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Introduced
09/21/2020
09/21/2020
In Committee
10/22/2020
10/22/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/11/2022
01/11/2022
Introduced Session
2020-2021 Regular Session
Bill Summary
This bill would require the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to create "Protect Pollinator" license plates, to be issued upon application for any motor vehicle registered in the State. The license plate would feature a design and slogan that expresses support for New Jersey's native pollinator animals. Applicants for the license plate would be required to pay an initial fee of $50 and a subsequent $10 fee to renew the license plates. The bill would also establish a special fund called the "Protect Pollinators License Plate Fund" in the Department of the Treasury. Any monies from application fees that are not used to administer the license plate program would be deposited in this fund and annually appropriated to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey and to the "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program" established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2017, c.44 (C.27:7-42.4), in order to support efforts to protect pollinator animals in the State. The program could be discontinued by the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission in the event that the average cost per plate of the program exceeds $50 in two consecutive fiscal years.
AI Summary
This bill would require the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to create "Protect Pollinator" license plates, which would feature the state bird, bug, and butterfly. The license plates would cost an initial $50 fee and a $10 annual renewal fee, with the revenue deposited into a "Protect Pollinators License Plate Fund" to support efforts to protect pollinator animals in the state, including the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, the Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program, and the New Jersey Farm to School Program. The Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc. would design the license plates in consultation with the commission and could also help publicize their availability. The commission would not begin the program until the Garden Club or another entity provides funding for the initial costs and at least 500 completed applications are submitted.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (11)
Ronald Dancer (R)*,
Eric Houghtaling (D)*,
Jim Kennedy (D)*,
Lisa Swain (D)*,
Clinton Calabrese (D),
Roy Freiman (D),
Mila Jasey (D),
Parker Space (R),
Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D),
Harold Wirths (R),
Andrew Zwicker (D),
Last Action
Substituted by S92 (1R) (on 05/20/2021)
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