Bill Text: NJ A2113 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits use of State funds to lease or purchase certain motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A2113 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2113-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman REED GUSCIORA
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits use of State funds to lease or purchase certain motor vehicles.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act prohibiting the use of State funds to lease or purchase certain motor vehicles and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, State funds shall not be used directly, or under the terms of any contract with, or grant to, any public agency or nonprofit entity, to lease or purchase any motor vehicle having a value that exceeds the average price of a new passenger car in the United States during the immediately preceding calendar year, if personal use thereof that constitutes a taxable noncash fringe benefit under the federal Internal Revenue Code is to be permitted.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The purpose of this bill is to prevent State funds from being used to lease or purchase luxury vehicles for the personal use of public officials or officers or employees of nonprofit organizations that receive State grants. The bill prohibits State funds from being used directly, or under the terms of any contract with, or grant to, any public agency or nonprofit entity, to lease or purchase any motor vehicle that has a value in excess of the average price of a new car during the preceding calendar year, if personal use of the car that constitutes a taxable noncash fringe benefit under the federal Internal Revenue Code is to be permitted.
