Bill > A495

Introduced Session

This bill exempts prisoners of war (P.O.W.) and their spouses from certain New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) fees and expands the availability of P.O.W. license plates to P.O.W. spouses. Under the bill, the P.O.W. exemptions are to apply to all active and reserve components of the military. The bill removes the one motor vehicle per applicant statutory restriction on motor vehicle registration fee exemptions for certain veterans, Congressional Medal of Honor winners, and P.O.W.s. The bill exempts a P.O.W., their spouse, or their surviving spouse from paying MVC motor vehicle registration fees. The bill expands the capacity of a spouse of a P.O.W. to use a P.O.W license plate by extending the P.O.W. license plate fee exemption to include a spouse of a P.O.W., provided that the spouse was married to the P.O.W. at the time the applicant for the P.O.W. license plate was held as a P.O.W., can provide proof of marriage, and has not remarried. The bill also allows the surviving spouse of a P.O.W. to retain the P.O.W. license plates after the death of the P.O.W. at no cost, provided that the spouse was married to the P.O.W. at the time the applicant for the P.O.W. license plate was held as a P.O.W., can provide proof of marriage, and has not remarried.

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Jamel Holley (D)*,  Parker Space (R)*,  Jay Webber (R)*,  Harold Wirths (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee (on 01/14/2020)

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