Bill Text: NJ A2107 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-01-09 - Approved P.L.2016, c.99. [A2107 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A2107-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2107

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  RAJ MUKHERJI

District 33 (Hudson)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Singleton and Assemblywoman Quijano

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning non-driver identification cards and amending P.L.1980, c.47. 

 

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

 

     1.    Section 6 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.7) is amended to read as follows: 

     6.    a. The [Division of Motor Vehicles] chief administrator shall charge fees as follows:

     Identification Card, Original                                             $18

     Identification Card, Duplicate                                           $5

     Identification Card, Renewal                                            $18

     Digitized picture                                                    $6, in addition

                                                                                    to the fees

                                                                                    required above

     b.    The chief administrator shall waive the fees established under subsection a. of this section for a homeless person who submits proof of temporary residence through a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless where the person is temporarily residing.  For the purposes of this section, "homeless person" means a person without a domicile who is unable to secure permanent and stable housing as determined by a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.48 (C.55:13C-1 et seq.). 

(cf: P.L.2001, c.391, s.8)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

    

     This bill allows homeless people to obtain, duplicate, or renew a non-driver identification card without paying fees to the Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC).  In order for the fee to be waived, a homeless person would be required to submit proof of temporary residence through a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless where the person is temporarily residing. 

     Residents who are 14 years of age and older may apply to the MVC for a non-driver identification card. The card is issued solely for the purpose of providing identification and is not a license to drive.