Bill Text: NJ S2017 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires AG to study and report on graduated driver's license program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-23 - Substituted by A2740 (2R) [S2017 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S2017-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Camden)
Senator JOHN A. GIRGENTI
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires AG to study and report on graduated driver's license program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring the Attorney General to study and report on the graduated driver's license program.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and the Director of the Office of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall prepare and submit, within six months of the effective date of this act, to the Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee and the Chair of the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee, or the respective successor committees, as appropriate, a written report which shall make findings and recommendations on the impact and effectiveness of the State's implementation, under P.L.2001, c.420 (C.39:12-4.1 et al.), of a program concerning new drivers. The report shall examine the operation and safety of motor vehicles by holders of special learner's permits, examination permits, and probationary driver's licenses and shall also make any recommendations necessary to better effectuate the highway safety of new drivers. The study shall include, but need not be limited to, an examination of the following: supervision requirements for permit holders; passenger restrictions; hours of operation limitations; seat belt requirements; hand-held or hands-free interactive wireless communication device use restrictions; and decal requirements and usage.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire on the 30th day following submission of the report required to be prepared under this act.
STATEMENT
This bill would require the Attorney General, in consultation with the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and the Director of the Office of Highway Traffic Safety, to prepare and submit, within six months of the bill's effective date, to the Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee and the Chair of the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee, a written report making findings and recommendations on the impact and effectiveness of the State's program concerning new drivers. The report is to examine the operation and safety of motor vehicles by holders of special learner's permits, examination permits, and probationary driver's licenses, and also make any recommendations necessary to better effectuate the highway safety of new drivers. The study shall include, but need not be limited to, an examination of the following: supervision requirements for permit holders; passenger restrictions; hours of operation limitations; seat belt requirements; hand-held or hands-free interactive wireless communication device use restrictions; and decal requirements and usage.
