SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3294

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 6, 2021

      The Senate Transportation Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 3294.

      As reported, this bill clarifies that a military veteran who is 100 percent disabled is required to submit to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) a statement from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying that he or she is 100 percent disabled on the initial application for disability parking privileges, but not on subsequent renewal applications.  

     Under federal law, a veteran rendered permanently disabled by a service-connected injury may receive from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs a 100 percent disability rating, which entitles the veteran to certain unemployment, health care, and educational benefits.   New Jersey allows these military veterans to receive a disability identification card, placard, and license plates by submitting to the MVC a statement from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying that they are 100 percent disabled.  A military veteran who qualifies as being 100 percent disabled is not required to submit an application signed by a medical professional.