Bill Text: NJ A1512 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits historic motor vehicles to be used for pleasure driving one day per week.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee [A1512 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A1512-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Diegnan, Assemblywoman N.Munoz, Assemblymen Prieto, Milam, Giblin and DeAngelo
SYNOPSIS
Permits historic motor vehicles to be used for pleasure driving one day per week.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning historic motor vehicles and amending P.L.1964, c.195.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1964, c.195 (C.39:3-27.3) is amended to read as follows:
As used in this act:
"Historic motor vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle which is at least 25 years old [and which] , is owned as a collector's item, and used [solely] for occasional travel and exhibition and educational purposes by the owner;
["Director" shall mean the Director of Motor Vehicles.]
"Occasional travel" shall mean driving a historic motor vehicle not more than one day per week for other than exhibition and educational purposes.
(cf: P.L.1964, c.195, s. 1)
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month after enactment.
STATEMENT
Under current law, owners of properly registered historic motor vehicles are permitted to operate them solely for exhibition and educational purposes. This bill permits the use of these vehicles also for occasional travel or pleasure driving, which is defined as not more than one day per week.
In order to be designated as an historic motor vehicle, a vehicle must be at least 25 years old and owned as a collector's item.
This bill also removes the definition of Director of Motor Vehicles from the statute as the Motor Vehicle Commission is now led by a chief administrator.
