ASSEMBLY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 4527

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  AUGUST 24, 2020

      The Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 4527.

      As amended, this bill eliminates suspension of a person’s driver’s license as a penalty for failure to make required court appearances for outstanding parking tickets or failure to pay those tickets.  But the bill does require suspension of a person’s motor vehicle registration for failure to make more than five required court appearances related to outstanding parking tickets or for failure to pay more than five of those tickets.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amendments add a findings and declarations section to the bill and clarify that the suspension of a person’s motor vehicle registration occurs after failure to make five required court appearances related to outstanding parking tickets or for failure to pay more than five of those tickets.