Bill Text: NJ A2990 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits sale of motorcycles on Sunday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-10 - Substituted by S1923 (3R) [A2990 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A2990-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2990

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 24, 2010

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  REED GUSCIORA

District 15 (Mercer)

Assemblyman  WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  CARIDAD RODRIGUEZ

District 33 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Milam, Fuentes, Caputo, Assemblywoman Tucker, Assemblymen Conaway, Schaer, Assemblywoman Riley, Assemblyman Greenwald, Assemblywomen Voss, Spencer, Assemblymen Albano, Wisniewski, Chivukula, Giblin, Burzichelli, Ramos, Assemblywoman Quigley, Assemblymen Wilson, O'Donnell, Prieto and Rudder

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits sale of motorcycles on Sunday.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee on November 15, 2010, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning motorcycle sales, supplementing chapter 10 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, and amending P.L.1999, c.90.

 

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

 

     1.    (New section)  Any dealer ¹engaged in the business of selling motorcycles and¹ licensed pursuant to R.S.39:10-19 ¹and who holds a franchise from a manufacturer of new motorcycles¹ may engage in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging motorcycles in this State on any day of the week ¹, except that such a dealer shall not be permitted to engage in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging motorcycles on a Sunday in any county where Sunday sales are prohibited pursuant to sections 14 through 18 of P.L.1999, c.90 (C.40A:64-1 et seq.)¹.  Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect the sale of automobiles, nor shall it be construed to require a dealer to conduct business on any particular day of the week.

 

     2.    Section 4 of P.L.1999, c.90 (C.2C:33-26) is amended to read as follows:

     4.    ¹[A] Except as provided in section 1 of P.L.    , c.    (C.   ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), a¹ person who engages in the business of buying, selling ¹,¹ or exchanging [motor vehicles] ¹[automobiles] motor vehicles¹ or who opens a place of business and attempts to engage in such conduct on a Sunday commits a disorderly persons offense.  The first offense is punishable by a fine not to exceed ¹[$100.00] $100¹ or imprisonment for a period of not more than 10 days or both; the second offense is punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment for a period of not more than 30 days or both; the third or each subsequent offense is punishable by a fine of ¹[$750.00] $750¹ or imprisonment for a period of six months or both.  If the person is a licensed dealer in new or used motor vehicles in this State, under the provisions of chapter 10, Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, the person shall also be subject to suspension or revocation of his dealer's license to engage in the business of buying, selling¹,¹ or exchanging ¹[in]¹ motor vehicles in this State as provided in Title 39, chapter 10 ¹[, section 10]¹, section 20, for violation of this statute. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person from accepting a deposit to secure the sale of a recreational vehicle, as defined in section 1 of P.L.1999, c.284 (C.54:4-1.18), at an off-site sale authorized
pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2005, c.351 (C.39:10-19.2), on a Sunday.  Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit a dealer, ¹engaged in the business of selling motorcycles and¹ licensed pursuant to R.S.39:10-19, ¹and who holds a franchise from a manufacturer of new motorcycles¹ from engaging in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging motorcycles on a Sunday ¹, except that such a dealer shall be prohibited from engaging in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging motorcycles on a Sunday in a county where Sunday sales are prohibited pursuant to sections 14 through 18 of P.L.1999, c.90 (C.40A:64-1 et seq.) and for a violation of this prohibition shall be subject to the penalties provided in this section for the buying, selling, or exchanging motor vehicles on a Sunday¹.  As used in this section, the terms "dealer," ¹["automobile,"] "motor vehicle,"¹ and "motorcycle" shall have the meaning set forth in R.S.39:1-1.

(cf: P.L.2005, c.351, s.5)

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.