Authorizes creation of Student Movement Against Cancer license plates.

A4489

ASSEMBLY, No. 4489

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 24, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes creation of Student Movement Against
Cancer license plates.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

authorizing the creation of Student Movement
Against Cancer license plates and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised
Statutes.

����
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 Student Movement Against Cancer 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 words �Peace Out, Cancer� and an
emblem signifying support for the Student Movement Against Cancer
Inc.
.� The chief administrator shall, in
consultation with the Student Movement Against Cancer
Inc.
, select the design and color scheme of the Student Movement
Against Cancer license plates.� The Student Movement Against Cancer 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 Student Movement Against Cancer license plates shall be made to the chief
administrator on forms and in a 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 New Jersey Motor Vehicle 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 Student Movement Against Cancer 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.� The additional fees required by
this subsection shall be deposited in the �Student Movement Against Cancer
License Plate Fund� created pursuant to subsection c. of this section.

���� c.���� There is created in the
Department of the Treasury a special non-lapsing fund to be known as the
�Student Movement Against Cancer License Plate Fund.�� There shall be deposited
in the fund the amount collected from all license plate fees collected pursuant
to subsection b. of this section, less the amounts necessary to reimburse the
commission for administrative costs pursuant to subsection d. of this section.�
Monies deposited in the fund shall be appropriated annually to the Student
Movement Against Cancer
Inc.
to be used
to support the organization�s mission and programs.� Monies deposited in the
fund shall be held in interest-bearing accounts in public depositories as
defined pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1970, c.236 (C.17:9-41), and may be
invested or reinvested in securities approved by the State Treasurer.� Interest
or other income earned on monies deposited into the fund, and any monies which
may be appropriated or otherwise become available for purposes of the fund,
shall be credited to and deposited in the fund for use as set forth in P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).

���� d.��� Prior to the deposit of
the additional fees collected pursuant to subsection b. of this section into
the �Student Movement Against Cancer License Plate Fund,� amounts thereof as
are necessary shall be used to reimburse the commission for all costs reasonably
and actually incurred, as stipulated by the chief administrator for:�

���� (1)�� designing, producing,
issuing, renewing, and publicizing the availability of the Student Movement
Against Cancer license plates; and

���� (2)�� any computer programming
changes that may be initially necessary to implement the Student Movement
Against Cancer license plate program in an amount not to exceed $150,000.

���� 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 Student Movement
Against Cancer license plates.� The annual certification of the average cost
per license plate shall be approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or
its successor.

���� 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 Student
Movement Against Cancer license plates.

���� e.���� The chief administrator
shall notify eligible motorists of the opportunity to obtain Student Movement
Against Cancer license plates by publicizing the availability of the license
plates on the commission�s website.� The Student Movement Against Cancer
Inc.
and any other individual or entity
designated by the Student Movement Against Cancer
Inc.
, may publicize the availability of the Student Movement
Against Cancer license plates in any manner that the Student Movement Against Cancer

Inc.
deems appropriate.

���� f.���� The chief administrator
and the Student Movement Against Cancer
Inc.

shall develop and enter into a memorandum of agreement setting forth the
procedures to be followed in carrying out their respective responsibilities
under P.L. , c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).

���� g.��� The Student Movement
Against Cancer
Inc.
shall appoint a
representative who shall act as a liaison between the Student Movement Against
Cancer
Inc.
and the commission.� The
liaison shall represent the Student Movement Against Cancer
Inc.
in any and all communications with the
commission regarding the Student Movement Against Cancer license plates
established by P.L. , c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).

����� 2.�� a.�
State or public funds shall not be used by the commission for the initial cost
of: �

����� (1)� designing,
producing, issuing, and publicizing the availability of Student Movement
Against Cancer license plates; or

����� (2)� any
computer programming changes which may be necessary to implement the Student
Movement Against Cancer license plate program established by P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).

