Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears honorably discharged veterans placard issued by MVC.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning exemption from payment of municipal parking meter fees by certain persons under certain circumstances, and amending P.L.2015, c.218.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2015, c.218 (C.39:4-207.10) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. A person who is a disabled veteran or a recipient of the Purple Heart or an honorably discharged veteran is exempt from the payment of municipal parking meter fees when a motor vehicle [owned by the disabled veteran or the Purple Heart recipient] displays disabled veteran's or Purple Heart license plates or a placard issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission pursuant to the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes[, unless the vehicle has been parked in one location for more than 24 hours]. The exemption provided under this subsection shall apply only when the disabled veteran or recipient of the Purple Heart or honorably discharged veteran to whom the special license plates or placards have been issued is either the driver[,] or a passenger[,] of the motor vehicle and shall not apply when the motor vehicle is parked for more than 24 hours at one location where the motor vehicle is subject to a municipal parking meter fee.
b. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of subsection a. of this section, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) , and shall include provisions for the issuance of disabled veteran's or Purple Heart recipient's or honorably discharged veterans placards by the commission.
(cf: P.L.2015, c.218, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill allows the use of a placard issued to an honorably discharged veteran to permit a veteran to be exempt from paying a parking meter fee when driving or traveling as a passenger in a motor vehicle regardless of the vehicles ownership. The exemption does not apply to instances when the motor vehicle is parked for more than 24 hours at one location where the motor vehicle is subject to a fee.
Current law permits disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients to be exempt from paying parking meter fees when the disabled veterans or Purple Heart recipients vehicle is parked in a single location for a period of no more than 24 hours and the vehicle displays a disabled veteran or Purple Heart recipient license plate or placard issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.