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A2335
ASSEMBLY, No. 2335
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Murphy, Morales and Speight
SYNOPSIS
���� Exempts customer with account for electronic toll
collection system, commonly known as E-ZPass, from certain fees if motor
vehicle is stolen.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
��
An Act
concerning the electronic toll collection
equipment and amending P.L.1997, c.59 and P.L.2011, c.1.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 6 of P.L.1997,
c.59 (C.27:23-34.1) is amended to read as follows:
���� 6.��� As used in sections 6
through 10 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:23-34.1 through C.27:23-34.5)
and section
3 of P.L.2011, c.1 (C.27:23-34.6)
:
���� "Authority" means
the New Jersey Turnpike Authority established by section 3 of P.L.1948, c.454
(C.27:23-3).
����
"Electronic toll collection
system" means the electronic system employed or utilized by the authority
to register and collect the toll required to be paid for a vehicle entering a
toll plaza owned or operated by, or upon the behalf of, the authority.
���� "Lessee" means any
person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association or organization
that rents, leases or contracts for the use of a vehicle and has exclusive use
of the vehicle for any period of time.
���� "Lessor" means any
person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association or organization
engaged in the business of renting or leasing vehicles to any lessee under a
rental agreement, lease or other contract that provides the lessee with the
exclusive use of the vehicle for any period of time.
���� "Operator" means the
term "operator" as defined in R.S.39:1-1.
���� "Owner" means the
term "owner" as defined in R.S.39:1-1.
���� "Toll collection
monitoring system" means a vehicle sensor, placed in a location to work in
conjunction with a toll collection facility, that produces one or more
photographs, one or more microphotographs, a videotape or other recorded
images, or a written record, of a vehicle at the time the vehicle is used or
operated in a violation of the toll collection monitoring system regulations.�
The term shall also include any other process that identifies a vehicle by
photographic, electronic or other method.
���� "Toll collection
monitoring system regulations" means the regulations authorized and
adopted pursuant to section 7 of cf: P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:23-34.2) that
prohibit a vehicle from making use of any project except upon the payment of
such tolls as may from time to time be prescribed by the authority and that
further makes it a violation subject to a civil penalty for any person to
refuse to pay, to evade, or to attempt to evade the payment of such tolls, if
the violation is recorded by a toll collection monitoring system as defined in
this section.
���� "Vehicle" means the
term "vehicle" as defined in R.S.39:1-1.
(cf: P.L.2003, c.79, s.36)
���� 2.��� Section 3 of P.L.2011,
c.1 (C.27:23-34.6) is amended to read as follows:
���� 3.�� a.�� A customer who has
an account with a New Jersey electronic toll collection system, subject to
sections 6 through 10 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:23-34.1 through C.27:23-34.5),
and who reports in a timely manner to the operator of the electronic toll
collection system the loss or theft of an electronic vehicle identification
system transponder
or the theft of a motor vehicle containing the customer�s
electronic vehicle identification system transponder
shall not be liable
for:
���� (1)�� unauthorized charges of
$50 or more incurred prior to the reporting of the transponder as lost or
stolen
or the motor vehicle as stolen
; or
���� (2)�� unauthorized charges
incurred after the reporting of the transponder as lost or stolen
or the
motor vehicle as stolen
.
���� b.��� When a customer reports
in a timely manner to the operator of the electronic toll collection system the
theft of a transponder
or a motor vehicle containing the customer�s
transponder
and submits to the operator a copy of the police report of the
theft, the customer shall not be charged any fees for the stolen transponder or
for a replacement transponder.
(cf: P.L.2011, c.1, s.3)
���� 3.��� Section 11 of P.L.1997,
c.59 (C.27:25A-21.1) is amended to read as follows:
���� 11.� As used in sections 11
through 15 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:25A-21.1 through C.27:25A-21.5)
and
section 4 of P.L.2011, c.1 (C.27:25A-21.6)
:
���� "Authority" means
the South Jersey Transportation Authority established by section 4 of P.L.1991,
c.252 (C.27:25A-4).
