Bill > A5745

Introduced Session

This bill would amend existing law in order to provide veterans, who are residents of the State, with free admission to, and free parking at, State parks and forests. The bill would also require the Department of Environmental Protection to set aside, for use by veterans, at no charge, a minimum of two percent of the total number of parking spaces available at each State park or forest, but, in no case, less than three parking spaces. Current law already provides free State park and forest admission to State residents who are active members of the National Guard, are totally disabled, or are 62 or more years of age. The bill would define "veteran," consistent with the definition appearing in existing law, at section 1 of P.L.2019, c.500 (C.13:1L-12.1), as any resident of the State now or hereafter who has been discharged honorably or under general honorable conditions in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, or a Reserve component thereof, or the National Guard of this State or another state as defined in N.J.S.38A:1-1, or any honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits.

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Chris Tully (D)*,  Annette Quijano (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee (on 11/30/2023)

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