Bill Text: NJ A3839 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires signs displaying clear instructions be posted in vicinity of parking meters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-23 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A3839 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A3839-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman AMY H. HANDLIN
District 13 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Requires signs displaying clear instructions be posted in vicinity of parking meters.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning parking meters and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes and P.L.1948, c.198 (C.40:11A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Each county or municipality that installs parking meters pursuant to the provisions of subsection c. of R.S.39:4-8 shall conspicuously post and maintain, in the vicinity of the parking meters, durable and legible signs that display instructions which a motor vehicle operator shall follow in order to avoid a fine or penalty for a parking violation. The instructions shall clearly identify the times and days when a motor vehicle operator is required to deposit a token, ticket, or money in a meter and any other information including, but not limited to, whether a parking receipt is required to be displayed in the motor vehicle's windshield and the appropriate location for displaying the parking receipt. The chief administrator shall prescribe the design, type, and placement of the sign authorized under this section.
2. A parking authority established pursuant to P.L.1948, c.198 (C.40:11A-1 et seq.) that installs parking meters shall conspicuously post and maintain, in the vicinity of the parking meters, durable and legible signs that display instructions which a motor vehicle operator shall follow in order to avoid a fine or penalty for a parking violation. The instructions shall clearly identify the times and days when a motor vehicle operator is required to deposit a token, ticket, or money in a meter and any other information including, but not limited to, whether a parking receipt is required to be displayed in the motor vehicle's windshield and the appropriate location for displaying the parking receipt. The Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission shall prescribe the design, type, and placement of the sign authorized under this section.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month following enactment, but the chief administrator may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires all counties, municipalities and parking authorities that install parking meters to post and maintain, in the vicinity of the parking meters, signs that display instructions which a motor vehicle operator is required to follow in order to avoid a fine or penalty for a parking violation. The instructions are to identify the times and days when a motor vehicle operator is required to deposit money or a token in a meter and any other information including, but not limited to, whether a parking receipt is required to be displayed in the motor vehicle's windshield and the appropriate location for displaying the receipt.
The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is to prescribe the design, type, and placement of the signs required under the bill.