����� b.�� The
Student Movement Against Cancer Inc. or an individual or entity designated by
the Student Movement Against Cancer Inc., shall contribute non-public monies in
an amount to be determined by the chief administrator, not to exceed a total of
$25,000, to be used to offset the initial costs incurred by the commission for
designing, producing, issuing, and publicizing the availability of Student
Movement Against Cancer license plates, and any computer programming which may
be necessary to implement the program.� Concerned organizations and individual
donors may contribute monies to the Student Movement Against Cancer Inc. to be
used to offset the initial costs incurred by the commission for the Student
Movement Against Cancer license plates authorized by P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill). �Any amount remaining after the
payment of the initial cost shall be deposited in the �Student Movement Against
Cancer License Plate Fund� established pursuant to subsection c. of section 1
of P.L. , c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).

����� c.�� The
commission shall not begin designing, producing, issuing, or publicizing the
availability of Student Movement Against Cancer license plates, or making any
necessary programming changes, until the following requirements have been met:�

����� (1)� The
Student Movement Against Cancer Inc. or an individual or entity designated by
the Student Movement Against Cancer Inc., has provided the commission with the
non-public monies necessary, as determined by the chief administrator pursuant
to subsection b. of this section, to offset the initial costs incurred by the
commission in establishing the Student Movement Against Cancer license plate
program; and

����� (2)� The
liaison appointed by the Student Movement Against Cancer Inc. pursuant to
subsection g. of section 1 of P.L. , c.
(C. ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill) has provided the commission with not less than 500
completed applications for Student Movement Against Cancer license plates.�
These applications shall constitute the initial order for Student Movement Against
Cancer license plates and shall be accompanied by a fee representing the total
cost of the initial order.� The fee shall be determined by multiplying the
number of sets of license plates being ordered by the applicable initial fee
for each set of license plates as set forth in subsection b. of section 1 of P.L. ,
c. (C. ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill).

���� 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 conditions set forth in paragraphs
(1) and (2) of subsection c. of section 2 of this act have 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 conditions set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection c. of
section 2 of this act are not satisfied by the last day of the 15th month
following enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill authorizes the Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to issue
special Student Movement Against Cancer Inc. (SMAC) license plates.

���� The bill provides that the
design of the SMAC license plate is to display the words �Peace Out, Cancer�
and an emblem signifying support for the SMAC.� The chief administrator, in
consultation with the SMAC, is to select the design and color scheme of the
SMAC 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 SMAC license
plates.� After deducting the cost to implement the license plate program, the
additional fees collected are to be deposited into the �Student Movement
Against Cancer License Plate Fund.�� The proceeds of the fund are to be
annually appropriated to the SMAC to be used to support the organization�s
mission and programs.

���� 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 also
requires that the SMAC appoint a liaison to represent the SMAC in all
communications with the commission regarding the SMAC license plates.

���� The bill provides that State
or other public funds are not to be used by the commission for the initial cost
to implement the SMAC license plate program.� The bill requires the SMAC or an
individual or entity designated by the SMAC to contribute non-public monies,
not to exceed $25,000, to offset the initial costs to design, produce, issue,
and publicize the license plates and for computer programming changes which may
be necessary to implement the program.� The bill authorizes SMAC to receive
funds from private sources to be used to offset the initial costs.

���� The commission is not required
to design, produce, issue, or publicize the availability of the license plates,
until: �(1) the SMAC or the individual or entity designated by the SMAC has
provided the commission with the money necessary to offset the initial costs
incurred by the commission in establishing the license plate program; and (2)
the SMAC liaison has provided the commission with a minimum of 500 completed
applications for the license plates.

���� The provisions of the bill
will remain inoperative until the first day of the 13th month after the
appropriate applications and fees required to offset the initial costs incurred
by the commission are provided by the SMAC.� The bill expires on the last day
of the 15th month after enactment if sufficient applications and fees to offset
the initial costs are not received by that date.