Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER
District 28 (Essex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Wilson, Assemblywoman Gove and Assemblyman Rumpf
SYNOPSIS
Waives parking meter fee for certain veterans.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning parking meter fees and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. No parking meter fee or penalty for parking overtime at metered parking shall be imposed pursuant to any law or municipal ordinance in this State on any person if that person’s motor vehicle displays the following:
a. disabled veteran license plates issued pursuant to P.L.1979, c.457 (C.39:3-27.15 et seq.); or
b. medal of honor license plates issued pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1948, c.28 (C.39:3-27.1).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill waives parking meter fees and any penalty imposed for parking overtime at metered parking for certain veterans. Currently, the Motor Vehicle Commission issues special license plates to disabled veterans, or recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. The bill provides that persons issued these license plates are to receive free parking at meters.
The Congressional Medal of Honor is the highest award bestowed on an individual serving in the United States Armed Forces for valor in action, above and beyond the call of duty, against an opposing enemy force.