Bill Text: NJ S2108 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes students in Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf to operate State vehicle for driver education and provides protection for such activity under tort claims act.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-13 - Substituted by A2340 (1R) [S2108 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-S2108-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2108

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MAY 2, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Turner and Weinberg

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes students in Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf to operate State vehicle for driver education and provides protection for such activity under tort claims act.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the Senate on February 13, 2017.

  

An Act concerning certain students enrolled in ¹[State schools] the Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf¹ and supplementing chapter 61 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    a.  Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a student enrolled in ¹[a State school] the Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf¹  may operate a State vehicle for purposes of behind-the-wheel instruction as part of the school's regular curriculum driver education course.

     b.    A student enrolled in the school shall be deemed a "public employee" or "State employee" for purposes of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., when operating a State vehicle for purposes of behind-the-wheel instruction as part of the school's regular curriculum driver education course.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.