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.