Bill Text: NJ A814 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

New Jersey Assembly Bill 814

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires truck and van rental companies to photograph authorized user.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee [A814 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-A814-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 814

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

Requires truck and van rental companies to photograph authorized user.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

An Act concerning certain rental vehicles and supplementing P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).

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

1. a. As used in this section:

"Rental company" means a person engaged in the business of renting trucks or vans.

"Rental truck or van" means a truck, semitrailer, or van that is rented without a driver and used in the transportation of persons or property other than commercial freight.

"User" means a person who is authorized to operate a rental truck or van.

b. A rental company shall photograph any user prior to delivery of the rental truck or van to the user. The rental company shall file and retain the user photograph securely for at least 180 days, and make it available to any law enforcement entity upon request.

2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

This bill requires a company that rents trucks or vans to photograph any person authorized to operate a rented truck or van. The rental company would be required to keep the photograph on file for a minimum of 180 days, and make it available to law enforcement upon request.

Unfortunately, on occasion, rental trucks and vans have been used maliciously. Under the bill, law enforcement in these instances could seek, and rental companies could provide, a photograph of the authorized user.