Bill Text: NJ S1000 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee [S1000 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S1000-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Pou, O'Scanlon, Diegnan, A.M.Bucco, Cruz-Perez and Ruiz
SYNOPSIS
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning a designation on motor vehicle registration information indicating the registrant is deaf and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Upon application by any person with a hearing loss of a pure tone average of 41 dB or greater, verified by an otorhinolaryngologist (ENT) or an audiologist clinically certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall add a designation to the applicant's motor vehicle registration information bearing the international symbol for deafness or a numerical code designating deafness. The deafness designation shall only appear when a law enforcement officer accesses the motor vehicle's license plate information through the commission's online interface with law enforcement agencies and shall only be used to alert the law enforcement officer that the person is deaf or hard of hearing.
2. This act shall take effect on the 180th day after enactment and shall apply to motor vehicle registrations issued or renewed on or after this date.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to add a designation on a motor vehicle's registration information indicating the registrant is deaf. The notation would only appear when a law enforcement officer accesses the motor vehicle's license plate information through the commission's online interface with law enforcement agencies and may only be used to alert the law enforcement officer that the person is deaf or hard of hearing.
The designation would be added to the applicant's motor vehicle registration information provided the applicant has a hearing loss of 41 decibels or greater. As part of the application process, an otorhinolaryngologist (ENT) or an audiologist clinically certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is required to verify the applicant's hearing ability.
