Bill > A4894

Introduced Session

This bill would provide for a suspension of the collection of motor vehicle surcharges for certain persons while incarcerated. Under current law, motor vehicle surcharges are levied on a driver who: in the preceding 36-month period, has accumulated six or more motor vehicle points; is issued a citation for unsafe driving; or is issued a citation for driving while intoxicated or refusal to submit to a breath test. The surcharges are required to be levied annually for a three-year period and a driver is required to pay the surcharge amount owed within 36 months. This bill provides that in the case of a driver incarcerated for any period exceeding 90 days during the three-year period in which a motor vehicle surcharge is levied, the Motor Vehicle Commission is required to suspend collection of the surcharge while the driver is incarcerated and for at least 90 days following the driver's release from incarceration. Under the bill, the driver still would be afforded the same 36 months to make payment of the surcharge to the commission as other drivers, but the months during which the surcharge collection is suspended would not count toward the 36-month time limit.

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Reginald Atkins (D)*,  William Sampson (D)*,  Carmen Morales (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee (on 10/17/2024)

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