����
"Electronic toll
collection system" means the electronic system employed or utilized by the
authority to register and collect the toll required to be paid for a vehicle
entering a toll plaza owned or operated by, or upon the behalf of, the authority.
���� "Lessee" means any
person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association or organization
that rents, leases or contracts for the use of a vehicle and has exclusive use
of the vehicle for any period of time.
���� "Lessor" means any
person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association or organization
engaged in the business of renting or leasing vehicles to any lessee under a
rental agreement, lease or other contract that provides the lessee with the
exclusive use of the vehicle for any period of time.
���� "Operator" means the
term "operator" as defined in R.S.39:1-1.
���� "Owner" means the
term "owner" as defined in R.S.39:1-1.
���� "Toll collection
monitoring system" means a vehicle sensor, placed in a location to work in
conjunction with a toll collection facility, that produces one or more
photographs, one or more microphotographs, a videotape or other recorded
images, or a written record, of a vehicle at the time the vehicle is used or
operated in a violation of the toll collection monitoring system regulations.�
The term shall also include any other process that identifies a vehicle by
photographic, electronic or other method.
���� "Toll collection
monitoring system regulations" means the regulations authorized and
adopted pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:25A-21.2) that prohibit
a vehicle from making use of any project except upon the payment of such tolls
as may from time to time be prescribed by the authority and that further makes
it a violation subject to a civil penalty for any person to refuse to pay, to
evade, or to attempt to evade the payment of such tolls, if the violation is
recorded by a toll collection monitoring system as defined in this section.
���� "Vehicle" means the
term "vehicle" as defined in R.S.39:1-1.
(cf: P.L.2003, c.79, s.46)
���� 4.��� Section 4 of P.L.2011,
c.1 (C.27:25A-21.6) is amended to read as follows:
���� 4.��� a.�� A customer who has
an account with a New Jersey electronic toll collection system, subject to
sections 11 through 15 of P.L.1997, c.59 (C.27:25A-21.1 through C.27:25A-21.5),
and who reports in a timely manner to the operator of the electronic toll
collection system the loss or theft of an electronic vehicle identification
system transponder
or the theft of a motor vehicle containing the customer�s
electronic vehicle identification system transponder
shall not be liable
for:
���� (1)�� unauthorized charges of
$50 or more incurred prior to the reporting of the transponder as lost or
stolen
or the motor vehicle as stolen
; or
���� (2)�� unauthorized charges
incurred after the reporting of the transponder as lost or stolen
or the
motor vehicle as stolen
.
���� b.��� When a customer reports
in a timely manner to the operator of the electronic toll collection system the
theft of a transponder
or a motor vehicle containing the customer�s
transponder
and submits to the operator a copy of the police report of the
theft, the customer shall not be charged any fees for the stolen transponder or
for a replacement transponder.
(cf: P.L.2011, c.1, s.4)
���� 5.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the 13th month following enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill exempts a customer
who has an account with a New Jersey electronic toll collection system,
commonly known as E�ZPass, and reports in a timely manner the theft of a motor
vehicle containing the customer�s electronic vehicle identification system
transponder (transponder) from liability for: 1) unauthorized charges of $50 or
more incurred prior to reporting the motor vehicle as stolen; or 2) unauthorized
charges incurred after the reporting of the motor vehicle as stolen.� The bill
prohibits a customer who reports the theft of a motor vehicle containing the
customer�s transponder in a timely manner and submits to the operator a copy of
the police report of the theft, from being charged any fees for the stolen
transponder or for a replacement transponder.
���� Under current law, a customer
who has an E-ZPass account may only be exempt from unauthorized charges and the
replacement fees for a transponder if the transponder is reported stolen or
lost.�
���� The bill also defines �Electronic
toll collection system� as the electronic system employed or utilized by the
New Jersey Turnpike Authority or South Jersey Transportation Authority to
register and collect the toll required to be paid for a vehicle entering a toll
plaza owned or operated by, or upon the behalf of, the New Jersey Turnpike
Authority or South Jersey Transportation Authority.