� The chief administrator may take anticipatory
acts in advance of that date as may be necessary for the timely implementation
of this act.� This act shall expire if the condition set forth in subsection a.
of section 2 of this act is not satisfied by the last day of the 12th month
following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
����� This bill authorizes the Chief Administrator of the
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to issue special registered
nurse license plates.
����� The bill provides that the design of the registered
nurse license plate is to display the caduceus symbol, along with the words
�Registered Nurse.�� The chief administrator is to select the design and color
scheme of the registered nurse license plates.
����� In addition to all fees otherwise required by law for
the registration of a motor vehicle, there is an application fee of $50 and an
annual renewal fee of $10 for the registered nurse license plates.
����� The chief administrator is required to annually
certify the average cost of producing, issuing, renewing, and publicizing the
availability of the specialty license plates.� If the average cost per plate
exceeds $50 in two consecutive fiscal years, the chief administrator may
discontinue the license plate program.�
����� The bill requires the Director of the Division of
Budget and Accounting (director) to determine the source of initial funding for
the costs of the license plate program.�
����� The commission is not required to design, produce,
issue, or publicize the availability of the license plates or make programming
changes until the director specifies the initial funding source.
����� The provisions of the bill will remain inoperative
until the first day of the 13th month after the director specifies the funding
source for the initial costs of the license plate program.� The bill expires on
the last day of the 12th month after enactment if the director does not specify
a funding source.