Bill Text: NJ S3197 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repeals law suspending certain licenses, registrations and certifications for failure to repay student loans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-19 - Substituted by A2926 [S3197 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-S3197-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator NILSA CRUZ-PEREZ
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Senator SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Repeals law suspending certain licenses, registrations and certifications for failure to repay student loans.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning suspension of certain licenses and repealing P.L.1999, c.54.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. P.L.1999, c.54 (C.45:1-21.2 and C.2A:13-12) is repealed.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill repeals sections 1 and 2 of P.L.1999, c.54, which stipulates that persons who are licensed by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs or by the various professional and occupational boards located within the Division of Consumer Affairs shall have their licenses suspended by the director or the board by which they are regulated when the director or board is notified by a lender or guarantor of nonpayment or default of a State or federal direct or guaranteed educational loan by those persons. P.L.1999, c.54 also provides that the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey may suspend the licenses of attorneys who fail to repay student loans.
