Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears honorably discharged veteran's placard issued by MVC.

S3210

SENATE, No. 3210

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED JANUARY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator A.M.Bucco

SYNOPSIS

���� Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of
municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears honorably discharged veteran�s
placard issued by MVC.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning exemption from payment of municipal parking
meter fees by certain persons under certain circumstances, and amending
P.L.2015, c.218.

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

����
1.��� Section 1 of P.L.2015,
c.218 (C.39:4-207.10) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1. �a.� A person who is a disabled veteran or a
recipient of the Purple Heart

or an honorably discharged
veteran

is exempt from the payment of municipal parking meter fees when a motor vehicle

[
owned by the disabled veteran or the Purple Heart
recipient
]
displays disabled veteran's
or Purple Heart license plates or a placard issued by the New Jersey Motor
Vehicle Commission pursuant to the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised
Statutes
[
, unless the vehicle has
been parked in one location for more than 24 hours
]
.� The exemption provided under this subsection shall
apply only when the disabled veteran or recipient of the Purple Heart

or honorably
discharged veteran
to whom the special license plates or placards have
been issued is either the driver
[
,
]
or a passenger
[
,
]
of the
motor
vehicle

and shall not apply when the motor vehicle is parked for more than 24 hours
at one location where the motor vehicle is subject to a municipal parking meter
fee
.

���� b.��� The Chief Administrator of the
New
Jersey
Motor Vehicle Commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of subsection a. of this
section, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968,
c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) , and shall include provisions for the issuance of
disabled veteran's or Purple Heart recipient's

or honorably
discharged veteran�s
placards
by the commission
.

(cf: P.L.2015, c.218, s.1)

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill allows the use of a
placard issued to an honorably discharged veteran to permit a veteran to be
exempt from paying a parking meter fee when driving or traveling as a passenger
in a motor vehicle regardless of the vehicle�s ownership.� The exemption does
not apply to instances when the motor vehicle is parked for more than 24 hours
at one location where the motor vehicle is subject to a fee.

���� Current law permits disabled
veterans and Purple Heart recipients to be exempt from paying parking meter
fees when the disabled veteran�s or Purple Heart recipient�s vehicle is parked
in a single location for a period of no more than 24 hours and the vehicle
displays a disabled veteran or Purple Heart recipient license plate or placard
issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.