Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman AURA K. DUNN
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Extends expiration date of wheelchair symbol license plates and person with disability identification cards during COVID-19 public health emergency.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the temporary extension of the expiration date for wheelchair symbol license plates and person with a disability identification cards during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this act “public health emergency” means the public health emergency caused by the Coronavirus disease 2019 and declared by the Governor on March 9, 2020 pursuant to Executive Order No. 103 and extended, where applicable, by subsequent executive orders.
b. Notwithstanding P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-204 et seq.) and any other provision of law to the contrary, the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall extend for the 90-day extension period established in Executive Order No. 170 following the expiration of the public health emergency and by an additional nine months the expiration date of wheelchair symbol license plates issued pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-206) that expire during the public health emergency and have not been renewed. A person issued wheelchair symbol license plates shall not be required to annually renew the license plates during the public health emergency.
c. Notwithstanding P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-204 et seq.) and any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief administrator shall extend the expiration date of person with a disability identification cards issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-205) that expire during the public health emergency and that correspond to the issuance of wheelchair symbol license plates that have been extended pursuant to this act. The expiration date of person with a disability identification cards shall be extended for the same period of time as the corresponding wheelchair symbol license plates extension and shall have the same expiration date as the corresponding wheelchair symbol license plates.
2. This act shall take
effect immediately and shall expire nine months after the 90-day period
following the expiration of the public health emergency caused by the
Coronavirus disease 2019 per the requirements established in Executive Order
No. 170, either upon the expiration of Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and any
subsequent executive orders extending the public health emergency; or, in the
absence of a rescission by the Governor, upon the termination in any other
manner of the declared public health emergency.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to temporarily extend the expiration date of wheelchair symbol license plates and corresponding person with a disability identification cards during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency. Under the bill, the chief administrator is required to extend the expiration date of wheelchair symbol license plates that expire during the COVID-19 public health emergency for the 90-day extension period established in Executive Order No. 170 following the expiration of the public health emergency and then by an additional nine months. 170.
A person issued wheelchair symbol license plates is not required to annually renew the license plates during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Under the bill, the corresponding person with a disability identification card that expires during the COVID-19 public health emergency is also extended for the same period of time as the wheelchair symbol license plates.
The bill takes effect immediately and expires nine months following the expiration of the 90-day period following the expiration of the public health emergency caused by the Coronavirus disease 2019 per the requirements established in Executive Order No. 170.