Bill Text: NJ A1369 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides red light camera fines are shared with county only when violation occurs on county road.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A1369 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A1369-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LINDA STENDER
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Giblin
SYNOPSIS
Provides red light camera fines are shared with county only when violation occurs on county road.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning traffic control signal monitoring system fines and amending P.L.2009, c.52.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 4 of P.L.2009, c.52 (C.39:4-8.20) is amended to read as follows:
4. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.39:5-41, in the case of a violation of R.S.39:4-81, the evidence of which was captured by a traffic control signal monitoring system installed pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.348 (C.39:4-8.14), the full amount of a fine assessed by a municipal court shall be paid to the financial officer of the municipality in which the offense occurred, unless the governing body of the county has elected to pay one-half of the cost of the installation, maintenance, and administration of the traffic control signal monitoring system, in which case, one-half of the fine amount shall be distributed to the financial officer of the county where the offense occurred if the offense occurred on a county road. Any change in this distribution of revenue shall be applicable only to fines attributable to complaints filed with the municipal court after the date on which applicable notice under subsection b. of this section shall have been received by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
b. A municipality that has installed a traffic control signal monitoring system shall notify the Administrative Office of the Courts when the governing body of a county has agreed to participate in a traffic control signal monitoring system program within its jurisdiction. Such notice shall be applicable to any violation of R.S.39:4-81, evidence of which shall have been captured by a traffic control signal monitoring system within the municipality's jurisdiction.
(cf: P.L.2009, c.52, s.4)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that fines collected for a violation of a traffic control signal, the evidence of which was captured by a traffic control signal monitoring system (red light camera), are to be shared with the county only if the violation occurred on a county road and the county has elected to pay one-half of the cost of the installation, maintenance, and administration of the red light camera.
Currently, the full amount of a fine assessed by a municipal court is paid to the financial officer of the municipality in which the offense occurred, unless the governing body of the county has elected to pay one-half of the costs of the red light camera, in which case, one-half of the fine amount is distributed to the financial officer of the county where the offense occurred.
