Bill Text: NJ A3990 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires MVC to provide customers with certain documents in-person, same day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-07 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A3990 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A3990-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman ANDREA KATZ
District 8 (Atlantic and Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Requires MVC to provide customers with certain documents in-person, same day.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the in-person, same-day issuance of certain documents by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall provide all customers who have an in-person appointment to receive a new document listed in subsection b. of this section or to renew a document listed in subsection b. of this section at any commission agency location within the State with the option to receive the new or renewed document on the same day as the appointment and prior to leaving the commission agency location, provided that the customer has completed the proper application and provided any necessary payment.
b. The commission shall, at a minimum, make the following documents available for same-day issuance pursuant to subsection a. of this section:
(1) standard basic driver's license;
(2) standard motorcycle license;
(3) standard special learner's permit;
(4) standard examination permit;
(5) standard probationary driver's license;
(6) standard non-driver identification card;
(7) REAL ID basic driver's license;
(8) REAL ID motorcycle license;
(9) REAL ID probationary driver's license;
(10) REAL ID identification card;
(11) commercial driver license; and
(12) motor vehicle registration certificate.
c. The commission shall ensure that one or more cameras and license printers are available at each commission agency location for the same-day issuance of the documents listed in subsection b. of this section.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month after enactment, but the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may take anticipatory actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to provide all customers who have an in-person appointment to receive certain documents at any commission agency location within the State with the option to receive the new or renewed document on the same day as the appointment and prior to leaving the the commission agency location, provided that the customer has completed the proper application and provided any necessary payment.
Upon request from the applicant, the commission is required to issue the following documents on the same day as the appointment: (1) a standard basic driver's license; (2) a standard motorcycle license; (3) a standard special learner's permit; (4) a standard examination permit; (5) a standard probationary driver's license; (6) a standard non-driver identification card; (7) a REAL ID basic driver's license; (8) a REAL ID motorcycle license; (9) a REAL ID probationary driver's license; (10) a REAL ID identification card; (11) a commercial driver license; and (12) a motor vehicle registration certificate.
The bill also requires the commission to ensure that one or more cameras and license printers are available at each commission agency location for the same-day issuance of the documents.
