Bill Text: NJ A4719 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Extends use of stored driver's license picture for person undergoing chemotherapy or other treatment for certain medical illnesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-01-19 - Approved P.L.2015, c.306. [A4719 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4719-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4719

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 16, 2015

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  PAUL D. MORIARTY

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman  GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Extends use of stored driver's license picture for person undergoing chemotherapy or other treatment for certain medical illnesses.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee on December 14, 2015, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning driver's license pictures and amending P.L.1979, c.261.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1.   Section 1 of P.L.1979, c.261 (C.39:3-10f) is amended to read as follows:

      1.   In addition to the requirements for the form and content of a motor vehicle driver's license under R.S.39:3-10 and a probationary license issued under section 4 of P.L.1950, c.127 (C.39:3-13.4), on and after the operative date of P.L.2001, c.391 (C.39:3-10f4 et al.), each initial New Jersey license, each renewal of a New Jersey driver's license, and each probationary license shall have a digitized color picture of the licensee.  All licenses issued on and after January 1, 2000 shall be valid for a period of 48 calendar months.  However, the chief administrator may, at ¹[his] the chief administrator's¹ discretion, issue licenses and endorsements which shall expire on a date fixed by ¹[him] the chief administrator¹.  The fee for ¹[such] those¹ licenses or endorsements shall be fixed in amounts proportionately less or greater than the fee otherwise established. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, a person 70 years of age or older may elect to have a license issued for a period of two or four years, which election ¹[may] shall¹ not be altered by the chief administrator.  The fee for the two-year license shall be $9, in addition to the fee for a digitized picture established in section 4 of P.L.2001, c.391 (C.39:3-10f4).  The chief administrator may, for good cause¹,¹ extend a license and any endorsement thereon beyond their expiration dates for periods not to exceed 12 additional months.  The chief administrator may extend the expiration date of a license and any endorsement thereon without payment of a proportionate fee when the chief administrator determines that ¹[such] the¹ extension is necessary for good cause.  If any license and endorsements thereon are so extended, the licensee shall pay upon renewal the full license fee for the period fixed by the chief administrator as if no extension had been granted.

      Each initial ¹[motor vehicle] driver's¹ license issued to a person under the age of 21 after the effective date of P.L.1999, c.28 ¹(C.39:3-10f1 et al.)¹ shall be conspicuously distinct, through the use of color and design, from the driver's licenses issued to persons 21 years of age or older. The chief administrator, in consultation with the Superintendent of State Police, shall determine the color and the manner in which the license is designed to achieve this result.  The license shall also bear the words "UNDER 21" in a conspicuous manner.  The chief administrator shall provide that¹,¹ upon attaining the age of 21, a licensee shall be issued a replacement driver's license or a new license, as appropriate.  The fee for a replacement license shall be $5 in addition to the digitized picture fee.

      As conditions for the renewal of a driver's license, the chief administrator shall provide that the picture of a licensee be updated except that the chief administrator may elect to use a stored picture to renew a license for a period not exceeding four additional years for $18 in addition to the digitized picture fee.

      In addition to any other extension, the chief administrator shall allow a person to use a stored picture to renew a license for a period not exceeding one year if the person presents documentation by a licensed physician that the person is undergoing medical treatment for an illness and the treatment results in temporary changes to the person's physical characteristics.  The fee for this extension shall be $18 and the person shall not be required to pay the digitized picture fee pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2001, c.391 (C.39:3-10f4).

      Whenever a person has reconstructive or cosmetic surgery which significantly alters the person's facial features, the person shall notify the chief administrator who may require the picture of the licensee to be updated¹[,]¹ for $5 in addition to the digitized picture fee.

      Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or change any expiration date on any New Jersey driver's license issued prior to the operative date of P.L.2001, c.391 (C.39:3-10f4 et al.) and, unless a licensee's driving privileges are otherwise suspended or revoked, except as provided in R.S.39:3-10, that license shall remain valid until that expiration date.

      Specific use of the driver's license and any information stored or encoded, electronically or otherwise, in relation thereto shall be in accordance with P.L.1997, c.188 (C.39:2-3.3 et seq.) and the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, Pub.L.103-322.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the digitized picture or any access thereto or any use thereof shall not be sold, leased¹,¹ or exchanged for value.

      ¹[To replace a photo-license issued prior to the effective date of this act for a licensee who is temporarily out of this State, the chief administrator may issue a "valid without picture" picture license for the unexpired term of the license.]¹

(cf:  P.L.2009, c.38, s.3)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.