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S3431
SENATE, No. 3431
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 9, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Senator� PARKER SPACE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Diegnan
SYNOPSIS
���� Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients
from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears veteran�s or
recipient�s special license plate or placard issued by MVC.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
��
An Act
concerning an 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 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 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 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
special license plate or placard issued to a disabled veteran (veteran) or
Purple Heart recipient (recipient) to permit a veteran or recipient to be
exempt from paying a parking meter fee (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.