Bill > A4666

Introduced Session

This bill requires the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the South Jersey Transportation Authority (authorities) to permit the owner of a vehicle to pay the required toll and, if applicable, reasonable administrative fee within 90 days from the date that an advisory and payment request (APR) is sent for any violation of the toll collection monitoring system, commonly known as E-ZPass, that was committed during the COVID-19 public health emergency and state of emergency. The bill also prohibits the owner of a vehicle from being charged any additional administrative fee for the E-ZPass violation during the extension of the payment period for the APR authorized pursuant to the bill. Nothing in this bill is to be construed to authorize: the increase of the administrative fee that is established by the authorities: or the establishment of any additional fees for the administration of the extension provide for pursuant to the bill. Under current law, the owner of a vehicle has 30 days from the date that an advisory and payment request is sent to pay the required toll and the reasonable administrative fee for an E-ZPass violation. During the COVID-19 public health emergency and state of emergency, the authorities implemented cashless tolling to prevent face-to-face interactions and the spread of the Corona virus. It is the sponsor's intent to prevent the authorities using the pandemic to charge the $50 administrative fee on every cashless toll when New Jersey residents without an E-ZPass account have no other way of paying the toll and to prevent the accumulation of excessive administrative fees on E-ZPass violations without a reasonable amount of time to pay.

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Brian Bergen (R)*,  Bill Moen (D)*,  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee (on 09/17/2020)