Sponsored by:
Senator STEVEN V. OROHO
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Senator JIM WHELAN
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblywoman ALISON LITTELL MCHOSE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman PARKER SPACE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators A.R.Bucco, Cunningham, Ruiz and Assemblyman Rumana
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes certain county veteran identification cards to serve as proof of status for veteran designation on driver’s license or identification card.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning proof for the display of veteran status on driver’s licenses and identification cards, and amending P.L.2013, c.165 and P.L.1980, c.47.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2013, c.165 (C.39:3-10f6) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. In addition to the requirements for the form and content of a motor vehicle driver's license under R.S.39:3-10 and a probationary license issued under section 4 of P.L.1950, c.127 (C.39:3-13.4), the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall, upon submission of satisfactory proof, designate on an initial license, renewal license, or probationary license, as appropriate, that the license holder is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States of America. The designation of veteran status on an initial license, renewal license, or probationary license shall not be deemed sufficient valid proof of veteran status for official governmental purposes when any other statute, or any regulation or other directive of a governmental entity, requires documentation of veteran status.
b. For the purpose of this section:
"Veteran" means a person who has been honorably discharged from the active military service of the United States; and
"Satisfactory proof" means a copy of form DD-214 or federal activation orders showing service under Title 10, section 672 or section 12301, of the United States Code , or a county veteran identification card only if issuance of the card requires a copy of form DD-214 discharge papers or approved separation forms as outlined by all branches of the military and duly recorded by the county clerk’s office.
(cf: P.L.2013, c.165, s.1)
2. Section 2 of P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.3) is amended to read as follows:
2. a. The New Jersey Motor
Vehicle Commission shall issue an identification card to any resident of the
State who is 14 years of age or older and who is not the holder of a valid
permit or basic driver's license. The identification card shall attest to the
true name, correct age, and veteran status, upon submission of satisfactory
proof, by any veteran, and shall contain other identifying data as certified by
the applicant for such identification card. Every application for an
identification card shall be signed and verified by the applicant and shall be
accompanied by the written consent of at least one parent or the person's legal
guardian if the person is under
17 years of age and shall be supported by such documentary evidence of the age,
identity, and veteran status, or blindness, disability, or handicap, of such
person as the chief administrator may require. In addition to requiring an
applicant for an identification card to submit satisfactory proof of identity,
age, and, if appropriate, veteran status, the chief administrator also shall
require the applicant to provide, as a condition for obtaining the card,
satisfactory proof that the applicant's presence in the United States is
authorized under federal law. If the chief administrator has reasonable cause
to suspect that any document presented by an applicant as proof of identity,
age, veteran status, or legal residency is altered, false or otherwise invalid,
the chief administrator shall refuse to grant the identification card until
such time as the document may be verified by the issuing agency to the chief
administrator's satisfaction.
b. The designation of veteran status on an identification card shall not be deemed sufficient valid proof of veteran status for official governmental purposes when any other statute, or any regulation or other directive of a governmental entity, requires documentation of veteran status.
c. For the purpose of this section:
"Veteran" means a person who has been honorably discharged from the active military service of the United States; and
"Satisfactory proof" means a copy of form DD-214 or federal activation orders showing service under Title 10, section 672 or section 12301, of the United States Code , or a county veteran identification card only if issuance of the card requires a copy of form DD-214 discharge papers or approved separation forms as outlined by all branches of the military and duly recorded by the county clerk’s office.
(cf: P.L.2013, c.165, s.2)
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill authorizes a county veteran identification card to serve as satisfactory proof of veteran status for issuance of a veteran designation on a driver’s license or identification card issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, but only if issuance of the county veteran identification card requires a copy of DD-214 discharge papers or approved separation forms as outlined by all branches of the military and recorded by the county clerk’s office.