Sponsored by:
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits counties from charging recording fees to volunteer first responders.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act prohibiting counties from charging recording fees to volunteer first responders and supplementing N.J.S.22A:4-4.1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. For the purposes of this section:
“Volunteer first responder” means a volunteer firefighter, volunteer member of a duly incorporated first aid, emergency, ambulance, or rescue squad association, or any other individual who, in the course of volunteer services, is dispatched to the scene of a motor vehicle accident or other emergency situation for the purpose of providing medical care or other assistance.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.22A:4-4.1 to the contrary, county clerks and registers of deeds and mortgages, in counties having such offices, shall not charge the fees enumerated in N.J.S.22A:4-4.1 to an individual who certifies, in a form and manner to be determined by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, that the individual is a volunteer first responder having engaged in volunteer first response services in the previous 12 months.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits county clerks and registers of deeds and mortgages from charging county recording fees to individuals who certify, in a form and manner determined by the Director of the Divisions of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, that they are a volunteer first responder that has engaged in volunteer response services in the previous 12 months.
The bill is to take effect on the 30th day next following enactment.