Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE CHAPARRO
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Assemblyman REGINALD W. ATKINS
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires MVC to provide customers with option to receive certain documents in-person same day or via mail.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the issuance of certain documents by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall provide all customers who have an in-person appointment to receive a new document listed in subsection b. of this section or renew a document listed in subsection b. of this section at any commission agency location within the State with the option to receive the new or renewed document on the same day at the commission agency location or be sent the new or renewed document in the mail.
b. The commission shall make the following documents available for same-day issuance pursuant to subsection a. of this section, at a minimum:
(1) standard basic driver's license;
(2) standard motorcycle license;
(3) standard special learners permit;
(4) standard examination permit;
(5) standard probationary drivers license;
(6) standard non-driver identification card;
(7) REAL ID basic driver's license;
(8) REAL ID motorcycle license;
(9) REAL ID probationary drivers license;
(10) REAL ID identification card; and
(11) commercial drivers license.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month after the month in which P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) is enacted, but the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may take anticipatory actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to provide all customers who have an in-person appointment to receive certain documents at any commission agency location within the State with the option to receive the new or renewed document on the same day at the commission agency location or be sent the new or renewed document in the mail. The types of documents to be available to be created on the same day at the commission agency location or be sent via mail pursuant to this bill are as follows: (1) standard basic driver's license; (2) standard motorcycle license; (3) standard special learners permit; (4) standard examination permit; (5) standard probationary drivers license; (6) standard non-driver identification card; (7) REAL ID basic driver's license; (8) REAL ID motorcycle license; (9) REAL ID probationary drivers license; (10) REAL ID identification card; and (11) commercial drivers license.