Bill Text: NJ S2350 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-11-21 - Substituted by A2107 (1R) [S2350 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-S2350-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2350

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JUNE 9, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on September 8, 2016, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning non-driver identification cards and amending P.L.1980, c.47.

 

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

 

      1.   Section 6 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.7) is amended to read as follows: 

      6.   a. The [Division of Motor Vehicles] chief administrator shall charge fees as follows:

      Identification Card, Original                                            $18

      Identification Card, Duplicate                                          $5

      Identification Card, Renewal                                           $18

      Digitized picture                                                   $6, in addition

                                                                                    to the fees

                                                                                    required above

      b.   The chief administrator ¹[shall] may¹ waive the fees established under subsection a. of this section for a homeless person who submits proof of temporary residence through a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless where the person is temporarily residing.  For the purposes of this section, "homeless person" means a person without a domicile who is unable to secure permanent and stable housing as determined by a social worker or the coordinator of an emergency shelter for the homeless established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.48 (C.55:13C-1 et seq.). 

(cf:  P.L.2001, c.391, s.8)

 

      ¹2. The Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1938, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.¹

 

      ¹[2.] 3.¹    This act shall take effect ¹[immediately] on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of enactment¹.